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WOBBLER [4 records]

Record 1 2024-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Media
CONT

... wobblers are in-store displays that feature a promotional message or a product placed on a flexible, movable arm that moves when touched or when there's a breeze.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports publicitaires
DEF

Support de publicité sur le lieu de vente disposé sur le rebord d'une étagère et conçu pour osciller lorsqu'il est touché ou déséquilibré, afin d'attirer l'attention.

OBS

dodelineur : désignation proposée par l'Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) en 2024.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
CONT

Wobbler. The wobbler signal is a single frequency which is modulated by a low and slowly varying tone. The result is a howling sound that causes a nuisance effect on voice radio communications.

Key term(s)
  • warbler signal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Guerre électronique
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A fast rock that rocks or wobbles [as if dancing] as it slides down on the ice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Pierre lancée rapidement qui vacille au lieu de tourner à plat sur la glace.

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

A fishing lure of the spoon type that wobbles when drawn through the water.

OBS

Most [spoons] have a single free-swinging treble hook at the tail ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
CONT

La cuiller ondulante est formée d'une pale métallique ondulée à laquelle un, deux ou trois hameçons sont attachés. (...) Les palettes des cuillers ondulantes varient, à l'infini de la forme ronde à la forme elliptique.

Spanish

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