TERMIUM Plus®

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BACK-TO-BACK [4 records]

Record 1 2007-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

Said of a design with two heads facing in opposite directions.

CONT

Back-to-back effigies, back-to-back heads.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage
DEF

Se dit d'une double effigie lorsque les deux têtes, placées dos à dos, font face dans des directions opposées.

CONT

Têtes adossées, effigies adossées.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
CONT

Bilingual versions may be printed side-by-side (two columns), tumble, text on facing pages or recto verso.

Key term(s)
  • back to back

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Des deux côtés d'une page.

CONT

Les versions bilingues peuvent paraître côte-à-côte (deux colonnes), tête-bêche, sur pages opposées ou recto verso.

Key term(s)
  • recto-verso

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Media

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports publicitaires
DEF

message comprenant deux produits d'un même annonceur.

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
  • Phraseology
OBS

Two back-to-back parabolic cylinders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
  • Phraséologie
OBS

Deux cylindres paraboliques en opposition.

Spanish

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