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Record 1 2023-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
CONT

... each loaf must be loosened from its pan; this is done by a jet of air directed down one side of the loaf. Next, loaves must be removed from their pans. This was a hot chore that no one wanted in the days of baking by hand. In the... bakery, it's done via machine by a depanner that clamps onto 20 pans at a time and tips them over, dropping the loaves onto a traveling belt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment
  • Poultry Production
CONT

The leading UK [United Kingdom] Supplier of quality poultry equipment, including Jansen Auto-nests, Chore Time feeding systems and Lubing Aqua2 drinkers...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel agricole
  • Élevage des volailles
CONT

Tout le matériel avicole pour petits et gros éleveurs : Abreuvoirs, mangeoires, chauffage, marquage, transport [des] animaux et [des] œufs, abattage, matériel sanitaire.

OBS

matériel d'aviculture : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Chemicals
  • Crop Protection
CONT

The use of sucker control chemicals has become standard practice for most burley [tobacco] growers, most of whom use a systemic growth regulator, 1,2-dihydro- 3,6-pyridazinedione (MH).

OBS

Suckers may be controlled by removing them by hand. This is a slow and back-breaking chore. Another way... is to place a small amount of a special oil and water emulsion on the top of the plant immediately after topping. This oil runs down the stalk and lodges in the base of the leaf junction surrounding the emerging sucker. It will quite effectively stop the growth of the sucker....

Key term(s)
  • sucker growth inhibitor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agents chimiques (Agriculture)
  • Protection des végétaux
OBS

Pendant très longtemps, [l'ébourgeonnage du tabac] a été réalisée manuellement en plusieurs interventions qui la rendaient longue et fastidieuse. Aujourd'hui la technique consiste à réaliser un ébourgeonnement chimique par inhibition des bourgeons. (...) L'huile descend sur les bourgeons qui se trouvent à l'aisselle de chaque feuille et les empêche de se développer.

Key term(s)
  • drageonnicide
  • huile à drageon
  • produit d'édrageonnage

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
DEF

Providing animals with the right amount of food.

OBS

Not to be confused with the specific act or chore, or with the use of feeds to fatten or finish livestock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
DEF

Déterminer et fournir les types et quantités d'aliments nécessaires à un animal pour qu'il fournisse un certain niveau de production.

OBS

au sens général.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alimentación animal (Agricultura)
OBS

alimentación animal: término proveniente del Código Zoosanitario Internacional, 2002.

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Record 5 2007-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
DEF

Two or more military personnel assigned to a given task or chore.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
DEF

Deux militaires ou plus assignés à une tâche ou à une corvée spécifique.

OBS

équipe : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
DEF

Automatic alignment of columns of decimal figures on the decimal point. The typist can type numbers without regard for alignment, with the system performing the aligning chore.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
DEF

Alignement automatique de colonnes de décimales au point ou à la virgule décimale. L'opératrice peut taper les nombres sans se préoccuper de l'alignement, car le système s'en charge pour elle.

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Telegraph Equipment
CONT

Developed in 1967, MSDS has relieved many large Canadian firms of the chore of manually sorting and forwarding inter-company teletypewriter messages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Appareils de télégraphie

Spanish

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