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Record 1 2014-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Wind Energy
DEF

A change in wind speed and/or wind direction in a short distance.

CONT

Most winds travel horizontally, as does most wind shear, but under certain conditions, including thunderstorms and strong frontal systems, wind shear will travel in a vertical direction. Microburst wind shear ... can cause an aircraft to lose lift and crash, especially during takeoff or landing, when the slower speeds and closeness to the ground make altitude correction more difficult. Since 1996 all U.S. airliners have been required to be equipped with instruments that provide the pilot with advance warning of wind shear.

OBS

wind shear. ... Shear usually refers to vertical wind shear (i.e., the change in wind with height) but the term also is used in Doppler radar meteorology to describe changes in radial velocity over short horizontal distances. Moderate to strong wind shear is required for supercell development.

OBS

[Wind shear] can exist in a horizontal or vertical direction and occasionally in both.

OBS

wind shear; WS: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee; term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Énergie éolienne
DEF

Changement, sur une courte distance, de la vitesse ou de la direction du vent, ou des deux à la fois.

CONT

Le cisaillement de vent est particulièrement dangereux pour les [avions] au décollage et à l'atterrissage, car il peut, en provoquant de grandes variations de vitesse relative et de vitesse verticale, projeter l'appareil au sol.

OBS

Ce phénomène peut se produire sur le plan vertical ou horizontal et quelquefois sur les deux.

OBS

cisaillement du vent; WS : terme, abréviation et définition normalisés par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne; terme et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
  • Energía eólica
DEF

Variación en el espacio del vector velocidad del viento, o de una de sus componentes, en una dirección determinada.

OBS

cizalladura del viento; WS: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 2 2014-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soccer (Europe: Football)
DEF

A kick made by a player while off the ground in which the ball is struck by one foot as the legs make [a] scissors-like motion.

OBS

Although many sources consider "bicycle kick" synonymous with "scissor(s) kick," the scissors is not necessarily an overhead kick.

Key term(s)
  • scissors volley

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soccer (Europe : football)
DEF

Frappe de volée exécutée sur le côté ou par-devant avec les deux jambes en l'air qui font un mouvement rappelant le ciseau.

CONT

Mieux, le jeune joueur de l'Olympique de Khouribga, 19 ans, s'est permis le luxe d'inscrire un très joli but d'un superbe coup de ciseaux (17e minute).

OBS

Un coup de ciseau n'est pas forcément renversé comme la bicyclette.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fútbol
DEF

Jugada utilizada en el fútbol y sus deportes derivados que consiste en que el jugador golpea el balón, levantando sus piernas en el aire y cruzándolas —de allí el origen del nombre—, generalmente en posición paralela al campo y mediante el empeine.

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Record 3 2014-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soccer (Europe: Football)
DEF

An expert move that is made by throwing the body up into the air, with the legs moving as if pedaling a bicycle; the player kicks the ball backward over his head.

OBS

Although many sources consider "bicycle kick" synonymous with "scissor(s) kick", the scissors is not necessarily an overhead kick.

Key term(s)
  • overhead volley

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soccer (Europe : football)
OBS

Frappe de volée exécutée sur une balle aérienne. Le joueur frappe le ballon au-dessus de sa tête et vers l'arrière en se laissant tomber au sol.

OBS

Un coup de pied de ciseau n'est pas forcément renversé comme la bicyclette.

Key term(s)
  • ciseau retourné

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fútbol
DEF

Maniobra que consta en poner el talón de un pie adelante de la pelota, el empeine (o borde interno) del otro pie atrás de la pelota, dar luego un salto y hacer un movimiento similar al movimiento de pedalear [...], inclinar el cuerpo un poco para abajo y hacer que el balón pase por atrás y arriba del futbolista que hace este movimiento.

OBS

En algunos países latinoamericanos “chilena” y “chalaca” son sinónimos.

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