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Record 1 2024-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Safety
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

Water safety at the community level involves interventions at the source of the water supply or in the distribution system, including physically removing pathogens(i. e., through filtration, adsorption, sedimentation, or other methods) ;chemically treating the water, commonly with chlorine, to kill or deactivate pathogens; and disinfecting water using heat(i. e., boiling or pasteurization) or ultraviolet radiation(i. e., sun or artificial lamp). Alternatively, protected sources of water can be created, such as springs, wells, and boreholes, which are generally free from contaminants. As for sanitation, improved and unimproved water facilities have been defined based on their risk of contamination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salubrité alimentaire
  • Hygiène et santé

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inocuidad Alimentaria
  • Higiene y Salud
CONT

La salubridad del agua se evalúa empleando un enfoque de valoración del riesgo, como la planificación de la salubridad del agua, y podrá incluir inspecciones sanitarias.

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

free balloon : an item in the "Aerospace Transportation Tools and Equipment" class of the "Distribution and Transportation Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

ballon libre : objet de la classe «Outillage et équipement de transport aérospatial» de la catégorie «Objets de manutention et de transport».

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Collaborative and Social Communications
OBS

Wikimedia Canada is an independent nonprofit organization committed to the growth, development and distribution of free knowledge in Canada.

OBS

The mission of Wikimedia Canada is to support ... Canadians [in collecting, developing and disseminating] knowledge and other educational, cultural and historic content in all languages of Canada, including Aboriginal languages, under a free licence or in the public domain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Internet et télématique
  • Communications collaboratives et sociales

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Coins and Bank Notes
DEF

[The] distribution of a cryptocurrency token or coin, usually for free, to a large number of wallet addresses.

CONT

An airdrop is simply a way for cryptocurrency projects to promote themselves and increase brand awareness through the distribution of their native coins.

Key term(s)
  • cryptocurrency air drop
  • crypto-currency air drop
  • crypto-currency airdrop
  • crypto air drop
  • air drop

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
DEF

Opération de promotion consistant à distribuer gratuitement des cryptomonnaies durant une période définie et parfois, sous certaines conditions.

CONT

En principe, il est possible de limiter le largage aux personnes qui ont fourni la preuve de leur intention d'utiliser la plateforme, ce qui garantit que seuls les utilisateurs actifs recevront des jetons.

Key term(s)
  • crypto-parachutage
  • crypto-largage

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
OBS

distribution right : Term related to the Free Trade Area of the Americas(FTAA) negotiating process.

Key term(s)
  • right of distribution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
OBS

droit de distribution : Terme du processus d'établissement de la Zone de libre-échange des Amériques (ZLEA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio
OBS

Terminología relacionada con el proceso de establecimiento del Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA).

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Record 6 2017-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Social Problems
OBS

[Mission : to] be stewards in the collection of surplus and donated food for the effective distribution, free of charge, to people in need in our community while seeking solutions to the causes of hunger.

OBS

While [it is] commonly known as Edmonton’s Food Bank, [the organization’s] corporate name is Edmonton Gleaners Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Problèmes sociaux

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Ideologies
CONT

Activities were also carried out in the factories. Besides propaganda actions(such as leaflet distribution, slogan painting, etc.), trade union activities were also carried out. Working within the FDGB [GDR Federation of Free German Trade Unions] offered good possibilities for drawing attention to social injustices and for mobilizing colleagues for small actions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des idéologies
OBS

graffiti : Le mot est un emprunt à l'italien, de même sens qu'en français; si le singulier du terme italien est bien graffito, il est préférable d'utiliser la forme francisée un graffiti/des graffitis.

OBS

Pluriel : des graffitis ou des graffiti.

