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CENTAUR [7 records]

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Record 1 2009-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
DEF

In the language of blazonry, said of the colour green.

CONT

Vert a centaur forcene Or holding between his hands a millstone Argent charged with a mill rind Gules.

OBS

In blazonry, adjectives describing tinctures are written with an initial capital letter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
DEF

Dans la langue du blason, se dit de la couleur verte.

CONT

De sinople au centaure cabré d'or tenant de ses mains une meule de moulin d'argent chargée d'une anille de gueules.

OBS

Dans le blason, l'adjectif de couleur est toujours précédé de la préposition «de».

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

Cassini was launched from Cape Canaveral on 15 October 1997, on a Titan IV/Centaur launch vehicle. Cassini was the second-largest interplanetary probe ever launched, and the high-energy trajectory to Saturn required a series of gravitational boosts to propel the spacecraft without consuming too much fuel.

Key term(s)
  • high energy trajectory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Official Documents
  • Software
DEF

In computing, an agreement between a user and a vendor of software describing the user’s rights to the software.

CONT

Bell Canada strongly recommends that all Centaur users obey the requirements of the software licence accompanying software packages purchased by the customer.

OBS

"Licence" is one of two words that in Canadian English are usually spelled differently as nouns and verbs. The preferred spelling for the noun is "licence" and for the verb "license".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents officiels
  • Logiciels

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos oficiales
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
CONT

La licencia de la programática especifica los derechos y obligaciones del usuario que compra el programa y limita las responsabilidades tanto del productor como del vendedor de dicha programática.

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Record 4 2003-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lighting
  • Scenic Design
DEF

A spotlight mounted on a swivel so that it can follow a character on stage.

OBS

chaser : information given by the Centaur Theater Company in Montréal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éclairage
  • Scénographie
DEF

Projecteur monté sur un axe et dont le faisceau peut suivre les évolutions d'un acteur sur le plateau.

OBS

projecteur de poursuite; projecteur pivotant : termes entérinés par le Comité de linguistique de Radio-Canada et le Secrétariat d'État du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Centres
CONT

The 1. 4-million pound mobile launching platform is what the Atlas 5 sits upon from the time it is stacked together in the VIF [Vertical Integration Facility] until the main engine is fired at liftoff.... The platform is 45 feet wide, 55 feet long and 185 feet tall to the top of the mast, which features a wind damper that holds the rocket steady while exposed to the weather on the pad and routes propellant lines to the Centaur and conditioned air to the payload inside the nose cone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centres spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Police
  • Emergency Management
DEF

System developed for remote disruption of improvised explosive devices. Uses the momentum of a jet of water to enter and rapidly displace the contents of the package.

OBS

Centaur is the code name for this device.

Key term(s)
  • Centaur

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police militaire
  • Gestion des urgences
Key term(s)
  • Centaur
  • appareil Centaur

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Artillery
  • Armour
CONT

The Marconi Radar Centaur Family gun and fire control for main battle tanks and light armoured vehicles...

CONT

The Weapon Systems Division of Marconi Radar Systems has brought together its range of fire-control, gun control and stabilisation systems for armoured vehicles to form the CENTAUR family.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Artillerie de campagne
  • Arme blindée

Spanish

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