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Record 1 1980-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

terme d'usage obligatoire au Bureau des Traductions.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart
DEF

The left or anterior portion of the cavity of the right ventricle of the heart, which terminates in the pulmonary artery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur
CONT

La région antéro-supérieure du ventricule droit émet en haut un diverticule en forme d'entonnoir, dont le sommet tronqué [...] est occupé par l'orifice pulmonaire. Ce diverticule est appelé infundibulum ou cône artériel.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
  • Courts
OBS

In the National Occupational Classification (NOC), an official occupational title in Group 4111 - Judges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
  • Tribunaux
OBS

Dans la Classification nationale des professions (CNP), titre de profession officiel dans le Groupe 4111 - Juges.

Spanish

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Record 4 1984-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

A video signal amplifier used to feed television signals to a number of receivers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
DEF

The physical realization of a number of electric elements entirely in the form of thin films deposited in a patterned relationship on a structural supporting material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A signal that directly controls the phase or frequency of a clock.

CONT

The SDP [Synchronous Data PAD Card] can accept data from an external data device with a non-network synchronized clock (isochronous clock) up to 112 Kbps. With isochronous clocking, the SDP sends a clock control signal to the receiving end of the circuit to synchronize that SDP's receive clock to the isochronous clock received at the sending node.

Key term(s)
  • clock-control signal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 8 2022-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
DEF

A special propellant charge used to permit high-angle fire at targets inaccessible with normal trajectories.

OBS

Reduced charges also can be used for illumination missions to prevent ripped or burned parachutes.

OBS

reduced charge; RC: designations and definition standardized by NATO; designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
DEF

Charge propulsive spéciale utilisée pour effectuer des tirs courbes contre des objectifs qu'une trajectoire classique ne permettrait pas d'atteindre.

OBS

Les charges réduites peuvent également être utilisées lors de tirs éclairants afin d'empêcher les parachutes de se déchirer ou de brûler.

OBS

charge réduite, RC : désignations et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

OBS

charge réduite : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères; désignation uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

OBS

charge réduite; CR : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Clothing
CONT

I quite admire people who dress 'badly' as long as they do it with style.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Vêtements
DEF

S'habiller avec mauvais goût.

Spanish

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Record 10 1978-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

(...) additional stress caused by a load being suddenly applied or increased.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

(...) contrainte supplémentaire due à l'application ou à l'augmentation subite d'une charge.

Spanish

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