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FUSEAU [11 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
DEF

Trousers with legs that become narrower at the ankle and fastened by an under-strap.

CONT

Military overalls. ... Overalls are worn with full dress uniforms for parade purposes and also with the "shell" or mess jacket.

OBS

overall; military overall; overall trouser: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • overalls
  • military overalls
  • overall trousers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
DEF

Pantalon dont les jambes, se rétrécissant jusqu'à la cheville, sont terminées par un sous-pied.

OBS

pantalon fuseau : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

spindle: an item in the "Textileworking Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

fuseau : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de travail du textile» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
CONT

The material between any two suspension lines is called a gore. There are 28 gores in a 28 foot canopy. Each gore is composed of four sections ...

CONT

When you reach the lower peripheral band, pull your hands apart until there is one gore's width between them. This will expose the top centre gore (the master gore - lines 1 and 28) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

L'élément essentiel du parachute est la voilure, elle est fabriquée en assemblant les fuseaux (bandes prédécoupées qui sont cousues selon une disposition donnée). De leur forme et de la façon de les placer les uns par rapport aux autres dépend la géométrie de la voilure et ses performances. Les configurations de base sont nombreuses: hémisphérique (Garnerin, 1797), carrée (Froidure, 1922) plate (Irvin, 1923), triangulaire (Smith, 1924), parabolique (Russell, 1926), conique (1944), triconique (1967), cruciforme, annulaire, multicoupole, etc.

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
DEF

An aerodynamic fairing integrated to the fuselage (nacelle) or suspended under the wing (pod).

OBS

[A] "pod"... is mounted on a strut (pylon) which extends into the wing. The wing is reinforced at the point where the engine struts are attached. The structure employed to attach an engine nacelle or pod to a wing or fuselage may be referred to as a strut or a pylon [Boeing 747 jet airliner].

OBS

nacelle: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

nacelle; pod: terms officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

PHR

Pod cowling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
DEF

Carénage aérodynamique intégré au fuselage (nacelle) ou suspendu sous l'aile (fuseau).

OBS

La différence entre «nacelle» et «fuseau» porte sur l'endroit où l'ensemble est situé sur l'avion.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec le pylône ou le mât qui le supporte.

OBS

fuseau : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

nacelle : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

fuseau; nacelle : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
OBS

barquilla; góndola separada : términos aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 5 2004-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Tapering of both ends.

CONT

... the hands [in rheumatoid arthritis], particularly the proximal joints of the fingers, are involved .... The swelling of the joint consists not only of increased synovial effusion but also of inflammatory edema of the structures, so the swelling is maximal about the joint and gradually tapers off at a distance. ... A typical fusiform appearance results.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
CONT

[Dans la polyarthrite rhumatoïde,] les interphalangiennes proximales sont presque toujours touchées [...]. Leur inflammation contribue à la raideur douloureuse matinale des mains. Elle crée un gonflement articulaire [...] renflant le doigt en fuseau [...]

OBS

Le terme «en fuseau» est plus fréquent que «fusiforme».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 6 2003-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
  • Genetics
DEF

A structure formed of fiber-like elements just before metaphase that extends between the poles of the achromatic figure and is attached to the centromeric regions of the chromatid pairs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
  • Génétique
DEF

Faisceau de fibrilles tendu entre les centrosomes disposés aux deux pôles de la cellule, pendant la prophase de la mitose.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Citología
  • Genética
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Record 7 2003-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lace and Lacework (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
DEF

Any of various small, round, or cylindrical devices usually of bone, wood or metal on which threads are wound for working bobbin lace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentelles, tulles et guipures (Textiles)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
DEF

Petite bobine de bois employée pour la dentelle au fuseau.

CONT

Le fuseau est un petit outil en bois qui se compose, en général, d'une sorte de bobine [...] La forme de ce fuseau et sa taille permettent de le charger d'une grande quantité de fil, [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Synchronized Swimming
OBS

Technique/tactics.

OBS

Figures, category IV.

Key term(s)
  • high tower
  • high-tower

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nage synchronisée
OBS

Technique/tactique.

OBS

Figures, catégorie IV.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Natación sincronizada
OBS

Figuras, categoría IV.

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Record 9 1999-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
DEF

One of the series of related and triangular or luneshaped sections (pieces of paper or thin cards) of a map or chart, usually bounded by meridians and tapering to the poles, applied to the surface of a sphere (with a negligible amount of distortion) to form a globe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
DEF

Zone délimitée par deux méridiens.

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A sinusoidal wave pattern with a frequency of 12 to 14 cycles per second.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Onde de 12-14 c/s dont l'amplitude va d'abord en augmentation puis en diminuant, de sorte que le contour extérieur du sommet de l' onde décrit une figure de fuseau. C'est un stade de sommeil léger.

Spanish

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Record 11 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
OBS

the bobbin (C) containing the untwisted thread of several silk filaments is fixed on to a -- (A), with which it revolves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soieries
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
OBS

le moulin comprend des -- (fuseau) portant les bobines de fil devant recevoir la torsion.

Spanish

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