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Record 1 2013-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

... the relative difference in size or distance between the image and the features represented on the ground.

OBS

This difference is written as a ratio of image distance over ground distance. For example, a scale of 1:100 000 (one to one hundred thousand) means 1 centimeter on the map equals 100 000 centimeters (1 km) on the ground.

OBS

map scale: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Télédétection
DEF

Rapport d'une longueur mesurée sur la carte avec celle mesurée sur le terrain.

OBS

échelle cartographique : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Facilities (Recreation)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
OBS

See Consolidated Regulations of Canada (C.R.C.), 1978, chapter 1124, s. 19.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Loisirs)
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
OBS

Voir la Codification des règlements du Canada (C.R.C.), 1978, chapitre 1124, art. 19.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Egg Industry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeufs (Industrie de l'alimentation)

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Library Science

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bibliothéconomie

Spanish

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Record 6 - external organization data 2023-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • pool activities co-ordinator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • coordinateur d'activités en piscine
  • coordinatrice d'activités en piscine

Spanish

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Record 7 2023-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Space Physics
DEF

A hypothetical type of decay occurring when a neutron located in the halo of a nucleus ejects a proton.

CONT

... there [is] a theory, a very hypothetical idea, that you could observe dark matter with a very particular type of nucleus ... This theory centered on what it calls a dark decay. It posited that certain unstable nuclei, nuclei that naturally fall apart, could jettison dark matter as they crumbled.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Physique spatiale

Spanish

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Record 8 1995-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Ministry of the Environment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
DEF

Total elasticity of the tax system (built-in elasticity plus elasticity due to discretionary changes in the tax system) [which is] measured by the annual mean growth in receipts divided by the annual mean growth in gross domestic product (GDP).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema tributario
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Record 10 2001-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
  • Helicopters (Military)
OBS

angular speed: Term officially approved by the ATSC-Helicopters.

OBS

aircraft angular speed: Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
OBS

vitesse angulaire : terme uniformisé par le CUTA - Hélicoptères et normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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