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Record 1 2024-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Applied Arts
  • Cosmetology
DEF

A device that is used to poke holes into the skin with a needle [or group of needles] and pound special inks under the top layers of the skin to create a permanent design.

CONT

The tattoo machine is basically the very same since it was first designed. Coils send an electric current through the machine, causing the needles to move in an up-and-down motion at a very fast pace. This electric current is regulated by a power supply, and the machine is then turned on and off through the use of a foot pedal.

OBS

tattoo gun : Many tattoo artists object to the use of this term stating that it attaches a negative connotation to their work and makes them seem unprofessional.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Arts appliqués
  • Cosmétologie
CONT

Le dermographe fait vibrer un groupe de fines aiguilles plusieurs centaines de fois par minute, ce qui crée une série de perforations dans la peau. Les aiguilles remplies d'encre font pénétrer le pigment dans la peau. Les aiguilles pénètrent l'épiderme et atteignent le derme.

OBS

Le dermographe consiste essentiellement en trois parties : le canon électrique, qui actionne l'aiguille ou le faisceau d'aiguilles transperçant la peau et dont le fonctionnement est contrôlé par une pédale; le manchon et la buse de guidage qui contiennent et guident le faisceau d'aiguilles; finalement, le faisceau d'aiguilles lui-même.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Ethics and Morals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Éthique et Morale

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coining
DEF

The name given to the category into which coins are referenced or graded, called, advertised, priced, and sold where in fact they belong to an inferior category. Even if the coins have some of the characteristics of the superior category, it remains a sloppy and unprofessional grading practice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Monnayage
DEF

Désignation de toute catégorie dans laquelle, à des fins strictement lucratives, on a classé une pièce dont l'état de conservation la rattache à une catégorie inférieure; même si la pièce a certaines caractéristiques de la catégorie supérieure, la pratique demeure déloyale.

Spanish

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