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MICA [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Military Administration
DEF

The individual, designated by each group principal or commander of a command, who acts as the focal point for the staffing and management of all [information technology] activities within [their] command or group.

OBS

management information control authority; MICA: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Administration militaire
DEF

Personne désignée par chaque chef de groupe ou commandant d'un commandement et agissant comme personne-ressource pour la dotation et la gestion de toutes les activités de la technologie de l'information au sein de son commandement ou de son groupe.

OBS

contrôleur de l'information gestionnelle; CIG : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

MICA [helps its] members manage the effects of serious and persistent mental illness and/or addictions through education, guidance and support …

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Mental Illness Caregivers Association

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
Key term(s)
  • Canadian Mental Illness Caregivers Association

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2018-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
OBS

"A" Division (Ottawa, Ontario).

Key term(s)
  • Major Investigation Crimes Application

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
OBS

Système informatisé des enquêtes majeures : appellation à éviter, car «système informatisé» est plutôt l'équivalent de «computerized system».

OBS

Division A (Ottawa, Ontario).

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
Universal entry(ies)
12001-26-2
CAS number
DEF

A silicate mineral that is characterized by a sheet cleavage.

CONT

Biotite is the ferromagnesian black mica, and muscovite is the potassic white mica. Sometimes mica is used as a lost-circulation material in drilling.

OBS

Synthetic mica is available. It has electrical and mechanical properties superior to those of natural mica ... Use: Electrical equipment, vacuum tubes, incandescent lamps, dusting agent, lubricant, windows in high-temperature equipment, filler in exterior paints, cosmetics, glass and ceramic flux, roofing, rubber, mold-release agent, specialty paper for insulation and filtration, wallpaper and wallboard joint cement, oil-well drilling muds.

OBS

isinglass: Mica especially when in thin transparent sheets.

OBS

daze: An old name for mica (from its glitter).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
12001-26-2
CAS number
DEF

Silicate lamellaire, à clivage très facile.

CONT

(Les micas forment une famille). [...] Toutes les espèces de la famille des micas sont monocliniques. Le mica existe dans une foule de roches cristallines et constitue l'un des trois éléments fondamentaux du granite.

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
OBS

Dissolved.

OBS

List of ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) Bodies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
OBS

Répertoire des organes de l'OACI (Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Personal y servicios (Transporte aéreo)
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Record 6 1998-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens

Spanish

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Record 8 1988-03-09

English

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

Information obtained from the National Insulation Contractors Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Isolation thermique

Spanish

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