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HAMPE [11 records]

Record 1 2021-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Determining fishing hook sizes is a bit of a formula, with the measurement based on the distance between the shank and shaft of the hook and the length of the shaft.

OBS

The central part of a hook.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

Partie centrale d'un hameçon.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Horticulture
DEF

A peduncle with one or more flowers arising directly from the ground or from a very short stem, and either leafless or with bracts only.

OBS

Of a leek

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Horticulture
DEF

Axe simple et nu ou peu feuillé de certains végétaux, surtout chez les Monocotylédones [...]

OBS

Le fût d'un poireau est formé par les gaines foliaires emboîtées les unes dans les autres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Producción vegetal
  • Horticultura
DEF

Tallo de una planta, desprovisto de hojas, en cuyo extremo se forma una inflorescencia. Las hojas se sitúan en la base, formando una roseta característica.

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Record 3 2012-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

A cut of beef, the part of the diaphragm used as edible meat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
DEF

Partie charnue du diaphragme, flanc de bœuf.

CONT

Morceau à cuisseau rapide, la hampe est un muscle interne du diaphragme intervenant dans la respiration. Elle est vendue en pièce à bifteck.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Botany
DEF

The extended portion attaching the cob to the stalk and holding the husks in a protective position.

CONT

An ear of sweet corn is made up of several parts ... The main parts are the shank, husk, silk, cob and kernels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Botanique
DEF

Axe reliant la rafle à la tige du plant de maïs et maintenant les spathes serrées autour de la rafle.

OBS

L'épi de maïs se compose de diverses parties [...] Les principales sont la hampe, les spathes, les soies, la rafle et les grains.

OBS

La hampe est un axe allongé sans feuilles ni ramifications, terminé par une ou plusieurs fleurs que l'on retrouve sur plusieurs types de plantes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Botánica
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Record 5 2008-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceremonial and Traditions (Military)
DEF

A staff or pole on which is mounted a military [flag].

CONT

The pike is held vertical with the right hand, at the right side. The base of the pike is on the ground at the right side of the right foot, in line with the toe of the shoe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonial et traditions (Militaire)
DEF

Mât sur lequel est hissé un drapeau militaire.

CONT

Il tient la hampe à sa droite, avec la main droite et en position verticale. Il place la base de la hampe au sol, à droite de son pied droit et dans la ligne du bout de ses pieds.

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
CONT

A competitor may hold the javelin at the end of the cord grip even though one or more fingers and thumb touch the javelin shaft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Atletismo
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Record 7 1998-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
DEF

The upper part of a lowercase letter as in "h".

CONT

Ascending or descending stems are equal in length to the height of the capitals.

OBS

W.C. Brown, Drafting for Industry, 1984, p. 70.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
DEF

Partie haute d'une lettre.

DEF

Trait vertical de certaines lettres. Hampe de h (...)

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

That part of a dental instrument which connects the handle to the working part.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
DEF

Partie d'un instrument dentaire qui réunit le manche à la partie travaillante.

Spanish

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Record 9 1995-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Handwriting Analysis and Cryptography
DEF

... all upwards strokes of the upper ... extensions which curve and cross the upper ... extension, forming loops.

CONT

Handwriting, as noted above, is divided into three zones - upper, middle, and lower. The upper zone, including the upper loop of the small letters b, d, f, h, k, l, and t, the i dots, and the t bars, contains the intellect, imagination, and spiritual interests. The i dots reveal a person's attention to details, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Graphologie et cryptographie
DEF

[...] Partie de certaines lettres (p, b, h, etc.) qui dépasse la ligne vers le haut ou le bas.

CONT

Nous étudierons la lettre «t» en examinant dans un premier temps le trait vertical, c'est-à-dire, la hampe; par la suite, nous examinerons la place, l'appui, la direction et la forme du trait horizontal, c'est-à-dire, la barre.

Spanish

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Record 10 1991-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musicology
DEF

The stroke attached to the heads of all notes of smaller value than a semibreve (Every man's Dictionary of Music)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musicologie
CONT

Note (...) de nos jours, elles sont ovales et munies, sauf la ronde, d'une hampe ou queue dirigée vers le haut ou vers le bas.

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
DEF

The membrane with muscular base which separates the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
DEF

Nom donné au diaphragme des animaux.

Spanish

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