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Record 1 2000-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
DEF

Sublimation or freezing nucleus composed of organic substances of vegetal or animal origin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
DEF

Noyau de condensation solide ou de congélation constitué par une substance organique, d'origine végétale ou animale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Meteorología
DEF

Núcleo de sublimación o congelación formado por una sustancia orgánica de origen vegetal o animal.

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Record 2 1987-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
OBS

In cross-country skiing of the team competition in nordic combined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
OBS

En ski de fond dans la compétition par équipe au combiné nordique.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Turning lathe.

Key term(s)
  • parallelism of the carriage movement to the axis between centers in a horizontal plane

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

Tour parallèle.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 4 1979-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Swimming
OBS

Another method of using wave formations is to have each wave of swimmer wait in the water at the end of each swim until all the following waves have completed their swims before starting again.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Natation
OBS

Une autre façon d'utiliser les formations en vagues est de faire attendre chaque nageur dans l'eau à la fin de chaque exercice jusqu'à ce que toutes les vagues aient terminé leur exercice avant de les faire repartir.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
  • Water Collection (Water supply)
OBS

gravel-wall well: A type of well used in a water-bearing formation containing a large proportion of fine-grained material which permits the passage of water at low velocity. Gravel is introduced around the screen or intake section of the well to increase the specific capacity and to prevent extremely fine material from flowing into the well. Depending on detail of construction, such wells are called gravel well, gravel-envelope well, gravel-filled well, gravel-packed well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
  • Captage des eaux
DEF

Puits crépiné entouré d'un massif de gravier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geología
  • Captación de agua
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Record 6 1993-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

GST Technical Information Bulletin B-012, Revenue Canada, Customs and Excise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Bulletin de l'Information technique sur la TPS, B-012, Revenu Canada, Douanes et Accise.

Spanish

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Record 8 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 9 1990-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
OBS

Termes extraits du Lexique du CF-18 de Canadair.

Spanish

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