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Record 1 - external organization data 2022-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Performing Arts
DEF

A person who manipulates an inanimate object that might be shaped like a human, animal or mythical creature, or quite easily might be any kind of object to create the illusion that the puppet is "alive."

CONT

The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet indirectly by the use of strings, rods, wires, electronics or directly by his or her own hands placed inside the puppet or holding it externally or any other part of the body, such as the legs. Some puppet styles require two or more puppeteers to work together to create a single puppet character.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Arts du spectacle
CONT

Un marionnettiste est d'abord un artiste qui, caché dans l'ombre d'un rideau, fait danser, mouvoir ses personnages, fantaisistes et drôles à la fois. Il a l'art de les manier avec dextérité, en synchronisant leur mouvement avec la voix. S'en remettant à un scénario clair et limpide […] le marionnettiste esquisse un récit à rebondissement qui enchante et fait frissonner à la fois le jeune public.

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

Intentional programming (IP) is a style of programming in which a general-purpose programming language base is augmented with constructs (called intentions) which represent domain-specific abstractions and actions.

Key term(s)
  • intentional programing

French

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

[...] la programmation par intention (PPI [et] en anglais «intentional programming» ou «IP») [...] permet au code source du logiciel de refléter précisément l'intention du développeur [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
OBS

unpegging of the currency: term extracted from the “Glossaire économique” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
OBS

décrochage de la monnaie : terme extrait du «Glossaire économique» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

A right, in its most general sense, is either the liberty (protected by law) of acting or abstaining from acting in a certain manner, or the power (enforced by law) of compelling a specific person to do or abstain from doing a particular thing. (Jowitt, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 1581).

CONT

[A] licence does not create an interest in land but rather gives the right to use property in a manner which otherwise would be a trespass. (Anger and Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 225).

CONT

Care should be taken when speaking of a right not to confuse it with other property interests. (Cartwright, p. 821)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

Le terme s'emploie dans toutes ses acceptions générique et spécifique.

OBS

droit : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2024-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Religious Sects - Various
CONT

Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices invented by the American author L. Ron Hubbard ... Hubbard initially developed a set of ideas that he called Dianetics, which he represented as a form of therapy. He then recharacterized his ideas as a religion ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultes divers

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)
DEF

The attenuation that occurs from the radio frequency output terminal to the radio frequency input terminal of an amplifier tube under operating conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)
DEF

Affaiblissement qui se produit entre les connexions de sortie radiofréquence et les connexions d'entrée radiofréquence d'un tube amplificateur, dans les conditions en fonctionnement.

OBS

Comparer à système d'exploitation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tubos de vacío (Electrónica)
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Record 8 1986-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

A metal casting, usually with a post in the canal of a root, designed to retain an artificial crown.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique

Spanish

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Record 9 2009-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
OBS

ceiling price contract: extracted from the Standard Acquisition Clauses and Conditions (SACC) Manual, produced by Public Works and Government Services Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
OBS

contrat à prix plafond : extrait du Guide des clauses et conditions uniformisées d'achat (CCUA) de Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada.

Spanish

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Record 10 2015-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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