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Record 1 2004-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

The triangular facet which is adjacent to the girdle on a brilliant-cut stone. There are 16 such facets above the girdle and 16 below.

PHR

Single, double half.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Petite facette taillée sur la couronne ou sur la culasse à partir du rondiste.

PHR

Haléfi simple, double.

Key term(s)
  • halefi

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Scholarships and Research Grants
OBS

The Discovery Grants Program (DGP) is NSERC’s [Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's] flagship and largest program.

Key term(s)
  • Discovery Grants Programme
  • DG Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Bourses d'études et subventions de recherche
OBS

Programme phare du CRSNG [Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada], le Programme de subventions à la découverte (SD) constitue également son plus important programme.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

[The failure of the cardiovascular system] to deliver oxygen to the tissues and to remove waste products, transferring them to the kidneys, liver and lungs.

OBS

The cardiovascular system consists of four components: A pump, the heart. An oxygenating system, the alveolar capillary interface. A transport system, the peripheral circulation. A transport solution, the blood. The cardiovascular system fails if any of these four components fails.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système cardio-vasculaire
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Incapacité du système cardiovasculaire de remplir normalement ses fonctions.

OBS

cardiovasculaire : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • défaillance cardio vasculaire

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Crops
  • Tobacco Industry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
  • Industrie du tabac

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

[The clients] never did understand how to distinguish a good cut from a poor cut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
CONT

Qualité de taille : Bonne. Ce diamant a été taillé de telle sorte qu'il réfléchisse la plupart des rayons lumineux qu'il reçoit. Une taille de bonne qualité est souvent moins cher qu'une taille de très bonne qualité et reste un choix très acceptable pour la plupart des bijoux.

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
DEF

the outside tier of exterior brick walls and chimneys of residences, where a high grade of face brick is commonly used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
CONT

En général, la paroi extérieure est composée par des matériaux pleins (la plupart du temps briques pleines) (...) La paroi intérieure [en général composée de briques creuses] est celle que l'on monte en dernier.

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

A person having actual possession is presumed to have the right of property and is accordingly entitled to have his possession protected unless anyone can prove a superior title. Even if he has no right to possession, he is entitled as against a stranger or a wrongdoer to have the rights and remedies of a person entitled to possession. ("Oxford Companion to Law", 1980, p. 971).

French

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

droit à la possession : 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 8 1986-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programs and Programming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
OBS

Réseaux intelligents.

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

Relationship between angular and tangential acceleration ...

OBS

Orbit determination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
DEF

C'est la proportion de variation de vélocité angulaire ou circulaire en fonction du temps.

Spanish

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