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USC [6 records]

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Record 1 2020-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Adaptive Automated Systems
DEF

... the national industry association representing entrepreneurs, businesses, students academia, industry, and government organizations working in the aerial, ground and marine remotely-piloted and unmanned vehicle systems sector.

Key term(s)
  • Unmanned Systems Canada
  • USC

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Systèmes automatiques adaptatifs
Key term(s)
  • Systèmes Télécommandés Canada
  • STC

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Unified soil classification system. This system evolved from the airfield classification system after modifications by A. Casagrande of Harvard University and the US Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers. It classified soil into three general groups - i.e. coarse-grained, fine-grained and highly organic, with a further fifteen categories depending on gradation of the coarse-particled soils and plasticity of the fine-grained soils.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
CONT

Il existe de très nombreux systèmes de classification des sols [...] On retiendra [...] la classification des Laboratoires des Ponts et Chaussées ou classification L.P.C. qui n'est autre que la classification U.S.C.S. (Unified Soil Classification System) après adaptation aux seuils granulométriques utilisés en France. On rappellera que la classification U.S.C.S. est elle même dérivée de celle de Casagrande.

Key term(s)
  • classification USCS

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Laws and Regulations (Non-Canadian)
  • Military Materiel Management
OBS

The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements nationaux non canadiens
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
Key term(s)
  • Code des États-Unis

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
OBS

Renseignement retrouvé dans L'État du monde, 1991, page 285.

OBS

Appellation d'usage obligatoire au Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
CONT

(...) l'Ektachrome 100 HC (...) annonce (...) un USC (contraste des ombres) de 1,90 (...)

Spanish

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Record 6 1980-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
OBS

Petawawa.

Spanish

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