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Record 1 2015-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rugby
CONT

Rugby sevens teams are made up of seven players instead of 15 as in rugby union. Its shorter matches consist of two seven-minute halves. This full-contact game is played on a standard rugby union playing field measuring 100 metres by 70 metres(109. 4 yards x 76. 6 yards). Players run while holding the ball, and cannot pass the ball forward — it can only be passed laterally or backwards. Teams score points by either kicking the ball through the goal posts or touching the ball down in the other team's goal area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rugby
CONT

Les équipes de rugby à sept se composent de sept joueurs au lieu de 15 comme au rugby à 15. Les matchs plus courts consistent en deux demies de sept minutes. Ce sport plein contact se joue sur un terrain ordinaire de rugby à 15 qui mesure 100 m sur 70 m (109,4 verges sur 76,6 verges). Les joueurs courent en portant le ballon, mais ne peuvent passer le ballon vers l’avant, seulement latéralement ou vers l’arrière. Les équipes marquent des points en bottant le ballon entre les poteaux ou en posant le ballon à terre dans l’en-but adverse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Rugby
CONT

Los equipos de rugby a siete consisten en siete jugadores [...] Sus partidos son más cortos [y comprenden] dos tiempos de siete minutos cada uno. Este juego de intenso contacto se juega en un campo estándar de rugby 15, que mide 100 metros x 70 metros (109,4 yardas x 76,6 yardas). Los jugadores corren con el balón y no pueden pasarlo a otro jugador de frente, sino solo hacia atrás o el costado. Los equipos anotan puntos ya sea pateando el balón a través de los postes de la portería o haciendo que toque el suelo en el área de goles del equipo contrario.

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Record 2 2013-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Equipment
CONT

[In preparation for post-mortem fingerprinting, the cadaver's] separated surface skin... or the dermis [is] dyed with fingerprint powder... Then the protective backing is removed from a white Herma adhesive label(size 32 mm x 40 mm) and the label is laid in a body pan with the smooth side down, so that the adhesive side faces upward. The individual prints are then taken with the body pan, checked... then adhered... to a prepared transparent slide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
DEF

Petit contenant qui sert à transporter les étiquettes comportant les empreintes post mortem placées face vers le haut aux fins d'identification.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

In looking out of the window of the tenth story one may see a purse lying on the street, but if before such observer gets down to the street and the purse has been picked up by X, the latter is clearly the finder, and the former has no rights which X has encroached upon. Finding, in short, involves and necessitates possession. Of course, such possession may be acquired by two or more concurrently, in which case they are tenants in common.(Fryer, 3rd ed., 1938, p. 381)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

invention : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2005-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

A gamma photon has more energy than most x ray photons, which in turn have more energy than ultra-violet photons and so on, down to the longest wave length radio waves.

Key term(s)
  • ultraviolet photon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Un photon gamma possède plus d'énergie que la plupart des photons X, lesquels sont plus énergétiques que les photons ultraviolets, et ainsi de suite jusqu'aux ondes radio les plus longues.

Key term(s)
  • photon ultra-violet

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2005-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

A gamma photon has more energy than most x ray photons, which in turn have more energy than ultra-violet photons and so on, down to the longest wave length radio waves.

Key term(s)
  • x-ray photon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Un photon gamma possède plus d'énergie que la plupart des photons X, lesquels sont plus énergétiques que les photons ultraviolets, et ainsi de suite jusqu'aux ondes radio les plus longues.

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Common designation for NATO small arms ammunition which indicates that a particular ammunition has been manufactured according to the specifications laid down in a NATO Standardization Agreement(STANAG), e. g. 5. 56 x 45 mm NATO, 7. 62 x 51 mm NATO, 9 x 19 mm NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Appellation commune des munitions d'armes légères de l'OTAN, indiquant qu'une munition particulière a été fabriquée selon les normes établies dans un accord de standardisation de l'OTAN (STANAG), e.g. 5,56 x 45 mm OTAN, 7,62 x 51 mm OTAN, 9 x 19 mm OTAN.

