31 résultats pour "cardant"

• Cards and Card Games.

  Certain games have developed that are difficult to categorize, especially games that use special decks of cards. Contributed By:Gene HochmanMicrosoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• Définition: CARDI(A)-, CARDI(O)-, (CARDI-, CARDIA-, CARDIO-) élément préfixe.

  XXe. siècle en six volumes, Grand Larousse encyclopédique en dix volumes, Dictionnaire encyclopédique Quillet 1965 et Dictionnaire des termes techniques de médecine (Marcel Garnier, Valéry Delamare) 1958, Dictionnaire français de médecine et de biologie (Alexandre Manuila, Ludmilla Manuila, M. Nicole, H. Lambert) tome 1 1970). 3. " Incision du cardia "; cardiotomie extramuqueuse (attesté dans le Dictionnaire encyclopédique Quillet 1965 et Dictionnaire des termes techniques de médecine (MARCEL GA...

• Définition: cardia- CARDI(A)-, CARDI(O)-, (CARDI-, CARDIA-, CARDIO-) élément préfixe.

  1858). 2. " Incision du coeur " (attesté dans Larousse du XXe. siècle en six volumes, Grand Larousse encyclopédique en dix volumes, Dictionnaire encyclopédique Quillet 1965 et Dictionnaire des termes techniques de médecine (Marcel Garnier, Valéry Delamare) 1958, Dictionnaire français de médecine et de biologie (Alexandre Manuila, Ludmilla Manuila, M. Nicole, H. Lambert) tome 1 1970). 3. " Incision du cardia "; cardiotomie extramuqueuse (attesté dans le Dictionnaire encyclopédique Quillet 1965 et...

• cArdeA

• Définition: CARDÉ, -ÉE, participe passé, adjectif et substantif.

  B.— Par extension. Nettoyer un tissu de ses poils trop gros ou trop courts avant de le livrer au commerce. Carder du drap. STATISTIQUES : Fréquence absolue littéraire : 2 DÉRIVÉS : 1. Cardage, substantif masculin. Action de carder, résultat de cette opération. Le cardage des laines (Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798-1932, Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe. siècle (Pierre Larousse), Grand Larousse encyclopédique en dix volumes, Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue franç...

• Définition: CARDER, verbe.

• Cardant

• Christmas.

  The new custom of Christmas gift giving allowed the marketplace to exert an unprecedented influence on holiday celebrations. Commercial innovations such asdepartment stores and mass advertising further expanded the custom of exchanging Christmas gifts. Seasonal retail sales helped fuel the economy, causing merchantsand advertisers to become some of the season’s most ardent promoters. Many holiday celebrants regretted these changes, however, and began voicing the nowcommon lament that Christmas h...

• Hardware (computer).

  Magnetic tape drives use magnetic tape similar to the tape used in VCR cassettes. Tape drives have a very slow read/write time, but have a very high capacity; in fact,their capacity is second only to hard disk drives. Tape drives are mainly used to back up data. Compact disc drives store information on pits burned into the surface of a disc of reflective material ( see CD-ROM). CD-ROMs can store up to 737 megabytes (MB) of data. A Compact Disc-Recordable (CD-R) or Compact Disc-ReWritable (CD-RW)...

• Banking.

  loans, and some commercial loans in addition to checking accounts and time deposits. Credit unions, SLAs, and savings banks help encourage thriftiness by paying interest to consumers who put their money in savings deposits. Consequently, creditunions, SLAs, and savings banks are often referred to as thrift institutions. Of the various types of banks in the United States, commercial banks account for the greatest single source of the financial industry’s assets. In 2000 the 8,528commercial banks...

• Bridge (game).

  IV DUPLICATE BRIDGE Duplicate bridge is a variety of contract bridge in which the element of luck affecting the final score is greatly decreased and the factor of skill is correspondinglyincreased. Duplicate is virtually the only game now played in championship bridge tournaments and matches. Duplicate bridge can be played by any number of players divided into pairs or teams. Each pair competes against all (or in some duplicate tournaments against half) theother pairs. The cards are all dealt...

• Poker.

  After the ante and the initial deal, the first round of betting starts with the player to the left of the dealer. This bettor can check (make no bet), make a bet, or fold. To stay in the game, subsequent bettors must call (match the current bet) or raise (increase the total bet). A round of betting ends when no player makes a further bet or a set limit of turns around the table has been reached. In the next round of betting, the player to the left of the bettor that started the last round o...

