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BMF [5 records]

Record 1 2014-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Mail Pickup and Distribution
DEF

[A] Facility designed specifically for processing all mail in the bulk processing stream.

OBS

bulk mail facility: term used at Canada Post.

Key term(s)
  • bulk mail centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Levée et distribution du courrier
DEF

Installation conçue spécialement pour [traiter] tout le courrier qui se trouve dans le flot de traitement en vrac.

OBS

installation de traitement en vrac : terme en usage à Postes Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Pollution (General)
CONT

[Biomagnification] can be measured under laboratory and field conditions and accounts for uptake via the diet. The extent of chemical biomagnification may, for example, be expressed in the form of a biomagnification factor (BMF), which is the ratio of the chemical concentration in the predator to that in its food.

OBS

biomagnification factor: term used by Environment Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution (Généralités)
CONT

La bioamplification peut être mesurée en laboratoire et sur le terrain, et elle tient compte de l'assimilation par le régime alimentaire. L'ampleur de la bioamplification chimique peut être exprimée par exemple sous la forme d'un facteur de bioamplification, c'est-à-dire le rapport entre la concentration chimique dans le prédateur et celle dans sa nourriture.

OBS

facteur de bioamplification : terme en usage à Environnement Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
OBS

Grande Prairie. (Letters Patent, Canada Gazette, I, 19980620, p.1418).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
OBS

(Lettres patentes, Gazette du Canada, ibid.).

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
OBS

Information confirmed by the organization.

Key term(s)
  • BMF

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
OBS

Information confirmée par l'organisme.

Spanish

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