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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Arts
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

... a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts plastiques
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Représentation d'une personne par le dessin, la peinture, la gravure, la photographie.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

The likeness or image of a person, usually a sovereign, sometimes an historical figure, as portrayed on the obverse of a coin or the face of a bank note.

OBS

When a coin or bank note bears two heads as effigy on its obverse or face, the heads are said "face-to-face" or "vis-à-vis" if facing each other, and "back-to-back" if facing in opposite directions; when facing in the same direction, they are said "accolated", "conjoined", or "jugate" if the two are overlapping, and "side-by-side", if they are one beside the other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage
DEF

Représentation d'une personnalité, habituellement un souverain, parfois un personnage historique, figurant sur l'avers des pièces de monnaie ou le recto des billets de banque.

OBS

Lorsqu'une pièce (monnaie ou billet de banque) porte deux têtes (double effigie), on dit qu'elles sont «affrontées» si elles se regardent, et «adossées» si elles regardent en sens contraire; lorsqu'elles font face dans la même direction, on les dit «conjuguées» ou «accolées» si placées l'une sur l'autre, et «juxtaposées» si l'une à côté de l'autre. Une pièce sans effigie est dite «aniconique».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Monedas y billetes
  • Numismática
  • Acuñación de moneda
DEF

Representación de la cabeza y cuello de un personaje en el anverso de una moneda.

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Record 3 2012-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

A photograph ... of a person's face or head and shoulders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Photographie du visage.

OBS

portrait : Ce terme peut avoir le sens plus général de «photographie d'une personne» ou de «représentation d'une personne».

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
  • Paper Sizes
DEF

A page format in which the height is greater than the width.

DEF

The arrangement of text or graphics on a page so that the page is oriented for normal reading when its length exceeds its width.

OBS

portrait; portrait format; vertical format: terms standardized by ISO and CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
  • Formats de papier
DEF

Format d'un imprimé plus haut que large, par opposition au format à l'italienne (ou oblong).

DEF

Disposition du texte ou des graphiques sur une page, telle que la longueur de la page soit supérieure à la largeur en position normale de lecture.

OBS

format à la française; format vertical : termes normalisés par l'ISO et la CSA.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biometrics
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Terminology used by Passport Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biométrie
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Terminologie en usage à Passeport Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 - external organization data 2006-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
23.06.06 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

arrangement of text or graphics on a page so that the page is oriented for normal reading when its length exceeds its width

OBS

portrait; portrait format; vertical format: terms and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-23:1994].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
23.06.06 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

disposition du texte ou des graphiques sur une page, telle que la longueur de la page soit supérieure à la largeur en position normale de lecture

OBS

format à la française; format vertical : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-23:1994].

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stamp and Postmark Collecting
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philatélie et marcophilie
  • Timbres et oblitération

Spanish

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Record 8 1988-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television Arts
CONT

Newsreels, profiles presented at a film festival.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)

Spanish

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Record 9 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
OBS

--taking portraits can be one of the most rewarding branches of amateur photography and (...) is probably the most difficult work in which a professional can specialize.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

le -- exige de son auteur une grande habileté technique et aussi un sens artistique profond.

Spanish

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