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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Translation (General)
CONT

Decades ago, at crossroads as a nation, we chose urban development and industrialisation, which leapfrogged us into the ranks of the first world. Hardly any first-world nations had to choose between industrialisation and agriculture; our size meant difficult choices had to be made. What fell on the wayside was a tradition of small-hold agriculture and farmers, and so the knowledge, lore and land wisdom faded away with them.

Key term(s)
  • small hold agriculture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie agricole
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

Pour une culture à petite échelle, c’est surtout une question de choix individuel. Cela peut aller de 3 à 10 plants par m². Cultiver en mini têtards : chaque plant a une hauteur de 300 mm à 1 m. Avec cette technique, la récolte à la main est moins fatiguante, mais les brins sont souvent courbés à la base.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía agrícola
  • Producción vegetal
  • Traducción (Generalidades)
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Record 2 2024-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
  • Environment
  • Road Safety
DEF

A structure built under transport infrastructure specifically to provide a safe crossing point for wildlife, typically large and medium-sized mammals, such as ungulates and large carnivores, but also for other vertebrates and invertebrates.

OBS

By providing wildlife with a safe route to crossroads and highways, these structures can promote the connectivity of habitats and prevent the fragmentation of wildlife populations.

Key term(s)
  • wildlife under-pass
  • fauna under-pass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
  • Environnement
  • Sécurité routière

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Courses
  • Management Operations (General)
Universal entry(ies)
E236
classification system code, see observation
OBS

This course explains how change can impact individuals and their workplace and explores strategies for navigating through change, transition and crossroads. Participants will review different tools and techniques to help them effectively react, respond and adapt to change situations.

OBS

E236: a Canada School of Public Service course code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de cours
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
E236
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Ce cours explique comment le changement peut avoir des répercussions sur les personnes ainsi que sur leur milieu de travail et il explore des stratégies permettant de composer avec le changement, les transitions ou les situations où il faut faire des choix. Les participants examineront des outils et des techniques qui les aideront à réagir efficacement aux situations de changement, à y répondre et à s'y adapter.

OBS

E236 : code de cours de l'École de la fonction publique du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Networks
  • Roads
DEF

The point at which two or more roads meet.

OBS

crossroads : plural in form, but singular or plural in construction.

OBS

crossroads; intersection : terms proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réseaux routiers
  • Voies de circulation
DEF

Lieu où se croisent plusieurs voies.

OBS

carrefour : terme normalisé par l'OLF.

OBS

carrefour : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes viales
  • Carreteras
DEF

Lugar de donde parten varios caminos en distintas direcciones.

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Record 5 2013-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Sector Budgeting
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Foreign Trade
  • Military Finances
CONT

The economy is at a crossroads having successfully implemented... World Bank reforms since 1983 including deep budgetary cuts and a more liberalized trade and foreign exchange system.

OBS

fiscal restraint: term used in the context of the Strategic and Operating Review of the federal government of Canada.

OBS

fiscal restraint: term used in the context of the Defence Renewal Project.

PHR

Era of budget restraint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Finances militaires
DEF

Réductions de dépenses que des conditions économiques ou des considérations politiques amènent une Administration à apporter lors de l'établissement de son budget.

CONT

Le pays débiteur ne peut plus respecter ses contraintes budgétaires en raison d'une mauvaise gestion macroéconomique à court terme, de problèmes structurels à long terme, de sa politique intérieure, de perturbations internes (mauvaises récoltes), ou de chocs extérieurs (hausse des taux d'intérêt internationaux, détérioration des termes de l'échange, ralentissement de la croissance dans les pays industrialisés).

OBS

compression budgétaire : terme en usage dans le contexte de l'Examen stratégique et fonctionnel du gouvernement fédéral du Canada.

OBS

restriction budgétaire : terme utilisé dans le contexte du Projet de renouvellement de la défense.

PHR

Temps de compressions budgétaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Presupuestación del sector público
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Comercio exterior
  • Recursos financieros militares
CONT

Se supone que la restricción presupuestaria del deudor se quebranta debido a la mala administración económica a corto plazo, a problemas estructurales a largo plazo, a la política interna o conmociones internas como las malas cosechas, o debido a causas externas como el aumento de las tasas de interés internacionales, el deterioro de los términos de intercambio del país y la desaceleración del crecimiento en los países industriales.

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Record 6 2011-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic
DEF

A traffic census in which the volumes of traffic passing in each direction at each point are counted separately(e. g. turning counts at a crossroads).

OBS

directional count: term and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière
DEF

Comptage ne portant que sur une zone restreinte et visant à déterminer les volumes de courants de circulation passant à une intersection donnée dans une direction donnée.

OBS

comptage directionnel : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tránsito vial
DEF

Aforo que permite individualizar los diferentes movimientos de tráfico que pasan por una sección según su destino (por ejemplo, giros en una intersección).

OBS

aforo direccional: Término y definición propuestos por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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Record 7 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Rights and Freedoms
OBS

Canadian Crossroads International works to create a more equitable and sustainable world by engaging and strengthening individuals, organizations and communities through mutual learning, solidarity and collective action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

Carrefour International contribue à la création d’un monde durable et plus équitable en mobilisant et en renforçant la capacité des individus, des organisations et des communautés par le partage des connaissances, la solidarité et l’action collective.

