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Record 1 2000-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

border applications.

OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

demandes à la frontière.

OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
Key term(s)
  • Green Party of Canada in BC

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
Key term(s)
  • court based mediation services
  • court-based mediation service
  • court based mediation service

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

Source(s) : Lexique Justice.

Key term(s)
  • service judiciaire de médiation

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthodontics
DEF

[A] space maintainer ... used for holding molar position when a baby tooth is lost prematurely.

CONT

A band and loop maintainer is made of stainless steel wire. The maintainer is held in place by an orthodontic-type band around an adjacent tooth or [around] a crown on the tooth. A wire loop attached to the band ... extends into the space and touches the tooth on the other side of the space to hold both teeth in place.

Key term(s)
  • band-loop space maintainer
  • band-loop maintainer
  • band-and-loop space maintainer
  • band-and-loop maintainer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthodontie

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A small provisional facet that establishes the contact point prior to index and angle adjustment.

CONT

Install the scaife on the bench: a) before removing the old scaife: select a knot-free boart diamond; place the diamond in the tang with a suitable dop; run a test facet on the boart diamond in preparation for running in the new scaife.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Petite facette provisoire qui établit le point de contact avant l'ajustement de l'angle et du positionnement d'une facette.

Spanish

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Record 6 2021-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Lupinus mutabilis
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Fabaceae.

Key term(s)
  • South American lupin
  • pearl lupin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Lupinus mutabilis
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Fabaceae.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Bankruptcy
  • Taxation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Faillites
  • Fiscalité
DEF

Se dit d'une personne ou d'une entreprise ou autre entité qui, du fait de ses moyens financiers, peut faire l'objet d'une poursuite «rentable» en responsabilité civile, même si elle n'est pas la principale responsable du préjudice subi, sur la base du principe de la responsabilité solidaire.

OBS

Ainsi, en cas de faillite d'une entreprise, on pourra être tenté de poursuivre l'auditeur de cette dernière, plutôt que d'autres personnes plus directement responsables, du fait qu'il compte parmi les intervenants solvables.

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux

Spanish

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Record 9 2012-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing
DEF

audiometry in which the patient, by pressing a signal button, traces his monaural thresholds for pure tones: the intensity of the tone decreases as long as the button is depressed and increases when it is released. Both continuous and interrupted tones are used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
DEF

Audiométrie pour la détermination exacte du seuil d'audibilité minimale.

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Collection (Water supply)
DEF

A potable water supply available to consumers without pumping.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Captage des eaux
DEF

Approvisionnement en eau transporté par gravité de sa source à son point d'utilisation, à distinguer d'un approvisionnement pompé.

Spanish

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