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REED [11 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
DEF

A thin elastic tongue ... fastened at one end over an air opening in a wind instrument ... and set in vibration by an air current.

OBS

A reed may be made of cane, wood, metal or plastic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent
DEF

Fine languette placée sur certains instruments à vent et dont la vibration permet de produire le son.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
DEF

... any of several wind instruments ... that sound when the player's breath or air from a wind chamber causes a reed ... to vibrate, thereby setting up a sound wave in an enclosed air column ... or in the open air ...

CONT

Reed instruments. Two kinds of reeds are used in musical instruments, the free reed and the beating reed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent
CONT

Parmi les instruments à anche, il en est à «anche battante» et d'autres à «anche libre».

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

The series of parallel strips of wires in a loom that force the weft up to the web and separate the threads of the warp.

CONT

... the "reed" ... helps to determine cloth width, and acts as a beater.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Cadre monté sur le battant d'un métier à tisser, comportant un grand nombre de lames ou de tiges équidistantes entre lesquelles passent les fils de chaîne.

CONT

Le ros fixe la largeur du tissage sur le métier et sert à serrer la duite contre le tissu.

CONT

Peignes pour métiers à jet d'eau avec dents chromées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Tejeduría (Industrias textiles)
DEF

Barra provista de una hilera de púas entre las cuales se hacen pasar los hilos de la urdimbre para que no se enreden.

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Record 4 2009-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Veterinary Medicine
DEF

The 4th stomach of ruminating animals ... It is an elongated, pear-shaped sac lying on the floor of the abdomen, on the right-hand side and roughly between the 7th and 12th ribs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Médecine vétérinaire
DEF

Quatrième compartiment de l'estomac des ruminants, ayant seul une activité gastrique.

Key term(s)
  • abomasus

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Medicina veterinaria
DEF

Última de las cuatro cavidades del estómago de los rumiantes. Se encuentra en la parte inferior derecha del rumen y presenta forma piriforme y alargada. Es el único compartimiento glandular; segrega jugo gástrico y en él tiene lugar la quimificación, con una función esencialmente idéntica a la del estómago simple.

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Record 5 2004-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Theatre and Opera
OBS

REED is an international scholarly project that is establishing for the first time the broad context from which the great drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries grew. REED examines this historical MSS that provide external evidence of drama, secular music, and other communal entertainment and ceremony from the Middle Ages until 1642, when the Puritans closed the London theatres. Although the project is based at Victoria University in the University of Toronto, REED's internal governance is provided by the Executive Board in early drama and related fields.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Théâtre et Opéra

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Environment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Environnement

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Energy (Physics)
  • Electric Power Distribution
OBS

Natural Resources Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Énergie (Physique)
  • Distribution électrique
OBS

Ressources naturelles Canada.

Spanish

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Record 9 1992-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
OBS

giant reed; great reed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
DEF

Canne de province; par extension, clôture faite avec les tiges de ce végétal.

OBS

Clé des mots, juin 74 RA

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baskets and Basketmaking
CONT

Rattan and wicker: ... When it was discovered that the pitch, or reed, of rattan that had earlier been discarded could be bent into stable shapes, designs became progressively more elaborate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vannerie
CONT

Meubles en rotin : Meubles essentiellement constitués par des parties de ce végétal (moelle, canne, éclisses, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
OBS

Titre d'un programme des Affaires indiennes et du nord. Consultation avec un traducteur de cette section.

Spanish

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