OBS

cartouche OTAN : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Climatology
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
DEF

A mixture of fine, nonsettling particles of any solid within a liquid or gas, the particles being the dispersed phase, while the suspending medium is the continuous phase.

CONT

In atmospheric science, an aerosol is a dispersion or suspension of very small particles or liquid droplets, or both, in air. Their diameters are in the range of 6 X 10-4 to 0. 5 microns(meaning that from 44 million down to 25 particles would span one inch). The microparticles in aerosols, together with larger ones, make up the particulates of polluted air.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Climatologie
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
DEF

Système hétérogène constitué par de fines particules dispersées uniformément dans un fluide.

OBS

La dispersion d'un produit solide insoluble dans un liquide est une suspension, tandis que la dispersion d'un liquide insoluble dans un autre liquide est une émulsion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Climatología
  • Mecánica de fluidos e hidráulica (Física)
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Record 8 2003-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

... there are two main flight attitudes for the ISS [International Space Station] normal XVV(station x-axis perpendicular to the orbit plane). The XVV mode is air-plane-like, x forward, z down, and y("right wing") level. For integrated systems design reasons(thermal, power, communications, etc.) XVV is required to be [plus or minus] 15° roll/yaw, and +10 to-20° pitch with respect to LVLH [Local Vertical Local Horizontal].

OBS

XVV mode: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

mode XVV : axe x de la station perpendiculaire au plan orbital.

OBS

mode XVV : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Suspension (Mechanical Components)
  • Navigation Instruments
CONT

Two-degree-of-freedom, dry, tuned-gimbal gyroscope. This name is used to differentiate between this instrument and the floated gyro... In the static condition as the rotor is moved up and down, the motion is accommodated by the flexure pivots associated with the gimbal. This motion is resisted by the spring force of the flexure pivots. As the motor is brought up to velocity, a speed is reached at which the gimbal-flexure pivot combination is in resonance. At resonance no force about the sensitive axes(x, y) can be transmitted between the motor shaft and the rotor; hence, the two are decoupled.

CONT

The bearings allowing these angular motions consist of flexure pivots ... which provide small angular deviations by flexing metal bands rather than by moving parts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Suspension (Composants mécaniques)
  • Instruments de navigation
CONT

[...] au niveau de la conception de la structure mécanique d'un microrobot, il sera souvent préférable de remplacer un axe de rotation mettant des pièces mécaniques en mouvement relatif, qui risquent donc de rester «collées» entre elles et dont le mouvement pourra être difficilement contrôlable, par un pivot élastique.

CONT

Liaisons pivot élastique. Les lames flexibles permettent de réaliser des mouvements de faible amplitude entre deux pièces. Pour réaliser un degré de liberté en rotation en utilisant l'élasticité, il est possible d'utiliser la flexion d'une lame seule [...]. Dans ce cas, les mouvements (en plus de la rotation) sont assez importants. Outre la rotation [thêta] cherchée, cette solution conduit à une déflexion [delta] qui dépend beaucoup du type d'effort appliqué.

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
DEF

... a system of mutually perpendicular reference axes fixed in an aircraft ... and moving with it.

CONT

A good understanding of the basic axis system used to describe aircraft motion is necessary to fully appreciate flight test data, since all measurements are referenced to this axis system. Aircraft translational motion is described in terms of motion in three different directions, each direction being perpendicular to the other two(orthogonal). Motion in the X direction is forward and aft velocity. The Y direction produces sideways motion to the left and right, and up and down motion is in the Z direction... There are several slightly different versions of the basic axis system just described. They differ primarily in the exact placement of the zero reference lines, but are generally similar in their directions.(For example, the body-axis system uses the fuselage center line as the x axis, while a wind-axis system uses the direction that the aircraft is moving through the air as the x axis.)

OBS

body axis system: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • body-axis system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
CONT

Principe de fonctionnement des centrales inertielles à composants liés [...] La connaissance des vitesses angulaires instantanées permet par intégration de connaître en permanence la position angulaire du trièdre avion par rapport au repère géographique local. Les composantes du vecteur force spécifique, mesurées par les accéléromètres dans le trièdre avion peuvent alors être projetées dans le trièdre géographique local.

