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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2018-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
OBS

enemy force; EF: The plural form of this term (enemy forces) and the abbreviation were standardized by NATO in 2016.

Key term(s)
  • enemy forces

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
OBS

force ennemie; EF : Le terme au pluriel (forces ennemies) et l'abréviation ont été normalisés par l'OTAN en 2016.

Key term(s)
  • forces ennemies

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
OBS

external force; EF: The plural form of this term (external forces) and the abbreviation were standardized by NATO in 2016.

Key term(s)
  • external forces

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
OBS

force extérieure; EF : Le terme au pluriel (forces extérieures) et l'abréviation ont été normalisés par l'OTAN en 2016.

Key term(s)
  • forces extérieures

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
DEF

The relationship between the amount of pollution produced and the amount of raw material processed.

OBS

emission factor: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Black Carbon Inventory.

OBS

emission factor; EF: term and abbreviation standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
DEF

Coefficient empirique qui permet de calculer la quantité d'un polluant donné, par exemple de dioxyde de soufre, émise lorsqu'on brûle une quantité donnée d'un combustible, par exemple d'un charbon.

OBS

facteur d'émission : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'inventaire de carbone noir.

OBS

coefficient d'émission; CE : terme et abréviation normalisés par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
DEF

Cantidad promedio de un contaminante emitido por una industria, en relación con la cantidad definida de material procesado.

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Record 4 2015-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart
DEF

A measure of the percentage of the heart's blood volume that is pumped out with each heart beat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur
CONT

Dans le langage médical, on utilise la fraction d'éjection pour parler de la force du cœur. Elle signifie le pourcentage de sang pompé dans la circulation à chaque battement.

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Renewable Energy
CONT

The overall efficiency of conventional storage type water heaters is determined through testing and is expressed as the energy factor (EF).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergies renouvelables
CONT

L'efficacité globale des chauffe-eau à réservoir classique est déterminée par des essais et est exprimée sous forme d'un facteur énergétique (FE).

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
DEF

In the critical path method, the earliest time that a scheduled activity may be finished.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation
DEF

Dans le contexte de la méthode du chemin critique, date la plus précoce à laquelle une activité de l'échéancier peut être terminée.

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Non-commissionned Members
Universal entry(ies)
EF
occupation code
OBS

EF: military occupation code for non-commissioned members.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires pour les militaires du rang
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
EF
occupation code
OBS

EF : code de groupe professionnel militaire pour les militaires du rang.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
DEF

In the critical path method, the earliestpossible pointin time on which the incompleted portions of an activity can finish, based on the network logic and any schedule constraints. Early finsig dates can change as the project progresses and changed and made to the project plan.

OBS

Term related to the critical path method.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation

Spanish

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Record 9 2001-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
CONT

Strength of materials deals with the relations between the external force applied to elastic bodies and the resulting deformations and stresses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
OBS

Si les forces extérieures appliquées croissent l'expérience montre que les corps naturels se déforment puis se rompent.

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

The highest machine finish that can be produced; a finish of uncoated book paper between that of high machine finish of conventional grades and supercalendered finish; the reason is that book paper for this finish is highly filled with a clay that takes a high polish. It is the best adapted of the machine finish papers to halftone screen printing by letterpress. Such a paper has a high bulking number of about 650 to 750 pages per 25 mm (1") for 67 g/m² (45 lbX25X38X500) weight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier
DEF

Fini de surface qui se situe entre le fini machine et un fini obtenu par supercalandrage. C'est le plus haut fini pouvant être obtenu sur une machine à papier et le mieux adapté à l'impression des demi-tons (points de trame) typographiques.

Spanish

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Record 11 1993-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Assists nonprofit neighborhood housing organizations that provide "decent, affordable housing" as well as other basic human needs for low-income families.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 12 1985-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Officers
Universal entry(ies)
EF
occupation code
OBS

EF: classification specialty qualification code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires des officiers
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
EF
occupation code
OBS

EF : code de qualification de spécialiste (classifications).

Spanish

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