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Record 1 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The result of hitting the tennis ball with a tennis racquet; sometimes refers to the actual placement of the ball or manner in which it is struck.

CONT

A shot is the combination of a stroke and the situation in which it is used.

OBS

"Long" is an informal expression used to indicate that a shot went out past the baseline. Important nuance: a "stroke" implies early preparation and a complete follow through. If one were to envision a stroke, one would see a series of sequences, ending with a "shot", i.e. the result of all of the above. Consequently, a "shot" is the result of the "stroke". "Shot" implies a quick, sharp movement because one is focusing on the end result, not the series of sequences leading up to it. A "blow" is rather an imprecise, general term similar in meaning to "shot". Although many would like to maintain these nuances in English, "shot" and "stroke" are often used synonymously. "Blow" is used only rarely. Note, however that although there are two possible equivalents ("coup" and "frappe") in French, neither are semantically identical to the English offerings. The Spanish term "pegada" works well as an equivalent for "shot", although technically the term more specifically refers to the actual hitting action caused by the racket coming in contact with the ball, and not to the end result [cause vs effect].

CONT

Keeping your feet wide apart is an important key to maintaining good balance and positioning while moving from shot to shot.

CONT

Since his injury in the first set, he has lost a lot of sting in his shots.

PHR

Shape, strength of shot. Barrage, range, string of shots.

PHR

Shot bounces. Shot drifts wide. Shot has no pace on it. Shot will go/sail long.

PHR

Accurate, aggressive, angled, approach, bread-and-butter, buggywhip, chip, cinch, crafty, cross-court, crummy, decisive, deep, defensive, delicate, down-the-line, down-the-T, drop, extraordinary, fantastic, fast, floating, floppy, follow-up, forcing, gutsy, hard, hard-to-read, high-risk, inside-out, kill, laser, looping, loose, low, low-percentage, low-risk, mammoth, midcourt, off-centre, offensive, outside-in, passing, percentage, power, pressure, recovery, risky, safe, set-up, shallow, sharp-angled, short, showoff, sloppy, soft, spin, strong, tactical, topspin, touch, tough, tricky, two-handed, underspin, varied, vicious, wide, winning, wrongfooting shot.

PHR

Irretrievable key shot.

PHR

To admire, angle, anticipate, attack, baby, block, bungle, center, chop down, conceal, cut off, develop, dip, direct, flatten out, go for, guide, handle, hit, hold, improvise, intercept, lean into, line up, make, meet, miss, move into, muff, muscle, net, place, play, pop up, practice, pull off, put away, retrieve, rifle, run down, rush through, send, set up, smack, spray, step into, take, target, telegraph, time, track, underspin, unleash a shot.

PHR

To add pep to a shot. To approach behind a shot. To be cute with a shot. To react to a shot. To scoop down for a shot. To put one’s whole body behind shot. To get one’s weight behind/into the shot. To mix up shots. To stream together shots.

PHR

To raise a shot high. To telegraph shop direction. To whip a shot up/down the line.

PHR

Crushing shots. Filing one’s body into a shot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[...] Rien pour embarrasser François dont la régularité des coups en fond de terrain et la grande ténacité font de ce jeune joueur le champion canadien des 14 ans et moins.

CONT

[...] ses coups assenés du fond du court avec cette insolente précision qui blanchit les lignes.

PHR

Coup d'approche, d'attaque, en angle, audacieux, de base, de contre-attaque, coupé, croisé, décentré, décisif, défensif, déguisé, dévastateur, époustouflant, d'expert, explosif, faiblard, fantaisiste, fatal, de grande classe, lourd, mal ajusté, offensif, plat, précis, puissant, raté, retenu, risque, souple, spectaculaire, tordu.

PHR

Puissance, tempo d'un coup. Déroulement du coup. Gamme, production des coups.

PHR

Anticiper, appuyer, centrer, ralentir, rater, tourner un coup.

PHR

Assurer un bon centrage d'un coup. Laisser aller ses coups.

PHR

Sortir des coups impressionnants.

Spanish

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

Efecto de jugar a pegar golpes a una pelota.

CONT

Cualidades que debe poseer un buen servicio [...] Variación constante de la pegada (plana o con efecto).

CONT

Vuelta a la posición de espera tardía, lo que hace dejar un hueco en el que nuestro adversario dirigirá su próximo tiro.

PHR

Tiro angulado. Golpe definitivo, defensivo, estático, violento.

PHR

Un golpe lleva efecto.

PHR

Angular un tiro.

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Record 2 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A ground stroke played by left-handers to the left of the body, and by right-handers to the right.

CONT

For the right-handed player, all strokes on the right side of the body are forehand and all strokes on the left side of the body are backhand.

CONT

When Greg Rusedski hits a tennis ball, it seems to involve a lot of moving parts. A lean six-foot-four and 190 pounds, he’s all arms and legs as he whomps his big serve and whacks his forehands and backhands.

CONT

After Becker plopped a forehand into the net, he offered a perfunctory handshake at the net without even glancing at Voinea.

