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LEFT STICK [4 records]

Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Disabled Sports
  • Ice Hockey
OBS

left stick : term of sledge hockey.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Sports adaptés
  • Hockey sur glace
OBS

bâton gauche; crosse gauche : termes de hockey sur luge.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
CONT

[Signals] for operating the system are received from within the cockpit or so-called "locally" obtained from the pilot operating pedals 10 and 11, the control stick and various switches on [the] control panel.... The receiver includes six outputs representative of signals commanded by the remote operator. These are LEFT RUDDER, RIGHT RUDDER, ABORT, BRAKES ON, BRAKES OFF, and PARKING BRAKES ON.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
OBS

freins serrés : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports
DEF

In sports, an athlete using mainly his or her left hand to throw an object(a ball, rock, weight, hammer, javelin, fishing line, darts, etc.), his or her left hand or foot to hit an object or hold the bat or stick to hit the object(a ball, puck, ring, etc.), or his or her left side to fire(in biathlon, shooting, archery, etc.).

OBS

southpaw (noun or adjective, slang): A left-handed baseball pitcher, or any left-handed person.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports
DEF

En sport, athlète qui utilise principalement sa main gauche pour lancer un objet (balle, ballon, boule, pierre, poids, marteau, javelot, ligne à pêche, dards, etc.), sa main gauche ou son pied gauche pour frapper un objet ou tenir le bâton servant à frapper cet objet (balle, ballon, bille, rondelle, anneau, etc.), ou son côté gauche pour exécuter un tir de (en biathlon, en tir, au tir à l'arc, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
CONT

Cuban concussion sticks adopted by Western rhythm bands. The claves consist of 2 short cylindrical hardwood sticks, preferably made of cocabola, one of which is held in the cupped left hand while it is struck with the other stick; 20-25 cm.(8-10 in.) long.

Key term(s)
  • rhythm stick
  • clave

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
CONT

Instrument à percussion composé de deux bâtonnets de bois frappés l'un sur l'autre. On peut répartir les instruments à percussion en deux grandes familles : les membraphones (peau d'animal tendue sur un résonateur ou sur un simple cadre) et les idiophones (instruments à lames, à claviers, ainsi que tous les instruments de bruitage, ayant en commun de ne pas comporter de caisse de résonance). Les claves se classent parmi les instruments à bruitage.

OBS

Formulé d'après UNIVE, 1984, 14, page 208 et HOMUS, 1976, 2, 773 et 774.

OBS

Malgré les recherches effectuées, il n'a pas été possible de déterminer le genre de «claves».

Key term(s)
  • clave
  • bâton de rythme
  • bâtons entrechoqués

Spanish

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