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DIU [4 records]

Record 1 2022-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Military Administration
OBS

unit personal file; UPF: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Administration militaire
OBS

dossier individuel à l'unité; DIU : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communications Law
  • Telecommunications Facilities
DEF

The unconditional right to use a [telecommunications] facility, e.g. a fibre-optic cable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des communications
  • Installations de télécommunications
DEF

Droit inconditionnel d'utiliser une installation [de télécommunications], comme un câble à fibres optiques.

OBS

droit irrévocable d'usage; DIU : terme et sigle publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 9 août 2013.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Reproduction (Medicine)
DEF

A piece of plastic or metal of various shapes (e.g., coil, loop, bow) inserted into the uterus to exert a contraceptive effect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Reproduction (Médecine)
DEF

Petit dispositif de plastique ou de métal, inséré dans l'utérus à des fins contraceptives.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental médico
  • Reproducción (Medicina)
DEF

Pequeños aparatos, de los que existen diferentes modelos y materiales, que se introducen en la cavidad uterina a fin de evitar el embarazo y que pueden permanecer in situ durante un período de 1 a 3 años.

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Record 4 1994-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geographical Names
OBS

District of former Portuguese India, W India.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géographiques

Spanish

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