• Collectibles and Collecting.

  common blond and thus commands a higher price. If there are different variations to a collectible, the least common one is usually worth more. Often there areinteresting stories behind rarities, such as the highly sought-after 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card. At that time tobacco companies manufactured and distributedbaseball cards, and when the antitobacco Wagner complained, his card was pulled from production. Very few copies in good condition have ever been found. C Age Age is often an indic...

• Excerpt from Mansfield Park - anthology.

  arranged round the other. It was a fine arrangement for Henry Crawford, who was close to Fanny, and with his hands full of business, having two persons' cards tomanage as well as his own—for though it was impossible for Fanny not to feel herself mistress of the rules of the game in three minutes, he had yet to inspirit herplay, sharpen her avarice, and harden her heart, which, especially in any competition with William, was a work of some difficulty; and as for Lady Bertram, he mustcontinue in c...

• Aristophane, l'Assemblée des femmes (extrait).

  CINQUIÈME FEMME Et moi, une bien plus belle que celle d’Epicratès. PRAXAGORA Et vous, que dites-vous ? QUATRIÈME FEMME Elles font signe que oui, de la tête. PRAXAGORA Pour le reste certes, je vois que c’est fait. Vous avez des chaussures laconiennes, des bâtons, et les manteaux de vos maris comme nous l’avions dit. SIXIÈME FEMME Pour moi, j’ai dérobé à Lamias ce bâton-ci que j’ai emporté quand il dormait. PRAXAGORA C’est un de ces bâtons sur lesquels il s’appuie pour péter. SIXIÈME FEMME...

• Définition: CARDE1, substantif féminin.

  Robert)). On m'a parlé de votre nouveau système de cardage pour les laines (ÉMILE ZOLA, Son Excellence Eugène Rougon, 1876, page 257 ). 2. Carderie, substantif féminin. Endroit, atelier ou usine, où s'effectuent les opérations de cardage. Un couloir à odeur de tannerie, embrumé par les poussières d'une carderie de matelas (JOSEPH MALÈGUE, Augustin ou le Maître est là, tome 1, 1933, page 251 ). 3. Cardeur, -euse, substantif. Ouvrier, ouvrière dont la tâche est de carder. Ma mère était cardeuse de...

• From Bush v.

  legal requirements. This case has shown that punch card balloting machines can produce an unfortunate number of ballots which are not punched in a clean, complete way by the voter.After the current counting, it is likely legislative bodies nationwide will examine ways to improve the mechanisms and machinery for voting. B The individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States unless and until the state legislature chooses astatewide...

• Définition: CARDE2, substantif féminin.

  (Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798-1932, Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe. siècle (Pierre Larousse), Grand Larousse encyclopédique en dix volumes, Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française (Paul Robert)). On m'a parlé de votre nouveau système de cardage pour les laines (ÉMILE ZOLA, Son Excellence Eugène Rougon, 1876, page 257 ). 2. Carderie, substantif féminin. Endroit, atelier ou usine, où s'effectuent les opérations de cardage. Un couloir à odeur de tannerie, e...

• Kansas City (Missouri) - geography.

  Major institutions of higher education in Kansas City are a branch (established in 1929) of the University of Missouri, Avila College (1916), Rockhurst College (1910),DeVry Institute of Technology (Missouri) (1931), and the Kansas City Art Institute (1885). Schools in neighboring suburbs include Park University (1875), in Parkville,and William Jewell College (1849), in Liberty. Baptist, Nazarene, and Methodist theological schools are also located in the area. Midwest Research Institute, one of t...

• Library (institution).

  rooms, special galleries for exhibitions, auditoriums for lectures or concerts, computer rooms, children’s rooms, photocopy rooms, and classrooms. A3 Lending Materials As part of their mission to provide information resources to the community, public libraries allow users to borrow items from their collections for limited amounts of time.To be eligible to borrow public library materials, a user must register her or his name, address, and other basic information with the local library’s circulat...

• laine - agriculture et agroalimentaire.

  très solides d’aspect duveteux. 4.5 Délainage Le délainage est réalisé dans une troisième filière — appareil destiné à produire des fils, généralement par étirage —, pendant laquelle on récupère la laine accrochée à lapeau des bêtes, par trempage dans de l’eau puis par sabrage (procédé visant à débarrasser les fibres des impuretés végétales ou animales, au moyen d’un tambourrecouvert de lames). On effectue ensuite un trempage, puis on fait passer les fibres dans une étuve, où elles fermentent d...

