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Record 1 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Soiled with infectious material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Envahi par les micro-organismes et de ce fait, capable de transmettre une infection.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 2 1990-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Laws and Legal Documents
OBS

Cited in Collection of Definitions in Federal Statutes (BT-153, 1989)

OBS

means, in respect of grain, containing any substance in sufficient quantity that the grain is unfit for consumption by persons and animals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques fédéraux
OBS

Recueil des définitions des lois fédérales (BT-153, 1989)

OBS

État des grains qui contiennent une substance en quantité telle qu'ils sont impropres à la consommation humaine et animale.

Spanish

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Record 3 1977-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

Contamination: Applied to magmas and denoting the addition of foreign rock material, assimilation of wall rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

[...] le granite, le basalte et les autres roches endogènes, montées de la profondeur, renferment souvent, nous l'avons vu, des enclaves de roches sédimentaires et métamorphiques des parois, derniers restes des terrains encaissants qu'ils ont fondus, digérés, assimilés. On dit parfois qu'ils ont été «contaminés» [...]

Spanish

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