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KINGPIN [15 records]

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Record 1 2018-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Suspension Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

The distance from the point where the steering axis intersects the ground to the longitudinal line that runs through the [centre] of the tire's contact patch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Suspension (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steering Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Servicing and Maintenance (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Steering axis inclination is measured in degrees and is the amount the spindle support center line is tilted from true vertical.

OBS

steering axis inclination; S.A.I.; kingpin inclination: terms and abbreviation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Direction (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Entretien et réparation (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

Par ailleurs, par suite de l'inclinaison de l'axe de pivotement, la fusée tourne autour d'un axe non vertical, la roue a tendance à descendre par rapport au pivot quand on l'oriente dans un virage.

OBS

inclinaison de pivot de fusée : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steering Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
OBS

kingpin: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Direction (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
OBS

pivot de fusée : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Trailers and Hauling
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
DEF

A vertical bolt connecting the front axle of a wagon, etc., or the truck of a railroad car, with the body: it acts as a pivot when the vehicle turns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camionnage
  • Remorques et remorquage
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
CONT

[...] le conteneur flexi-van (flexi-van container). À ce dernier, il ne manque qu'un essieu pour être transformé en remorque routière. Le dessous du plancher porte les pièces suivantes : la jupe [...], les béquilles [...], la cheville d'attelage à l'avant (king pin), destinée à s'engager dans la sellette du tracteur (fifth wheel) [...].

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of NATO Publications
Universal entry(ies)
STANAG 4009 (1,2,3)
publication code, see observation
OBS

STANAGS (Standardization Agreements) are NATO publications used by the Department of National Defence as works of reference.

OBS

STANAG 4009 (1,2,3): NATO standardization agreement code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres des publications de l'OTAN
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
STANAG 4009 (1,2,3)
publication code, see observation
OBS

STANAG 4009 (1,2,3) : code d'accord de normalisation de l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

Furthermore, by equally conservative calculations, the cocaine trade returns between $1 billion and $1.5 billion a year to the Andean economies. These resources allow the drug lords to buy a lot of protection -- firepower, fast aircraft and boats, informants and intelligence networks, and compliant government officials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

Il est clair qu'il faut un président fort pour s'opposer [...] aux barons de la drogue au Mexique ou en Colombie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
CONT

[...] los hechos más importantes de la vida política en los últimos veinticinco años han estado marcados por el sino de la droga: [...] el asesinato del ministro Lara Bonilla, que evidenció la inserción de los barones de la droga en las altas corporaciones democráticas [...]

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Record 7 2010-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Trailers and Hauling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camionnage
  • Remorques et remorquage
DEF

Dispositif antivol monté sur les pivots d'attelage des semi-remorques en stationnement.

OBS

Solution proposée par un spécialiste du matériel routier.

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Road Construction Equipment
OBS

Earth-moving machinery - tractors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
OBS

Engins de terrassement - tracteurs.

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Trailers and Hauling
DEF

A vertical bolt under the front part of a trailer body, which locks into the jaws of the fifth wheel to secure the trailer to the tractor.

OBS

Term officially approved by Canadian Pacific Ltd.

Key term(s)
  • fifth wheel kingpin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Camionnage
  • Remorques et remorquage
DEF

Cheville verticale fixée sous l'avant d'une semi-remorque et s'engageant dans les mâchoires de la sellette du tracteur pour arrimer la semi-remorque à celui-ci.

OBS

Terme uniformisé par Canadien Pacifique Ltée.

Spanish

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Record 10 1989-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

In fivepin bowling, the back pin on the left is called the kingpin or counting pin ... To score any points at all, you must knock down the kingpin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 11 1988-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steering Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Servicing and Maintenance (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Caster ... (is) the angle which a front-wheel kingpin makes with the vertical.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Direction (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Entretien et réparation (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

(...) l'angle de chasse est formé par l'inclinaison de l'axe de pivotement de la fusée par rapport à la verticale (...)

Spanish

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Record 12 1986-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
OBS

Part of the all-purpose flat car (wagon plat polyvalent); see illustrations in CPAC-3.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)

Spanish

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Record 13 1986-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
OBS

(pivot)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 14 1983-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trailers and Hauling
  • Dashboards and Instrumentation (Motor Vehicles)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Remorques et remorquage
  • Tableau et instruments de bord (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

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Record 15 1981-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
OBS

The projection onto a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal median plane (of the vehicle) of the acute angle, formed by the vertical and the real or imaginary swivelling axis of the stub axle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
OBS

Projection sur un plan perpendiculaire au plan longitudinal médian (du véhicule) de l'angle aigu que fait avec la verticale l'axe de pivotement, réel ou fictif, de la fusée.

Spanish

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