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Record 1 1987-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Telecommunications Transmission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
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Record 3 2015-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stators and Rotors (Electrical Components)
  • Coils and Windings (Electrical Components)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stators et rotors (Composants électrotechniques)
  • Bobines et bobinage (Composants électrotechniques)

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
OBS

Reference: change 63 to Canadian Forces Publication A-PD-123-004/PQ-001.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
DEF

That surface of heat exchange equipment which is in direct contact with both the heat absorbing and rejecting media.

CONT

Plain piping or tubing is the most prevalent example of primary surface.

OBS

primary surface; prime surface; direct surface: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
OBS

surface primaire; surface directe : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Shipbuilding
DEF

The point in a body at which the resultant pressure acts when the body is immersed in a fluid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Constructions navales
OBS

La résultante des pressions exercées par un liquide sur la paroi latérale du vase qui le contient est appliquée en un point qu’on nomme le centre de pression.

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
CONT

[Les terres Australes ou Subantarctiques] comprennent vingt îles ou groupe d'îles dispersées dans les eaux australes (entre 60 et 70° S.), au large de l'Antarctique. [...] De dimensions variables, ces îles sont pour la plupart montagneuses; souvent volcaniques, parfois d'origine continentales.

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit social

Spanish

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Record 9 1980-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Road Construction Equipment
  • Construction Site Equipment
CONT

In the stinger arrangement [of scraper bowl cutting edge] the center section extends beyond the outer sections.

Key term(s)
  • center edge section
  • center cutting edge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
  • Matériel de chantier
CONT

L'emploi de lames en trois pièces [pour la benne décapeuse] permet le remplacement à moindre frais de la partie centrale qui est plus vite usée que les parties latérales.

Key term(s)
  • lame centrale
  • lame racleuse centrale

Spanish

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Record 10 1992-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

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