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TUBA [5 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

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

tuba: an item in the "Musical Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Communication" category.

French

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

tuba : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de musique» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour la communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Underwater Diving (Sports)
DEF

A curved tube held in the mouth which enables swimmers to breathe just below the surface of water.

OBS

The snorkel is both a skin and scuba diving tool. The scuba diver uses it to conserve air while swimming on the surface, to and from the dive sites, and while surveying a dive area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Plongée sous-marine (Sports)
DEF

Tube de caoutchouc ou de plastique ayant une extrémité recourbée placée dans la bouche du plongeur et qui lui permet de respirer l'air en surface tout en conservant la tête sous l'eau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Buceo (Deportes)
DEF

Tubo para respirar con la cara sumergida en el agua.

CONT

[El tubo respirador] es un elemento importante del equipo que permite al buceador mantenerse o desplazarse por la superficie […] El tubo respirador dispone de una boquilla anatómica para que resulte cómodo en la boca y pueda sujetarse con la dentadura. Está fabricado con material plástico o caucho flexible.

OBS

esnórquel: adaptación propuesta por la Fundación del Español Urgente (BBVA) para la voz inglesa "snorkel".

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Record 3 2004-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

Cloud column or inverted cloud cone, protruding from a cloud base; it is a cloudy manifestation of a more or less intense vortex.

CONT

Funnel cloud is a condensation funnel extending from the base of a towering cumulus or Cb [cumulonimbus], associated with a rotating column of air that is not in contact with the ground (and hence different from a tornado). A condensation funnel is a tornado, not a funnel cloud, if either a) it is in contact with the ground or b) a debris cloud or dust whirl is visible beneath it.

CONT

The tornado and severe weather associated storm produce a recognizable radar echo structural organization resulting from an intense moist updraft. Some of these considerations are: ... A low-level pendant exists generally perpendicular to the storm motion and beneath the echo overhang, or a bounded weak echo region (BWER) exists. This pendant may be absent in low precipitation supercells.

OBS

This supplementary cloud feature occurs with Cumulonimbus and, less often, with Cumulus.

OBS

tuba: ... when it reaches the earth's surface it constitutes the cloudy manifestation of an intense vortex, namely, a tornado or waterspout.

OBS

tuba: Obsolete; commonly called funnel cloud; also called pendant cloud, tornado cloud.

OBS

Some sources consider "tuba" and "funnel cloud" as synonyms, however in the International meteorological vocabulary [OMMV] these terms have separate entries.

OBS

Compare with "funnel column".

Key term(s)
  • pendent

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Colonne nuageuse ou cône nuageux renversé en forme d'entonnoir, sortant de la base d'un nuage; c'est une manifestation nuageuse d'un tourbillon de vent plus ou moins intense.

CONT

Il existe plusieurs variantes de tornades. Toutefois, on observe habituellement cinq étapes : la mise en place : une colonne d'air en rotation se développe au sein d'un cumulonimbus, puis se dirige vers le sol. Un nuage en forme d'entonnoir (le tuba) descend en tourbillonnant vers le sol; la naissance : en atteignant le sol, la colonne devient, par définition, une tornade [...]

CONT

[Le] tuba [est une] colonne ou cône nuageux en rotation rapide qui se développe de la base du nuage vers la surface, c'est la partie visible d'une tornade ou d'une trombe.

OBS

tuba [...] Cette particularité supplémentaire se présente avec les cumulonimbus et, plus rarement, avec les cumulus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Nube con una forma de columna o de cono invertido que emerge de la base de una nube; constituye la manifestación en forma de nube de un vórtice más o menos intenso.

OBS

Esta particularidad suplementaria se observa en los Cumulonimbus y, con menor frecuencia, en los Cumulus.

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Record 4 1996-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

An Altaic language.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue altaïque.

Spanish

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Record 5 1984-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent
OBS

instrument de cuivre

Spanish

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