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CRITICAL LIMIT [10 records]

Record 1 2024-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intelligence (Military)
DEF

Critical aspects of a friendly force that, if known by an adversary, would compromise an operation, lead to its failure or limit its success. [Definition officially approved by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board. ]

DEF

Critical information about own and friendly forces’ intentions, requirements, capabilities and vulnerabilities that, if compromised, could threaten the success of operations. [Definition standardized by NATO.]

OBS

essential elements of friendly information; EEFI: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces and by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board; designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
DEF

Informations cruciales sur les forces amies qui, si elles étaient connues de l'adversaire, compromettraient ou feraient échouer l'opération en cause, ou en limiteraient le succès. [Définition uniformisée par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.]

DEF

Information essentielle sur les intentions, besoins, capacités et vulnérabilités de ses propres forces ou des forces amies qui, s'il y avait compromission, pourrait menacer le succès des opérations. [Définition normalisée par l'OTAN.]

OBS

éléments essentiels d'information sur les forces amies; EEIFA : désignations uniformisées par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

OBS

éléments essentiels d'information amie : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

... the stock level below which productivity is sufficiently impaired to cause serious harm.

CONT

The limit reference point marks the boundary between the cautious and critical zones. When a fish stock level falls below this point, there is a high probability that its productivity will be so impaired that serious harm will occur.

OBS

In the context of fisheries management ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

[...] niveau de stock au-dessous duquel la productivité est suffisamment altérée pour causer de graves dommages.

CONT

Le niveau de référence limite établit la limite entre la zone de prudence et la zone critique. Lorsque la taille d'un stock de poissons tombe en deçà de ce niveau, la probabilité est élevée que la productivité soit suffisamment altérée pour entraîner de graves dommages.

OBS

Dans le contexte de la gestion des pêches ...

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Applying the precautionary approach to fisheries management decisions entails establishing a harvest strategy that : identifies three stock status zones – healthy, cautious, and critical – according to upper stock and limit reference points...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Aquaculture

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
CONT

As with wetland loss, the responses to inundation fall broadly into the categories of retreat and holding back the sea.

CONT

Timing of the responses to climate change. The timing of these initiatives [responses] to limit and adapt to climate change is critical from both an environmental and a financial perspective.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
OBS

On peut utiliser des solutions plus spécifiques selon les contextes particuliers : stratégie d'adaptation, politique d'intervention, etc.

Key term(s)
  • mesures correctives
  • mesures de parade

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medidas contra la contaminación
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Record 5 2004-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

The control system should comply with the regulatory requirements. The traditional single function hydraulic control system is simple and straightforward to operate and maintain... However, for many situations the hydraulic systems will limit the way critical situations can be handled.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Les accumulateurs du dispositif de commande hydraulique du bloc d'obturation monté sur une tête de puits en cours de forage comportent une réserve de fluide suffisante, assortie d'un facteur de sécurité de 1,5, pour fermer l'obturateur annulaire, fermer, ouvrir, et refermer un obturateur à mâchoires et ouvrir le robinet à télécommande hydraulique en une séquence ininterrompue, la pression de l'accumulateur ne chutant jamais sous 8400 kPa, pompe de décharge arrêtée, durant les travaux de forage et d'entretien.

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

A subdivision of physical chemistry comprising the study of phenomena characteristic of matter when one or more of its dimensions lie in the range between 1 nanometre and 1 micrometre. The science includes not only finely divided particles but also films, fibers, foams, pores, and surface irregularities. It is the dimension that is critical, rather than the nature of the material. Colloidal particles may be gaseous, liquid, or solid, and occur in various types of suspensions(imprecisely called solutions), e. g., solid/gas(aerosol), solid/solid, liquid/liquid emulsion), gas/liquid(foam). In this size range, the surface area of the particle is so much greater that its volume that unusual phenomena occur; for example, the particles do not settle out of the suspension by gravity, and are small enough to pass through filter membranes. Macromolecules(proteins and other high polymers) are at the lower limit of this range.

OBS

Though the term is often used synonymously with surface chemistry, in a strict sense it is limited to the size range mentioned in at least one dimension, whereas surface chemistry is not.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
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Record 7 2001-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Power Supply
  • Electric Currents
CONT

The enormous current generated during a short circuit produces damaging heat at a much faster rate than can be safely dispersed. Interrupt the current and you stop adding heat to the system. Time is a critical determinant of the amount of heat(energy) added. An electrical short that lasts three cycles, for example, adds six times the energy of one lasting just one-half cycle. It's in this sense that all circuit breakers and fuses "limit" current. Add a current limiting device, i. e. ususally a fuse, but sometimes a circuit breaker and fuse in series, that restricts the fault current to a value less than the starter's short-circuit withstand rating.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Distribution électrique)
  • Courants (Électrocinétique)

Spanish

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Record 8 1997-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
CONT

The Ecosystem Management group is recognized as a small but effective unit which presently operates on the management principle of being "broker" rather than "doer" by building capacity at the field to deliver programs. As a result of the organizational review, a strategic decision was made to limit the reductions to this unit in order to be able to respond to future trends and needs within this dynamic and critical portfolio.

OBS

Term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
OBS

Terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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Record 9 1983-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Columns and Foundations
  • Security
CONT

Water Filling. The principle of water cooling structural elements is now well established.(...) Water inside a structural member exposed to a building fire will absorb heat and maintain steel temperatures below the critical level of approximately 550°C. The heat is dissipated by convection to other non-exposed areas of the system and by conversion of the water to steam which is vented.(...) In high-rise structures, columns may be divided into zone levels(...) in order to limit the hydrostatic pressure at the bottom of the zone. Water in the system is generally treated with potassium carbonate in quantities sufficient to prevent freezing during winter, and potassium nitrate to inhibit corrosion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poteaux et fondations métalliques
  • Sécurité
CONT

(Le) refroidissement par l'eau sous forme d'irrigation intérieure de profils creux est un procédé très fiable, pourvu que l'eau soit mise en circulation dans l'ossature de manière à assurer son remplissage en toutes sections accessibles au feu; [...]. Des inhibiteurs de corrosion et de gel (si la structure est exposée à l'extérieur) sont ajoutés à l'eau de remplissage. Ce procédé a été utilisé jusqu'à présent surtout pour la protection des poteaux, très rarement pour celle de poutres ou de portiques. Dans le cas d'immeubles très hauts, il peut être nécessaire de recouper les vides des poteaux en tronçons de hauteurs limitées pour éviter une pression hydrostatique trop importante sur les parois en acier.

Spanish

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Record 10 1982-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Genitals
CONT

The experiments now to be reported do not have the "elegant" design called for by Marshall, but they are the first to test the effect of moderately high and low temperatures on testicular recrudescence in birds exposed to different photoperiods near the supposedly critical or minimum limit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organes génitaux
CONT

[...] les dosages hormonaux réalisés par Garnier (1972) chez le Canard pékin montrent pendant la première phase de recrudescence du testicule, une augmentation de la testostérone tant dans le testicule que dans les plasmas efférent et périphérique.

Spanish

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