OBS

graffitis (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Petroleum Technology
OBS

SCG Industries Limited

OBS

SCG specializes in environmental remediation and has focused on groundwater treatment and soil remediation through the development, manufacture, sale and distribution of environmental remediation equipment. For sites where free hydrocarbon product is present in the subsurface, the relatively new bioslurping technology may provide a timely and cost effective remedial solution. SCG has developed an advanced innovative remedial option in which light non-aqueous phase liquids(LNAPLs), hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater and volatile constituents in soil vapours are aggressively captured and subsequently treated in-situ via Multi Phase Vacuum Extraction and Treatment(MPVET). This system is suited for the capture of a full range of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminants(gasoline to heavy oils) and a variety of subsurface conditions(low permeability coupled with low hydraulic yield to moderate permeability coupled with high hydraulic yield).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Technologie pétrolière
OBS

SCG Industries Limited

OBS

SCG Industries Limited est spécialisée en décontamination et s'attache particulièrement au traitement de l'eau souterraine et des sols par la conception, la fabrication, la vente et la distribution d'équipement de décontamination. La nouvelle technologie de bioaspiration, exploitée par SCG, arrive en temps opportun et offre une solution de décontamination efficace en terme de coûts pour traiter les sols souterrains contaminés aux hydrocarbures en phase libre. SCG a mis au point une variante novatrice du procédé de décontamination dans lequel les liquides non aqueux légers (LNAL), l'eau souterraine contaminée aux hydrocarbures et les constituants volatils des vapeurs issues des sols sont vigoureusement captés puis traités in situ par extraction et traitement multiphase par vide (ETMV). Ce système est adapté au captage d'une gamme complète d'hydrocarbures pétroliers (de l'essence aux pétroles lourds) dans une variété de conditions souterraines (d'une faible perméabilité associée à un rendement hydraulique bas à une perméabilité moyenne associée à un rendement hydraulique élevé).

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
  • Diesel Motors
CONT

Sugar prices in the country can be classified into two broad categories at the user end as free market prices and prices of sugar through public distribution system. But usually levy prices are very low and fall below the cost of production. Therefore the producers are left with only free sale sugar quota to run the business profitably.... controls extend to free market prices also through the issue of monthly dispatch orders to all the sugar mills in the country based on demand supply situation in the country.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
  • Moteurs diesel

Spanish

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Record 10 2011-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Construction
OBS

Associated Equipment Distributors(AED) is an international trade association representing companies involved in the distribution, rental and support of equipment used in construction, mining, forestry, power generation, agriculture and industrial applications. The Associated Equipment Distributors strongly adheres to and strongly advocates principles of integrity, ethics and fairness. The AED urges its members to conduct their businesses ethically and compatibly with the free enterprise system and the laws which govern it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Construction

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Safety
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
DEF

The condition obtained in a food which has been processed by the application of heat, alone or in combination with other treatments, to render the food free from viable forms of microorganisms, including spores, capable of growing in the food at temperatures at which the food is designed normally to be held during distribution and storage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salubrité alimentaire
  • Techniques industrielles
CONT

L'augmentation beaucoup plus rapide de la température de la phase liquide par rapport à celle de phase solide constitue le principal avantage de cette technique. Cette caractéristique en fait une technologie intéressante pour la stérilisation rapide, à température élevée. En utilisant cette technologie, il a été possible d'élaborer des aliments commercialement stériles qui conservent une grande partie de leur saveur et de leur texture.

OBS

Source(s) : FAO [Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inocuidad Alimentaria
  • Procesos y técnicas industriales
DEF

[Alimentos] envasados en recipientes herméticamente cerrados, a los que se le aplica un tratamiento térmico o por el control de la actividad de agua suficiente para hacerlo libre de formas viables de microorganismos, tanto patógenos como no patógenos, que pudiesen multiplicarse bajo las condiciones normales no refrigeradas, de almacenamiento y distribución.

