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Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

Filter results by subject field

Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2021-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

Any type of marine animal caught during fishing operations which is thrown back into the ocean, dead or alive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

Remove or obliterate data from a data medium.

OBS

"Delete" refers to elimination of a part or element out of a larger set of material, while "erase" refers to elimination of symbols or data elements from a medium.

OBS

The word "delete" is also the name of a function in text processing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
DEF

Enlever ou éliminer des données d'un support de données.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
DEF

Anular, cancelar una determinada información.

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Record 3 2011-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protective Clothing
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Toxicology
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements de protection
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Toxicologie
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Wastes
  • Coal Preparation
  • Mining of Organic Materials
DEF

The material extracted from the raw coal and finally discarded.

OBS

According to the ISO standard, "dirt" and "stone" are deprecated synonyms.

Key term(s)
  • dirt
  • stone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Déchets miniers
  • Préparation des charbons
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
DEF

Produit inerte extrait du charbon brut et finalement mis au terril.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Escombros mineros
  • Preparación del carbón
  • Explotación de materias orgánicas (Minas)
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Record 5 2004-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
OBS

A ballot paper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
OBS

Un bulletin de vote.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
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Record 6 1999-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General
DEF

Portion of an ingot or bar that has been cut off in order to remove the pipe or other defects.

OBS

pipe: The ingot structures range from that of a fully-killed or dead-killed ingot to that of a violently rimming ingot ... The fully-killed ingot evolved nos gas, its top was slightly concave, and directly below the top was an intermittently-bridged shrinkage cavity that is commonly called pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Library Operations
DEF

A book that is withdrawn from circulation in a library.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation (Bibliothéconomie)
DEF

Livre retiré du fonds d'une bibliothèque.

Spanish

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Record 9 1986-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

to drop, dismiss, let go, or get rid of as no longer useful, valuable, or pleasurable ....

CONT

Replace filter element as follows: ... (A) Remove filter bowl and discard element.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
DEF

Se débarrasser d'une chose gênante, inutile [...]

OBS

jeter : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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Record 10 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Card Games
DEF

To remove (a playing card) from one's hand to prepare for drawing or to reduce the hand to the number specified.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de cartes
OBS

Le français établit dans le jeu de cartes une nette distinction entre écarter : rejeter une ou plusieurs cartes pour en prendre de nouvelles et se défausser : jeter les cartes [...] inutiles.

Spanish

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