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WRIST JOINT [3 records]

Record 1 2012-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
CONT

The entire handpiece assembly, including the wrist joint, should be removed once each week under average conditions and run through the oil sanitizer ... Holding a disposable tissue over the wrist-joint assembly, run the engine wide open for fifteen seconds, holding the engine arm extended. The disposable tissue will catch oil which spatters from the wrist-joint pulleys.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
DEF

Double renvoi d'angles à poulies généralement lié par construction à la partie mâle de l'accouplement à glissement et permettant la transmission de mouvement rotatif à une pièce à main orientable dans toutes les directions.

OBS

renvoi d'angle orientable : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
  • Radiography (Medicine)
DEF

the joint between the radius and the proximity of carpal bone.

DEF

a condyloid joint, between the lower end of the radius and the articular disc above, and the scaphoid, lunate and triquetal bones below.

OBS

wrist joint: Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
DEF

Articulation qui unit la cavité glénoïde antibrachiale, au condyle carpien.

OBS

articulation de poignet : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

There are ... three [JOD's (one-degree-of-freedom]) the wrist joint to allow the tip of the arm to pitch, yaw and roll (rotating motion).

OBS

wrist joint: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
CONT

[L'articulation] du poignet, à trois DDL [one-degree of freedom], assure [au] télémanipulateur [...] des capacités de tangage, de lacet et de roulis (mouvement de rotation).

OBS

articulation du poignet : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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