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Record 1 2015-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
DEF

A heavier-than-air aircraft supported in flight chiefly by the reactions of the air on planes to which a flapping motion is imparted.

CONT

The ornithopter is made of light-weight materials, like Kevlar and carbon fibers, and weighs only 9 pounds, despite a wingspan of 10 feet. The craft, which is almost 5 feet long is powered by a model helicopter engine and has radio controls for the throttle, rudder and elevator. A fully developed ornithopter might combine the best characteristics of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. It could hover like a helicopter but fly forward more like an airplane.

OBS

ornithopter: term and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
DEF

Aérodyne dont la sustentation en vol est obtenue principalement par la réaction de l'air sur des plans animés d'un mouvement de battement.

OBS

ornithoptère : terme et définition uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI); terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de aeronaves
DEF

Aerodino que principalmente se mantiene en vuelo en virtud de las reacciones que ejerce el aire sobre planos a los cuales se imparte un movimiento de batimiento.

OBS

[...] carece de hélices o de reactores y [...] la propulsión se obtiene batiendo las alas a imitación de las aves.

OBS

ornitóptero: término y definición aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 2 2008-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
DEF

... the food product ... which is made exclusively from milk or cream, or both, with or without common salt, and with or without additional coloring matter, and contains not less than eighty percent by weight of milk fat, all tolerances allowed for.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
DEF

[...] produit exclusivement obtenu par barattage, soit de la crème, soit du lait ou de ses sous-produits, et suffisamment débarrassé de lait et d'eau par malaxage et lavage, pour ne plus renfermer, par 100g, que 18g au maximum de matières non grasses, dont 16g au maximum d'eau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos lácteos
DEF

Producto obtenido de la leche o de la crema por agitación o por batimiento, ya usando máquinas a propósito, ya mazando la leche en odres.

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