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WATER TREATMENT [2 records]

Record 1 2018-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychological Warfare
DEF

A form of torture, typically used as an interrogation technique, in which a person is strapped head downward and face up to an inclined board or bench, the mouth and nose covered, and large quantities of water poured over the face, in order to simulate the experience of drowning.

CONT

Waterboarding is not ... a simulation. Waterboarding is actually forcing large quantities of water into the pharynx, and trachea, inducing choking and gagging in the subject.

Key term(s)
  • water boarding
  • waterboarding torture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre psychologique
OBS

[Il s'agit d'attacher] un prisonnier sur une planche et de lui verser de l'eau sur le visage pour provoquer une sensation d'étouffement[.]

OBS

[...] le mot «simulacre» est employé, mais les bourreaux ne font pas semblant.

Key term(s)
  • water boarding

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

Water treatment describes those processes used to make water more acceptable for a desired end-use. These can include use as drinking water, industrial processes, medical and many other uses. The goal of all water treatment process is to remove existing contaminants in the water, or reduce the concentration of such contaminants so the water becomes fit for its desired end-use.

OBS

water treatment: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux
CONT

Le traitement des eaux est l'ensemble des techniques qui consiste à purifier l'eau soit pour transformer les eaux naturelles en eau potable, soit pour épurer des eaux usées avant leur rejet dans le milieu naturel ou leur réutilisation.

OBS

traitement de l'eau; épuration de l'eau : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento del agua
DEF

Procedimientos para convertir en agua potable o en agua utilizable por la industria o la agricultura las que no lo son.

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