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Record 1 1993-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Engineering (Military)
CONT

Survivability involves vulnerability to exposure to threats and hazards and susceptibility to damage. This section has implications for Survivability Engineering, dealing with such considerations as construction to withstand hurricane winds, design to prevent detection by radar, encryption of signals, armor plating, etc. Consider the trade-off implications, such as increased weight and complexity. Plan for an adequate test and evaluation program, including possibly testing of prototypes to destruction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Federal Administration
CONT

Mr. M. is a layer, not an information analyst.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Administration fédérale
CONT

Mr. M. est un avocat, pas un analyste d'information.

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Dietetics
DEF

Food that is high in calories but low in nutritional content.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Diététique
DEF

Aliment beaucoup plus riche en calories qu'en valeur nutritive.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Dietética
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Record 7 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tomography
CONT

Density resolution necessary in heterodensity assessment: One must separately specify the absorption coefficient and spatial resolutions in CAT scanning. While there is a reciprocal relationship between spatial resolution and absorption coefficient resolution for a fixed dose..., one may specify each separately .... (International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 1977, vol. 3, p. 28).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tomographie
DEF

La plus faible densité détectable par un appareil de tomodensitométrie.

Spanish

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Record 8 2015-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A fungus of the family Agaricaceae.

OBS

Leucoagaricus brunneolilacinus: There is no common name for this species of fungus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Leucoagaricus brunneolilacinus
Latin
OBS

Champignon de la famille des Agaricaceae.

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Organizations and Associations (Admin.)
  • Nervous System
  • Musculoskeletal System
OBS

Niagara, Ontario.

Key term(s)
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Peroneal Muscular Atrophy International Association, Incorporated
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Peroneal Muscular Atrophy International Association

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Organismes et associations (Admin.)
  • Système nerveux
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
OBS

Niagara, Ontario.

Key term(s)
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Peroneal Muscular Atrophy International Association, Incorporated
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Peroneal Muscular Atrophy International Association

Spanish

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Record 10 2009-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
  • Mobile Hoisting Apparatus
CONT

The counterbalanced truck lifts loads outside the framework of the truck and is the best-known model. Most of the weight of the counterbalanced truck is carried on the front wheels which, in essence, act as a fulcrum.

OBS

counterbalanced lift truck: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
  • Appareils de levage mobiles
CONT

Le chariot élévateur à fourche à contrepoids est le plus répandu en milieu industriel. Il est muni d'un moteur à combustion interne à énergie thermique (diesel, essence, gaz propane ou gaz de pétrole liquéfié (GPL) ou à énergie électrique et de trois ou quatre roues à bandages pleins (ou durs) ou pneumatiques. Il peut être équipé de multiples équipements et accessoires : pince, tête rotative, éperon, etc. La capacité nominale et la hauteur de levée de ce type de chariot peuvent varier.

OBS

Cet appareil comporte [...] un ensemble élévateur à grande levée [...] similaire à celui d'un chariot élévateur à fourche classique [...] La charge est ainsi levée en porte à faux et l'appareil comporte un contrepoids d'équilibrage dans la plate-forme de protection entourant la tête motrice.

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).

OBS

chariot élévateur travaillant en porte à faux : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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