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BRUIT CLAQUEMENT [7 records]

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Record 1 2021-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Noise Pollution
CONT

Impulse noise is a category of (acoustic) noise which includes unwanted, almost instantaneous (thus impulse-like) sharp sounds (like clicks and pops). Noises of the kind are usually caused by electromagnetic interference, scratches on the recording disks, gunfire, explosions and ill synchronization in digital recording and communication.

OBS

Impact noise is created by the impact of one surface on another and is of a short duration. Impulsive noise is typically an air noise that has a short duration, such as the shooting of a firearm or the explosion of a firework.

OBS

impulsive noise: term officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee (CUTEL).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Pollution par le bruit
DEF

Bruit consistant en des émissions sonores brusques et de très courte durée.

CONT

Un bruit impulsionnel isolé dure généralement moins d’une seconde. Exemples : explosions, armes à feu, martelage, claquement de portière de voiture, jeux de ballons à l'extérieur, etc.

OBS

bruit impulsif : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation des termes de l’électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acústica (Física)
  • Contaminación acústica
DEF

Señal perturbadora que se caracteriza por tener un efecto interferente excesivamente amplio sobre un período de tiempo relativamente corto pero finito.

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Record 2 2017-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

An abrupt sound heard early in systole at the time of the commencement of the ejection of blood from the ventricles. It may arise from either aorta or pulmonary artery and is nearly always associated with dilatation of the relevant vessel, most commonly distal to stenosis of the corresponding valve.

OBS

ejection sound: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Bruit du cœur perçu comme un claquement artériel protosystolique, contemporain du début de l'éjection ventriculaire. Ce bruit s’entend en cas de sténose valvulaire, aortique ou pulmonaire.

OBS

bruit d’éjection : terme privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Springs (Mechanical Components)
DEF

The sound caused by the sudden contact of spring coils or the spring and the adjacent component.

OBS

rattle noise: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ressorts (Composants mécaniques)
DEF

Son provoqué par le contact soudain entre les spires du ressort ou le ressort et le composant adjacent.

OBS

bruit de claquement : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

Popular term for a knee joint susceptible to locking in position, most often due to longitudinal splitting of the medial meniscus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
CONT

Un genou instable est une articulation qui se verrouille ou se dérobe. Le verrouillage fige le genou, le plus souvent en flexion; le genou peut aussi se déverrouiller en produisant un bruit sec ou un claquement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
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Record 5 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Heart
DEF

An abrupt sound early in diastole, associated with mitral valve opening in cases of mitral stenosis. This added sound is clicking in quality, and is best heard along a line between the cardiac apex and the lower left sternal edge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Cœur
CONT

Le claquement d’ouverture mitrale perçu à l'apex mais souvent plus distinct à l'endapex et en bord gauche sternal. Il survient après le 2ème bruit, 4 à 12/100èmes de seconde, et d’autant plus court que la sténose est plus serrée.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Plastic Materials
DEF

... the charming appellation for the lumpy globs of semi-melted plastic that plop from a plastic-extruding machine that's being cleaned, or in which colors are being changed. Hardened drool is usually ground up and remelted, although drool of mixed colors would necessitate a dark-colored end product.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Matières plastiques
OBS

coulure : Mouvement d’un liquide qui s’écoule, et, par extension, traînée d’une matière molle qui a coulé. P. ex. : Coulures de bougie. [En technique :] Partie du métal qui coule à travers les joints du moule, pendant la fonte.

OBS

flic flac : onomatopée. [...] Exprime un claquement, un bruit d’eau.

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

An onomatopoeia reproducing the noise of a small arm bullet passing by, followed by the sound of the discharge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Onomatopée anglaise désignant le claquement d’une balle d’arme légère qui passe, suivi du bruit sourd de la décharge.

Key term(s)
  • craquement et bruit sourd

Spanish

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