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TWO PIECE CAN [16 records]

Record 1 2019-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

... the jib being a triangular piece, the length of the hypotenuse is the required length and can be calculated from the lengths of the other two sides which in turn depend on the [corresponding] horizontal and vertical spreads of the jib webbing...

OBS

Of [a] trawl net.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Pièce de filet de forme triangulaire, placée à chaque coin de carré de la corde de dos ou du bourrelet.

CONT

Pour effectuer le laçage de ce renfort, le bord de l'alèze en fil simple doit présenter : une série de mailles de côté nécessaire au laçage du triangle à la partie postérieure de l'aile […]

OBS

Pièce de renfort d'un chalut.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 2 2015-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
CONT

The edge strength can be measured in a standardized four-point bending test... A piece of glass is fixed on two rollers... On the top side, two additional rollers are used to induce a defined bending force, and the force under which the glass breaks is measured.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
CONT

Pour la flexion quatre points, la poutre repose sur deux appuis, mais deux forces G1 et G2 sont appliquées à la poutre [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

The drawing apparatus does not project an image originating from the microscope, it rather adds an external image, that of the drawing, to the one normally observed in the microscope eyepiece.... The drawing attachment described here fits easily between the binocular tube and the tube support of a Wild compound microscope. It is a tubular piece, protruding horizontally to the left or the right hand of the observer.... Similar "drawing tubes" for camera lucida viewing with stereomicroscopes are also available. Because each ocular in the stereomicroscope produces an image of the specimen from a different angle, both images together give the impression of 3D-vision, but obviously, the drawing picked up from the drawing tube can be superimposed with only one of the two members of the stereopair.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A cylindrical instrument used to hit a baseball, usually made of wood and tapered at one end.

CONT

A bat is made of one piece of solid wood or from a block of wood consisting of two or more pieces bonded together in such a way that the grain direction is parallel to the length of the bat. It can be as long as 42 inches [though 36 or 37 inches is rarely exceeded for a baseball bat, and as long as 34 inches for a softball bat] and must not exceed a diameter of 2 3/4 inches [2 1/4 inches for a softball bat] at its thickest part. Tape or another sticky substance may be applied to the handle to permit a better grip, but should not be higher than 18 inches [10 to 15 inches for a softball bat] up the handle.

OBS

Bat nicknames have survived long usage, some of the more enduring being "lumber," "wood," "wand," "willow," "war club," "stick," "shillelagh." A bat is still called the "hickory" because it used to be made of the hardwood, although white ash has long since proved more satisfactory. The [term] "white tongue" as a synonym dates to the 1880s when A.G. Spalding advertised for 100,000 wagon tongues to be turned into bats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Morceau de bois long de 107 cm et ayant un diamètre de 7 cm servant à frapper la balle.

CONT

Le bâton est fait d'une pièce de bois solide ou d'un bloc de deux ou plusieurs pièces collées de façon que le grain soit parallèle à la longueur du bâton. Il peut avoir jusqu'à 42 pouces de long [bien que l'on excède rarement 36 ou 37 pouces, et jusqu'à 34 pouces pour le bâton de softball] et son diamètre ne doit pas excéder 2.75 pouces [2.25 pouces pour le bâton de softball] au plus épais. On peut appliquer un ruban ou une substance collante sur le manche pour donner une bonne prise. Le ruban ne doit pas couvrir plus de 18 pouces [de 10 à 15 pouces pour le bâton de softball].

OBS

La graphie «base-ball» (ou «baseball») est utilisée en France. Au Canada, «baseball» est plus usitée.

Key term(s)
  • batte de baseball
  • bâton de base-ball

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Béisbol y softball
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Record 5 2006-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Metal
  • Food Preservation and Canning
CONT

Since the early 1970s a different concept of can making has gained acceptance in commercial production. In this the body and one end is formed in one entity from a flat circular blank by press-forming techniques... Sealed with the usual packer's end, it is known as a two-piece can.

Key term(s)
  • two piece can

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en métal
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie
DEF

Boîte métallique fabriquée à partir de deux composants principaux : le corps, avec son fond en une seule pièce, et le couvercle.

CONT

Boîtes rondes à sertir pour produits alimentaires [...] Dans le cas du fer-blanc, les boîtes vides sont livrées avec un fond de fabrication serti [...], ou soudé [...], ou embouti (boîtes 2 pièces).

