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SLB [6 records]

Record 1 2017-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
SB
classification system code, see observation
SLB
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A country in Oceania.

OBS

Capital: Honiara.

OBS

Inhabitant: Solomon Islander.

OBS

SB; SLB: codes recognized by ISO.

OBS

"Solomon Islands" is treated as a singular noun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
SB
classification system code, see observation
SLB
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Pays d'Océanie.

OBS

Capitale : Honiara.

OBS

Habitant : Salomonien, Salomonienne.

OBS

SB; SLB : codes reconnus par l'ISO.

PHR

aller aux Îles Salomon, visiter les Îles Salomon

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
SB
classification system code, see observation
SLB
classification system code, see observation
OBS

País de Oceanía, ubicado en Melanesia.

OBS

Capital: Honiara.

OBS

Habitante: salomonense.

OBS

SB; SLB: códigos reconocidos por la ISO.

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Record 2 2014-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mail Pickup and Distribution
  • Postal Equipment and Supplies
DEF

A box for posting mail, placed at sites convenient to the public such as street corners, shopping centres and public transit locations.

OBS

street mailbox; street letter box; SLB: terms and initialism used at Canada Post.

Key term(s)
  • street mail box

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levée et distribution du courrier
  • Matériel et fournitures (Postes)
DEF

Boîte destinée au dépôt du courrier et située à un endroit pratique comme à un coin de rue, dans un centre commercial ou près d'un arrêt des transports publics.

OBS

boîte aux lettres publique; BLP : terme et sigle en usage à Postes Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
Key term(s)
  • side lobe blanker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging
CONT

ARPAC - Hefestus USA will feature its Hera Packaging System with SLBT (Shelf Life Booster), an innovative technology for extending shelf-life of sealing trays with modified atmosphere (MAP) technology. SLBT uses no vacuum yet it can achieve Oxygen residual levels of less than 1% and does it faster than current MAP systems. This innovative new packaging technology is therefore safe for any food product and can increase shelf life of these products.

Key term(s)
  • shelf-life booster
  • shelflife booster

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages
CONT

Un nouveau système de conditionnement des aliments [:] Il s'agit d'une nouvelle technologie appelée SLB pour «Shelf Life Booster» («accélérateur de durée d'étalage»). Aujourd'hui, la technique la plus utilisée est le conditionnement sous atmosphère modifiée (MAP). [...] La technologie SLB n'utilise pas l'aspiration classique de l'air. Elle est basée sur l'utilisation de la force centrifuge pour remplacer l'air présent par un mélange gazeux approprié à chaque aliment afin d'améliorer sa durée d'étalage. [...] Le SLB est destiné à l'industrie agroalimentaire [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

The simplest form of engineered trench, or shallow land burial, relies mainly on the properties of the excavated overburden and the geohydrologic properties of the site for containment. ... Shallow land burial consists of excavating a trench, placing waste containers in the trench up to a prescribed level, but generally below the original ground surface, backfilling between the containers with sand or other free-flowing earthen material and covering the trench with earthen material.

CONT

LLW [low-level wastes] disposal to date in the USA has been almost entirely by what is commonly called shallow land burial (SLB), i.e., unlined trenches.

CONT

In France, low and medium level waste have been disposed of by shallow land burial at the La Manche disposal centre since 1969. Two types of manmade structures are used for the disposal of conditioned waste: - monoliths ...; - tumuli ....

OBS

See also "ground disposal" and "shallow disposal".

Key term(s)
  • shallow-land burial
  • shallow ground burial
  • near surface burial

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
CONT

Des stockages par enfouissement à faible profondeur sont réalisés aux États-Unis, en Grande-Bretagne, en URSS, au Canada et en France. Dans les deux premiers pays, le stockage se fait sur des déchets pas ou peu conditionnés, dans des tranchées en pleine terre.

CONT

Déchets de faible et moyenne activité. [...] Le mode d'évacuation retenu est l'enfouissement à faible profondeur dans des structures en béton [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 6 1990-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
OBS

A technique which uses an omnidirectional antenna and compares relative strength signal between the omni and the radar antenna; any signal that is greater in the omnichannel has been received from a sidelobe, and therefore is blanked.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

Annulation d'une partie du faisceau d'une antenne autre que la zone principale où l'émission est la plus forte.

Spanish

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