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OSM [9 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-08-26

English

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

French

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-04-12

English

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

A unit of osmotic pressure equivalent to the amount of solute substances that dissociates in solution to form one mole (Avogadro's number) of particles (molecules and ions).

Key term(s)
  • osmol

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Médecine vétérinaire
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Pression osmotique d'une mole dissoute dans un litre d'eau sous 22,4 atmosphères à 0 degré centigrade.

Spanish

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

Unidad de medida que indica la cantidad de moles presente en un compuesto.

Key term(s)
  • osmole
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Record 3 2008-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Metal Construction
  • Building Ventilation
OBS

Ontario Sheet Metal and Air Handling Group, usually referenced by the acronym "OSM" is a provincial not-for-profit trade association. OSM is an association of contractors whose affairs and activities are controlled by a board of directors comprised of contractor members or their appointed representative. OSM serves the needs of contractors of all sizes engaged in the business of manufacturing, installing, servicing and maintaining of all sheet metal work associated with air handling systems and directly related processes. OSM has had a distinguished role in establishing the contributions of skill, quality and reliability of its members' performance in the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) Sector of the Ontario construction industry.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) is further developing specialized on-board equipment and softwares that are critical for the viability of a future ocean surveillance mode on RADARSAT-class satellites. ... the study outlines a number of innovative concepts that demonstrates the ability to illuminate targets in real-time across a very broad area of ocean.

OBS

ocean surveillance mode; OSM: term and abbreviation approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
CONT

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) met aussi au point de l'équipement et un logiciel de bord spécialisés, cruciaux pour la viabilité d'un futur mode de surveillance d'océan (OSM) sur les satellites de classe RADARSAT. [...] l'étude esquisse de nombreux concepts d'avant-garde qui démontrent la capacité d'illuminer des cibles en temps réel sur une très grande surface de l'océan.

OBS

mode de surveillance des océans : terme construit sur le modèle de «mode de surveillance des sols».

OBS

mode de surveillance des océans; OSM : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

The orbital service module will be serviced at 30-day intervals via a launch system that will provide access to polar orbit for an approximately 1,500 lb recovery module that will carry a maximum of 3,000 lb of product and containment support modules.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Coins and Bank Notes
DEF

A thin film of optically variable material which shifts color from gold to green when tilted and which is used in the production of bank notes.

OBS

It is applied in the upper left-hand corner of the $20, $50, $100, and $1,000 notes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
DEF

Pellicule très mince composée de matériau réfléchissant dont la couleur passe de l'or au vert lorsqu'on l'incline et qui est utilisée dans la fabrication de billets de banque.

OBS

Il est appliqué dans le coin supérieur gauche des billets de 20, de 50, de 100 et de 1 000 dollars.

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
Key term(s)
  • operational success measure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
Key term(s)
  • mesure d'évaluation de la réussite opérationnelle

Spanish

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Record 8 1995-10-05

English

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

Department of Interior

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens

Spanish

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Record 9 1987-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Warfare
Key term(s)
  • optical support measure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre électronique
Key term(s)
  • mesure de soutien de guerre optique

Spanish

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