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Record 1 2017-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Viral Diseases
  • Animal Diseases
  • Nervous System
Universal entry(ies)
A87.2
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis is caused by an arenavirus. It usually causes a flu-like illness or aseptic meningitis, sometimes with rash, arthritis, orchitis, parotitis, or encephalitis. ... Lymphocytic choriomeningitis is endemic in rodents.

OBS

A87.2: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies virales
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Système nerveux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
A87.2
classification system code, see observation
CONT

La chorioméningite lymphocytaire est due à un arénavirus. Elle entraîne généralement des symptômes grippaux ou de méningite aseptique, avec parfois une éruption, une arthrite, une orchite, une parotidite ou une encéphalite. [...] La chorioméningite lymphocytaire est endémique chez les rongeurs.

OBS

A87.2 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting
  • Auditing (Accounting)
  • Government Accounting
DEF

A method of valuing items of inventory or marketable securities, under which losses inherent in declines of market prices below cost are recognized in the period in which such declines occur.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Méthode qui consiste, dans l'application du principe de prudence, à évaluer certains biens (par exemple les stocks et les titres de placements) à leur coût historique ou à leur valeur marchande, selon le moins élevé des deux.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Materiel Management
DEF

The management of all activities required to support any equipment or system from the time of its initial conception to the time of its disposal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
DEF

Gestion de toutes les activités requises pour soutenir tout équipement ou système depuis sa conception initiale jusqu’au moment de [son élimination].

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Amphibious Forces
Key term(s)
  • mechanized landing craft

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Forces amphibies

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lignite, Graphite and Coal Mining
DEF

The volume of earth after it is removed from the bank or is first placed in fill and which, once it is removed from the bank, bulks or increases in volume.

OBS

[Opposed to] "bank cubic metre" ("BCM", or "Bm³"), [which] refers to the volume of earth as it exists in a natural bank before excavation. Also related to the concept of "compacted cubic metre" ("cm³"), [which] refers to the volume of compacted earth embankment [and] represents the final earthworks output of the earth-placement operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploit. de charbons fossiles autres que la tourbe
OBS

Mesure du volume des morts-terrains après extraction.

OBS

S'oppose à «mètre cube en place», mesure du volume de morts-terrains avant extraction, c'est-à-dire trouvés à l'état naturel dans un banc.

OBS

mètre cube foisonné : Équivalent obtenu auprès du directeur du CESECO (Centre d'études supérieures pour l'exploitation des carrières et des mines à ciel ouvert), de l'École des mines de Paris.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Arithmetic and Number Theory
DEF

The smallest common multiple of two or more numbers or the common multiple of lowest degree of two or more polynomials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arithmétique et théorie des nombres

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aritmética y teoría de los números
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Record 7 2000-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A substance added to cement slurries or drilling muds that is designed to prevent the loss of cement or mud to the formation.

CONT

... lost-circulation materials (as mica flakes, cellophane flakes, etc.).

OBS

Materials sometimes used in combating lost circulation include shredded cellophane, bark, cottonseed hulls, manure, and cement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rubber Processing
DEF

Eutectic mixture of inorganic salts, the molten phase of which is used as a heating medium for the continuous vulcanization of a rubber mix, usually following extrusion.

OBS

NOTE - A commonly used pair of salts are sodium nitrite and potassium nitrate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du caoutchouc
DEF

Mélange eutectique de sels organiques dont la phase fondue est utilisée comme moyen de chauffage pour la vulcanisation en continu d'un mélange de caoutchouc, généralement à la suite de l'extrusion.

OBS

NOTE - Le nitrite de sodium et le nitrate de potassium forment le couple de sels généralement utilisé.

Spanish

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Record 10 1988-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne

Spanish

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