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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
DEF

[Follow] a wall, kerb, hedge or other contrasting surface to the one a person is walking on in order to maintain a specific orientation while travelling through environments to arrive at a decision-making point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Oceanography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

The perimeter of the land along the water's edge, measured to the closest exactness possible.

OBS

Shoreline is, therefore, usually longer for a particular location than its coastline.

OBS

shoreline: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Océanographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Périmètre de la rive mesuré aussi exactement que possible et comprenant les petits bras de mer et les baies.

OBS

rivage; ligne de rivage : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
DEF

A line following the general contour of the shore.

OBS

In cases of inlets or bays less than 30 nautical miles in width, the line shall pass directly across the inlet or bay to intersect the general contour on the opposite side.

OBS

shoreline: term and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Ligne qui suit le contour de la côte.

OBS

Dans le cas de petits bras de mer ou de baies de moins de 30 milles marins de large, cette ligne traverse directement la baie ou le bras de mer pour rejoindre le contour général du côté opposé.

OBS

rivage : terme et définition uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cartografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Oceanografía
DEF

Línea que sigue el contorno general de la costa, excepto en los casos de abras o bahías de menos de 30 millas marinas de ancho, en que la línea pasará directamente a través del abra o bahía para cortar el contorno general en el lado opuesto.

OBS

línea de costa: término y definición aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 4 2012-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The line along which the land surface meets the water surface of a lake, sea, or ocean.

OBS

Strictly speaking, it is not a line, but a narrow strip or area embracing that part of the land surface which comes in contact with wave action both above and below the surface of the water.

OBS

The term does not apply on tidal flats or marshes which are inundated by the tides, but essentially to strips where the land surface has an appreciable slope toward the water.

Key term(s)
  • shore line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Ligne d'intersection entre la mer ou un lac et la terre ferme.

OBS

La région jouxtant cette frontière côté terre s'appelle côte, bande côtière; côté mer, c'est le rivage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Línea de intersección del mar o de un lago con la tierra.

OBS

La región inmediatamente tierra adentro de la línea costera se denomina costa y la zona hacia el mar orilla.

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Record 5 2011-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Oceanography
DEF

A line on a map that represents the frontier between land and sea.

OBS

Coastline follows the general line of the coast, but sometimes, in the case of small inlets or bays, the coastline is measured as running directly across the bay or inlet to rejoin the coastline on the opposite side.

OBS

Coastline is not measured as precisely as shoreline.

OBS

In Coast Survey usage the term [shoreline] is considered synonymous with coastline.

OBS

coast line; coastline: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Sur certains documents cartographiques et cadastraux, ligne qui trace la frontière entre la terre et la mer.

OBS

La ligne de côte (ou le trait de côte) suit le contour de la côte; toutefois, dans le cas des petits bras de mer ou de baies, cette ligne traverse directement la baie ou le bras de mer pour rejoindre le contour général du côté opposé. La ligne de côte n'est donc pas mesurée aussi précisément que la ligne de rivage.

OBS

trait de côte : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cartografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Oceanografía
DEF

Línea que se emplea para delimitar el territorio no sumergido en pleamar máxima.

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