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Record 1 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

The AFI (application family identifier) is a single byte code, often in the [tag's memory], used as a tag selection mechanism across the air interface to minimise the extent of communication transaction time with tags that do not carry the relevant AFI code.

OBS

The ISO [issues] AFI codes for RFID [radio frequency identification] tags to be used in a specific application (such as pharmaceutical brand protection or libraries). This is what stops a library book from setting off the security alarm in a supermarket.

OBS

application family identifier; AFI: term and abbreviation standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Télédétection
CONT

Selon les normes ISO, un code AFI est attribué à toutes les étiquettes RFID [identification par radiofréquence] dépendant d'une application spécifique (comme le suivi de produits pharmaceutiques, la gestion de bagages ou les bibliothèques). Cela permet d'empêcher un ouvrage de bibliothèque de déclencher l'alarme de sécurité d'un magasin de chaussures et cela empêche aussi ce même ouvrage disposé dans une valise, de créer des interférences avec un système de gestion des bagages.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coupling Systems (Railroad)
CONT

Certain cars with long shank couplers have been equipped with a standard coupler centering device ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Attelages (Matériel de chemin de fer)
OBS

organe d'attelage à longue tige : terme uniformisé par CN-AIR CANADA.

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
CONT

Fireclay refractory brick are the most popular brick used in refractory applications. The four standard classes are composed of low-duty, medium duty, high duty, super duty. Used throughout the industry, fireclay brick have good strength properties along with low thermal conductivity and resistance to thermal shock and abrasion.

Key term(s)
  • fire clay refractory brick
  • fire clay brick

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Circular tanks offer specific advantages in fish culture, including near-ideal hydraulic management to better control the quality and consistency of the rearing environment, thus enabling fish to distribute throughout the tank. They also offer the capacity to adjust rotational velocity (i.e. current and swimming speed) to improve the physical environment for the fish.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
OBS

Les bassins circulaires offrent des avantages spécifiques à l'élevage de poissons, comprenant une hydraulique presque idéale pour mieux contrôler la qualité du milieu d'élevage, permettant ainsi aux poissons de se répartir dans tout le bassin. Ils offrent également la capacité d'ajuster la vitesse de rotation (la vitesse de nage et le courant) afin d'améliorer l'environnement physique pour les poissons.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A horizontal depression along the lower border of the thorax, corresponding to the costal insertion of the diaphragm; seen in advanced rickets in children.

OBS

The term "Harrison's groove" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
OBS

Le terme «rétrécissement sous-mammaire du thorax» est plus fréquent que «coup de hache sous-mammaire».

OBS

«coup de hache sous-mammaire» est l'expression consacrée, mais rarement utilisée par les auteurs.

OBS

Le terme «rétrécissement sous-mammaire du thorax» a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 7 2014-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Communication and Information Management
OBS

integrated accessible service: term used at the Treasury Board Secretariat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
OBS

service intégré et accessible : terme en usage au Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor.

Spanish

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Record 8 2017-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

account buying: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

achats par les clients : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Key term(s)
  • achat par les clients

Spanish

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Record 9 1981-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Forces
OBS

medium range surveillance (aircraft)

Key term(s)
  • medium range surveillance aircraft
  • MRS aircraft

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forces aériennes
OBS

Lexique militaire (CFP 121(5)(A). Sigles, aéronautique, militaire. 2Rd 26/10/79.

Spanish

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Record 10 1990-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

A specially designed rigid or collapsible container slung by a helicopter and used for picking up and dropping suppressants or retardants on a fire.

CONT

Helicopter hovering over pond while 450-gallon water bucket fills for attack on a nearby fire.

CONT

Size of bucket load is compatible with the size of helicopter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Réservoir à eau spécialement conçu pour être transporté par hélicoptère, aux fins d'arrosage aérien.

Spanish

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