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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2019-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Road Construction
  • Road Maintenance
CONT

Bituminous paving laborer... Develop all skills required to perform as a member of the paving crew under the direction of the paving foreman. Works with the paving crew and foreman in the laying of hot mix asphalt. Check cross slope; grade and depth of finished grade.... Performs other related duties as directed by the foreman.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Entretien des routes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Construcción de carreteras
  • Mantenimiento de carreteras
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Record 2 2014-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
  • Emergency Management
DEF

A type of search that is worked on a rectilinear basis.

OBS

It involves the laying of standing jackstays to form the side of the rectangle, and a movable cross connecting jackstay for conducting the search.

OBS

grid search: term and definition officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Type de recherche menée sur des surfaces rectilignes.

OBS

Des filières verticales délimitent les côtés du rectangle, et un croisillon mobile relie les filières entre elles.

OBS

recherche par quadrillage : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nonwoven Textiles
DEF

The process of laying a web on a conveyor, moving at right angles so the web's fibers are oriented in a cross direction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nontissés (Industries du textile)
DEF

[Dépôt] en couches croisées des voiles sur un tapis placé perpendiculairement à l'alimentation en voile.

OBS

Cette opération permet d'augmenter le poids au m² et la largeur du produit (jusqu'à plus de 10 m pour réaliser des feutres de papeterie). Pendant cette opération des additifs ou des liants peuvent être inserés.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Forces
CONT

Range is determined by simply laying the cross hair reticle of the aiming telescope on the target and pressing the fire button on top of the unit(rangefinder).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forces terrestres
CONT

Il suffit, pour déterminer la distance, de superposer l'image de la cible et le réticule à fils croisés de la lunette de visée et d'appuyer sur le bouton de déclenchement, disposé sur le dessus de l'instrument.

OBS

Il s'agit du télémètre à laser Simrad LP7.

Spanish

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