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Record 1 2003-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Climate Change
OBS

UNEP [United Nations Environment Programme]; adopted in 22 March 1985; entered into force on 22 September 1988.

OBS

In 1981 the governing Council set up a working group to prepare a global framework convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer. Its aim was to secure a general treaty to tackle ozone depletion. First, a general treaty resolved in principle to tackle a problem; then the parties got down to the more difficult task of agreeing protocols that established specific controls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Changements climatiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones, tratados y acuerdos (Documentos)
  • Cambio climático
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Record 2 1994-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

The program Fractal Maker ... provides a general-purpose fractal generating tool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
DEF

Programme générateur de fractales.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundation Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technique des fondations
OBS

(Ramée)

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Rules of Court
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
DEF

Presenting, under oath, a written complaint to a judge.

OBS

Lay an information before a magistrate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Règles de procédure
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
OBS

dénonciation : déclaration écrite par laquelle une personne informe les autorités judiciaires de la commission d'un acte délictueux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho penal
  • Reglamento procesal
  • Seguridad social y seguro de desempleo
OBS

Presentar una denuncia contra alguien en un juzgado.

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Record 5 1985-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing
OBS

SPEC. 600-129

French

Domaine(s)
  • Couture
OBS

SPEC. 600-129, par. 6.6

Key term(s)
  • largeur d'une couture

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Industry
  • Rubber

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie des plastiques
  • Caoutchouc

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Convertors
DEF

An electronic device that conditions d.c. [direct current] electrical energy from the on-board energy storage for use by an auxiliary system operating on direct current.

OBS

dc/dc converter: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Convertisseurs (Électrotechnique)
DEF

Dispositif électronique qui conditionne le courant continu en provenance de l'accumulateur d'énergie embarqué pour être utilisé par un système auxiliaire fonctionnant en courant continu.

OBS

convertisseur courant continu/courant continu : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 8

English

French

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Water Pollution
DEF

The initial quantity of oxygen that is used by polluted liquid immediately after having been introduced into water containing dissolved oxygen, exercised by end products of prior biochemical action or by chemical substances avid for oxygen.

OBS

In the standard laboratory procedure, the apparent BOD for 15 min at 20°C is taken as the value of the immediate biochemical oxygen demand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'eau
CONT

[...] si l'eau prélevée renferme des substances (minérales ou organiques) fortement réductrices, celles-ci absorberont très rapidement l'oxygène dissous, c'est la demande immédiate en oxygène.

OBS

La demande immédiate d'oxygène résulte de la présence de sels minéraux réducteurs ou de substances organiques avides d'oxygène : lactose, phénols, etc.

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire

Spanish

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