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CERCLE CONCENTRIQUE [4 records]

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Record 1 2011-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

One of the clearly defined rings in a cross section of a tree trunk showing the amount of annual growth of the tree.

CONT

This very rapid shift to abnormally small annual rings is widespread, substantial and sustained and appears to have important implications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Cercle concentrique formé chaque année par le cambium, visible sur la section radiale d’un tronc [d’arbre] grâce à la différence d’aspect et de coloration entre le bois final(ou d’été) et le bois initial(ou de printemps).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
DEF

Cada uno de los anillos visibles en la sección transversal del tronco de un árbol. Cada anillo representa el crecimiento del árbol en un año.

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Record 2 2010-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Each of the concentric circles having a diameter of 12, 8 and 4 feet respectively that are centered by a button and which the delivered rocks must touch in order to score; together, they form the house.

CONT

The house is formed of four concentric circles having a diameter of 12 (3,66 m), 8 (2,44 m), 4 (1,22 m) and 2 feet (0,61 m) respectively. The ring enclosed by the 12-foot and the 8-foot circles (called "outer ring") is blue and the one enclosed by the 4-foot and the 2-foot circles (called "inner ring" or "inside ring"), red, which leaves uncolored the ring enclosed by the 8-foot and the 4-foot circles (called "middle ring") and the inside of the 2-foot circle (called "tee" or "button"), giving them a white appearance. Seen from above, the house appears as a series of three rings, blue, white and red around a white button.

OBS

Guards may be placed in front of the rings and may come into play if a player curls his rock around a guard and into the ring.

OBS

The term "circle" refers, more properly, to each of the four circular lines forming the house while the term "ring" refers to the coloured or uncoloured surface between two circles. But since there are four circles and four inner surfaces, the terms tend to be used as synonyms, as are "concentric ring(s)" and "concentric circle(s)." The centre of the house being a full circle and not a ring, there is a mix as to what is really the "inner circle": the red ring or the button?

Key term(s)
  • concentric rings
  • concentric circles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Chacun des cercles concentriques d’un diamètre respectif de 12, 8 et 4 pieds avec, au centre, un bouton et que les pierres doivent toucher pour faire marquer des points; ensemble, ils constituent la maison.

CONT

La maison est formée de quatre cercles concentriques de 12 (3,66 m), 8 (2,44 m), 4 (1,22 m) et 2 pieds (0,61 m) de diamètre. L’anneau compris entre le cercle de 12 pieds et celui de 8 pieds (appelé «cercle extérieur») est teinté de bleu, et celui compris entre le cercle de 4 pieds et celui de 2 pieds (appelé «cercle intérieur»), teinté de rouge, ce qui laisse l’espace entre les cercles de 8 pieds et de 4 pieds (appelé «cercle intermédiaire» ou «cercle du milieu») et l’intérieur du cercle de 2 pieds (appelé «bouton» ou «mouche»), à l’état naturel, en apparence blancs. Vue en plongée, la maison apparaît comme une série de trois anneaux de couleur, bleu, blanc, rouge, encerclant un bouton blanc.

OBS

Des gardes peuvent être positionnés devant les cercles, entre la ligne de jeu et la maison, et devenir en jeu si une pierre les pousse à l’intérieur des cercles.

OBS

Le terme «cercle» en français rend tant la notion propre au terme anglais «circle», ligne tracée en rond, que celle de «ring», anneau ou surface comprise à l’intérieur de deux cercles. Comme le centre de la maison est un cercle plein et non un anneau, on ne s’entend pas sur ce qui constitue le «cercle intérieur» : l’anneau rouge ou le bouton ?

Key term(s)
  • cercles concentriques

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A delivered rock that, at one moment in an end, is laying between the hog line and the back part of the largest concentric ring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Pierre lancée qui, à un moment donné d’une manche, demeure immobilisée entre la ligne de jeu et la partie arrière du plus grand cercle concentrique.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A delivered rock, or a rock hit by a delivered rock, that goes on and crosses either a side line or the back part of the largest concentric ring.

OBS

Out of play, this rock is removed from the sheet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Pierre lancée, ou pierre frappée par une pierre lancée, qui emprunte une trajectoire qui lui fait traverser une ligne de côté ou l'arrière du plus grand cercle concentrique.

OBS

Devenue hors-jeu, cette pierre est retirée de la piste.

Spanish

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