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Record 1 2004-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Electronics
  • Life Cycle (Informatics)
CONT

Touch Pads allow for mouse movement simply by dragging a finger tip across a surface. Beneath this surface are grid-like array of sensors, which detect the skin of a person. Touch Pads use a technology called field distortion sensing, a form of capacitance-sensing technology. When you touch the surface, your fingertip distorts the electrical field at that spot. Tapping on the pad or buttons provide the same function as a mouse click - icon selection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Applications de l'électronique
  • Cycle de vie (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Above-Ground Transmission Systems (Electr.)
  • Power Transmission Techniques
CONT

Good weather will permit views of the Windward Coast and Honolulu. Hopefully, HECO will not yet have cleared the ridge for its high voltage line corridor.

OBS

... Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canalisations aériennes (Électricité)
  • Techniques de transport de l'énergie
DEF

Bande de terrain de 90 à 160 mètres de large, frappée d'une servitude non aedificandi et affectée au passage d'une ligne haute tension.

DEF

Espace nécessaire au passage d'une ou de plusieurs lignes aériennes.

OBS

L'expression corridor est à déconseiller dans ce sens.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

of the University of British Columbia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-07-27

English

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

A spider of the family Lycosidae.

French

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

Araignée de la famille des Lycosidae.

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
OBS

de bobine

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
OBS

The form in which nomifensine is available, e.g., in Merital tablets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
OBS

Chaque capsule de gélatine dure opaque de couleurs orange et brune, monogrammée "HOECHST MERITAL 50" contient 50 mg de maléate de nomifensine.

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Wood Industries
OBS

In the National Occupational Classification (NOC), an official occupational title in Group 9513 - Woodworking Machine Operators.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Industrie du bois
OBS

Dans la Classification nationale des professions (CNP), titre de profession officiel dans le Groupe 9513 - Opérateurs/opératrices de machines à travailler le bois.

Spanish

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Record 8 1996-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A Papuan-Australian language.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue papoue-australienne.

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
OBS

Conference held in February 1997 in Saskatoon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
OBS

Conférence qui a eu lieu en février 1997 à Saskatoon.

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
DEF

The step in the bleaching process where a chelating agent is added to tie up unwanted metal ions.

CONT

The Q stage is normally a part of a TCF bleaching sequence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier
DEF

L'étape par laquelle un agent de chélation est ajouté afin d'enlever (avec lavage) les métaux de transition.

CONT

Un stade de chélation est une étape essentielle dans une séquence sans chlore (SC).

Spanish

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