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PREMIERE CLASSE [5 records]

Record 1 2022-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Idiomatic Expressions
OBS

An expression that refers to something that is of excellent quality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Expressions idiomatiques

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Aviation
  • Flights (Air Transport)
CONT

Carriage of passengers at standard fares, premium fares, or at reduced fares such as family plan and first-class excursion for whom standard or premium quality services are provided.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aviation commerciale
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
CONT

[...] les avions réservés à la seule classe touriste se sont multipliés, la proportion des usagers de la première classe devenant plus faible à certaines époques.

OBS

Le terme "première classe" a été uniformisé par le CUTA opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aviación comercial
  • Vuelos (Transporte aéreo)
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Record 3 2005-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
OBS

first class: term officially approved by CP Rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
OBS

première classe : terme uniformisé par CP Rail.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicio de carga (Transporte ferroviario)
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Record 4 2002-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
DEF

A mutated term of the digital age that refers to a computer's ability to take in lots of information all at once - a growing imperative in computer science.

CONT

Combine it with "real time" - a computing term for the ability to perform computations on data that are being generated that very instant - and you have the ultimate computer-jock compliment: "She has high bandwidth and thinks in real time."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

Ingénieur de première classe, être de classe, (qualité, distinction, valeur).

OBS

L'expression technique «grande largeur de bande» n'a pas acquis un sens figuré analogue à celui acquis par «high bandwidth».

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Telecommunications
  • Data Transmission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Télécommunications
  • Transmission de données
OBS

Certificat d'opérateur radio - ministère des Communications.

Spanish

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