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Record 1 1987-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Lasers and Masers
  • Advanced Technology Weapons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Masers et lasers
  • Armes de haute technicité

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
  • Telecommunications
CONT

... the per channel cost in the communication-satellite system is a function of ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
  • Télécommunications
CONT

[...] dans un système de télécommunication par satellites, le coût par voie dépend de [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
OBS

Méthode d'échange ordonné pour effectuer la commande d'un sevice.

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

There are a number of situations where the courts have had no difficulty in permitting liability for pure financial loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Il existe un certain nombre de situations dans lesquelles les tribunaux n'ont eu aucune hésitation à retenir la responsabilité à l'égard d'un préjudice purement financier.

OBS

Fiche terminologique en droit de la responsabilité délictuelle fournie par le Centre de traduction et de documentation juridique de l'Université d'Ottawa.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Gravel and Sand Production
DEF

An excavation dug in sand, especially as a source of sand for construction materials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
  • Gravières et sablières
DEF

Lieu d'où l'on extrait du sable.

OBS

Le Code minier distingue, parmi les gîtes de substances minérales, les «mines» et les «carrières». Est considérée comme carrière toute exploitation de matériaux destinés à la construction : granulats, pierres à bâtir, ardoises, calcaires, gypses, argiles, sables, matériaux isolants.

OBS

sablonnière : Lieu d'où l'on extrait du sablon.

OBS

arénière : Terme plus générique qui englobe les sablières et les sablonnières.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingeniería civil
  • Producción de grava y arena
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Record 6 2002-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A read-only memory that can be programmed while it is in the computer.

Key term(s)
  • read-mostly storage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
CONT

mémoires mortes ou semi-mortes (read-only memories, read mostly memories) : elles sont surtout utilisées comme mémoires de microprogrammes (aussi mémoire semi-fixe).

Key term(s)
  • mémoire principalement à lecture

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Tipo especial de memoria de sólo lectura (ROM) que puede programarse mientras está en la computadora (ordenador).

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Record 7 1998-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Management Theory
DEF

Single factor job evaluation technique, developed by Professor TT Paterson of Strathclyde University (UK), in which jobs at all levels in a company or organization are analyzed and graded in terms of decision levels. Broadly, the higher the level of decision called for, the greater the value of the job. Six basic levels of decision used in decision band method are, in descending order, policy-making decisions; programming decisions; interpretative decisions; routine decisions; automatic decisions; and vegetative decisions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Théories de la gestion

Spanish

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Record 8 1981-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Administration (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration publique (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 9 2016-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Standards
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Fire Safety
OBS

B64.9-11: standard code used by CSA.

Key term(s)
  • Single check valve back-flow preventers for fire protection systems (SCVAF)
  • Single check valve backflow preventers for fire protection systems
  • Single check valve back-flow preventers for fire protection systems
  • SCVAF

French

Domaine(s)
  • Normes de l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Sécurité incendie
OBS

B64.9-F11 : code de norme utilisé par la CSA.

Key term(s)
  • Dispositif anti-refoulement à un clapet de retenue pour les systèmes de protection incendie (DAr1CI)
  • Dispositif antirefoulement à un clapet de retenue pour les systèmes de protection incendie
  • Dispositif anti-refoulement à un clapet de retenue pour les systèmes de protection incendie
  • DAr1CI

Spanish

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Record 10 1984-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

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