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NUMERO STATION [3 records]

Record 1 2023-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Statistics
DEF

[A seven-digit] number assigned by the Meteorological Service of Canada to a site where official weather observations are taken, and [which] serves as a permanent, unique identifier.

OBS

The first digit assigned identifies the province where the second and third digits identify the climatological district within the province.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Statistique
DEF

[Numéro] à sept chiffres attribué par le Service météorologique du Canada (SMC) à un site où des observations météorologiques officielles sont effectuées et [qui] sert d'identificateur unique et permanent.

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying
CONT

DITCH STAKES - Ditch stakes will be placed so that they will not be disturbed or lost during the actual construction phase. There is no set pattern for marking ditch stakes, but the following info should appear legibly on the stakes: distance and direction to centerline of ditch, station number, slope ratio, and the width at the bottom if required.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arpentage
OBS

Lorsqu'il s'agit de piquets ronds, on les entaille sur le côté, de façon à y porter une inscription, lettres ou chiffres, caractérisant le piquet (figure 5). [...] figure 5 : [...] Numéro peint.

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airborne Forces
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
DEF

[With reference to parachuting], a vertical plane representing a distance from the reference datum line measured along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, or a line parallel thereto.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forces aéroportées
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
DEF

[En se référence au parachutisme], plan vertical représentant la distance à partir d'un point de référence pris sur l'axe longitudinal de l'avion ou sur une ligne parallèle à cet axe.

Spanish

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