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TILTED POSITION [11 records]

Record 1 2018-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Cardiovascular System
CONT

A tilt table test is used to evaluate the cause of unexplained fainting(syncope).... For a tilt table test, you begin by lying flat on a table. Straps are put around your body to hold you in place. After about 15 minutes of lying flat, the table is quickly tilted to raise your body to a head-up position-simulating a change in position from lying down to standing up. The table will then remain upright for up to 45 minutes, while your heart rate and blood pressure are monitored. This allows doctors to evaluate your body's cardiovascular response to the change in position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Système cardio-vasculaire
CONT

Le test d'inclinaison est réalisé en cas de suspicion de syncope neurocardiogénique et en cas de syncope inexpliquée (notamment en l'absence de cardiopathie ou après [l']élimination d'une cause cardiaque). [...] Cet examen est réalisé sur une table basculante avec support pour les pieds et contention thoracique pour empêcher le patient de tomber, dans une ambiance calme semi-obscure.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Aircraft Systems
CONT

Tilt switches contain a conductive liquid and when tilted this bridges the contacts inside, closing the switch. They can be used as a sensor to detect the position of an object.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Circuits des aéronefs
OBS

contacteur de basculement : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Placement of Concrete
  • Modern Construction Methods
DEF

Concrete cast horizontally and then tilted up into a vertical position when hardened.

CONT

Tilt-up concrete and other highly alkaline surfaces should be primed with one coat of alkaline resistant primer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mise en place du béton
  • Procédés de construction modernes
OBS

«tilt-up construction» : mise en place par relèvement.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Experiments in Space
  • Aerospace Medicine
CONT

Countermeasures are tested on the healthy subject using an experimental model reproducing the effects of weightlessness by sustained bed rest, i. e. lying in a minus 6º head-down tilted(HDT) position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
  • Médecine aérospatiale
DEF

Maintien, à des fins expérimentales, d'un décubitus antiorthostatique pendant une durée pouvant atteindre plusieurs semaines, pour simuler certains effets de l'impesanteur sur le corps humain.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
DEF

A pipe, mounted to the front plate of a combustion chamber, through which an optical flame detector sights the burner flame.

CONT

The Forney Dual Fuel Horn Igniter assembly consists of a mounting plate, combination oil and gas gun, High Energy Spark Igniter (HESI), 6" combustion air tube, flame detector and horn. The mounting plate retains the oil/gas gun, HESI and flame detector guide pipe. The flame detector head is mounted on a 1" sight pipe which provides an unobstructed view of the flame inside the horn.

CONT

This fibre optic viewing head extension is particularly useful for solving the sighting problems associated with tilting or movable burners. The flame envelope from this type of burner can be tilted from a horizontal position up or down as much as 30 degrees. It would be impossible to follow this flame pattern with a fixed sighting through the wind-box. Welding the tip guide(lens end) of this viewing head extension to the movable air compartment nozzle solves this problem. This viewing head extension can also be used for those applications where it is impossible to find a clear unobstructed view of the flame using a standard sight pipe. Here again the viewing head extension is mounted inside the furnace for a clear unobstructed view of the flame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Transport of Wood
  • Forestry Operations
CONT

The design of the self-loading skidding sled is very simple. It is used with an ATV to transport long-length logs and eliminates the manual loading of large stems. When tilted to a vertical position, the sled acts as a lever. When the ATV advances, the log is lifted automatically onto the bed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Transport du bois
  • Exploitation forestière
CONT

De conception simple, le traîneau autochargeur permet, à l'aide d'un véhicule tout terrain, le transport de bois en longueur. Il élimine le chargement manuel de grosses tiges. Installé en position relevé, le traîneau sert de levier. En avançant avec le véhicule tout terrain, la bille se soulève et se place automatiquement sur le berceau.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Sun (Astronomy)
  • Solar Energy
CONT

The Changing Position of the Sun. The declination, and therefore the altitude, of the Sun varies with the time of year. Both are larger in the summer and smaller in the winter in the northern hemisphere. The reason for this is that the Earth's rotation axis is tilted at 23. 5° to it's orbital plane(the ecliptic in our sky).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soleil (Astronomie)
  • Énergie solaire

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

Device for setting a machine to its reference position.

CONT

Machines must be maintained in a level position. If the machines are movable, they must be fitted with a levelling device and a level indicator or comply with the requirements in section 4 when tilted lengthwise or transversely up to 5%.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Dispositif permettant d'amener un instrument dans sa position de référence de réglage.

CONT

Les instruments doivent être maintenus de niveau. Si les instruments peuvent être déplacés, ils doivent être équipés d'un dispositif de mise de niveau et d'un indicateur de nivellement ou répondre aux exigences fixées au point 4 lorsqu'ils sont inclinés jusqu'à 5 % dans le sens de la longueur ou de la largeur.

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Materials Handling
CONT

Mechanical and Hydraulic Dock Levelers-Automatically adjusts and maintains position for tilted trucks and load changes; patented swing-away lip; maintains positive truck contact;...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camionnage
  • Manutention
DEF

[...] partie qui assure effectivement la liaison entre la rampe [de quai ajustable] et le plancher du camion. Elle est fixée sur le bord extérieur de la plate-forme.

Spanish

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Record 10 1985-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

Machines must be maintained in a level position. If the machines are movable, they must be fitted with a levelling device and a level indicator or comply with the requirements in section 4 when tilted lengthwise or transversely up to 5%.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

Les instruments doivent être maintenus de niveau. Si les instruments peuvent être déplacés, ils doivent être équipés d'un dispositif de mise de niveau et d'un indicateur de nivellement ou répondre aux exigences fixées au point 4 lorsqu'ils sont inclinés jusqu'à 5% dans le sens de la longueur ou de la largeur.

Spanish

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Record 11 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

bord d'attaque

Spanish

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