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RADIUS [11 records]

Record 1 2025-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The more lateral and shorter bone of the forearm.

OBS

It revolves partially about the ulna. Its head articulates with the capitulum of the humerus and with the radial notch on the ulna and is encircled by the annular ligament. Its lower portion articulates with the ulna by the ulnar notch, and by another articulation with the navicular (scaphoid) and lunate bones of the wrist.

OBS

radius: English and Latin designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le squelette de l'avant-bras est formé de deux os longs, placés l'un à côté de l'autre, l'ulna en dedans, le radius en dehors.

OBS

radius : désignation française dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

radius : désignation latine tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Biology
  • Mammals
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

The radius and ulna are the bones of the forearm. ... but in the horse the shaft of the radius has become overdeveloped at the expense of the shaft of the ulna.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie animale
  • Mammifères
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Os principal de l'avant-bras, entre l'articulation du coude et celle du carpe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología animal
  • Mamíferos
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 3 2007-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
DEF

A line segment from centre of circle or sphere to point on circle or sphere.

OBS

radius; r: term and abbreviation to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Segment de valeur constante joignant un point quelconque d'un cercle [ou d'une sphère] à son centre.

OBS

rayon; r : terme et abréviation d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A client/server protocol and software that enables remote access servers to communicate with a central server to authenticate dial-in users and authorize their access to the requested system or service.

OBS

RADIUS allows a company to maintain user profiles in a central database that all remote servers can share. It provides better security, allowing a company to set up a policy that can be applied at a single administered network point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Le service d'usage commuté à authentification distante (RADIUS) est un protocole client-serveur d'authentification qui prend en charge l'authentification et comptabilité et qui est largement utilisé par les fournisseurs d'accès Internet. C'est la méthode la plus courante d'authentification et d'autorisation des utilisateurs à accès commuté ou par tunnel.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finish Carpentry
  • Construction Finishing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menuiserie
  • Finitions (Construction)
DEF

Moulure concave ou façon de cueillie en quart-de-rond, dont l'arrondi est en général tangent à une surface unie (panneau, fût de colonne).

OBS

Lorsque la courbe s'allonge, on désignera le congé comme un adoucissement.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Most horizontal wells have targeted crude oil reservoirs. Its successful employment ... has encouraged testing of it in many geographic regions and geologic situations. The technical objective of horizontal drilling is to provide economic benefits by exposing significantly more reservoir rock to the well bore surface than can be achieved via drilling of a conventional vertical well. ... Horizontal bore hole length grew rapidly and horizontal displacements have now been extended to over 8,000 feet. Some wells have featured multiple horizontal bores. ... Based on curvature rate, the most commonly used classification for types of horizontal wells are as follows: ultra-short radius, short radius, medium radius and long radius.

OBS

rw: the letter "w" is subscripted.

Key term(s)
  • wellbore radius
  • radius of a well

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

[Géométrie des puits horizontaux.] Le rayon de courbure de la partie de trajectoire qui relie la section verticale à la section horizontale dépend de plusieurs facteurs : - le déplacement horizontal recherché entre la localisation en surface et l'entrée dans le réservoir, - la position verticale du début de la déviation («kick-off point»), - la longueur de drain horizontal à forer, - les contraintes de complétion. D'une manière générale les longs rayons de courbure, supérieurs à 250 mètres, permettent de forer de plus longues sections horizontales et facilitent la complétion. Les longs rayons de courbure sont surtout utilisés pour les puits de développement alors que les courts rayons s'appliquent essentiellement aux opérations de recomplétion.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • Rubber Processing
DEF

To round off a sharp angle into an arc of a circle.

CONT

Most blow-molded articles perform better if the designer remembers to radius, slant, and taper all surfaces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
  • Fabrication du caoutchouc

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
  • Elaboración del caucho
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Record 8 1998-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plane Geometry
DEF

The straight line extending from the center of a circle or a sphere to the curve or surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géométrie plane
DEF

Ligne droite qui joint un point de la circonférence (ou d'une sphère) au centre de cette circonférence (ou de cette sphère).

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
DEF

The outer of the 2 bones of the forearm in vertebrates.

OBS

plural: radii.

CONT

Ring-neck ducks: Wing bones (radii) were cleaned of associated muscle tissue, freeze-dried, weighed and digested in high purity nitric acid under clean laboratory conditions.

Key term(s)
  • radii

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Os long formant la partie externe du squelette de l'avant-bras.

OBS

radii au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • radii

Spanish

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Record 10 1987-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Aeroindustry
DEF

A rounded part (as an edge or fillet) produced by radiusing ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Constructions aéronautiques
DEF

Portion de surface cylindrique raccordant deux surfaces.

DEF

Partie arrondie de quelque chose [...]

OBS

arrondi : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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Record 11 1977-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

The anterior or pre-axial of the two bones forming the fore-arm of a tetrapod vertebrate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Os long, situé à la partie externe de l'avant-bras, en dehors du cubitus [...]

Spanish

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