TERMIUM Plus®

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URN [3 records]

Record 1 2023-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Programming Languages
DEF

[A] persistent, location-independent, resource identifier used for recognition of, and access to, characteristics of the resource or the resource itself.

CONT

A URN (Uniform Resource Name) is a permanent identifier for internet resources and employs the urn scheme. It's essentially a location-independent string of characters that identifies every resource on the internet, regardless of its form, such as a website or email.

OBS

A URN is rendered in URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) syntax.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Langages de programmation
DEF

Identifiant d'une ressource, pérenne, indépendant de l'emplacement, utilisé pour la reconnaissance et l'accès aux caractéristiques de la ressource ou à la ressource elle-même.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
DEF

A container to hold cremated remains.

OBS

[The urn] can be placed in a columbarium or mausoleum, or buried in the ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
DEF

[...] récipient spécialement conçu pour les vestiges de crémation.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Mosses and Related Plants
CONT

In the majority of true mosses, capsules consist of three anatomically distinct zones, namely, the basal neck, the median spore-containing urn or theca, and thedistal operculum.

OBS

In Scouleria the columella remains attached to the operculum and is elevated above the urn when the capsule opens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Mousses et plantes apparentées
DEF

Partie fertile de la capsule chez les Bryophytes (mousses).

Spanish

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