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TARGET ROD [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Switchgear (Rail Transport)
DEF

A device by which a switch is thrown, locked and its position indicated.

OBS

It consists of a base, spindle, lever and connecting rod together with target.

OBS

switch stand: term officially approved by CP Rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de voie (Transport par rail)
OBS

appareil de manœuvre d'aiguillage; support du levier d'aiguillage : termes uniformisés par CP Rail.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Instruments
DEF

A leveling rod that has an adjustable target.

Key term(s)
  • sliding target rod

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'arpentage
DEF

Mire comportant une cible mobile que l'aide déplace suivant les indications de l'opérateur. L'aide fait la lecture au moyen du vernier de la cible.

CONT

Les mires à voyants [...]. L'aide déplace le voyant sur les indications de l'opérateur jusqu'à ce que la ligne de foi du voyant soit dans le plan de visée. Il bloque alors le voyant et fait la lecture qu'il annonce à l'opérateur.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
DEF

A two-piece rod with fixed target on one end. The target is adjusted in elevation by moving one part of the rod on the other. Read by vernier. For heights greater than 5½ feet, the target en is up; for lesser heights, the target end is down.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
DEF

Mire de nivellement en 2 parties avec mire fixe à chaque extrémité. La longueur s'obtient par coulissement d'une partie sur l'autre. Lecture par vernier.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
CONT

A marginal punch card resembles a common file card except that it bears holes all around its periphery. Certain holes(for example, those representing the first three letters of the subject on the card) are cut away so that there is a path from the hole to the edge of the card. When a rod is slipped through a hole(or several rods through several holes) in a stack of the cards, all those cards which do not have that position punched out remain on the rod, while the target cards fall out of the stack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Mines
DEF

A fuze designed to actuate when a rod forming part of the fuze is displaced by contact with the target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines terrestres
DEF

Un allumeur qui est déclenché quand la tige qui fait partie de l'allumeur est déplacée par le contact avec l'objectif.

OBS

allumeur à bascule : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie; terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The top-attack payload is for use against tanks, and takes the form of a forward-folding long rod explosively formed penetrator which is fired downward as the round overflies its target.

Key term(s)
  • penetrator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

La charge antichar sera un long barreau de pénétration formé par explosion qui sera éjecté vers le bas au moment du passage à la verticale.

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Instruments
CONT

Surveyor helper... moves rod, or target on rod, following hand or verbal signals from instrument man, to determine exact point or reading required.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'arpentage
CONT

Aide géomètre (...) déplace la mire ou le voyant sur la mire, en se conformant aux signaux ou indications verbales du préposé aux instruments, pour déterminer le point exact ou obtenir la cote désirée.

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

see survey mark

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie

Spanish

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