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Record 1 - external organization data 2022-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • senior negotiating officer - labor dispute resolution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airfields
  • Signalling and Illumination (Air Transport)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérodromes
  • Signalisation (Transport aérien)

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Housing Facilities
  • Cattle Raising
CONT

Both the height of the neck rail and its distance from the curb affect standing behavior; more restrictive neck-rail placements (lower and closer to the rear of the stall) prevent cows from standing fully in the stall.

OBS

There are generally two types of curbs: the manger curb and the rear curb.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logement des animaux d'élevage
  • Élevage des bovins
CONT

Si les vaches ont suffisamment d’espace pour se déplacer librement et qu’il y a un muret assez élevé, elles se lèveront naturellement et sans encombre.

OBS

On distingue le muret avant du muret arrière.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A device normally mounted near the monkeyboard (or safety platform) that affords the derrickman a means of quick exit to the surface in case of emergency.

CONT

The safety slide is usually affixed to a wire line, one end of which is attached to the derrick and the other end to the surface. To exit by the safety slide, the derrickman grasps a handle on the safety slide and rides it down to the ground.

Key term(s)
  • geronimo

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

[Dispositif] permettant à l'ouvrier de superstructure de descendre le long de la ligne de haubanage en cas de danger.

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

A specific field set aside for a given type of information as contrasted to free field.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Determinado campo en las tarjetas (fichas) perforadas, o determinado número de perforaciones a lo largo del borde de una tarjeta perforada, reservados para el registro de un tipo dado o clasificación de información.

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Record 7 2015-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Cloud produced by spray from high waterfalls which virtually saturate the nearby air. The downdraughts caused by the falling water are often compensated by upward air currents in their vicinity, lifting the saturated air and forming above the waterfall a cloud resembling a Cumulus.

Key term(s)
  • clouds from waterfalls

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Nuage produit par les embruns des chutes de grande hauteur, qui saturent pratiquement l'air environnant. Les mouvements descendants de l'air provoqués par la chute de l'eau sont souvent compensés dans leur voisinage par des courants ascendants, qui entraînent avec eux l'air saturé et donnent ainsi naissance, au-dessus de la chute, à un nuage ayant l'aspect d'un Cumulus.

Key term(s)
  • nuages de cascade d'eau
  • nuage de cascade d'eau

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

En aquellas cascadas que por su altura producen tal cantidad de agua pulverizada que llega a saturar el aire, las corrientes descendentes inducidas por la caída del agua están compensadas, con frecuencia, por corrientes ascendentes que hacen subir el aire saturado, formándose sobre la cascada una nube parecida a un Cumulus.

Key term(s)
  • nubes de cascadas
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Record 8 1996-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)

Spanish

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Record 9 1984-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Military Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Matériel militaire

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
Key term(s)
  • Project on the Aged and Long-Term Illness

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
Key term(s)
  • Programme relatif aux personnes agées et aux maladies de longue durée

Spanish

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