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CROSSING DESIGN [8 records]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

A two or three-dimensional grid of usually equally spaced vectors crossing perpendicular to each other. The grid vectors and coordinate intersections are used to ease layout planning in design and CAD applications and superimposed on final plan form drawings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
OBS

grid = quadrillage, grille.

OBS

planning = planification.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Mitigative measures as special actions and structures... included :(a) downstream channel improvements to prevent permanent flooding of the Godaleich Pond delta;...(e) design improvements in the power canal, penstock and diversion channels to facilitate crossing by caribou....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Transport of Goods
  • Security
  • Emergency Management
CONT

Most of the assessments reviewed emphasized the mitigation measures to be adopted to reduce or eliminate undesirable impacts.

CONT

Mitigative measures as special actions and structures... included :(a) downstream channel improvements to prevent permanent flooding of the Godaleich Pond delta;...(e) design improvements in the power canal... to facilitate crossing by caribou....

OBS

"Mitigate": In environmental usage, the reduction or control of adverse environmental impact through various measures which seek to make the impact less severe, less obvious, more acceptable, etc.

OBS

"Mitigation": Includes: (a) Avoiding the impact altogether by not taking a certain action or parts of an action, (b) Minimizing impacts by limiting the degree of magnitude of the action and its implementation, (c) Rectifying the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring the impacted environment, (d) Reducing or eliminating the impact over time by preservation and maintenance operations during the life of the action, (e) Compensating for the impact by replacing or providing substitute resources or environments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Sécurité
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Mesure visée par le "Code de l'environnement" ou une directive d'environnement et prise par suite d'un accident.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
OBS

Strait Crossing Development Inc.(SCDI) is the incorporated entity with the formal relationship with the Government of Canada to finance, design, construct, own and operate the Northumberland Strait Bridge Project. Charlottetown, P. E. I.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
OBS

The Strait Crossing Joint Venture(SCJV) is a joint venture of four Canadian Corporations who have the construction contract with Strait Crossing Development Inc. for the design and construct component of the development.(P. E. I.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé

Spanish

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Record 6 1990-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Decorative Arts
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

Having the surface or ground diversified and adorned with a diaper of fret-work pattern.

OBS

"diaper"(noun) : The name of a textile fabric; now, and since the 15th century, applied to a linen fabric(or an inferior fabric of union or cotton) woven with a small and simple pattern,... consisting of lines crossing diamond-wise, with the spaces variously filled up by parallel lines, a central leaf or dot, etc. [NB :] In earlier times,... the name was applied to a richer and more costly fabric, apparently of silk, woven or flowered over the surface with gold thread. ["Diaper" also applies to] A pattern or design of the same kind, or more florid, in colour, gilding, or low relief, used to decorate a flat surface, as a panel, wall, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts décoratifs divers
  • Nomenclature des tissus
DEF

"être diapré" : en parlant de toute surface, d'un tissu comme d'un métal ou d'une céramique, être ornée de figures, de rinceaux, d'ornements de diverses couleurs.

OBS

"diapre" (nom masc.) : Au Moyen Age, étoffe précieuse qui servait à la confection des ornements d'église et à celle des vêtements de cour. (Les diapres venaient d'Antioche. Il semble qu'ils aient été ornés de motifs (fleurs, oiseaux, soleils) en lame d'or.)

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Mitigative measures as special actions and structures... included :(a) downstream channel improvements to prevent permanent flooding of the Godaleich Pond delta;...(e) design improvements in the power canal, penstock and diversion channels to facilitate crossing by caribou....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

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Record 8 1988-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Mitigative measures as special actions and structures... included :(a) downstream channel improvements to prevent permanent flooding of the Godaleich Pond delta;...(e) design improvements in the power canal, penstock and diversion channels to facilitate crossing by caribou....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

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