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Record 1 2019-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Supply (Military)
  • Military Transportation
CONT

... the parent item ... contains the embedded subassembly, component or part.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Approvisionnement (Militaire)
  • Transport militaire
DEF

Article issu de l'assemblage de plusieurs articles.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Phraseology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Phraséologie

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

A chemical substance which is formed by the union of elements in definite proportion by weight, with definite structural arrangement, whose molecules consist of unlike atoms and whose constituents cannot be separated by physical means.

CONT

Water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen; the benzene ring is characteristic of numerous complex organic compounds.

OBS

Loosely, [compound also refers to] a product formula (often proprietary) of various types, e.g., pharmaceuticals (a vegetable compound), rubber (a fast-curing compound), etc.

PHR

Non-UV-absorbing, not strongly ionic compound.

PHR

Compound to be symmetrically conjugated, to fluoresce.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
DEF

Espèce chimique formée par la combinaison de deux ou plusieurs éléments.

PHR

Composé analysé (en ligne, en différé), désorbé, fixé, ionisable, ionisé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
DEF

Sustancia compuesta de átomos e iones de dos o más elementos en combinación química.

CONT

Un compuesto es una entidad homogénea en la que los elementos tienen proporciones definidas en peso y están representadas por una fórmula química.

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Record 4 2003-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

A term formed by prefixation, suffixation, and compound formation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts
DEF

Mot formé par l'union de deux morphèmes libres (hautbois, base-vitre, lavage de cerveau) ou d'un affixe lié (p. ex. télé) et un mot libre (p. ex. vision), comme dans «télévision».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Neología y préstamos
DEF

Palabra creada mediante la yuxtaposición o fusión de dos o más vocablos independientes.

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

C'est autour du film que la soirée avait été composée.

Spanish

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