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LIFE CYCLE [6 records]

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Record 1 2014-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Records Management (Management)
  • Internet and Telematics
OBS

Of documents, information, content.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

De documents, de l’information, du contenu.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Life Cycle (Informatics)
DEF

The life of a product starting from its design through to its period of use and maintenance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Cycle de vie (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
  • Ciclo de vida (Informática)
DEF

Curso de un programa o sistema desde la concepción de la idea original, su desarrollo, puesta en práctica y mantenimiento, hasta que se reemplace o no tenga más uso.

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Record 3 2011-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

The biological cycle containing different phenological stages through which an annual or pluriannual plant goes from sowing to death.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Cycle biologique annuel faisant intervenir des stades phénologiques successifs manifestés par une plante annuelle, pluriannuelle ou ligneuse.

CONT

Le cycle végétatif du tabac varie en moyenne de 80 à 100 jours dans les conditions climatiques françaises.

CONT

Annuelle: Plante dont le cycle végétatif complet (de la germination de la graine à la production de graines, c'est-à-dire la mort) se déroule sur une même année. Elle n'a donc pas de période de repos.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 4 2003-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

The series of developmental changes undergone by the individuals comprising a population, including fertilization, reproduction, and the death of those individuals and their replacement by a new generation.

CONT

The life "cycle" in fact is linear with respect to individuals, but cyclical with respect to populations. In many animals there is a succession of individuals in the entire cycle with sexual or asexual production linking them. In vertebrates, the life cycle is confined to the period from fusing of the gametes to the death of the resulting individuals.

OBS

life cycle: term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
OBS

Chez certains animaux dont les insectes, on parle aussi de cycle évolutif.

OBS

cycle vital : terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Key term(s)
  • cycle évolutif

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
DEF

Conjunto de fases por las que sucesivamente pasa un organismo. Comprende generalmente el desarrollo embrionario y las fases larvarias.

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Record 5 2003-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dry Cells
DEF

The number of charge - discharge cycles. Usually upto a constant depth of discharge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Piles sèches
DEF

Nombre de cycles de charge/décharge que peut assurer une batterie.

Spanish

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Record 6 - external organization data 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

In the normal life cycle of a waste management facility, there are a number of relatively distinct phases: (a) site selection; (b) design; (c) construction ...

CONT

... the release of substances into the environment at any stage of their life-cycle ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Dans le cycle de vie normal d'une installation de gestion des déchets, il existe un certain nombre de phases relativement distinctes : a) le choix [de l'emplacement]; b) la conception; c) la construction [...]

CONT

[...] les rejets de substances dans l'environnement à toute étape de leur cycle de vie [...]

Spanish

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