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
  • Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence
  • Mental Disorders
OBS

The mission of the Crossroads Children's Centre is to work with children and their families struggling with severe emotional, behavioural, and social difficulties. This is accomplished through a wide range of services and targets children up to the age of twelve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux
  • Sociologie de l'enfance et de l'adolescence
  • Troubles mentaux

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
CONT

The science of AIDS and its impact on the developing world. In 1995, AIDS research stands at a crossroads. Over the past 10 years, much of the research on AIDS has centred on trying to find a cure or a vaccine, with very limited results. While more has been learnt about AIDS in a short time than about almost any other disease, many of the basic questions about the development of AIDS and the behaviour of HIV, the virus which leads to AIDS, remain unanswered.

Key term(s)
  • aids science

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Discipline qui étudie le sida; elle est exercée par des sidénologues.

CONT

Le Xème Symposium de Sidénologie du 17 au 19 juin 1999 à Toulon réunissait des spécialistes VIH, dont quelques-uns de renommée mondiale comme David Ho, Robert Gallo (USA) et Julio Montaner (Canada).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
OBS

Las siglas del síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (sida) se han incorporado al español como un nombre común, por lo cual se escriben en minúsculas, no obstante, se escriben también con mayúsculas.

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Record 10 2009-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freeways and Expressways
  • Road Networks
DEF

A highway with full control of access, all crossroads grade-separated, and interchanges with major crossroads.

CONT

Technically a motorway is a highway limited to motor vehicles, with two separate carriageways, each wide enough for at least two streams of traffic. Access is severely restricted to a few specially designed intersections, there are no grade crossings and no frontage development is permitted except to provide facilities essential to the motorway itself. Hard shoulders adjacent to the carriageway enable vehicles to stop clear of the running lanes in an emergency ... This type of construction enables high speeds and uninterrupted flows of traffic to be attained with a high degree of safety.

OBS

motorway: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

freeway; motorway: terms proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Autoroutes et voies rapides
  • Réseaux routiers
DEF

Voie de communication à chaussées séparées, exclusivement réservées à la circulation rapide, ne comportant aucun croisement à niveau et accessible seulement en des points aménagés à cet effet.

OBS

autoroute : terme et définition normalisés par l'Office de la langue française.

OBS

autoroute : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

autoroute : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Autopistas y vías rápidas
  • Redes viales
DEF

Carretera de doble calzada, de sentidos separados por una mediana con vallas de aislamiento, amplios arcenes y otras características propias.

CONT

El porcentaje de kilómetros de autopista para una superficie determinada es un indicador del desarrollo económico.

OBS

Carretera especialmente proyectada, construida y señalizada como tal para la exclusiva circulación de automóviles, y que reúna las siguientes características: a) no tener acceso a la misma las propiedades colindantes; b) no cruzar a nivel ninguna otra senda, vía, línea de ferrocarril o tranvía ni ser cruzada a nivel por senda, vía de comunicación o servidumbre de paso alguna; c) constar de distintas calzadas para cada sentido de circulación, separadas entre sí, salvo en puntos singulares o con carácter temporal, por una franja de terreno no destinada a la circulación o, en casos excepcionales, por otros medios.

OBS

autopista: Término utilizado por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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Record 11 2006-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

For some the experience of riding up a hill will be one of elation but for most, the pain of climbing has been enough to see the bike sent to the darkest recesses of the shed or garage and the reintroduction of tiddly-winks to the daily activities.

CONT

You will get buckets of water thrown over you, you will get balloons from every corner thrown at you and they also have these huge bicycle pump looking things that throw a spout of water several meters. If you are cycling up a steep gradient you might be said to be a captive audience to them. They have no mercy.

CONT

You turn in the dirt road to your right and after a short slope you find a rocky climb, with fairly wide hairpin bends offering a beautiful view of the surrounding valleys. Just before the church of Cigno the tarmac road starts again and after cycling through this small village you get to a crossroads(the highest point this route) where you turn left along a beautiful slope leading to Civorio.

OBS

The term "gradient" may also be used to mean the "grade of a hill", in which case it is usually expressed as a percentage. "Hill" and "slope" are also polysemic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Route en pente.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Terreno en pendiente.

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Record 12 2006-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • General Medicine
DEF

A new area of research focusing on the relationship between patients and caregivers.

CONT

Proximology, which focuses on the study of the relationship between the patient and those close to him/her, is a multidisciplinary approach at the crossroads of medicine, sociology and psychology. The family circle of a patient becomes the central object of study and reflection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Médecine générale
DEF

Nouvelle science au carrefour de la médecine, de la sociologie et de la psychologie axée sur les besoins des patients et surtout des aidants qui prennent en charge un malade.

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
  • Music (General)
OBS

May 3-8, 1999, Ottawa, Canada. More than just a festival, Strings of the Future brings together the best Canadian and international musicians, composers, critics, agents, music professionals and musicologists in a major music event-a crossroads where performances, panels and lectures offer musicians and the public the opportunity to hear the best chamber music in the world and participate in far-reaching discussions about chamber music, new approaches to its presentations, the renewal of the repertoire and its place in the music world today.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
  • Musique (Généralités)

Spanish

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