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Record 1 2024-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation
CONT

Transport modes are the means supporting the mobility of passengers and freight. They are mobile transport assets and fall into three basic types; land (road, rail, pipelines), water ... and air.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Insurance
DEF

Professional intermediary in insurance management, not exclusively connected to any insurance company, and who places his clients' risks in those entities that he decides are the most beneficial.

OBS

insurance broker: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Assurances
DEF

Intermédiaire représentant les assurés auprès des assureurs.

OBS

Au Québec, le courtier est réputé agent de l'assureur en ce qui concerne la perception des primes ou, en certains cas, l'établissement de la garantie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Seguros
DEF

Persona a través de cuya gestión comercial se ha logrado una operación de seguro.

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Record 3 1997-06-09

English

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

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
OBS

Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
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Record 5 2019-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronics
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

An amplifier and loudspeaker with Bluetooth wireless connectivity that is paired (pre-associated) with one or more smartphones, tablets, ... computers [or other electronic devices].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électronique
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
  • Tort Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

On a proposé d'exonérer ou de soulager celui qui diffame sans aucune malveillance, par exemple en répétant une fausseté qu'il a de bonnes raisons de prendre pour la vérité.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

The leg of the foot with a slip-sole shoe on which a curler puts his or her weight while sliding on the sheet after having released a rock, as compared to the "trailing leg" or "trail leg" with the grip-sole shoe [or the] leg of the foot [used] to slide while sweeping or brushing the ice, as compared to the "grip leg," "pushing leg" or "rear leg."

OBS

During a delivery or the sweeping or brushing of the ice, this leg is always in front of the "grip leg," "pushing leg" or "rear leg.".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Jambe du pied portant une chaussure à semelle de crêpe ou de téflon sur laquelle un curleur ou une curleuse porte son poids pour glisser sur la piste après le lâcher de la pierre, par opposition à la «jambe de traîne» portant une chaussure à semelle antidérapante [ou la] jambe du pied [utilisée] pour glisser tout en balayant ou brossant la glace, par opposition à la jambe du pied de stabilité avec chaussure munie d'une semelle antidérapante, la «jambe de poussée» ou «jambe arrière».

OBS

Au cours d'un lancer ou du balayage ou brossage de la glace, cette jambe est toujours devant la «jambe de poussée» ou «jambe arrière».

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motors (Machinery)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs mécaniques

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Pregnancy
DEF

A substance that causes pregnancy to end prematurely and causes an abortion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Grossesse
DEF

Substance qui provoque l'avortement.

OBS

Selon la Société des obstétriciens et gynécologues du Canada (SOGC), le méthotrexate administré avant l'implantation peut être considéré comme un contraceptif de «dernière chance». S'il est administré par contre après l'implantation, il agit comme agent abortif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Embarazo
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