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Record 1 1998-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying
CONT

CULVERT STAKES - Culvert stakes are located on a line parallel to and offset a few feet from the centerline. The info required on the culvert stake is: the distance from the stake to the centerline, vertical distance to the culvert, and the station. Once the survey crew has finished staking out the culvert, the construction foreman can place the pipe accurately and correctly by using batter boards.

OBS

culvert: Pipe or channel to carry water under a roadway or other obstruction. It is either a short bridge of less than 6 m (20 ft) in length, or a structure with enough fill over it so that little of its strength is needed to support the traffic load.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arpentage
OBS

L'acier est utilisé dns les systèmes de drainage sous forme de tôle ondulée et galvanisée, employée pour réaliser des tuyaux de grandes dimensions destinés aux égouts de terrain ou au ponceaux.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost Accounting
DEF

output unit-level costs: ... resources sacrificed on activities performed on each individual unit of product or service.

OBS

output unit-level cost: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • output unit-level costs
  • output unit level cost
  • output unit level costs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité analytique
DEF

coûts liés aux unités : Coûts des ressources consommées dans des activités concourant à la production d'unités individuelles d'un produit ou d'un service plutôt qu'à la production de lots de plusieurs unités.

OBS

coût lié aux unités : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • coûts liés aux unités

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emblems (History)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emblèmes (Histoire)

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wrestling
OBS

Facilities/equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lutte
OBS

Terme de lutte gréco-romaine.

OBS

Installations/matériel.

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Office-Work Organization
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

10-528: form number used by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Organisation du travail de bureau
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

70-528 : numéro de formulaire employé au ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien.

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Bankruptcy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Faillites

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos comerciales y administrativos
  • Quiebras
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Record 8 1996-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
Key term(s)
  • transit card
  • transit strip

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
OBS

Source(s) : MPO [ministère des Pêches et des Océans]/GCC [Garde côtière canadienne].

Key term(s)
  • carte de transit
  • bande de transit

Spanish

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Record 9 1980-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
DEF

The addition and removal of D20 to and from the heat transport system to cope with a changing inventory of D20 caused by thermal expansion and contraction.

OBS

Applies to CANDU nuclear reactors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
DEF

Il s'agit de l'addition et de l'enlèvement de D20 du système de caloportage [du réacteur nucléaire CANDU] pour compenser les variations du volume de D20 provoquées par la dilatation et le contraction thermiques.

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
OBS

"position fixing possible in triangulation systems comprising several DF systems"

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

"détermination de position possible avec plusieurs radiogoniomètres et indicateur de relèvements croisés"

Spanish

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