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WEIGHT CARRYING [3 records]

Record 1 2003-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loads and Weights (Transport.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poids et charges (Transports)
CONT

Le poids [...] total roulant est égal à la somme du poids total en charge du véhicule tracteur (PTC) et du poids total en charge de la remorque.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
CONT

Back pain and pain in weight carrying joints.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
OBS

Les os longs des membres inférieurs ainsi que les vertèbres sont des os porteurs ou graviporteurs; ils supportent en effet le poids du corps lorsque nous sommes en position verticale. [Larousse - L'espace et la vie, H. Planel, p. 81]

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

The momentum imparted to a delivered rock to make it glide on the sheet.

OBS

But it is the turn given which determines the path it follows.

OBS

A term closely linked to the "weight" of a rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Vitesse de déplacement impartie à une pierre en la lançant.

OBS

C'est cependant l'effet qu'on lui donne qui détermine la trajectoire qu'elle emprunte.

Spanish

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