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VIENTO TRAVES [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
DEF

Action that uses rods called "trackers" to connect the keys with the pipe valves.

CONT

Mechanical Action (Tracker Action). The key is connected to trackers (wooden, metal, or plastic strips or rods) that eventually connect to the valves that open to admit air from the wind chest into the pipe. When you press the key, you are physically opening the valve in the wind chest. In mechanical action, there is one valve for each note on the keyboard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Système de transmission entièrement mécanique de la touche à la soupape (présence d'abrégés) ou du tirant au registre.

CONT

Transmission mécanique. Par son action sur les touches, les registres ou les divers accouplements et combinaisons, l'organiste transmet des mouvements ou des forces vers les diverses commandes de l'orgue.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de teclado
  • Sistemas de transmisión mecánica
CONT

Tracción mecánica. La mecánica de las teclas que deja pasar el aire del secreto al tubo; las teclas están conectadas por varillas verticales a las ventillas en el arca de viento que se mueven a través de resortes; cuando se baja la tecla, se baja la ventilla y el aire pasa; cuando se suelta la tecla, se sube la ventilla y se cierra el paso de aire.

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Record 2 2020-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • River and Sea Navigation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Vent soufflant perpendiculairement à l'axe du navire.

OBS

vent de travers : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
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Record 3 2013-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
  • Wind Energy
DEF

A speed-up effect created by wind pressure in a natural corridor which allows a wind turbine to harness wind kinetic energy stronger than in the surrounding area.

CONT

Speed up effects: Tunnel effect. If you push an ordinary bicycle air pump, ... you will notice that the air leaving the nozzle moves much faster than the speed with which you are pushing. The reason, of course, is that the nozzle is much narrower than the cylinder in the pump. If you take a walk between tall buildings, or in a narrow mountain pass, you will notice that the same effect is working: the air becomes compressed on the windy side of the buildings or mountains, and its speed increases considerably between the obstacles to the wind. This is known as a "tunnel effect." So, even if the general wind speed in open terrain may be, say, 6 metres per second, it can easily reach 9 meters per second in a natural "tunnel". Placing a wind turbine in such a tunnel is one clever way of obtaining higher wind speeds than in the surrounding areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
  • Énergie éolienne
DEF

Effet accélérateur engendré par la compression du vent dans un couloir naturel et qui permet à l'éolienne qui y est installée de capter une énergie cinétique du vent supérieure à celle de la zone ambiante.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Componentes mecánicos
  • Energía eólica
CONT

Efecto túnel. Si tomamos un camino entre dos edificios altos o en un paso estrecho entre montañas observaremos que el aire al pasar a su través se comprime en la parte de los edificios o de la montaña que está expuesta al viento, y su velocidad crece considerablemente entre los obstáculos del viento. Esto es lo que se conoce como efecto túnel.

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Record 4 2010-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Plant Diseases
OBS

--a rust fungus (as Pucciania graminis) that attacks wheat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies des plantes
OBS

nous prendrons comme exemple une Urédinale, le Puccinia graminis, agent de la rouille du blé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
CONT

La roya del tallo del trigo(Puccinia graminis), también conocida como roya negra del trigo, es capaz de causar graves daños y puede destruir campos de trigo en su totalidad. Se estima que hasta un 80 por ciento de todas las variedades de trigo cultivadas en Asia y África son susceptibles de ser atacadas por esta cepa. Las esporas de la roya del trigo son transportadas en su mayor parte por el viento a través de grandes distancias, incluso de un continente a otro.

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Record 5 2001-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
OBS

wind abeam: sailing term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
OBS

vent de travers : terme de voile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vela y navegación de placer
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