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BLOOMER [5 records]

Record 1 2023-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
CONT

Bloomer. English name for a long loaf with rounded ends, slashed diagonally in evenly spaced deepish cuts just before baking. The shape is common to most European countries (it is known in France as "bâtard").

OBS

bloomer loaves: plural.

Key term(s)
  • bloomer loaves

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie
DEF

Pain long, plus large et plus court que la baguette.

OBS

bâtard; pain bâtard : désignations utilisées à Paris et dans la région parisienne.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte aéreo
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Record 3 2000-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Educational Psychology
DEF

Student or person who achieves standards later in his/her career than appeared likely at earlier stages. Thus an undistinguished performance at school may be followed by greater success in tertiary education.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie scolaire

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Children's Clothing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements pour enfants
OBS

Genre de culotte fabriquée par la manufacture Watson's Canada.

Spanish

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Record 5 1982-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Rolling
  • Steel
DEF

A primary rolling mill used to make blooms.

OBS

bloom: A semifinished bar of metal formed from an ingot and having a rectangular cross section exceeding 36 square inches (232 square centimeters).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laminage (Métallurgie)
  • Acier
DEF

[...] parmi les laminoirs, l'outil de base de toute usine de transformation, puisqu'il est employé à dégrossir les lingots bruts (pesant 5 à 6 tonnes) pour en faire des blooms et des billettes.

CONT

Le blooming est formé généralement d'une cage équipée en duo réversible; c'est un train de grande puissance.

OBS

Quoiqu'employés comme synonymes de "blooming", les termes "laminoir ébaucheur", "train ébaucheur", "laminoir dégrossisseur" et "train dégrossisseur" ont une signification plus générique.

Spanish

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