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MAIZ [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2020-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Artillery
DEF

An artillery munition designed to disperse many sub-munitions so as to deny or slow movement within a targeted area.

OBS

Mines and bomblets are the most common types of submunitions used.

OBS

area denial artillery munition; ADAM: designations and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel; designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces and standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Artillerie de campagne
DEF

Munition d'artillerie conçue pour disperser un grand nombre de sous-munitions afin d'empêcher ou de ralentir le mouvement dans une zone.

OBS

Les mines et les bombettes sont les sous-munitions les plus courantes.

OBS

munition d'artillerie d'interdiction de zone; MAIZ : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre; désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

munition d'artillerie d'interdiction de zone; ADAM : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Grain Growing
  • Forage Crops
Universal entry(ies)
Zea mays
Latin
DEF

A cultivated American cereal plant (Zea mays) of the grass family, with the grain borne on cobs enclosed in husks.

OBS

maize: term used mostly in British and technical texts.

OBS

corn: term used in Canada by the Canadian Grain Commission and other Federal Agencies and Departments.

OBS

The word "corn" has many different meanings depending on what country you are in. Corn in the United States is also called "maize" or "Indian corn." In some countries, corn means the leading crop grown in a certain district. Corn in England means wheat; in Scotland and Ireland, it refers to oats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des céréales
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Zea mays
Latin
DEF

Céréale de grande culture de la famille des graminacées.

OBS

maïs : terme en usage au Canada à la Commission canadienne des grains et autres ministères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Cultivo de plantas forrajeras
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Zea mays
Latin
CONT

El abastecimiento de España en maíz ha sido uno de los grandes problemas de su política agrícola.

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