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Record 1 2007-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Educational Institutions
CONT

Middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) covers a period of education that straddles primary education and secondary education, serving as a bridge between the two.

CONT

"Middle school" may be used as no more than an alternative name to "junior high school", or it might imply a pedagogical shift away from primary and secondary school practices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements d'enseignement
CONT

Les écoles intermédiaires sont considérées comme une étape intermédiaire entre l'école primaire et l'école secondaire. Ces écoles comprennent souvent de deux à trois années, habituellement un groupement quelconque d'années de la septième à la dixième année.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
OBS

Mélange pâteux de métal pulvérulent et d'une autre matière.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 5 2011-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)
DEF

A small protuberance of the envelope of an electron tube resulting from the sealing of the envelope after evacuation.

Key term(s)
  • pip

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)
DEF

Petite protubérance de l'enveloppe produite par la fermeture de l'enveloppe pendant le pompage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Tubos de vacío (Electrónica)
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Record 6 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Call Distribution Systems
  • Telephone Facilities
  • Telecommunications Transmission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distributeurs d'appels (Téléphonie)
  • Installations (Téléphonie)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

A prior method for solving these stability and separation problems has been the use of folding fins on air launched weapons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 8 1984-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
DEF

A process related to ongoing evaluation whereby the teacher or student makes changes to teaching practices and/or learning processes so that the student can continue to make learning progress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
DEF

Ajustement de l'apprentissage ainsi que l'ajustement des actions pédagogiques .

OBS

On peut distinguer trois types de régulations de l'apprentissage par l'enseignant : les régulations interactives, les régulations rétroactives et les régulations proactives.

Spanish

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Record 10 1978-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Equipment and Supplies
  • Mail Pickup and Distribution
DEF

Device which presents letters to an operator individually to enable a code pattern to be applied by suitable operation of a keyboard.

OBS

See page 1 of Chapter 6 (entitled Machine Sortation) in PCPRO, Vol. 1.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et fournitures (Postes)
  • Levée et distribution du courrier
DEF

(...) une petite machine dotée d'un clavier à chiffres. [Un] opérateur introduit la lettre et frappe sur les touches le numéro de code postal figurant sur l'enveloppe. La machine fait alors correspondre à cette frappe les petits bâtonnets verticaux fluorescents identiques à ceux du "LIAP".

OBS

"LIAP" signifie "lecteur indexeur d'adresses postales".

OBS

Voir l'article "coding desk" dans MEIND.

Spanish

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