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sheaves

/ʃiːvz/

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noun

Gerbes

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 stacked the sheaves of wheat in the field. "

L'agriculteur a soigneusement empilé les gerbes de blé dans le champ.

agriculture plant food

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Gerbes, faisceaux

Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.

Examples :

"a sheaf of paper"

Une gerbe de papier.

agriculture plant item

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Faisceaux, gerbes

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

Examples :

"The archery instructor gave each student two sheaves of arrows to practice with during the lesson. "

L'instructeur de tir à l'arc a donné à chaque élève deux faisceaux de flèches pour s'entraîner pendant la leçon.

military weapon group

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Faisceaux de flèches

A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.

Examples :

"The archer practiced shooting, carefully loading each of the sheaves of arrows. "

L'archer s'est entraîné au tir, chargeant soigneusement chacun des faisceaux de flèches.

military weapon amount

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noun

Gerbe

Examples :

"The pulley system used to hoist the heavy boxes had several sheaves. "

Le système de poulies utilisé pour hisser les boîtes lourdes comportait plusieurs gerbes.

agriculture plant food

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Faisceaux

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 mathematician described the sheaves of information about student grades as a way to track how individual grades related to overall class performance. "

Le mathématicien a décrit les faisceaux d'informations sur les notes des élèves comme un moyen de suivre la façon dont les notes individuelles étaient liées à la performance globale de la classe.

math theory technical

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Poulie, moufle

A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.

Examples :

"The sailor used the sheaves to raise the heavy cargo. "

Le marin a utilisé les poulies pour soulever la lourde cargaison.

technical machine nautical sailing

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Rosace coulissante, cache-trou de serrure

A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.

Examples :

"The carpenter installed new sheaves on the door to cover the keyhole. "

Le menuisier a installé de nouvelles rosaces coulissantes sur la porte pour couvrir le trou de la serrure.

architecture building device