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Record 1 1994-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sentencing
DEF

The use of the principle of noncumulative sentences whereby a person convicted of several offences in different courts is sentenced only for the most serious offence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peines
DEF

Application du principe du non-cumul des peines en vertu duquel un individu condamné pour plusieurs infractions au cours d'instances différentes ne peut se voir condamner qu'à la peine afférente à l'infraction la plus grave.

OBS

Antonyme : cumul des peines.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tobacco Industry
  • Social Legislation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du tabac
  • Législation sociale

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Congress Titles
OBS

Ontario Public Health Association 46th Annual Conference, November 12-15, 1995, Convention Centre, London, Ontario.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de congrès
OBS

Thème du 46e congrès annuel de l'Association pour la santé publique de l'Ontario.

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-05-31

English

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

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Endomychidae.

French

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

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Endomychidae.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • The Eye
DEF

A test for binocular and stereoscopic vision, which consists of holding a ruler midway between the eyes and the printed page.

Key term(s)
  • bar reading test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Oeil
DEF

Test pour déterminer la présence de vision binoculaire.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Caméra de télévision dotée d'une antenne émettrice qui lui donne, dans un rayon d'action précis, une complète autonomie.

Spanish

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Record 8 1995-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

Yukon Government, Department of Justice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
OBS

Gouvernement du Yukon, ministère de la Justice.

Spanish

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Record 9 2022-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Translation and Interpretation
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
CONT

Tactile interpreting is a way of communication for those who are blind and deaf or hard of hearing. One person, the tactile interpreter, puts a hand either on top of or below the other person's hand. They will then make tactile signs on the person's hand so that they can feel and understand what's being said.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Traduction et interprétation
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
CONT

[La personne ayant une surdicécité] peut […] avoir recours aux services d'un interprète tactile. [Elle] passe sa main ou ses mains sur celles de l'interprète tactile afin de percevoir les mouvements et de comprendre le message qu'il transmet à l'aide d'une langue des signes.

Spanish

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Record 10 2017-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

The CWH zone occurs at low to mid-elevations along much of the coast of BC [Bristish Columbia], covering 10.8 million ha [hectares] or 11.4% of the province. Except along major river valleys it is found mostly west of the Coast Mountains. At higher elevations it is bordered by the mountain hemlock zone, and in southern coastal BC by the coastal douglas-fir zone.

OBS

coastal western hemlock zone: term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
OBS

La Colombie-Britannique se divise en 14 zones biogéoclimatiques, dont la zone côtière de la pruche de l'Ouest.

OBS

zone côtière de la pruche de l'Ouest : terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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