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APU [13 records]

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Record 1 2021-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
DEF

A self-contained power-unit on an aircraft providing electrical/pneumatic power to aircraft systems during ground operations.

OBS

auxiliary power unit; APU: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces and standardized by NATO.

OBS

auxiliary power-unit; APU: designations and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
DEF

Groupe de puissance autonome, à bord d'un aéronef, qui alimente des équipements de bord en énergie électrique ou en air comprimé au cours des opérations au sol.

OBS

groupe auxiliaire de bord; groupe auxiliaire de puissance; APU : désignations uniformisées par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance et Opérations aériennes.

OBS

groupe auxiliaire de puissance : désignation et définition uniformisées par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

groupe électrogène d'appoint; GEA : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

groupe auxiliaire de puissance; GAP; générateur auxiliaire de bord; APU : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

OBS

générateur auxiliaire de bord : désignation publiée au Journal officiel de la République le 22 septembre 2000.

PHR

système anti-vibratoire d'attaches du groupe auxiliaire de puissance

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Circuitos de las aeronaves
DEF

Unidad autónoma de energía en una aeronave, que se utiliza para proporcionar energía eléctrica y neumática a los sistemas de aeronave durante las operaciones en tierra. [Definición aceptada oficialmente por la OACI.]

OBS

Desde el punto de vista mecánico los grupos APU se clasifican en dos categorías: 1) grupos de arranque de transmisión mecánica; 2) grupos de arranque neumático.

OBS

grupo auxiliar de energía; APU: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 2 - external organization data 2019-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
OBS

Metropolitan Toronto Police.

OBS

Date of creation: September 1992.

Key term(s)
  • Aboriginal Peace Keeping Unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
OBS

Police de la communauté urbaine de Toronto.

OBS

Date de création : septembre 1992.

OBS

Unité du maintien de la paix auprès des Autochtones : proposition fournie à titre d'information.

Key term(s)
  • Aboriginal Peace Keeping Unit

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
CONT

Signal (APU on).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
CONT

Le signal (groupe de piste en service).

OBS

Manœuvre au sol.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
OBS

The Alberta Powerlifting Union (APU) is a provincial affiliate to the Canadian Powerlifting Union (CPU). It is a completely non-profit and volunteer organization regulating both 3-lift Powerlifting and Bench Press Only within the province of Alberta. The APU is dedicated to it's mission of: promoting and developing drug tested powerlifting on a provincial scale, providing a safe and fair environment for which to compete in powerlifting, maintaining and enforcing the rules of the sport by appointing and training qualified referees, hosting and regulating ... provincial championships as vessels for athletes to progress to a national level of competition.

Key term(s)
  • Alberta Power Lifting Union

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
Key term(s)
  • Alberta Power Lifting Union

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Postal Service
OBS

Title reproduced from the document "United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions", with the authorization of UNESCO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Postes
OBS

Appellation extraite du document «United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions», avec l'autorisation de l'UNESCO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Servicio de correos
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Record 6 2001-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
OBS

auxiliary equipment: equipment not under direct control of the processing unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
DEF

Procesador especializado, tal como un procesador de matrices, un procesador rápido de transformadas de Fourier (FFT) o un procesador de entrada/salida (IOP) que suele utilizarse para incrementar la velocidad de procesamiento por medio de una operación simultánea.

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Record 7 1999-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Advertising
  • Communication and Information Management

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Publicité
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
OBS

Programme des produits thérapeutiques, Santé Canada.

Spanish

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Record 8 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Postal Service
OBS

LAS [League of Arab States].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Postes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Servicio de correos
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Record 9 1996-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Government Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
OBS

Previously known by initials APU and AFPU.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Organismes et comités gouvernementaux non canadiens
OBS

Déjà connue sous l'abréviation UPAF.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Organismos y comités gubernamentales no canadienses
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Record 10 1993-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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Record 11 1992-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Occupation Names (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 12 1990-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

A module which treats all targets as stationary, extracts seven looks and focuses these in a 36 coefficient matched, transversal filter to produce seven multiplied complex images.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 13 1984-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guns (Land Forces)
CONT

... it would appear that Germany will produce the elevating mass, the Auxiliary Propulsion Unit (APU) and suspension ...

OBS

This unit concerns the FH70 [field howitzer of the 70s].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canons (Forces terrestres)
CONT

[...) on peut conclure que l'Allemagne fédérale construira le tube et le mécanisme de pointage, le moteur auxiliaire et la suspension [...]

OBS

Le moteur est celui de l'obusier de campagne FH70s.

Spanish

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