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Record 1 2000-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Communications
DEF

A proword meaning: "The portion of the message to which I refer is all that which precedes."

OBS

The term may be written in capital letters when used by the Canadian Forces as a procedural term or as an order.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions militaires
DEF

Terme de procédure signifiant : «La partie du message à laquelle je me réfère est tout ce qui précède.»

OBS

Le terme est écrit en majuscules dans les documents des Forces canadiennes lorsqu'il désigne un ordre ou un commandement.

OBS

tout avant : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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