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TWIST TYPE [7 records]

Record 1 2016-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tobacco Industry
DEF

Cured (aged) tobacco leaves twisted together like a rope.

CONT

In Virginia, twist was made by twisting tobacco leaves into a tight rope ... Other twists were made by braiding tobacco leaves into a rope. In Tenessee and Kentucky twist tobacco was made into a loop called a "pigtail."

OBS

Twist tobacco is a form of chewing tobacco, a type of smokeless tobacco.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du tabac
OBS

Le tabac à mâcher se fabrique sous forme de rôles, composés de feuilles tordues de façon à constituer une corde.

OBS

Le tabac en corde est une présentation du tabac à mâcher, un type de tabac sans fumée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria tabacalera
CONT

Tabaco para mascar: viene en hojas sueltas, rollos o trenzados que deben mascarse para liberar la nicotina.

CONT

Se considera tabaco de mascar, el tabaco presentado en rollos, en barras, en tiras, en cubos o en placas [...] especialmente preparado para ser mascado pero no fumado.

OBS

El trenzado es una forma de tabaco para mascar, que es un tipo de tabaco sin humo.

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Record 2 2003-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Food Preservation and Canning
OBS

Sealing machine for glass jars type "Twist Off. "The machine is designed for sealing of glass jars with different heights using screw caps type "Twist off". The glass jars are steam-vacuum sealed through injecting of steam with overpressure of 0, 2 Mpa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie
OBS

Procédé de conservation des fruits et des légumes stérilisés à la vapeur puis placés sous vide.

CONT

Lutetia, fort de son savoir-faire, a innové avec la technologie brevetée de décongélation rapide sous vide vapeur. [...] Le système Lutetia repose sur 4 principes qui se produisent simultanément : - la mise sous vide; - l'injection de vapeur; - Le saumurage; - La mise en rotation.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

A loom using two or more shuttles for weaving fabrics with filling yarns that differ in fiber type, color, twist, level, or yarn size. The box motion is automatic, changing from one shuttle to another. Examples of fabrics made on box looms are crepe and ginghams.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
CONT

[...] pour des tissus à plusieurs trames (parce que l'on désire «tramer» des rayures de couleur, de finesse ou de textiles différents, il importe d'employer des métiers à plusieurs navettes.

CONT

Le tissage des rubans : applications, machines à tisser pour rubans, machine à navettes multiples et machine à aiguilles.

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
OBS

Hygrometers in the home are ordinarily of the hair type. Some "hygrometers" are actually stationary psychrometers, with the wet-bulb covered by a wick which carries a constant flow of water from a small dish or tube. A novel humidity "instrument" is the weather house. When the old woman comes out it is supposed to rain; when the young girl appears fair weather is due. One or two strands of eat-gut, their tendency to twist varying with relative humidity, activate this device.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Hygromètre qui permet une lecture correcte de l'humidité à l'intérieur d'une maison mais dont la lecture est faussée, en plein air, par la circulation de l'air.

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging
DEF

Any type of(generally plastic) bag whose closure is being effected by twisting one end and fastening it with a tie(plastic, twist, metal, etc.).

CONT

"Twist bag" used for fruits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages
DEF

Sac fabriqué généralement en plastique, dont une extrémité (la gueule) est torsadée et fermée par un lien quelconque (lien plein, lien torsadé, agrafe de plastique, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 6 1980-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

(...) [Tool] used to drill holes one quarter inch or less in wood or metal. Straight shank twist drills are most often used with this tool; however, automatic drill bits are also sometimes used. The maximum chuck capacity for this type drill is one quarter in.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

[Outil permettant] de percer un mur, du bois ou du métal. Les trous pratiqués seront de diamètres différents selon les forets que vous adapterez à la chignole.

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Outillage (Mécanique)

Spanish

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