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Record 1 2013-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
DEF

The act of buying anything before or ahead of others. (Ballentine's, 3rd ed., 1969, p. 976)

Key term(s)
  • preemption

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
OBS

préemption : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Scientific Instruments
DEF

A thin, disk-shaped box or capsule, usually metallic, partially evacuated and sealed, held extended by a spring which expands and contracts with changes in atmospheric pressure.

CONT

Aneroid barometer: An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. It is constructed on the following principles: an aneroid capsule (Vidie capsule, which is a thin, disk-shaped box or capsule, usually metallic) is partially evacuated of gas, and is restrained from collapsing by an external or internal spring. The deflection of the spring will be nearly proportional to the difference between the internal and external pressures. Magnification of the spring deflection is obtained both by connecting capsules in series and by mechanical linkages.

OBS

The Aneroid of M. Vidi.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Instruments scientifiques
DEF

Boîte ou capsule, en forme de disque, à parois minces, souvent métallique, en partie sous vide et étanche, munie d'un ressort de retenue qui s'allonge ou se contracte selon les changements de la pression atmosphérique.

CONT

Le baromètre anéroïde (dit encore métallique) dont le capteur est constitué d'une capsule métallique étanche (la capsule de Vidi), à l'intérieur de laquelle on fait le vide. On mesure alors les déformations élastiques de cette capsule, fonctions des variations de pression; ce baromètre est un appareil de mesure relative qu'il convient d'étalonner avec soin et de contrôler régulièrement.

OBS

L'anéroîde de M. Vidi.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
  • Instrumentos científicos
OBS

Caja o cápsula en forma de disco, de paredes finas, con frecuencia metálica, en vacío parcial y con cierre hermético, dotada de un resorte que se ensancha o contrae por los cambios de la presión atmosférica.

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Record 3 2014-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

Retain data in a storage device.

OBS

store: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Conserver des données dans une mémoire.

OBS

stocker : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Instruments
  • Optical Instruments
OBS

The engineer's dumpy level has the telescope rigidly attached to the supporting yoke. Another type, the tilting level, has a circular or bull's-eye bubble for approximate leveling of the instrument; a micrometer screw then inclines the telescope for final centering of the tubular bubble, which is seen through a prism at the instant the rod is read. A most recent type is the self-leveling or automatic level ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'arpentage
  • Instruments d'optique

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Scientific Research Equipment
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mass Transit
  • Modes of Transport (Tourism)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports en commun
  • Moyens de transport (Tourisme)

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
OBS

(load-feel mechanism).

Key term(s)
  • centering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

Terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A slender flexible metal rod used to calibrate or dilate the cervical canal, or to hold the uterus in various positions during gynecologic surgery.

OBS

In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as "Simpson's uterine sound" (Sir James Young Simpson), often disappears over the years. For that reason, the written form "Simpson uterine sound" is also found.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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