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SWATH [9 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2011-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Techniques
DEF

A strip in a field or lawn that has been left clear after the passage of a mower, scythe, etcetera.

OBS

[A windrow is] a row of hay [or other cut crops], consisting of two or more swaths combined into one in preparation for picking up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de récolte
OBS

Andain : [Quantité] d'herbe coupée à chaque coup de faux, ou ligne constituée au sol par l'herbe coupée par le faucheur. [Aujourd'hui] c'est une machine de coupe et non plus un faucheur qui forme l'andain.

OBS

Par opposition à andain groupé [«windrow», en anglais].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas de recolección
DEF

Faja de prado cuya hierba queda cortada cada vez que el operario va segando con el dalle a lo largo o lo ancho de la finca.

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Record 2 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

The area observed by a satellite as it orbits the Earth.

OBS

swath: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
DEF

[Zone] observée à la surface de la Terre au moyen d'un capteur, lors du passage d'un véhicule aérospatial.

OBS

fauchée; couloir exploré : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale (CUTS) et par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

PHR

Couloir exploré par capteur.

PHR

Couverture au sol des modes de faisceau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Naves espaciales
  • Teledetección
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Record 3 2006-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Techniques
DEF

A band of grass, corn or other crop cut by a mower or scythe, lying on the ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de récolte
DEF

Tas de céréales coupées qu'on laisse sur le sol avant de les lier en gerbes.

CONT

Mettre du blé en javelles.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
Key term(s)
  • small waterplane area twin hull ship

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
DEF

Catamaran dont le coque est immergée et la surface flottante réduite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
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Record 5 2000-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
DEF

Strip or band of fluid produced on a surface by the use of a sprayer.

CONT

In house-spraying, a swath may be applied while the sprayman stands still and moves the lance vertically ("vertical swath") or (less commonly) while the sprayman walks parallel to the wall holding the lance at a given height ("horizontal swath").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
DEF

Bande aspergée par un jet liquide, projeté par un pulvérisateur sur une surface plane.

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
  • Pest Control Equipment
DEF

The crop surface sprayed in one course.

CONT

A good spray pattern consists of a large number of small droplets of uniform size, closely spaced and equally distributed across the swath.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Matériel de protection des végétaux
OBS

largeur de pulvérisation (Évolution des pulvérisateurs, Docum. agric. B.P., numéro 82, Paris, 1966, page 5).

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Techniques
DEF

The single strip cut by a machine in one course.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de récolte
OBS

par exemple d'une machine

Spanish

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Record 8 1992-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Earthmoving
DEF

Breadth of a path cut in one course of the scythe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Terrassement
DEF

Largeur du coup de faux.

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waterproofing (Construction)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étanchéité (Construction)

Spanish

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