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Record 1 1985-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Control Systems (Motor Vehicles)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de commande (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

Conduite qui caractérise les véhicules destinés aux handicapés dans lesquels les commandes à pied sont converties en commandes manuelles.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Practice (Hotels)
  • Special Water Transport
  • Urban Housing
  • Tourist Lodging
OBS

Sea travel has evolved into a predominantly "floating resort" or "floatel" concept.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation hôtelière
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
  • Hébergement (Tourisme)
DEF

Navire amarré à poste fixe et converti en établissement hôtelier.

Key term(s)
  • bôtel

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación comercial (Hotelería)
  • Transporte por barcos especiales
  • Viviendas (Urbanismo)
  • Alojamiento (Turismo)
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Record 3 2000-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

the impulse to reenact earlier emotional experiences. Considered by Freud more fundamental than the pleasure principle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
DEF

Tendance incoercible à répéter automatiquement des choses vécues antérieurement, même si elles sont sources de déplaisir et contraires aux besoins du moi. Elle agirait au-delà du principe de plaisir.

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
CONT

PCBs accumulate in the fatty tissues of living creatures, so that they become more concentrated as they travel along the food chain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
CONT

Le zooplancton qui se nourrit du phytoplancton est contaminé à son tour et l'insecticide parcourt ainsi tous les maillons de la chaîne alimentaire.

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An amphibian of the family Bufonidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Amphibien de la famille des Bufonidae.

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Range Measurements (Telecommunications)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures à distance (Télécommunications)
OBS

voies d'acheminement qui suivent le même trajet.

OBS

Source ITW (Lexique de télécommunications internationales)

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
CONT

Rates of dry deposition of gases such as SO2, NO2, and HNO3 and small particles to surfaces depend on many factors, but where there is vegetation both atmospheric and canopy resistances to deposition can be identified.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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Record 8 2014-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost Accounting
  • Phraseology
OBS

actual direct labour hours; actual labour hours: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • actual direct labour hour
  • actual direct labor time
  • actual direct labor hours
  • actual labor hours
  • actual labor time
  • actual labour hour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité analytique
  • Phraséologie
OBS

Nombre d'heures de main-d'œuvre directe effectivement consommées qui, dans la méthode du coût standard, est comparé au «temps standard de main-d'œuvre directe» aux fins de la détermination et de l'analyse de l'«écart sur temps de main-d'œuvre directe».

OBS

heures réelles de main-d'œuvre directe : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • heure réelle de main-d'œuvre directe

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
CONT

Vertical load tapes are uninterrupted right up to the crown of the balloon where they pass over the top aperture to unite with strong sewn joints to a metal crown ring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs

Spanish

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Record 10 2013-07-25

English

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

An insect of the family Buprestidae.

French

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

Insecte de la famille des Buprestidae.

Spanish

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