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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A device used to fasten and unfasten two adjoining edges of material, as on the packet of a dress, the fly of a pair of trousers, etc.: it consists of two rows of interlocking tabs which are joined or separated by sliding a part up or down.  5, record 1, English, - zipper

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The zip fastener was invented in Chicano in 1893 by Whitcomb Judson and in it early stage was more a hook-and-eye shoe fastener. Zip-fasteners did not come into general until the 1930s, when the zipper beat the button fly in the 1937, following the discovery that zippers made it easier for children to dress themselves. During that period they had campaigns praised zippers for promoting self-reliance in young. The first commercial production of zip-fasteners was when Whitcomb Judson started together with businessman Colonel Lewis Walker, the Universal Fastener Company to manufacture the new device.  2, record 1, English, - zipper

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The zippers date back to the 1890s when this new invention was called a slide fastener. The name zipper wasn’t coined until the 1920s when this closure became more widely used in everyday sportswear.  6, record 1, English, - zipper

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Such was the fate of trade-marks such as "Zipper," "Escalator," "Cellophane," and "Dry Ice." Who remembers that the correct terms are "slide fastener" and "moving staircase"? This is why some companies are very vigilant about policing their marks, and preventing improper use of their trade-marks in any kind of communication.  7, record 1, English, - zipper

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Fermeture [...] constituée de deux chaînes souples, à dents, qui engrènent au moyen d'un curseur.  4, record 1, French, - fermeture%20%C3%A0%20glissi%C3%A8re

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fermeture éclair : [À l'origine, fermeture Éclair,] marque déposée d'une fermeture à glissière.  5, record 1, French, - fermeture%20%C3%A0%20glissi%C3%A8re

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pluriel : Des fermetures éclair, des fermetures à glissière.  6, record 1, French, - fermeture%20%C3%A0%20glissi%C3%A8re

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Blouson à fermeture éclair.  6, record 1, French, - fermeture%20%C3%A0%20glissi%C3%A8re

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Thinking characterized by the use of abstractions and generalizations.  2, record 2, English, - abstract%20thinking

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Piaget's theory suggests that children progress from a stage of "concrete thinking"(entered at about age six) to one of "formal thinking"(at about age twelve). It is Papert's belief that this ordering is not in fact universal;....  3, record 2, English, - abstract%20thinking

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

As opposed to "concrete thinking."  4, record 2, English, - abstract%20thinking

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Piaget distingue la «pensée concrète» de la «pensée formelle». La pensée concrète est déjà bien élaborée quand l'enfant, à six ans, aborde sa première année d'école primaire, et elle se renforce dans les années qui suivent. La pensée formelle, quant à elle, ne se développe réellement que lorsque l'enfant a presque le double de cet âge, soit environ douze ans, à un ou deux ans près - et certains spécialistes ont même émis l'idée que bien des personnes ne parviennent jamais à une pensée pleinement formelle.  2, record 2, French, - pens%C3%A9e%20abstraite

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Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Inability to deal with abstract concepts ...  2, record 3, English, - concrete%20thinking

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Piaget's theory suggests that children progress from a stage of "concrete thinking"(entered at about age six) to one of "formal thinking"(at about age twelve). It is Papert's belief that this ordering is not in fact universal : his conjecture is that "the computer can concretize(and personalize) the formal.  3, record 3, English, - concrete%20thinking

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Piaget distingue la "pensée concrète" de la "pensée formelle". La pensée concrète est déjà bien élaborée quand l'enfant, à six ans, aborde sa première année d'école primaire, et elle se renforce dans les années qui suivent. La pensée formelle, quant à elle, ne se développe réellement que lorsque l'enfant a presque le double de cet âge, soit environ douze ans, à un ou deux ans près [...]  2, record 3, French, - pens%C3%A9e%20concr%C3%A8te

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The Utopia Pavilion was one of the most noticed of the five theme pavilions at Portugal' s World Exhibition in Lisbon. For the first time at a World or Universal Exhibition, a show was staged for over 3 million spectators. It took co-author and artistic director François Confino three years during which he worked with American, Canadian, French and Portuguese staff to see this incredible challenge through. Soaring effects and gigantic special effects were specially designed, and extremely complex mechanical systems bred movement into flexible materials and stage sets at an unusually large scale. Through close collaboration with Philippe Genty, the director, Oceans & Utopias enticed the audience on a fascinating journey through mythology, conquest and the anguish of those at sea known to everyone faced with the boundlessness of the ocean.  1, record 4, English, - Utopia%20Pavilion

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Parmi les cinq pavillons thématiques du Portugal de l'exposition mondiale de Lisbonne en 1998, le pavillon Utopia a été l'un des plus remarqués. Pour la première fois dans le cadre d'une exposition mondiale ou universelle, un spectacle a été donné à voir à plus de 3 millions de personnes. Dans un stade couvert construit pour l'occasion, 6 500 spectateurs en moyenne ont assisté 4 fois par jour, pendant 130 jours d'affilée, aux 520 représentations du spectacle. Sous la direction artistique de François Confino et de Philippe Genty, trois ans de travail avec des équipes américaines, canadiennes, françaises et portugaises ont été nécessaires pour mener à bien ce défi. Des effets d'envols et des effets spéciaux de grande envergure ont été spécifiquement développés pour ce spectacle tandis que des systèmes mécaniques très élaborés ont permis de mettre en mouvement à une échelle inhabituelle des matériaux souples et des éléments de décors. «Océans et Utopies» a entraîné les spectateurs dans un fascinant parcours onirique à travers les mythologies, les conquêtes et les angoisses aquatiques de ceux qui se sont confrontés aux étendues océanes.  1, record 4, French, - Pavillon%20de%20l%27Utopie

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Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The Angara launch vehicle family represents the next evolutionary step in commercially-competitive space launch capability for ILS. The Angara system uses a universal stage concept to provide payload lift capability from the small launcher class through the heavy-lift booster class.  2, record 5, English, - Angara

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Nouvelle famille de lanceurs russes à cinq versions différentes (lanceur petit, moyen et lourd).  1, record 5, French, - Angara

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Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A "stage" of three, four, or five axes attached to the rotating stage of a polarizing microscope that enables the thin section under study to be tilted about two horizontal axes at right angles. It is used for optical study of low-symmetry minerals or for determining the orientation of any mineral relative to the section surface and edge directions.  1, record 6, English, - universal%20stage

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Certains microscopes polarisants comportent une "platine de Fedoroff", encore appelée "universelle"; c'est une platine munie en son milieu d'une suspension à la cardan, qui permet d'incliner et d'orienter le minéral à volonté, de manière à amener l'axe du cristal dans la direction souhaitée.  1, record 6, French, - platine%20de%20Fedoroff

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish