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OVERALL [5 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
DEF

Trousers with legs that become narrower at the ankle and fastened by an under-strap.

CONT

Military overalls. ... Overalls are worn with full dress uniforms for parade purposes and also with the "shell" or mess jacket.

OBS

overall; military overall; overall trouser: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • overalls
  • military overalls
  • overall trousers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
DEF

Pantalon dont les jambes, se rétrécissant jusqu'à la cheville, sont terminées par un sous-pied.

OBS

pantalon fuseau : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
  • Air Pollution
  • Meaning (Language)
DEF

Of, relating to, or including the whole earth.

CONT

... studies found much smaller values for global warming than suggested by the one-dimensional climate models which more realistically allowed effective ocean temperatures to vary with climatic change.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Sens (Langue)
DEF

Qui est relatif à la Terre entière.

CONT

Système mondial d'observation - SMO. Système coordonné de méthodes, de moyens et d'installations destiné à permettre l'exécution d'observations sur l'ensemble du globe dans le cadre de la Veille météorologique mondiale.

OBS

En français, employer le terme global pour désigner la terre entière constitue un anglicisme. En effet, le terme français global signifie "pris dans son entier, dans sa totalité" et non, spécifiquement, "relatif au globe terrestre".

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Engineering (Military)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
OBS

Term officialized by the Engineers Terminology Working Group on bridging.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie (Militaire)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
OBS

Terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du Génie (ponts).

Spanish

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Record 5 1982-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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