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sheaf

/ʃiːf/

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noun

Gerbe, faisceau

A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

Examples :

"The farmer carefully gathered the sheaf of wheat, ready to take it to the barn. "

L'agriculteur a soigneusement rassemblé la gerbe de blé, prêt à l'emmener à la grange.

agriculture plant food

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noun

Faisceau, botte

Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.

Examples :

"a sheaf of paper"

un faisceau de papier

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noun

Faisceau, gerbe

A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.

Examples :

"The archer practiced shooting, carefully loading his quiver with a sheaf of arrows. "

L'archer s'entraînait au tir, chargeant soigneusement sa gibecière d'une gerbe de flèches.

military weapon item

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noun

Faisceau

A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.

Examples :

"The archer carried a sheaf of arrows to the target practice field, ready to begin his training. "

L'archer portait un faisceau de flèches sur le terrain d'entraînement, prêt à commencer son entraînement.

military weapon amount

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noun

Poulie

Examples :

"The carpenter used a small sheaf to guide the rope through the pulley. "

Le charpentier a utilisé une petite poulie pour guider la corde à travers la poulie.

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noun

Faisceau

An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets.

Examples :

"The professor explained the sheaf on the whiteboard, drawing lines and circles to represent how information coherently connects across different parts of a mathematical space. "

Le professeur a expliqué le faisceau sur le tableau blanc, en dessinant des lignes et des cercles pour représenter comment l'information se connecte de manière cohérente à travers différentes parties d'un espace mathématique.

math space theory

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verb

Faire des gerbes

To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves

Examples :

"to sheaf wheat"

Faire des gerbes de blé.

agriculture work

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verb

Faire des gerbes

To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

Examples :

"The farmer sheafed the wheat, tying it into bundles for storage. "

Le fermier a fait des gerbes de blé, les attachant en bottes pour le stockage.

agriculture plant