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NOB [4 records]

Record 1 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
OBS

naval order of battle; NOB: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
OBS

ordre de bataille naval; OBN : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology
DEF

One in a superior position in life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Oil and Natural Gas Distribution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Distribution du pétrole et du gaz naturel
OBS

Conformément aux directives de l'OTAN, chaque état membre doit créer en temps de guerre un Bureau national du pétrole (NOB - National Oil Board) qui assure le contact avec les organes pétroliers de l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Rounded usually isolated part of a mountain; a hill.

CONT

East Knob, Ontario.

CONT

Fox Nob, Nfld.

OBS

knob: Widely used.

OBS

nob: Variant of knob. Rare; Nfld. and B.C.

OBS

knob; nob: terms and definition validated by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Élévation modérée aux versants généralement en pente douce.

CONT

Colline de la Tortue, Québec.

OBS

Plus petite que la montagne, mais plus considérable que la butte. Attesté au Québec.

OBS

colline : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques (CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire BT-176 faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Toponimia
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
OBS

(especialmente aislado)

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