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PUFF [8 records]

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Record 1 2015-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

poudre aux yeux; boniment : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
DEF

A sudden discharge of a relatively large volume of emissions.

CONT

Puff Model. The concentration at some point and time, downwind of an "instantaneously" released cloud (or puff), such as from a catastrophic failure of a pressurized gas container, is given by [an equation] ...

OBS

The term "puff" is used in the modelling of the dispersion of hazardous vapour releases to the atmosphere ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Études et analyses environnementales
DEF

Rejet subit d'un fort volume d'émissions.

OBS

Terme employé en modélisation de la diffusion atmosphérique des polluants par opposition au panache qui représente un rejet continu d'émissions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
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Record 3 2001-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measurements of Electricity
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Electronics
DEF

A unit of capacitance equal to 0.000 000 000 001 farad or one-millionth of a microfarad.

OBS

Also known as micromicrofarad (deprecated usage).

OBS

puff: British technicians' jargon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures de grandeurs électriques
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Électronique
DEF

Unité de capacité électrique (symb.: pF), égale au billionième de farad, soit 0,000 000 000 001 F.

OBS

Le terme «microfarad» est rarement employé.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing (General)
DEF

Gathered mass of material in a dress, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Couture (Généralités)
DEF

Grosses fronces bouffantes d'une étoffe.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

If viewed in sections cut parallel to the cortical surface, ... columns of cells appear as heavily stained blobs or puffs, separated from one another by more lightly stained interblob regions. It was found that wavelength-selective cells are concentrated in the blobs of V1, whereas form-selective cells are concentrated in the interblobs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Sur les coupes parallèles à la surface du cortex, [les colonnes de cellules] apparaissent comme des taches séparées par des régions moins colorées. On a montré que les cellules sensibles à la couleur sont concentrées dans ces taches de l'aire V1, tandis que les cellules sensibles à la forme sont entre les taches.

Spanish

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Record 6 1993-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guns (Naval)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canons (Navires)

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 8 1991-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toiletries
DEF

A soft pad for applying cosmetic powder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles de toilette
DEF

Petit tampon arrondi (de coton, de cygne) pour se poudrer.

Spanish

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