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Record 1 2001-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Ceramics (Industries)
OBS

In the National Occupational Classification (NOC), an official occupational title in Group 9414 - Concrete, Clay and Stone Forming Operators.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Céramique (Industries)
OBS

Dans la Classification nationale des professions (CNP), titre de profession officiel dans le Groupe 9414 - Opérateurs/opératrices de machines à façonner et à finir des produits en béton, en argile ou en pierre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
DEF

Total involvement of the observer in a displayed image through a feeling of "being there".

CONT

In the late 1980s XEROX PARC conducted an experiment on Electronic Co-presence. One wall of a room at PARC showed a video view of a room at another Xerox research facility in Oregon. People would schedule meetings, or they would just wonder into their respective ends of the two-way, full-time, shared video space, and strike up a water-cooler conversation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
OBS

Présence simultanée de plusieurs personnes dans le même espace vidéo interactif en temps réel englobant les environnements spatiaux de chacun.

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

Money laundering itself cannot occur in a vacuum—it always involves the commission of a crime ... which is called a predicate offence.

OBS

predicate: Of, relating to, or designating a crime that influences the sentencing, prosecution, etc., of a subsequent offence ...

Key term(s)
  • predicate offense
  • underlying offense

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
CONT

Le blanchiment d'argent comme tel ne se produit pas en vase clos – il est toujours précédé d'un crime [...] que l'on appelle infraction sous-jacente.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrodiagnosis
  • The Heart
OBS

Continuous, personal physician monitoring of maximal stress electrocardiography by bicycle ergometry or cardiac treadmill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrodiagnostiques
  • Cœur

Spanish

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Record 5 2023-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Water Transport
OBS

quartermaster: a historical term used in the British Royal Navy.

Key term(s)
  • quarter-master

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Transport par eau
OBS

quartier-maître : équivalent proposé pour désigner un concept historique propre à la Marine royale britannique.

Spanish

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Record 6 1995-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
  • Oil and Natural Gas Distribution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Canalisations à grande distance
  • Distribution du pétrole et du gaz naturel

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Units (Reserve, Armed Forces)
OBS

Unit of the Reserve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités (réserve, Forces armées)
OBS

Unité de la Réserve.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Hearths (Heating)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de foyers (Chauffage)

Spanish

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Record 9 2020-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
CONT

Minutes of all Board meetings shall be kept by the recording secretary and shall include Board recommendations to the superintendent, key facts influencing the recommendation, and shall identify Board members making motions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
CONT

Le secrétaire de séance doit rédiger le procès-verbal de toutes les réunions de la Commission et y inclure les recommandations de cette dernière à l'intention du directeur, les principaux éléments motivant une telle recommandation et le nom des membres de la Commission ayant proposé des motions.

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
  • Road Construction
DEF

Bitumen used to coat mineral aggregate for use in the construction and maintenance of paved survaces and hydraulic works. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

OBS

paving bitumen: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Bitume destiné à lier les granulats minéraux et utilisé pour la construction et l'entretien des chaussées et des ouvrages hydrauliques. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

bitume routier : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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