OBS

Both the French and Spanish make much use of the anglicism "drive", albeit not in a correct fashion: In English "drive" is supposed to imply a ball hit with a lot of pace to win a point outright, regardless of the type of spin used to accomplish this task, and regardless of which side it is hit (forehand or backhand). (The terms "shot" and "stroke", being more neutral, need not imply any added spin whatsoever.) However in both French and Spanish, "drive" is also used often as a synonym for "forehand" (shot/stroke).

PHR

Backspin, blistering, crosscourt, dipping, dishrag, dodgy, flat, full, inside-out, lefthanded, powerful, running, scorching, sharp, slice, topspin, whippy, winning forehand.

PHR

To club, crack, dip, execute, fire, flip, hook, line up, loop, poke at, rip, slam, smack, snap, stroke, unload, whack a forehand. To come over, contact, hold, nail the forehand.

OBS

Forehand can break down, tends to fly.

PHR

Forehand side, slice.

PHR

Forehand on the run.

Key term(s)
  • forehander

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

[...] coup après rebond de la balle effectué habituellement au fond du terrain, du côté du corps dont la main tient la raquette.

CONT

Pour un droitier, tous les coups donnés à droite sont considérés comme des coups droits et à gauche comme des revers.

OBS

Dans une source européenne on relève, «un droit» (décocher des droits foudroyants) pour signifier le coup droit, mais aussi, et de façon incorrecte, l'anglicisme «drive» admis en Europe. Ce dernier terme signifie en réalité «un coup puissant renvoyant la balle avec force en lui faisant raser le filet» et ne doit pas être utilisé comme synonyme de coup droit, tout coup frappé avec la paume de la main faisant face au mouvement de la balle, que le coup soit exécuté de la droite ou de la gauche.

OBS

À éviter l'anglicisme générique «drive». Ce terme peut être aussi synonyme de «coup d'attaque». À propos, il existe divers types de coups droits : à plat, lifté (généralement à vocation offensive), coupé (souvent coup d'attente).

CONT

[Elle] fait partie de la nouvelle génération des joueuses qui frappent très fort au coup droit et au revers et elle possède un excellent service.

PHR

Coup droit dévastateur, décroisé, en course, fulgurant, puissant/précis, tendu.

PHR

Joueur doté d'un bon coup droit.

PHR

Croiser un coup droit.

Key term(s)
  • coup d'avant-main

Spanish

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

Golpe que se ejecuta en el lado derecho del cuerpo.

CONT

El golpe de derecha, o «drive», es el golpe más básico del tenis.

PHR

Golpe de derecha cortado, liftado, plano.

PHR

Realizar un golpe de derecha.

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Record 3 2011-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weightlifting
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
CONT

Split jerk instructions.... Inhale and position chest high with torso tight. Keeping pressure on heels, dip body by bending knees and ankles slightly. Explosively drive upward with legs, driving barbell up off shoulders. Drop body downward and split one foot forward and other backward as fast as possible while vigorously extending arms overhead. The split position places front shin vertical to floor with front foot flat on floor. The rear knee is slightly bent with rear foot positioned on toes. The bar should be positioned directly over ears at arms length with back straight. Push up with both legs. Position feet side by side by bringing front foot back partway and then rear foot forward. Return to shoulders and repeat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Haltérophilie
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Halterofilia
  • Acondicionamiento físico y culturismo
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Record 4 2011-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
CONT

Frost heaving of bedrock is a widespread process in permafrost regions which may generate forces and movements that detract from the otherwise sound foundation performance usually associated with bedrock. Depending on pre-existing fracture fabric, bedrock heave features may take the form of single ejected blocks or dome-shaped accumulations of up to several meters in diameter.... a pore-water expulsion mechanism can be invoked to explain the origin of the forces producing large rock-heave features... The entrapment of groundwater in a closed system creates zones where high hydrostatic pressures can be developed. This process is common in the highly cohesive, crystalline rocks of the Canadian Shield.... rock heave features comprised of a bent discontinuous layer occur where the water-filled gap is overlain by several blocks and where the fractures dip outwards...

OBS

rock heave feature: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • bedrock-heave feature

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
OBS

Les édifices d'éjection gélivale : un bon indice de la présence de pergélisol. - Les édifices rocheux d'éjection sont des formes périglaciaires résultant du déplacement vertical de fragments du substrat rocheux. Les fragments produits par gélifraction au droit des fissures et des diaclases sont poussés au-dessus de la surface environnante par l'action du froid. Signalés dès la fin du XIXe siècle, ils n'ont été décrits et étudiés convenablement que récemment. Ils sont fréquents dans l'hémisphère nord, en particulier au Canada, au Groenland et au Spitsberg. On les trouve dans les principaux types de roches affectés de réseaux de diaclases. Les blocs éjectés montrent souvent des parois altérées et couvertes de lichens crustacés [...] Le soulèvement des fragments est lié à l'action du froid, notamment à la gélifraction, la gélidisjonction et aux pressions causées par le gel de l'eau dans les fissures. Les formes actives et non actives se rencontrent dans des régions où le pergélisol existe.

