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Record 1 1988-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Names
  • National and International Security

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d'édifices et de bâtiments
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

Ecologically independent of man and his domestic environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Qui vit à l'extérieur des habitations.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
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Record 3 1977-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

The value of an alternating or otherwise variable current that would result in the same heat production in a circuit as that of a direct current in the same length of time : the square root of the means of the squares of the instantaneous values of an alternating current.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

(d'un courant alternatif): intensité du courant continu qui produirait le même dégagement de chaleur dans le même conducteur.

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Government Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
Key term(s)
  • African and Mauritian Union of Development Banks

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Organismes et comités gouvernementaux non canadiens

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery
DEF

The suturing of a lacerated eyelid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
DEF

Suture du bord des paupières.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía del ojo
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Record 6 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
DEF

A special rod for use in roof bolting. It consists of a mild-steel rod, threaded at one end, the other end being split into halves for a length of about 5 in. When the bolt is driven into the hole, a wedge opens the slotted end thus forming the anchorage.

Key term(s)
  • slotted bolt
  • wedge rockbolt
  • split bolt
  • split-rod-and-wedge bolt
  • slot and wedge bolt
  • split rod and wedge bolt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Boulonnage. [...] Le «boulon», de 1,40 m à 2,80 m, est enfilé dans un trou de même longueur et est ancré au fond de celui-ci par l'écartement des deux lèvres de sa fente terminale sous l'effet d'un coin d'acier effilé qui s'enfonce dans la fente lorsqu'on frappe la tige contre le fond du trou («boulon à fente et coin») [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • Real Estate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Immobilier

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Banking
  • Investment
DEF

Information sent to the receiver regarding a future event.

OBS

notice: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1993.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Banque
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Informations envoyées au destinataire relatives à un événement futur.

OBS

préavis : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1993.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de las comunicaciones y la información
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Inversiones
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Record 9 2004-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A coppice method in which some of the coppice shoots are reserved for the whole of the next rotation, the rest being cut.

Key term(s)
  • coppice-of-two rotations system
  • coppice of two rotations method
  • two rotation coppice system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Taillis résultant d'un traitement en taillis composé, c'est-à-dire où certains rejets sont conservés, au moment des coupes, pour la totalité de la révolution suivante.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
DEF

Tratamiento del monte bajo, por el que se reservan ciertos vástagos de chirpiales para su aprovechamiento en posteriores turnos de corta.

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Record 10 2011-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Social Organization
OBS

Main title reproduced from the document entitled "United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions", with the Authorization of UNESCO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Organisation sociale
OBS

Vedette principale extraite du document intitulé «United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions», avec l'autorisation de l'UNESCO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Organización social
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