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TUBE BALLS [7 records]

Record 1 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Retrievers/dispensers [which] holds 18 balls and [makes] practice play easy. The flared end picks up balls and the tube can be hung on a court fence.

Key term(s)
  • pick-up tube
  • pickup tube

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Un ramasse-balles [...] peut contenir jusqu'à 18 balles; il facilite les exercices : son bout évasé permet de ramasser les balles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

Los tubos [...] con capacidad para 18 pelotas, evitan pérdidas de tiempo durante las prácticas. El extremo inferior también recoge las pelotas y un gancho permite colgar el tubo de cualquier valla.

Key term(s)
  • recogedor-dispensador
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Record 2 2005-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Coal Preparation
DEF

A piece of milling equipment [consisting of] a cylindrical shaped steel container filled with steel balls into which crushed ore is fed.

OBS

The ball mill is rotated, causing the balls themselves to cascade, which in turn grinds the ore.

OBS

The ball mill differs from the tube mill by being short in length; its length, as a rule, is not far from its diameter... The tube mill is usually long in comparison with its diameter, uses smaller balls, and produces a finer product.

OBS

According to some sources, the grinding medium of a ball mill may consist of either steel balls, rods, or lumps of rock, ore, or flint pebbles. However, most sources restrict the use of the term "ball mill" to a grinding apparatus using steel balls as the grinding medium.

OBS

ball mill: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Préparation des charbons
DEF

[...] cylindre horizontal, garni de plaques de blindage ondulées, dans lequel on a placé des boulets d'acier [...]

OBS

Le broyeur [à boulets] tourne à une vitesse telle que la force centrifuge remonte les boulets jusqu'à une certaine hauteur d'où ils retombent, sans atteindre la vitesse critique à laquelle ils ne retomberaient plus. Arrivant à une extrémité du cylindre, le minerai est trituré et broyé par la masse des boulets et progresse vers l'autre bout, où il sort.

OBS

broyeur à boulets : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
  • Preparación del carbón
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Record 3 2001-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
CONT

The other component of the turn coordinator is the inclinometer, better known as the rudder ball. This is a black ball in a liquid-filled, curved and sealed tube. The ball is there to help keep your turns coordinated. That is, to prevent the airplane’s tail from skidding to the outside of a turn or slipping to the inside. In a skid, the ball will roll opposite to the direction of the turn; In a [slip], the ball moves to the inside of the turn. To prevent slips or skids, pilots are told to "step on the ball," meaning apply pressure to the rudder corresponding to the ball’s location. Ball left? Step on the left rudder until the ball centers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
OBS

Noter la transposition de la locution verbale à la locution nominale; sorte de commandement ou de rappel invitant le pilote à appuyer sur la pédale du palonnier côté bille.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Netting or wire fencing at either end of the court, [...] intended to prevent the ball going too far beyond the court.

OBS

The French term "grillage" actually means "links of a fence". However in tennis, "grillage" is normally used in reference to the fence behind the baseline.

CONT

The flared end picks up balls and the tube can be hung on a court fence.

Key term(s)
  • backfence
  • stopnetting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

La raquette pointe vers le grillage, tamis perpendiculaire au sol.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

El extremo inferior [de un recogedor/dispensador] recoge las pelotas y un gancho permite colgar el tubo de cualquier valla.

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Record 5 1995-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

"Ball tube" is rarely heard in North America, where "can" is used, even though the balls may be stored in a see-through plastic container. Moreover, "tubes" from England contain 4 balls, whereas "cans" from North America contain only 3 balls. One must say "can of balls" and not "ball can" because the latter refers to the recipient itself and not its contents.

Key term(s)
  • tube of balls

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Le conditionnement des balles dans des tubes en plastique souple pressurisés à la même pression que la balle tend à se généraliser.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

Su buen estado naturalmente se altera con el desgaste; de todas formas, hay pelotas que reúnen unos mínimos de cualidades y que vienen presentadas normalmente en cajas o botes.

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Record 6 1983-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Coal Preparation
DEF

Ball mill in which diameter-to-length ratio is of order 1 : 2 1/2. Usually loaded with large pebbles or lumps of ore as crushing bodies.

OBS

The ball mill differs from the tube mill by being short in length; its length, as a rule, is not far from its diameter(...). The tube mill is usually long in comparison with its diameter, uses smaller balls, and produces a finer product.(...) The pebble mill is a tube mill with flint or ceramic pebbles as the grinding medium and may be lined with ceramic or other non-metallic liners.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Préparation des charbons
DEF

Broyeur à boulets cylindrique, très allongé, utilisé généralement pour les broyages très fins.

Spanish

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Record 7 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cement Industry
CONT

A tube mill is similar to a ball mill except that it is more slender, contains smaller balls... and accomplishes finer grinding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cimenterie
OBS

Les matières délayées sous forme de pâte sont envoyées dans des tubes broyeurs où l'on opère un premier dosage.

Spanish

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