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FIG [4 records]

Record 1 2021-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

figure; fig: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

figure; fig : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Gymnastics and Trampoline

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Gymnastique et trampoline

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Gimnasia y acrobacias sobre cama elástica
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Record 3 2007-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
DEF

The hollow, pear-shaped false fruit (synconium) of the fig tree, with sweet, pulpy flesh containing numberous tiny, seedlike true fruits (achenes).

OBS

Figs are rounded with a pointed stem end and vary in colour when ripe from bright green to deep purple, depending on the variety.

OBS

fig: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
CONT

Il existe environ 250 espèces de figuiers et 3 groupes de couleurs de figues (blanches ou vertes, grises ou rouges, noires ou violets foncés).

OBS

figue : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
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Record 4 2003-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Surveying
OBS

FIG was founded in 1878 in Paris. It is a federation of national associations and is the only international body that represents all surveying disciplines. It is a UN-recognised non-government organisation (NGO) and its aim is to ensure that the disciplines of surveying and all who practise them meet the needs of the markets and communities that they serve. It realises its aim by promoting the practise of the profession and encouraging the development of professional standards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Arpentage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Agrimensura
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