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Record 1 1993-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Units (Regular Force, Armed Forces)
  • Combined Forces (Military)
OBS

Combined Forces Land Component Command; CFLCC: title and abbreviation to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités (régulières, Forces armées)
  • Interarmées
OBS

Centre de commandement des Forces terrestres combinées; CCFTC : titre et abréviation d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
DEF

a charge imposed by the owner of a mobile home park to a person renting a pad for his home. This is an initial charge paid before coming in, supposedly for expenses incurred by the owner of the park.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-02-18

English

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

The Nature Trust of New Brunswick (Inc. 1987) is a charitable land trust dedicated to preserving nature for the benefit of present and future generations of New Brunswick citizens. The aims of the Nature Trust are to identify, classify, protect and preserve natural areas and landscapes in New Brunswick which have outstanding biological, geological or aesthetic value and to foster in the people of New Brunswick an awareness and appreciation of their natural heritage.

Key term(s)
  • NTNB

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Écologie (Généralités)
OBS

La Fondation pour la protection des sites naturels du Nouveau-Brunswick inc. est une société caritative de fiducie sans but lucratif établie depuis 1987. Elle s'efforce d'établir et de maintenir des réserves naturelles pour le bénéfice des générations néo-brunswickoises présentes et futures. Elle cherche également à sensibiliser les gens à l'importance de la conservation du patrimoine naturel.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
DEF

Sublimation or freezing nucleus composed of organic substances of vegetal or animal origin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
DEF

Noyau de condensation solide ou de congélation constitué par une substance organique, d'origine végétale ou animale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Meteorología
DEF

Núcleo de sublimación o congelación formado por una sustancia orgánica de origen vegetal o animal.

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Record 7 1987-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
OBS

In cross-country skiing of the team competition in nordic combined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
OBS

En ski de fond dans la compétition par équipe au combiné nordique.

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Turning lathe.

Key term(s)
  • parallelism of the carriage movement to the axis between centers in a horizontal plane

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

Tour parallèle.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 9 1979-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Swimming
OBS

Another method of using wave formations is to have each wave of swimmer wait in the water at the end of each swim until all the following waves have completed their swims before starting again.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Natation
OBS

Une autre façon d'utiliser les formations en vagues est de faire attendre chaque nageur dans l'eau à la fin de chaque exercice jusqu'à ce que toutes les vagues aient terminé leur exercice avant de les faire repartir.

Spanish

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Record 10 2010-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
  • Water Collection (Water supply)
OBS

gravel-wall well: A type of well used in a water-bearing formation containing a large proportion of fine-grained material which permits the passage of water at low velocity. Gravel is introduced around the screen or intake section of the well to increase the specific capacity and to prevent extremely fine material from flowing into the well. Depending on detail of construction, such wells are called gravel well, gravel-envelope well, gravel-filled well, gravel-packed well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
  • Captage des eaux
DEF

Puits crépiné entouré d'un massif de gravier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geología
  • Captación de agua
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