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DAMPENER [11 records]

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Record 1 2023-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protective Clothing
CONT

Subway shirt, or outfit dampener, refers to oversized outfits worn by women to protect themselves while they commute on hot days ... This dress style is meant to protect women from unpleasant looks, sexist remarks, and hostile or violent confrontations.

OBS

Although the term "subway shirt" is used to designate this concept, the garment in question is not necessarily a shirt. It may be another type of garment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements de protection
CONT

[Le] «tee-shirt de métro» […] est un vêtement ample porté par les filles pour se couvrir. Ce n'est pas une question de mode, c'est un geste fait à contrecœur, pour ne pas être dérangé. Si elle porte ce [tee-shirt de métro], c'est pour faire fuir les regards, ne pas être harcelée, éviter d'être interpellée, sifflée dans la rue ou dans le métro, voire insultée.

OBS

Bien que l'on voit les termes «tee-shirt de métro» et «t-shirt de métro» dans l'usage, le vêtement auquel il est fait référence n'est pas nécessairement un tee-shirt. Il peut s'agir d'un autre type de vêtement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

[A] dampener ... stifles a particular voice or message ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 3 2015-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

On offset presses, one of a series of rolls which transfer water or a damping solution onto the nonprinting surface of the plate.

CONT

The printing plate [in a litho press] is secured to the plate cylinder, where it is first damped by passing under the damping rollers, then inked by the inking rollers before the image is transferred to the surface of the blanket covering the transfer cylinder.

OBS

Normally used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • dampener roller
  • moistening roller

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Sur les presses offset, genre de rouleau effectuant le mouillage des surfaces non imprimantes de la plaque.

OBS

rouleau de mouillage; mouilleur : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A piece of rubber or plastic that fits on the lower strings of a tennis racket, the purpose of which is to absorb some of the vibrations that result when a tennis ball makes contact with the racket. A dampener is essential to cut down the twanging sound that irritates some tennis players.

OBS

Every racquet manufacturing company has the right to name features of their racquets in a unique way, even though they may be designating the same concept for which another company has given another name. Dunlop uses the term "vibration dampening system"; another company uses the term "shock-dampening design". Same concept, different name.

CONT

The Dunlop Revelation series features both the ISIS (Impact Shock Isolation System) vibration dampening system in the handle ....

CONT

[Tennis racquet which] delivers an unprecedented combination of power and control, touch and finesse, accuracy and forgiveness and 96% better vibration dampening for supreme comfort.

PHR

Vibration dampening device system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Au rayon des gadgets : une rondelle antivibrations en caoutchouc à placer à la base du cordage [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landing Gear (Aeroindustry)
OBS

This damper serves to maintain the nose wheel directional stability in case of hydraulic failure. In such an event, steering is made possible through differential breaking.

OBS

shimmy damper: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Atterrisseur (Constructions aéronautiques)
DEF

Dispositif dont le rôle est d'atténuer le tremblement ou flottement de la roue du train avant.

OBS

amortisseur de shimmy : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

amortisseur de shimmy : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et Maintenance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tren de aterrizaje (Industria aeronáutica)
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Record 6 2002-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
CONT

The high-automation equipment will include: 128 printing couples with film inking units, spray dampeners and minigaps on the plate ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
CONT

[... ] cette rotative entièrement sans arbre, hautement automatisée, comprend : 128 éléments imprimants avec encrages pelliculaires et mouillages par pulvérisation, cylindres de plaques et de blanchets à minigorge [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
CONT

The [printing press] Rapida 105's sophisticated features include central format setting for the feeder, infeed and delivery; diagonal register; oscillating forme rollers; dampeners with differential drives ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
CONT

Le registre diagonal, la mise au format centralisée du margeur, de la marge et de la réception, les toucheurs baladés, les mouillages à entraînement différentiel [...] témoignent bien du niveau de haute technologie des équipements de cette machine [presse d'imprimerie].

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
DEF

A device that reduces the amplitude of the vibration disturbance ... It may also serve to reduce the communication of vibration energy from the vibrator to its surroundings and thus in a sense isolate it.

OBS

vibration damper; vibration absorber: terms officialized by the Aeronautical Terms Standardization Committee (ATSC) - Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

amortisseur : Dispositif servant à amortir le mouvement provoqué par un choc ou par une vibration.

OBS

amortisseur de vibrations : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Hélicoptères; accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria aeronáutica
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Record 9 2000-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Pumps
DEF

Any gas- or liquid-charged, chambered device that serves to minimize periodic increases and decreases in pressure (as from a mud pump).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Pompes

Spanish

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Record 10 1987-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Helicopters (Military)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
OBS

Terms officialized by the ATSC - Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

Terme uniformisé par le CUTA - Hélicoptères.

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique
OBS

pour les orgues

Spanish

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