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Metal
OBS

First RBS [Redicon British Steel] coated steel sheet can production line... Jointly developed by Redicon Corp. [and] British Steel PLC... system produces two piece steel beverage cans costing 3% less than conventional D & I [drawn-and-ironed] aluminum cans.

Key term(s)
  • Redicon British Steel can
  • Redicon-British Steel can

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en métal
CONT

[...] British Steel Tinplate qui fabrique des boîtes RBS (Redicon British Steel), une technologie qui utilise un acier colaminé sur lequel on applique à chaud un polymère [...]

Key term(s)
  • boîte Redicon British Steel
  • boîte Redicon-British Steel
  • canette Redicon British Steel
  • canette Redicon-British Steel
  • cannette Redicon British Steel
  • cannette Redicon-British Steel

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Metal
DEF

A process for making two piece cans in which a circular blank is drawn through a die to form a shallow cup and then redrawn through two or more dies to produce a can of desired dimensions.

OBS

The two piece draw redraw (DRD) process is used for short food cans such as those used for tuna cans.

Key term(s)
  • draw redraw
  • draw-redraw process
  • two piece-draw-redraw process two piece draw-redraw process

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en métal
CONT

La boîte emboutie [...] est fabriquée par un procédé d'emboutissage DRD [...] La tôle est découpée sous forme d'un flan circulaire [...] La presse d'emboutissage comporte un serre-flan qui retient partiellement le métal lorsque le poinçon [...] pousse ce flan à travers la matrice. [...] les boîtes DRD sont [...] très souvent fabriquées en plusieurs passes d'emboutissage au cours desquelles le diamètre se réduit et la hauteur de boîte (jupe) augmente.

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Chemistry
  • Biotechnology
CONT

A tandem mass spectrometer can be thought of as two mass spectrometers in series connected by a chamber that can break a molecule into pieces perhaps like a puzzle. This chamber is known as a collision cell. A sample is "sorted" and "weighed" in the first mass spectrometer, then broken into pieces in the collision cell, and a piece or pieces sorted and weighed in the second mass spectrometer.

OBS

A tandem mass spectrometer is often abbreviated as Tandem MS or MS/MS. Sometimes you will also notice the abbreviation ESI (electrospray), FAB (fast atom bombardment) and LSI (liquid secondary ion) before the tandem MS. These terms indicate the way the compound is placed into the tandem mass spectrometer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Chimie
  • Biotechnologie
CONT

Spectromètre de masse en tandem possédant une source électrospray.

OBS

Tandem : ensemble composé de deux éléments qui se complètent.

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

Crushing the velvet pile can produce two additional types of velvet, crushed velvet and panné velvet. Crushed velvet involves the fabric being mechanically twisted while wet... Crushed velvet is also found in interior applications but is often used in apparel as well. For upholstery purposes crushed velvet can have a coated backing applied to provide stability. When being used in apparel the texture of the crushed velvet creates a beautiful luster effect and the direction of the pile can also be used to provide various looks from the same piece of fabric.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
DEF

Velours dont la surface a été froissée sous l'effet de la chaleur.

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
  • Optics
  • Scientific Instruments
CONT

What is the component needed to check the focal range of the eyepiece assembly? a. collimation bridge; b. [good answer:] diopter scope; c. detector probe.

CONT

Collimation and Diopter Scope-Binocular alignment of the NVD is performed with the Collimation Bridge. Eye Piece diopter range can be verified with the calibrated, full range Diopter Scope.(Optional).... Collimation Bridge : Contains two beam combining prisms in rugged bridge for evaluation of goggle optical alignment. Allows left-to-right, right-to-left checking.

CONT

Test set infrared viewer ... Matl: Main light source and console, gain probe, battery case, ac power cord, AN/AVS-6 adapter, diopter, collimation bridge, manual. Func: This portable NVG test instrument is used for evaluating performance of most goggles, it tests goggles and weapon sights.

OBS

collimation: the process by which a divergent beam of energy is converted into a parallel beam. [in French:] "collimation."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Optique
  • Instruments scientifiques
CONT

Radiothérapie de haute énergie. Dans ces unités de traitement, l'élément radioactif est confiné dans une capsule cylindrique scellée (diamètre : 2 cm), placée au centre d'un container de protection (plomb), muni d'un obturateur et d'un dispositif de collimation du faisceau.

