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TRACK COVER [10 records]

Record 1 2017-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Forces
DEF

... one planned and executed as a separate operation. This may take the form of a linear ambush with the killing area concentrated along a track, river or clearing; or it may comprise an area ambush, with a number of small linear ambushes placed to cover all the approaches into an ambush area, and also to catch insurgents dispersing after a contact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forces terrestres
DEF

[...] manœuvre préparée et exécutée comme une opération isolée. Généralement on a le temps de planifier, de préparer et de répéter l'embuscade dans tous ses détails. [...] Les occasions de tenir une petite embuscade ne manquent pas; l'embuscade type est réalisée par un peloton. Il est plus difficile de réussir des embuscades à grande échelle [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

From the top of Big Baldy, a series of parallel chutes run through trees. They join with the NE facing slopes below the ridge at 7400 feet... Below 7400 feet, the track follows the canyon bottom. There are several small benches and terrain traps, but the overall angle stays at or below 30 degrees... Below 6200 feet, the track fans out on a shallow debris fan. A full-path slide will cover the floor of Providence Canyon. The avalanche triggered in the 3/12/97 incident ran the full length of the path.

OBS

An avalanche path is a specific location where avalanches occur. Avalanche paths are often sub-divided into three sections: the starting zone, the track and the runout zone.

Key term(s)
  • full path avalanche
  • full path slide

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Avalanche qui parcourt les 3 zones d'un site [avalancheux].

OBS

Un site avalancheux est l'unité géographique la plus petite dans laquelle s'écoulent toutes les avalanches d'un secteur donné [...] Un site se subdivise en trois zones : la zone d'accumulation [...] la zone de transit [...] la zone de dépôt.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
CONT

For all track events not run in lanes, the starting line is curved in order to compensate for the longer distance runners in the outer lanes must cover in order to reach the inside of the track. Thus, the distance from start to finish is identical for every competitor.

OBS

Source: Official CTFA Rules and Bylaws - 1970-71. Canadian Amateur Track and Field Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
OBS

Pour toutes les courses qui ne se déroulent pas en couloirs, la ligne de départ est incurvée de manière à compenser les concurrents placés le plus loin de la corde, et qui ont plus de chemin à parcourir pour parvenir vers la corde que ceux des couloirs intérieurs. Ainsi, chaque concurrent parcourt une distance identique du départ à l'arrivée.

OBS

Source : Association canadienne d'athlétisme, Manuel officiel 1970-1971.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Atletismo
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Record 4 2005-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Not tracking up: This is when the hind legs of the horse are idle and they do not reach the imprint left by the fore leg which they should do, except in the collected paces.

OBS

If the rear foot of a horse sets down squarely on the track of the same side front foot as it is set down, the horse is said to be capping.

Key term(s)
  • track true

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Se dit du cheval dont l'empreinte du postérieur couvre celle de l'antérieur lorsqu'il marche ou trotte.

Key term(s)
  • se couvrir

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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Record 5 2002-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Meteorology
CONT

The avalanche ran through the monitored site entirely, affecting the ski run below for a track of 50 m where it stopped its run leaving a deposit consisting of round-shaped blocks behind.... through a survey after the event, a series of very detailed nivologic information were collected... In particular strata profiles in proximity to the release zone and in correspondence to the major deposits along the gliding zone and the accumulation zone were carried out. Along the whole avalanche site a series of transverse sections were considered. In correspondence to these, values of the snow cover height were checked and analyses of stratigraphy of the snow cover able to single out snow masses which had been drifted by wind and deposited by the progressing avalanche.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Météorologie
CONT

Lorsque l'on examine les plaques sélectionnées, il semble qu'un certain nombre de conditions nivologiques sont nécessaires pour qu'un déclenchement [d'une avalanche] se produise. Pour les tester, nous avons retenu les critères se rapportant au type de grains (neige fraîche à l'exception des couches comprenant surtout des étoiles, ou particules reconnaissables), à l'épaisseur de neige nouvelle (plus de 9 cm au cours des 5 journées précédentes) et à la masse volumique (plus de 75 kg/m3).

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciclismo
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Record 7 2000-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

The sprint, which is similar to the dash in a track meet, is used primarily to cover long distances quickly on the tennis court.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Phraséologie connexe : pas chassé.

CONT

Le geste terminé, le replacement intervient par pas chassés ou, si vous vous trouvez très éloigné de la position d'attention que vous devez reprendre au fond du court, par pas courus.

CONT

Le joueur de tennis dispose de toute une variété de pas, du pas marché au pas couru en passant par le pas croisé, le pas sauté et le pas chassé (particulièrement utile en tennis).

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Urban Studies
  • Economic Planning
CONT

The city of Miami has used the EPA windfall to hire environmental consultants to test the Wynwood property and search for underground tanks. The city recently tore down the former dry cleaner on the site and placed a $130, 000 lien on the property to cover the costs. But getting the owner to pay is unlikely, said Miami economic planner Schwarzreich. The property's owner has been in bankruptcy and has proven difficult to track down. In an attempt to make the property more attractive to a buyer, the city has promised to reduce its lien from $130, 000 to $20, 000.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Urbanisme
  • Planification économique
CONT

L'intervention des planistes-économistes a conduit à une rétrogradation ahurissante d'esprit haussannien, en plus lourd, a resurgi dans les [...] ensembles détruisant l'équilibre et la silhouette de nos grandes villes

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Silviculture
CONT

Forest biometrician.... Participate in a team oriented research project assessing the carbon dynamics of forest ecosystems at country to regional scales, including the effects of changes in land cover, land use, and land management. The current research focus is to quantify the carbon flux(either sink or source) from changes in land use and land cover for several major boreal, temperate, and tropical countries. The primary duties will be : 1) estimate errors and their propagation for all components of national-scale terrestrial C budgets; 2) design sampling strategies for data collection from field sites to remote sensing scenes; 3) perform statistical analysis of inventory data for estimating status and trend of forest biomass-carbon densities; 4) design a data management system, including quality control procedures, for keeping track of estimates of means and associated errors of carbon budget components that vary over time and space....

OBS

forest mensuration: The measurement of volume, growth and development of individual trees and stands, and the various products obtained from them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Spécialiste de la dendrométrie.

OBS

dendrométrie : Branche de la foresterie qui traite de la connaissance de la forme, des dimensions, de l'accroissement et de l'âge des arbres et des peuplements forestiers, ainsi que des dimensions et formes de leurs produits, particulièrement des bois ronds et bois débités.

Spanish

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Record 10 1983-10-20

English

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

Nylon insulating piece protected by a cover of malleable iron, placed between the shoulders of the concrete tie and the edge of the rail foot for track circuit isolation purposes. NOTE FIST(PAND p. 4). NOTE FIST 01-41-120.

French

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

Ensemble composé d'une plaque de nylon recouverte d'une plaque de fonte servant à l'isolation du rail aux fins de la signalisation. L'isolant composite fait partie de l'attache Pandrol. Voir plan-norme TS-1323 pour dessin détaillé.

OBS

«butée isolante plastique» : SAVA 81.

Spanish

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