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Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

Filter results by subject field

Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Agricultural Economics
DEF

An elevator which is used principally to receive and store grain for processing directly into other products.

OBS

process elevator: term used at the Canadian Grain Commission in the field of cereal terminology.

OBS

process elevator: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Économie agricole
DEF

Silo destiné à recevoir et à stocker du grain en vue de sa transformation directe en d'autres produits.

OBS

silo de transformation; installation de transformation : termes en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains dans le domaine céréalier.

OBS

silo de conditionnement : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Atomic Physics
  • Nuclear Physics
DEF

Plant (except for mines or ore dressing plants) in which unirradiated nuclear material or irradiated nuclear material with the fission products separated is processed by modification of its chemical or physical forms to facilitate its further use or processing. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

OBS

The term comprises the storage facility of the plant and the analytical departments, but not a plant for isotope separation of nuclear material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Physique atomique
  • Physique nucléaire
DEF

Installation (hors du domaine de l'industrie minière) dans laquelle des matières nucléaires non irradiées ou des matières nucléaires irradiées séparées des produits de fission sont traitées par modification de leurs formes chimiques ou physiques pour faciliter une utilisation ou un traitement ultérieurs. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

Ce terme couvre le stockage propre à l'usine et les services d'analyse, mais non une installation pour la séparation isotopique de matières nucléaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Centrales nucleares
  • Física atómica
  • Física nuclear
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