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POIRE [6 records]

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Record 1 2015-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Boxing
DEF

A stuffed or inflated ball suspended or mounted on a stand at a suitable height for punching as boxing practice or exercise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Boxe
DEF

Gros ballon maintenu à hauteur par des supports élastiques, sur lequel le boxeur frappe à l'entraînement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Boxeo
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Record 2 2012-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
DEF

A rounded or pear-shaped enlargement on a small base.

CONT

The bulb of an eyedropper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
DEF

Petit ballon en caoutchouc, rappelant la forme d'une poire, destiné à aspirer ou à injecter une substance.

CONT

Insufflation colique à l'aide d'une poire fixée à l'extrémité d'une sonde rectale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
DEF

Objeto de materia elástica que sirve para insuflar aire, un gas, un líquido o una sustancia pulverulenta.

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Record 3 2011-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Facilities
  • Chemistry
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de recherche scientifique
  • Chimie
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
CONT

Pears [are] a distinctive bell shape fruit. Some pears have knobby lobes at the base of the fruit while others are smooth at the base. The skin of the fruit ranges in color from green, yellow, red, brown, pink, or a combination of these colors. Pear flesh is white and juicy and grainy in texture.

OBS

Common name of the dried fruit most commonly traded as dried fruit.

OBS

pear: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
DEF

Fruit du poirier, charnu, à pepins, de forme oblongue.

OBS

Nom commun du fruit déshydraté le plus courant dans le commerce.

OBS

poire : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
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Record 5 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A variation of the brilliant cut with a pear-shaped girdle outline and 56 to 58 facets.

OBS

... half is shape of a marquise and half is shape of a round brilliant resulting in a rounded head with an opposing point; has a pointed culet.

OBS

pendeloque: A modified pear-shape brilliant cut in which the narrow end is longer and more pointed.

Key term(s)
  • pear shape brilliant cut
  • pear shaped cut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Taille brillant qui rappelle la forme d'une poire et qui comporte entre 56 et 58 facettes.

CONT

La colette de la poire ne forme pas une pointe mais une arête rectiligne.

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Distilling Industries (Food Ind.)
DEF

An alcoholic drink resembling cider, made from the juice of pears.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distillerie (Alimentation)
DEF

Boisson fermentée faite avec du jus de poire.

Spanish

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