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Record 1 2023-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Honorary Distinctions (Non-Canadian)
OBS

The Order of the Thistle is the greatest order of chivalry in Scotland, recognising sixteen Knights with the highest honour in the country and recognises Scottish men and women who have held public office or who have contributed in a particular way to national life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations nationaux non canadiens

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos honoríficos y condecoraciones nacionales no canadienses
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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Weapon Systems
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
DEF

A unit of explosive power equivalent to 1 000 tons of TNT [trinitrotoluene].

OBS

kiloton; Kt: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
DEF

Unité d'énergie des explosifs nucléaires, égale à l'énergie dégagée par l'explosion de 1 000 tonnes de T.N.T. (trinitrotoluène).

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

A unit of weight, equal to 1 000 tons.

OBS

kilotonne; kt: designation and abbreviation standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Black Carbon Inventory and the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Unité de masse égale à mille tonnes.

OBS

kilotonne; kt : désignation et abréviation normalisées par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'inventaire de carbone noir et de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
DEF

Unidad de masa que equivale a mil toneladas.

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Record 4 2020-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Co-operation
  • Medicine and Health
DEF

... the effective and timely incorporation of evidence-based information into the practices of health professionals in such a way as to effect optimal health care outcomes and maximize the potential of the health system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération scientifique
  • Médecine et santé
CONT

[...] le transfert des connaissances réfère à l'ensemble des activités et des mécanismes d'interaction favorisant la diffusion, l'adoption et l'appropriation des connaissances les plus à jour possible en vue de leur utilisation dans la pratique professionnelle et dans l'exercice de la gestion en matière de santé.

Key term(s)
  • transfert de connaissances
  • transfert de connaissance

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cooperación científica
  • Medicina y Salud
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Record 5 2014-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Water Transport
  • Air Transport
DEF

The nautical measure of speed, one knot being a speed of one nautical mile (6,080 feet) per hour.

OBS

One knot equals about 1 1/7 statute miles per hour.

OBS

The term comes from the knots on the line of a chip log which were spaced at a distance of 47 feet 3 inches. The number of these knots which ran out while a 28-second sand-glass emptied itself gave the speed of the ship in nautical miles per hour. As a measure of speed the term is always knots, and never knots an hour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Transport par eau
  • Transport aérien
DEF

Unité de vitesse de translation [égale à] 1 mille marin (1852 m) par heure.

OBS

nœud; kt : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Transporte por agua
  • Transporte aéreo
DEF

La velocidad igual a 1 milla marina por hora.

OBS

Una milla náutica tiene 6,080,20 pies ó 1.15 millas estatutarias.

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Record 6 2012-01-11

English

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

KT: trade specialty qualification code.

OBS

This is an obsolete title.

French

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

KT : code de qualification de spécialiste (métiers).

OBS

Ce titre est d'usage périmé.

Spanish

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