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SILVER [4 records]

Record 1 2016-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prizes and Trophies (Sports)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prix et trophées (Sports)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Premios y trofeos (Deportes)
DEF

Distinción que se concede en algunas competiciones a quien consigue el segundo puesto de la clasificación.

OBS

medalla de plata: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda escribir en minúscula "medalla de oro", "medalla de plata" y "medalla de bronce".

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Record 2 2011-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Atomic number 47, Atomic weight 107.880; melting point 961°, boiling point 2193° ... Silver occurs native, ... occasionally nearly pure but more often together with gold and copper ... Silver is a pure white, malleable, ductile metal, which can be beaten into [very thin] leaves ... Silver is used extensively in electrical work, jewellery, and as a coinage metal. Silver compounds are used in photography and as catalysts for many processes.

OBS

Various forms of the metal, pure or mixed with other substances, are distinguished by defining terms, as antimonial, bromic, horn, native, red, ruby silver; capillary, shell silver, etc. The name is also given to several natural or artificial substances resembling or imitating the real metal, as cat, German, inflammable, mock silver.

OBS

silver: term adopted by Environment Canada; used in the list of pollutants measured in the National Air Pollution Surveillance Network (NAPS).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Métal précieux blanc à structure cubique, brillant, très ductile, de numéro atomique 47, de masse atomique 107,86.

OBS

argent : terme retenu par Environnement Canada; utilisé dans la liste des polluants mesurés par le Réseau national de surveillance de la pollution atmosphérique (RNSPA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Metal precioso, número atómico 47, que se emplea principalmente para monedas y para objetos de joyería y orfebrería.

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Record 3 2002-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Lighting
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

To cover, plate or treat with silver.

OBS

Not to be confused with "silver".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Éclairage
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

Recouvrir d'une mince couche d'argent par un procédé technique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Chemistry
OBS

Published by Health Canada, Health Protection Branch, under the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality - Supporting Documents. Prepared by the Federal-Provincial Subcommittee on Drinking Water of the Federal-Provincial Committee on Environmental and Occupational Health, Ottawa, (updated September 1986), 4 pages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Chimie
OBS

Publié par Santé Canada, Direction générale de la protection de la santé. Préparé par le Sous-comité fédéral-provincial sur l'eau potable du Comité fédéral-provincial de l'hygiène du milieu et du travail, Ottawa, (mis à jour en septembre 1986), 4 pages.

Spanish

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