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Record 1 2017-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Routes of Administration (Pharmacology)
OBS

A widely used latin locution that stands for "both eyes."

Key term(s)
  • OU

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies d'administration (Pharmacologie)
OBS

Locution latine passée dans l'usage qui signifie «œil droit et œil gauche».

Key term(s)
  • OU

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A bird of the family Fringillidae.

OBS

In English scientific usage, all elements of names of bird species require capital letters except for hyphenated adjectives where the second word is not capitalized, for example, Black-crowned Night Heron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Oiseau de la famille des Fringillidae.

OBS

psittirostre psittacin : nom français uniformisé par la Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.

OBS

En français, les noms des espèces d'oiseaux acquièrent une valeur de nom propre; tous les substantifs génériques de même que tous les qualificatifs spécifiques qui précèdent le substantif générique doivent prendre la majuscule, par exemple : Pétrel minime, Petit Butor.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Educational Institutions
DEF

An institution of higher education, granted its Royal charter as a University in 1969, which uses correspondence materials, radio and television broadcasts, home experimental kits, etc., to enable a large number of adults to study for degrees (and other higher education courses) in their own homes, and on a part-time basis.

CONT

... it is only in the last decade that large numbers of students in the United Kingdom have taken university courses "at a distance". We are referring of course to the Open University which was established in 1969, and which has probably more experience than any other institution of the problem of distance education....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements d'enseignement
DEF

Institution britannique d'enseignement supérieur, qui dispense un enseignement débouchant sur des diplômes à des étudiants travaillant à domicile au moyen d'un système d'enseignement multimédia intégré qui utilise du matériel d'enseignement programmé, des livres d'études, des émissions régulières de radio et de télévision, des stages, des cours d'été, etc.

Spanish

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