OBS

trièdre avion : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

The water travels down with a velocity, v(v=ksin). There is no rain r evaporation from time 0 to t. Thus, the moisture content at x and t... is the same as the moisture content(let's say location xA at time 0) at a distance x-xA uphill from x.... The moisture content at location xA is dependent on the rainfall with rate I prior to time 0 and is determined by moisture content at the top of the slope, 0, plus the amount of rainfall that fell during the time needed to travel from the top to xA.... By imposing dK/d to be constant, we effectively ignore the slow drainage as decreases and, thus, enhance the gravity effect artificially compensating for the fact that we ignored possible macropore flow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

[...] la vitesse d'infiltration résulte de deux effets : - l'effet de succion, prédominant en début d'infiltration et décroissant rapidement à mesure que la profondeur du sol humecté augmente; - l'effet de la pesanteur pratiquement seul à intervenir au bout d'un certain temps quand la profondeur humectée est suffisamment grande.

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

There are tow types of matrix multiplication : scalar-by-matrix multiplication and matrix-by-matrix multiplication. As a noun, a scalar is a single number or scale factor that all the matrix elements are multiplied by in scalar multiplication. This is used to scale down all the elements of a matrix in equal proportion. In graphics, this is used on row and column vectors that represent points in space. It moves a point radially toward or away from the origin(0, 0, 0). This is often done to put the values of x, y, and z within a range that graphics routines can more easily handle, especially when integer arithmetic is being performed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Physics
CONT

Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. An odd aspect of Quantum Mechanics is contained in the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle(HUP). The HUP can be stated in different ways, let me first talk in terms of momentum and position. If there is a particle, such as an electron, moving through space, I can characterize its motion by telling you where it is(its position) and what its velocity is(more precisely, its momentum). Now, let me say something strange about what happens when I try to measure its positions and momentum. In the Quantum Mechanical world, the idea that we can measure things exactly breaks down. Let me state this notion more precisely. Suppose a particle has momentum p and a position x. In a Quantum Mechanical world, I would not be able to measure p and x precisely. There is an uncertainty associated with each measurement, e. g. there is some dp and dx, which I can never get rid of even in a perfect experiment!!!. This is due to the fact that whenever I make a measurement, I must disturb the system.(In order for me to know something is there, I must bump into it.) The size of the uncertainties are not independent, they are related...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Physique
CONT

Commençons par le principe d'incertitude d'Eisenberg : Il affirme qu'on ne peut pas connaître avec précision à la fois la position et la vitesse d'une particule. [...] Si l'on ne peut pas connaître sa position et sa vitesse, c'est parce que qu'une particule quantique n'étant pas ponctuelle, n'a pas à la fois une position et une vitesse définies (c'est un autre univers). Les objets quantiques admettent tout un spectre de valeurs pour la position et la vitesse. Cette limite ne porte pas sur la précision des mesures; elle porte sur la validité des concepts classiques pour une particule quantique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física atómica
  • Física
CONT

Estipula el principio de indeterminación de Heisenberg que, cuanto más corta sea la duración de un estado, más incierta será su energía.

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Record 14 1988-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

"desensitizer" : A desensitizing agent.

CONT

... precautionary measures are laid down in the list in a respect of given substances or articles(e. g. that it should be "stabilized" or "inhibited" or "with x per cent phlegmatiser")...

OBS

While RDX, HMX, and PETN are among the most powerful chemical explosive compounds known, they are never used in the pure state owing to their excessively high sensitivity, but instead are used in conjunction with other less sensitive explosives or nonexplosive ingredients in desensitized or phlegmatized condition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
DEF

Substance que l'on ajoute à un explosif pour diminuer sa sensibilité aux chocs et aux frictions.

Spanish

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Record 15 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
CONT

Congress had along empowered the Federal Reserve to set terms for mortgage down payments and the number of years for amortization of principal. This so-called "Regulation X" gave the Board powerful leverage over the pace of house-construction expenditure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique

Spanish

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Record 16 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Air Transport
CONT

X db down decoder on receiver-transmitter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Transport aérien
CONT

décodeur de X db d'atténuation (électronique aérospatiale).

Spanish

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