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Record 1 2014-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Materials Handling
  • Postal Service Operation
DEF

To arrange the mail so that the postal indicia or stamp and [address] are right side up and face in the same direction.

OBS

face up: term used at Canada Post.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manutention
  • Exploitation postale
DEF

Placer [le courrier] de façon que [la vignette postale ou le timbre et l’adresse] se présentent toujours à l’endroit et dans le même sens.

OBS

redresser : terme en usage à Postes Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seminar Titles
  • Remote Sensing
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

Bangalore, India, November 1994

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de séminaires
  • Télédétection
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de seminarios
  • Teledetección
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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Record 3 2002-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports and Casual Wear
  • Gymnastics and Trampoline
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

An exercise suit consisting of a jacket shell and sweat pants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements de sport et de loisirs
  • Gymnastique et trampoline
  • Sports de raquette

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ropa de deporte e informal
  • Gimnasia y acrobacias sobre cama elástica
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

Chandals. Ideales para evitar el frío y calentar; realice la relajación previa con el chandal puesto.

OBS

"chandal" se escribe sin o con acento. En plural, se escribe con acento (chándales).

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Record 4 2007-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

The first four facets on the pavilion and the crown of a polished diamond.

CONT

Crossworkers: establish the mains, crown and pavilion facets to specific angles and indices in two steps: 1. blocking the diamond by: establishing the initial 17 main facets, including the: - table; - 8 pavilion mains, to specific angles and indices: 4 corners; 4 pavilions; - 8 crown mains, to specific angles and indices: 4 corners; 4 bezels. 2. lapping the diamond ...

OBS

These facets are indexed at 90° to one another and form part of the main facets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Facette résultant de la taille en croix de la couronne ou de la culasse.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
OBS

disclaim responsibility: Expression reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de obligaciones (derecho civil)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
OBS

declinar la responsabilidad y rehusar la responsabilidad: Expresiones reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 6 2012-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic
  • Urban Planning
  • Road Design
CONT

Horizontal traffic calming measures use items such as raised islands and traffic circles to eliminate straight-line travel thus forcing most drivers to reduce their speeds. Horizontal measures can also be used to reduce pavement widths to discourage speeding or to restrict passage to a single lane, thereby significantly reducing the capacity of the roadway.

OBS

horizontal traffic calming measure: term recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Conception des voies de circulation
OBS

mesure de déflexion horizontale : terme recommandé par le Comité de terminologie et normalisé par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tránsito vial
  • Planificación urbana
  • Diseño de carreteras
CONT

Los dispositivos relacionados con el trazado en planta obligarán a que los vehículos describan una trayectoria curva en vez de recta.

CONT

Tipos de dispositivo para moderar la velocidad. […] Dispositivos relacionados con el trazado en planta: miniglorietas, retranqueos, zigzags [y] modificación de intersecciones en T.

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Record 7 1994-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A graphic file format designed for the display of Postscript images in applications for the Apple Macintosh line of computers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
DEF

Format de fichiers utilisé pour le stockage des images Postscript (qui regroupe) une description de l'image en langage Postscript [...] et sa représentation en point par point [...]

CONT

La compatibilité avec les formats graphiques BMP (Bitmap Windows 3) et EPS (Encapsulated Postscript) renforce l'avantage du Superbase dans le domaine de l'intégration d'images.

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Information Theory
DEF

Addition that is performed by adding, digit place after digit place, the corresponding digits of the operands.

OBS

serial addition: term standardized by CSA and ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Théorie de l'information
DEF

Addition dans laquelle les chiffres correspondants des rangs des opérandes sont traités les uns après les autres.

OBS

addition série; addition sérielle : termes normalisés par l'ISO et la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas para computación
  • Teoría de la información
DEF

Suma que se ejecuta por la adición, un lugar de dígito después del otro, de los dígitos correspondientes a los operandos.

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Record 9 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Tinodes consuetus
Latin
OBS

A caddisfly of the family Psychomyiidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Tinodes consuetus
Latin
OBS

Trichoptère de la famille des Psychomyiidae.

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Geology
CONT

Geologists describe these deposits as part of a wedge-shaped fossil coral reef archipelago positioned offshore from an ancient shoreline.

CONT

Solitary coral, wedge shaped, numerous radially arranged septa.

OBS

[The term] cuneiform [is applied to a] wedge-shaped corallite ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Géologie
DEF

En forme de coin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
  • Geología
DEF

Semejante a una cuña.

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