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SPIRE [7 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

spire: an item in the "Building Components" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

aiguille de charpente : objet de la classe «Composants du bâtiment» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Instruments (Astronomy)
OBS

One of the three instruments which will be part of the ESA's [European Space Agency] FIRST (Far InfraRed and Submillimetre Telescope) satellite, scheduled for launch in 2007.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et instruments (Astronomie)
OBS

L'un des trois instruments destinés à être embarqués à bord du satellite FIRST (Far InfraRed and Submillimetre Telescope) qui doit être lancé par l'ESA [Agence spatiale européenne] en 2007.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Renewable Energy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Énergies renouvelables

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

UNDP [United Nations Development Programme]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones varias
  • Operaciones de la gestión (Generalidades)
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Record 5 1997-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

Architectural term for a long, usually pyramidical-conical structure on top of a tower.

DEF

A tall pyramidal, polygonal, or conical structure rising from a tower, turret, or roof (usually of a church) and terminating in a point. It can be of stone, or of timber covered with shingles, or lead.

CONT

A well designed tower and spire ought to have a tolerably regular conical and compact outline from top to bottom, whether seen in direct elevation or diagonally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Aiguille : Forme architecturale dressée, obélisque, flèche ou pinacle aigu à vocation ornementale, caractéristique du style gothique.

DEF

Couverture d'un clocher ou d'un pinacle.

CONT

Les flèches gothiques sont en charpente recouverte de plomb ou en pierre. Elles sont polygonales, coniques, rhomboïdales ou hélicoïdales. Elles répondent parfaitement à l'idéal gothique!

CONT

La flèche élevée à la croisée du transept par Viollet-le-Duc en 1860 veut imiter l'ancienne flèche du XIIIe siècle démolie au XVIIIe. En chêne recouvert de plomb, elle pèse sept cent cinquante tonnes.

OBS

Aiguille de clocher : synonyme de flèche très effilée.

Key term(s)
  • aiguille de clocher

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura
  • Estilos arquitectónicos
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Record 6 1997-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

The visible parts of all the whorls of the gastropod shell except the last one, or doby shell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Chez les Gastropodes, c'est l'ensemble du test à l'exception du dernier tour.

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Tall, slender, sharp-pointed peak; or mountain.

CONT

Fire Spires, B.C.

OBS

Used in B.C. and Y.T.

OBS

spire: term and definition validated by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
OBS

Non attesté en français au Canada.

OBS

flèche : terme uniformisé par le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques (CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire BT-176 faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

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