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DISSIPATION [4 records]

Record 1 2016-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

The minister has simply not shown to my satisfaction that the proceeds of a possible sale of the house ... will result in the dissipation of the equity in the house ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Le ministre n'a tout simplement pas démontré à ma satisfaction que [...] le produit d'une vente possible de la maison entraînera la dilapidation de la valeur nette de la maison [...]

OBS

dilapidation; dissipation : termes tirés du Mini-lexique du partage des biens et reproduits avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transformación de la energía
DEF

Transformación de energía de elevadas posibilidades de empleo en otra con menos posibilidades.

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Record 3 2003-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
OBS

... where a control product is a device that has not been previously assessed or evaluated ... or contains an ingredient that has not been so assessed or evaluated, the applicant shall provide the Minister with the results of scientific investigations respecting ... (b) (ii) the effects of storing and processing food or feed, in relation to which the control product was used, on the dissipation or degradation of the control product and any of its residues.

OBS

See Consolidated Regulations of Canada (C.R.C.), 1978, chapter 1253, s. 9(2)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
OBS

Voir la Codification des règlements du Canada (C.R.C.), 1978, chapitre 1253, art. 9(2)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Protección de las plantas
DEF

Acción consistente en que una sustancia presente en un medio sea cada vez menos densa, hasta que llegue a desaparecer.

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Record 4 2003-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
DEF

Decay of atmospheric kinetic energy due to its transfer from larger to smaller scales of motion, and ultimately to molecular motions.

CONT

The surface winds are important in the climate system because of there key role in evaporation, driving ocean currents, dissipation of atmospheric kinetic energy, and generation of quasi-stationary planetary waves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
DEF

Dégradation de l'énergie cinétique de l'atmosphère par passage à des mouvements à plus petite échelle, et finalement à des mouvements moléculaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Meteorología
DEF

Disminución de la energía cinética atmosférica debida a su transferencia de escalas de movimiento más grandes a otras más pequeñas y, finalmente, a movimientos moleculares.

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