Spanish

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Record 11 2000-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
DEF

A machine designed for wrapping any container or article.

CONT

In most wrapping machines the loaves pass along a travelling band from the slicer, although the wrapper can be used independent of the slicer. As the loaves move along they pass under a roll of waxed wrapping paper, while two jaws move downwards and pick up the loaf inside a piece of paper of a size sufficient to enclose it, a self-measuring mechanism controlling this action. Then, by means of sliding plates which are timed so as to complete one operation after another, the paper is folded round the loaf. The loaf then travels along another band and passes between two plates, electrically heated, which melt the wax of the paper and so seal up the package.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
DEF

Machine d'emballage destinée à enfermer des produits unitaires dans un matériau flexible tel que le papier, l'aluminium, le plastique, etc.

Spanish

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Record 12 2000-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

Taper test equipment is used to test one aspect of the dimensional integrity of wafers. The apparatus can be part of a complete wafer test system, or it can be an individual piece of test equipment. Taper results when the two faces of the wafer under test are not parallel. The taper tester, as the name suggests, tests wafers to ensure that taper is not present before they undergo further processing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie

Spanish

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Record 13 1996-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Braking Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

Circular stamped metal part used as a wheel-brake dust protector when the brake shoes are mounted on brake spiders.

OBS

This part can be made of one piece or two.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camionnage
  • Freins (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Pièce circulaire en tôle emboutie, servant de cache- poussière aux freins de roue quand les segments de frein sont montés sur un porte-segments.

OBS

Cette tôle peut être d'une seule pièce ou en deux parties.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte por camión
  • Frenos (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
DEF

Pieza circular de chapa estampada que protege los frenos contra el polvo cuando las zapatas están instaladas en una cruceta portazapatas.

OBS

Puede ser de una sola pieza o formada por dos mitades.

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Record 14 1990-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

Reciprocal translocation is a chromosomal aberration in which two nonhomologous chromosomes are broken and repaired so that two monocentric chromosomes, composed of a piece from each of the originals, are formed. Three possible types of gametes can be formed : a normal gamete with the two untranslocated chromosomes, a gamete with both translocated chromosomes(which will produce an offspring who is a translocation heterozygote or balanced carrier like the parent), and a gamete with one untranslocated and one translocated chromosome(which will produce a child with a partial duplication deficiency; one end of the translocated chromosome is duplicated on the untranslocated chromosome, and the material that this end replaces is deleted).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
CONT

Les translocations empêchent l'appariement et la ségrégation des chromosomes au cours de la première division méiotique, et il peut en résulter la formation de gamètes non équilibrés, qui provoquent un déséquilibre pour la descendance. La synapse entre les deux chromosomes normaux et les deux chromosomes transloqués prend la forme d'une croix, qui peut ensuite se déplier pour former un anneau ou une chaîne, à moins que les bras chromosomiques ne soient maintenus ensemble par des chiasmas.

Spanish

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Record 15 1988-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Frame Representation. A frame is a collection of slots and values that is used to represent a piece of knowledge. For example a "person frame" could have slots named : name, sex, age, hair color, eye color, height, and weight. A particular person would then have all the slots filled in with the correct values. Also, most frame-based systems extend this idea to inheritance. For example, a person is an example of a mammal, which has its own slots. A system can then make inferences based on these inherited values(e. g., mammals are warm blooded, therefore "Joe" is warm blooded). Because of the emphasis on CML in Chapter 4, this book sometimes refers to frames as being two dimensional, with rows being individual frames and columns being slots.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Voir "cadre".

Spanish

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Record 16 1980-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
CONT

[A handscrew] consists of two hardwood jaws with two threaded screws with a handle on each. These clamps can be used with the jaws parallel or they can be tapered to fit an irregular shaped piece of stock(...) Hand screws are made in various sizes; use the size that suits the work to be glued.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
CONT

Les serres à main sont constituées de deux mâchoires en bois, ajustables à différentes ouvertures et à différents angles au moyen de vis en métal. Pour ajuster la serre à l'ouverture nécessaire, saisissez les poignées fermement et tournez la vis du haut autour de la vis du milieu. Tournez dans une direction pour ouvrir la serre et une direction opposée pour la fermer.

OBS

On peut trouver le terme par ordre alphabétique dans l'ouvrage.

Spanish

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