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Record 1 1997-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

Source(s) : Rapport de la quatrième Conférence mondiale sur les femmes, Beijing, du 4 au 15 septembre 1995.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

The range of signal amplitudes from the loudest to the quietest that can be reproduced effectively by an equipment.

OBS

Limited by the intrinsic noise of the amplifier and the ambient background noise level of the listening environment and by the power capacity of the amplifier and speaker system.

OBS

dynamic range: term standardized by thethe International Electrotechnical Commission and the USA Standards Institute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Intervalle compris entre les niveaux extrêmes d'intensité acoustique c'est-à-dire des plus forts (fortissimi) aux plus faibles (pianissimi).

OBS

dynamique : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Key term(s)
  • gamme d'amplification
  • gamme dynamique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electroacústica
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Record 3 2007-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Real Estate
  • Federal Administration
OBS

The Treasury Board - approved framework which sets out the responsibilities of Public Works and Government Services and its tenants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Immobilier
  • Administration fédérale
OBS

Cadre approuvé par le Conseil du Trésor et qui doit régir les relations entre Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada et les locataires. Grâce à ce cadre, Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada travaillera de concert avec les locataires à établir des repères et des normes liés à l'aménagement de bureaux et à d'autres besoins opérationnels.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Names
  • National and International Security

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d'édifices et de bâtiments
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

Ecologically independent of man and his domestic environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Qui vit à l'extérieur des habitations.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
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Record 6 1977-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

The value of an alternating or otherwise variable current that would result in the same heat production in a circuit as that of a direct current in the same length of time : the square root of the means of the squares of the instantaneous values of an alternating current.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

(d'un courant alternatif): intensité du courant continu qui produirait le même dégagement de chaleur dans le même conducteur.

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Government Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
Key term(s)
  • African and Mauritian Union of Development Banks

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Organismes et comités gouvernementaux non canadiens

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery
DEF

The suturing of a lacerated eyelid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
DEF

Suture du bord des paupières.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía del ojo
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Record 9 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
DEF

A special rod for use in roof bolting. It consists of a mild-steel rod, threaded at one end, the other end being split into halves for a length of about 5 in. When the bolt is driven into the hole, a wedge opens the slotted end thus forming the anchorage.

Key term(s)
  • slotted bolt
  • wedge rockbolt
  • split bolt
  • split-rod-and-wedge bolt
  • slot and wedge bolt
  • split rod and wedge bolt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Boulonnage. [...] Le «boulon», de 1,40 m à 2,80 m, est enfilé dans un trou de même longueur et est ancré au fond de celui-ci par l'écartement des deux lèvres de sa fente terminale sous l'effet d'un coin d'acier effilé qui s'enfonce dans la fente lorsqu'on frappe la tige contre le fond du trou («boulon à fente et coin») [...]

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • Real Estate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Immobilier

Spanish

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