OBS

édifice rocheux d'éjection gélivale : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Petroleum Deposits
  • Mining Operations
OBS

As opposed to "downdip."

OBS

up-dip : term used at Natural Resources Canada-Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Gisements pétrolifères
  • Exploitation minière
DEF

Partie d'un gisement située plus haut que le lieu de référence cité.

OBS

Par opposition à «aval-pendage».

OBS

amont-pendage : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Petroleum Deposits
  • Mining Operations
DEF

... in a direction upwards along the dip.

CONT

In any reservoir trap, petroleum is more likely to occur up dip than down dip, because petroleum rises.

CONT

... evidence supports migration of ore fluids up dip along more permeable aquifers in the sequence...

OBS

up-dip : term used at Natural Ressources Canada-Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Gisements pétrolifères
  • Exploitation minière
CONT

[...] des indications permettent de supposer que la migration des fluides minéralisateurs s'est effectuée vers l'amont-pendage à l'intérieur d'aquifères plus perméables au sein de la séquence [...]

OBS

en amont-pendage : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biotechnology
DEF

A high-precision robot with metal pins that dip into a DNA solution, suck up a specific volume and deposit the DNA onto a glass slide in a pre-arranged pattern.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
  • Biotechnologie
CONT

Deux imprimantes de biopuces à ADN (Bio-Rad) fabriquées au Canada, équipées d'une tête imprimante de 48 épingles utilisant la technologie d'épingle "quill" (TeleChem / ArrayIt).

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Petroleum Deposits
DEF

In a direction downwards along the dip of a structure.

CONT

In any reservoir trap, petroleum is more likely to occur up dip than down dip, because petroleum rises.

CONT

Groundwater moves through the roll-front, which advances slowly downdip at a rate determined by the oxidative capacity of the solution versus the reductive capacity of the permeable host rock.

CONT

The main mining areas in the Elliot Lake district are about 10 km apart and extend down dip to depths of about 1200 m below surface on the north and south flanks of a syncline ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Gisements pétrolifères
CONT

Les structures concordantes inclinées sont [...] favorables aux glissements quand elles font alterner des couches perméables qui se saturent d'eau et des couches argileuses imperméables sur lesquelles s'effectue le glissement vers l'aval du pendage.

CONT

Ces zones de cisaillement à pendage moyen à fort peuvent être suivies sur plusieurs centaines de mètres et même sur quelques kilomètres dans la direction longitudinale et en aval-pendage.

CONT

Les principales zones minéralisées du district d'Elliot Lake [...] s'étendent vers l'aval-pendage à des profondeurs d'environ 1 200 m sous la surface [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Craft Industries
CONT

The most basic and traditional types of candles are those made by the dipping method. This is how candles have been produced for centuries. The process involves taking a wick and dipping it into a large can of molten wax. The wax is left to dry after each dip and the process is then repeated. Each time the wick is dipped into into the wax, the shape of the candle is gradually built up and formed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie artisanale
CONT

Pour la fabrication de cierges (bougies longues), le cirier utilise le manège à bougies. Le manège est une grande roue où pendent des cadres. Sur chaque cadre est attachée une longue mèche qui permet de faire seize bougies. Le cirier fait descendre les cadres dans une grande cuve qui contient de la paraffine chaude. Il trempe les bougies plus ou moins longtemps et profondément selon la taille qu'il veut obtenir. Quand il a fini le trempage, il enlève les cadres et il coupe les mèches.

Spanish

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Record 10 2001-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Weightlifting
DEF

A machine that helps to build all the major muscle groups of the arm and back.

Key term(s)
  • chin up/tricep dip machine
  • chin up and tricep dip machine
  • chin-up and tricep dip machine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Haltérophilie
DEF

Appareil permettant d'exercer tous les groupes musculaires majeurs du bras et du dos.

OBS

Renseignements obtenus auprès d'un centre d'entraînement physique spécialisé.

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-06-21

English

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

Gyrocompass... as the Earth rotates, the north end of the gyro rotor tilts upward. The ensuing dip angle results in a pendulum torque, down at the south end and up at the north end of the rotor axis. This torque causes the north end of the gyro axis to precess westward. As soon as the gyro axis passes through the north-south meridian, the action reverses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Moteur électrique à vitesse variable [...]: Du fait que le convertisseur (Redresseur/onduleur) ne délivre pas une sinusoïde parfaite au moteur, de multiples couples d'excitation alternés (couples pendulaires ou vibrations torsionnelles) sont présents à l'entrefer du moteur: ces couples sont retransmis dans la ligne d'arbre avec plus ou moins d'amortissement selon le cas.

Spanish

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Record 12 1997-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Commercial Fishing
Key term(s)
  • brail
  • scoop up with a dip net

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

Source(s) : Pêches - avril 1995.

Spanish

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