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ADG [7 records]

Record 1 2021-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
DEF

... the average amount of weight a market animal will gain each day during the feeding period.

OBS

ADG can be calculated by taking the amount of weight an animal has gained since the last weight and dividing the weight by the number of days since that last weight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux
CONT

Le gain moyen quotidien (GMQ) permet d'évaluer le taux de croissance journalier moyen en unité de poids et les réponses des animaux aux différents régimes alimentaires. Ce paramètre permet d'établir des programmes alimentaires adéquats, de comparer différents régimes alimentaires et donne une idée de l'état de santé de la génisse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado
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Record 2 2021-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guns (Land Forces)
  • Air Defence
DEF

An artillery equipment designed to engage aerial targets.

OBS

air defence gun; ADG: designations standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • air defense gun
  • antiaircraft gun

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canons (Forces terrestres)
  • Défense aérienne
DEF

Équipement de l'artillerie destiné à intervenir contre les objectifs aériens.

OBS

canon antiaérien; canon AA : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe de travail de terminologie de l'artillerie antiaérienne.

OBS

canon antiaérien; ADG : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

OBS

canon antiaérien : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Key term(s)
  • canon anti-aérien

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cañones (Ejército de tierra)
  • Defensa aérea
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Record 3 2015-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Dactyloscopy
DEF

[An] extremely rare genetic disorder which causes a person to have no fingerprints.

CONT

[The specialist] tracked down three other unrelated families that included people with adermatoglyphia, which they dubbed "immigration delay disease," and successfully located the single gene mutation responsible in 2011.

CONT

The finger pads of people with adermatoglyphia are entirely flat—they have none of the arching or looping ridges that characterize the fingerprints of virtually all humans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Dactyloscopie
CONT

L'adermatoglyphie est une maladie génétique extrêmement rare; elle se caractérise par l'absence totale de dermatoglyphes, c'est-à-dire l'absence totale d'empreintes et de crêtes papillaires que ce soit au niveau des mains ou des pieds. Elle ne touche que quatre familles réparties dans le monde.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Federal Administration
Key term(s)
  • Associate Director General, Gulf Fisheries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Administration fédérale
Key term(s)
  • Directeur général associé, pêches du Golfe

Spanish

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Record 5 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Constitutional Law
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

Principal coordination mechanism for technical and financial support for the organization of multi-party elections in Mozambique; chaired by UNDP [United Nations Development Programme]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Derecho constitucional
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
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Record 6 1986-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Units (Obsolete Titles, Armed Forces)
OBS

Former unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités (anciennes, Forces armées)
OBS

Unité ancienne.

Spanish

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Record 7 1982-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux

Spanish

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