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WHEEL HOUSE [5 records]

Record 1 2023-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Collaboration with the FAO
CONT

These vessels will assume characteristics dependent on where they are used. In northern Europe the basic types of seine netters are the Anchor seiner and Scottish seiner for which there is no difference between these two vessel types with both having the wheel house aft and the working deck amidships.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Collaboration avec la FAO

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Suspension Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Motorcycles and Snowmobiles
CONT

The swing-arm rapidly superseded the widely used but technically poor plunger type rear suspension in the 1950s. It was long customary for the swing-arm to comprise simply a cross-tube to house the pivot bearings, and a pair of side tubes to support the wheel and suspension struts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Suspension (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Motos et motoneiges
OBS

Le bras oscillant est un composant de la suspension arrière des motos modernes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

An instrument that indicates, without actually measuring, changes in atmospheric humidity.

CONT

Usually a device in which a vegetable or animal fibre(in "Saussure's hydroscope", a human hair) which contracts with moisture, is made to move an index round a graduated scale as in the wheel barometer, or, in a familiar form, to make a small male or female figure emerge from a toy house.

OBS

Compare with "hygrometer."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Appareil mettant en évidence de façon qualitative les variations de l'état hygrométrique de l'air.

CONT

Les hygroscopes reposant tous sur la propriété qu'ont certaines substances, dites hygroscopiques, d'absorber l'humidité atmosphérique et de changer d'aspect ou de longueur par suite de cette absorption.

OBS

Il ne faut pas confondre l'hydroscope avec l'hygromètre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Instrumento que indica la humedad del aire.

OBS

Los higroscopios empleados en meteorología son los higrómetros y psicrómetros.

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Record 4 2013-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrology
CONT

Nearing full circle, the zodiac' s wheel arrives at Pisces, the fish. Those born under this sign inhabit the zodiac' s twelfth house... Pisces is said to be the most sensitive of signs.

OBS

The mutable Water sign. The symbol is two fish tied together but curving in opposite directions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrologie
CONT

À l'image des océans que le signe gouverne, la symbolique des Poissons est insondable : on s'y voie, ou on s'y perd [...] Seul l'initié peut s'y reconnaître, à la condition de ne pas parler.

OBS

Le Soleil transite ce signe du 19 février au 20 mars. Signe mutable d'hiver. Froid et humide, donc d'eau. Gouverné par Neptune. Lieu d'exaltation de Vénus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Astrología
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Record 5 2007-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bodywork and Framework (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

Wet snow and slush can accumulate in the wheel wells of your vehicle and restrict your ability to steer or manoeuvre.

Key term(s)
  • wheelhouse

French

Domaine(s)
  • Carrosserie, caisse et châssis (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

Volume de la carrosserie dans lequel débat la roue et qui doit être vide de tout élément de tôle ou de mécanique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carrocería y chasis (Vehículos automotores)
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