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BRAZALETE [5 records]

Record 1 2014-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
CONT

Electronic ankle or wrist monitoring devices track an offender's location in proximity to his home by global positioning system (GPS) technology. The monitor is usually locked and cuffed to the individual's ankle or wrist. Law enforcement monitors the subject's location on a computer display.

CONT

[...] inmates wear a wrist bracelet which issues a signal every 2 seconds and is caught by RFID [radio frequency identification] readers deployed throughout the facility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
CONT

La surveillance électronique est une façon d'exécuter une peine de prison. En cas de surveillance électronique, vous ne séjournez pas en prison mais vous portez un bracelet électronique. Ce bracelet est placé à la prison. Vous recevez également chez vous un box de surveillance. Le bracelet envoie un signal via le box de surveillance à un ordinateur central qui enregistre si vous êtes à la maison ou non.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Administración penitenciaria
DEF

Dispositivo que se coloca en la muñeca [...] de los reclusos para controlar a distancia su ubicación.

OBS

El sistema se activa cuando el interno sale del centro penitenciario y emite una señal que recoge un receptor conectado a la penitenciaría y al domicilio del recluso. El dispositivo permite saber de forma inmediata si el penado incumple el reglamento y abandona su domicilio o, en los casos de orden de alejamiento, la alarma se activa cuando el recluso se acerca a la persona o lugar del que debe mantenerse alejado.

OBS

A pesar de que la mayoría de los diccionarios indican que "brazalete" y "pulsera" se usan en la muñeca, en el contexto penitenciario se emplean tanto para la muñeca como para el tobillo.

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Record 2 2005-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
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Record 3 2001-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Cycling
  • Handball
OBS

"Armlet" is a cycling, handball and general sports term and "armband" is a cycling and general term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Cyclisme
  • Handball

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
  • Ciclismo
  • Balonmano
OBS

"Brazalete" es un término de ciclismo y "brazal" es un término de balonmano y los deportes en general.

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Record 4 1999-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
OBS

rattle: a dance instrument (as a receptacle with noise-making contents or a stick with clashing objects) that is rhythmically shaken during various dances (as of American). (Slavic and East European Section, National Museum of Man)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
DEF

Instrument de musique formé de plusieurs anneaux qui en s'entrechoquant produisent un son et un rythme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Antropología
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Record 5 1999-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tire Manufacturing
DEF

Pair of rubberized plies from which the carcass is built.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication des pneumatiques
Key term(s)
  • bracelet

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de neumáticos
Key term(s)
  • brazalete
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