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Record 1 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

Sloping arris at the junction of two roof surfaces where an external angle greater than 180 degrees is formed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
CONT

Guaranteed Air Freight is an Air Canada Cargo Reservation Service, whereby a shipper through advance arrangements and prior to tender of shipment can request booked space on a scheduled flight which is able to accommodate his shipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
OBS

fret avec réservation garantie : Terme uniformisé par CN-Air Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure

Spanish

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Record 4 1979-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
CONT

The net change in orientation is equal to the rotation of the disclination enclosed by the circuit ... If the change in orientation is in the same sense as the circuit ..., then the defect is called a positive wedge disclination; such defects can be created by removing a wedge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
CONT

Si la rotation va dans le même sens que le sens de parcours du circuit on dit qu'il s'agit d'une désinclinaison positive; dans le cas contraire, elle est négative. On obtient une désinclinaison positive en retirant un coin de matériau, et une désinclinaison négative en insérant au contraire un coin de matériau.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
DEF

A special rod for use in roof bolting. It consists of a mild-steel rod, threaded at one end, the other end being split into halves for a length of about 5 in. When the bolt is driven into the hole, a wedge opens the slotted end thus forming the anchorage.

Key term(s)
  • slotted bolt
  • wedge rockbolt
  • split bolt
  • split-rod-and-wedge bolt
  • slot and wedge bolt
  • split rod and wedge bolt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Boulonnage. [...] Le «boulon», de 1,40 m à 2,80 m, est enfilé dans un trou de même longueur et est ancré au fond de celui-ci par l'écartement des deux lèvres de sa fente terminale sous l'effet d'un coin d'acier effilé qui s'enfonce dans la fente lorsqu'on frappe la tige contre le fond du trou («boulon à fente et coin») [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Currents
  • Rectifiers (Electricity)
  • Electrical Systems
  • Aircraft Systems
DEF

To make (an alternating current) unidirectional.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courants (Électrocinétique)
  • Redresseurs (Électricité)
  • Ensembles électrotechniques
  • Circuits des aéronefs
DEF

Transformer le courant alternatif en courant continu.

OBS

redresser : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Music
OBS

The Saskatchewan Orchestral Association is an organization dedicated to support, encourage, inspire and educate the orchestral community and people of Saskatchewan in an effort to nourish and create a vital and sustainable arts & culture community in this province.

Key term(s)
  • Orchestral Association of Saskatchewan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Musique
Key term(s)
  • Association des orchestres de la Saskatchewan

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
OBS

Suggesting the flavour of certain fruit.

Key term(s)
  • fruity flavour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
OBS

Fruité. Qui rappelle l'odeur des fruits en général. Se dit d'un aliment ou d'une boisson [...] qui a acquis après [sa] préparation une odeur de fruit.

Spanish

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Record 9 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blood
DEF

The formation of blood clots.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sang
DEF

Formation d'un thrombus ou d'une thrombose.

CONT

Plus le débit sanguin autour du cathéter est bas, plus le risque de thrombose augmente. La colonisation bactérienne favorise la thrombogénèse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sangre
CONT

Estos conceptos básicos tienen una gran relevancia clínica en el contexto de la ateromatosis [...] y da lugar a la formación de trombos fijos y oclusivos ricos en plaquetas y fibrina, que se conoce como trombogénesis.

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Record 10 2007-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Federal Administration
OBS

Foreign Affairs Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Administration fédérale
OBS

Affaires étrangères Canada.

Spanish

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