• Library of Congress.

  manuscripts, books, and films. The Digital Library’s eventual goal is to make available 80 million items from the Library of Congress’s collection that are not easilyavailable elsewhere. V ORGANIZATION AND FUNDING The librarian of Congress serves as the director of the institution. Tradition, politics, and strong personalities have shaped the function of this office. Although the Libraryof Congress was established in 1800, the office of librarian was not created until passage of a law in 1802....

• fini (ensemble).

• La fabrication des étoffes est une activité traditionnelle de l'humanité, d'origine très ancienne.

  fibres de tiges d'hibiscus ou de tunga, les poils de chèvre (mohair et cachemire), de lapin (angora), de lama (alpaga), de yack, de dromadaire et de chameau. Le filage fut longtemps effectué par torsion à la main de fibres préalablement cardées, et cette technique, à peine améliorée (fileuse assistée par un rouet à pédales), subsista dans les campagnes, en parallèle avec le filage industriel mécanique, jusqu'au début du XX e siècle. Le tissage, par entrelacement d'un fil de trame e...

• Coins and Coin Collecting.

  U.S. coins dates from 1909, when the first Lincoln Cents appeared during the centennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. George Washington’s profile was used on thequarter-dollar of 1932, a coin originally intended as a one-year commemorative to honor the 200th anniversary of his birth. The design quickly became so popular thatit was retained for regular-issue quarters and is still being used today. Thomas Jefferson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Dwight D. Eisenhower are theother Americ...

• positive, so I pointed at the roses in the vase on the table.

  "Do youhave acard foryourself?" He slid out adrawer. "So doyou have acard formy dad?" "Thomas Schell,right!" "Right." Hewent tothe'S drawer andpulled ithalfway out. His fingers ranthrough thecards likethefingers ofsomeone muchyounger than103."Sorry! Nothing!" "Couldyou double-check?" Hisfingers ranthrough thecards again. Heshook hishead. "Sorry!" "Well,whatifacard isfiled inthe wrong place?" "Thenwe'vegotaproblem!" "Coulditbe?" "Ithappens occasionally! MarilynMonroe waslostinthe index for more t...

• Games.

  For most of human history, a game could not gain much popularity unless it was fairly easy for players to make their own equipment. The invention of printing (whichoccurred in the mid-1400s in the West) made this process easier, but it was not until the advances of the 18th-century Industrial Revolution that it became possible tomass-produce many new varieties of games. Twentieth-century technological advances such as the invention of plastic and the computer revolution led to the creationof mor...

• Dictionnaire en ligne: DÉBUCHÉ, DÉBUCHER1, substantif masculin.

  grand parti et se dirige vers le débuché qui mène à la forêt de Châteauroux (BERNARD CHAMPIGNEULLE, DIT LA HÊTRAIE, La Chasse, vénerie, fauconnerie, 1945, page 186 ). B.— [Correspond à débucher1 B] Action de faire sortir (un animal) de sa cachette (notamment à grand renfort de bruit); résultat de cette action. Elle était partie [la chasse] , tantôt forcenée, tantôt réfléchie, à travers les fourrés, les clairs, les ronciers (...). Et des hommes, des femmes interpellaient Cardas (...) « L'avez-vou...

• I'd never loved Grandma more than I loved her right then.

  So Iput mystory intoit. I pretended hewas Grandma, andIstarted atthe very beginning. I told himabout thetuxedo onthe chair, andhow Ihad broken thevase, andfound thekey, andthelocksmith, andthe envelope, andtheartsupply store.Itold himabout thevoice ofAaron Black,andhow Iwas soincredibly closetokissing Abby Black. Shedidn't sayshe didn't wantto,just that itwasn't agood idea.Itold himabout AbeBlack inConey Island, and Ada Black withthetwo Picasso paintings, andthebirds thatflew byMr. Black's windo...

• WHAT THE?

  the living one.Sometimes Ithink itwould beweird ifthere wereaskyscraper thatmoved upand down whileitselevator stayed inplace. Soifyou wanted togo tothe ninety-fifth floor,you'd justpress the95button andtheninety-fifth floor would cometoyou. Also, thatcould beextremely useful,because ifyou're onthe ninety-fifth floor,andaplane hits below you,thebuilding couldtakeyoutothe ground, andeveryone couldbesafe, even ifyou leftyour birdseed shirtat home thatday. I've only been inalimousine twiceever.Thefi...

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