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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2020-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Mining Topography
OBS

rugged: designation used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

broken terrain, rugged ground

PHR

uneven ground

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Topographie minière
DEF

Se dit d'un paysage ou d'un relief caractérisé par une variation importante de la topographie, où les pentes sont abruptes et où l'effet de l'érosion est prononcé.

OBS

accidenté; anfractueux : désignations en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

rivage anfractueux

PHR

terrain accidenté

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music
CONT

Piano and Keyboard. The candidate must play all technical requirements from memory as follows: Scales ... in octaves. - solid/blocked staccato or broken legato.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
OBS

Term(s) used at the Canadian Grain Commission in the field of cereal terminology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Économie agricole
  • Minoterie et céréales
OBS

Terme(s) en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains dans le domaine céréalier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Economía agrícola
  • Molinería y cereales
DEF

[Se dice de] todo pedazo de grano, cualquiera sea su tamaño.

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Record 4 2006-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Mining Topography
DEF

Marked by faults.

CONT

The complex should be faulted, mylonitized, and subjected to retrograde metamorphism.

PHR

Faulted structure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Topographie minière
DEF

Qui est coupé par des failles.

CONT

Gisement faillé : gisement découpé par des failles nombreuses.

CONT

Le minerai extrait en carrières se trouve dans des dolomies et des calcaires précambriens fortement plissés, faillés et charriés, sous forme de stockwerks ou d'amas pseudo-stratifiés.

PHR

Structure faillée.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Martial Arts
DEF

JUDO. A command given by a referee to indicate to the timekeeper, the contestants and the onlookers generally that a contestant has effectively broken the hold by which he was being secured.

Key term(s)
  • hold down broken

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts martiaux
OBS

Généralement, la plupart des termes japonais en judo s'emploient au masculin, mais il y a des exceptions.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

To lose one's service game.

OBS

lose the service: badminton term.

Key term(s)
  • broken
  • lose service

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Terme connexe : concéder sa mise en jeu.

CONT

Stich a perdu son engagement blanc au premier jeu et cédé son service à trois reprise au cours d'un set éclair.

OBS

perdre le service : terme de badminton.

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling
OBS

Rules/refereeing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme
OBS

Règlements/arbitrage.

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
OBS

Term applied to wines which have undergone casse (which see), and more particularly to red table wines which have turned brown and precipitated colouring matter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
DEF

Qualifies a part separated into two or more pieces, as the result of impact or fatigue.

CONT

Example: broken tail light.

OBS

Different from bent or dented ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
DEF

Qualificatif s'appliquant à une pièce séparée, en deux ou en plusieurs parties, résultant d'un choc ou de la fatigue du matériel.

CONT

feu arrière cassé.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec plié ou enfoncé [...]

Spanish

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Record 10 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Maintenance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)

Spanish

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Record 11 1982-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 12 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme

Spanish

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Record 13 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Une armée de cadres bien rodés.

Spanish

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