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Record 12 2001-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Pollutants
CONT

During the last 150 years the industrial use of lead has increased enormously and since the mid-1920's the use of alkyl lead derivatives as anti-knock agents in petrol has caused a further massive increase in distribution, only recently curbed by the substitution of "lead free" petrol.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Agents de pollution
CONT

Composés organiques visés à l'annexe III [intitulée «Facteurs d'impact directs»] : acétaldéhyde, acide acrylique, [...] biphényles, chloroacétaldéhyde, chloroforme (trichlorométhane), chlorométhane (chlorure de méthyle), chlorotoluène (chlorure de benzyle), Crésol, 2,4-diisocyanate de toluylène, dérivés alkylés du plomb, dichlorométhane (chlorure de méthylène), [...]

Spanish

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Record 13 1998-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

Energy level localized in the surface region of semiconductors which do not bear any direct relation to the bulk energy level distribution, but which can exchange electrons with the bulk. In such a case, a space charge may arise : even when the free charge density is zero.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

[...] niveau d'énergie localisée dans le région de surface des semi-conducteurs qui n'at aucune relation directe avec la distribution des niveaux d'énergie à l'intérieur de la phase, mais qui peut échanger des électrons avec l'intérieur de la phase. Dans un tel cas, il peut se développer une charge d'espace, même lorsque la densité de charge libre est égale à zéro.

Spanish

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Record 14 1997-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

For the time being at least, on-line distribution is used mainly as a promotional tool to broaden a band's exposure. But record companies in particular are concerned that as the technology and hardware improves, allowing users to download entire albums in little time, they’ll lose a large chunk of their retail market to free reproductions over the Net.

OBS

Since IUMA (Internet Underground Music Archive) was created at the University of California in Santa Cruz, similar though less-developed services have sprung up. The Los Angeles-based RockNet, has a few information menus on concerts and bands such as the Spin Doctors, as well as some on-line distribution capability. Kaleidospace not only has on-line and interactive features for music, it also covers visual arts and theatre. Another on-line service of notoriety is metaverse.com, which currently offers on-line music and menus about coming events such as the Woodstock reunion.

Key term(s)
  • IUMA

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
OBS

Par opposition à la distribution télématique ou électronique en différé.

Spanish

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Record 15 1991-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Constitutional Law
  • Taxation Law
  • International Relations
DEF

An arrangement between two or more countries that have eliminated trade barriers on their interstate trade and have adopted a common commercial policy, such as a common external tariff, towards third countries.

CONT

A common market goes beyond a customs union in permitting free movement of all means of production, including labour, capital and the means of distribution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Droit fiscal
  • Relations internationales
DEF

Régime contractuel entre États qui suppriment les obstacles à leur commerce et imposent un tarif commun pour tous les biens importés des pays tiers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Derecho constitucional
  • Derecho fiscal
  • Relaciones internacionales
DEF

Acuerdo por el que dos o más países suprimen sus fronteras a efectos del comercio entre ellos y adoptan una postura común frente a terceros países.

CONT

La CEE postuló explícitamente la creación de un mercado común europeo, y con ese objetivo se propuso como metas la eliminación de los derechos aduaneros, el establecimiento de un arancel externo común (unión aduanera), una política agrícola común y la libertad de establecimiento de los factores de la producción.

OBS

unión aduanera: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 16 1990-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Cinematography
DEF

A film produced by or for any agency for the principal purpose of advocating a point of view or course of action, usually distributed free or for a small service charge.

CONT

It is significant that the excellent list of sponsored films issued by the Rank Organization for 1971 which contains some 330 films for free distribution to educational and training organizations does not mention the audiences for which they are intended.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Cinématographie

Spanish

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Record 17 1989-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
CONT

The gel entrapment method involves entrapping of the enzymes within the interstitial spaces of crosslinked water insoluble polymer gels.... The usual method of gel formation is to polymerize acrylamide in an aqueous solution of the soluble enzyme and a crosslinking agent such as N, N-methylenebis(acrylamide). The resulting gel block can be mechanically dispersed into particles of desired size. The broad distribution of pore size of the gel inevitably results in leakage of the entrapped enzyme even after prolonged washing whilst the generation of free radicals in the course of the reaction may affect the activity of the entrapped enzymes.

OBS

See record "entrapment".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
CONT

Les enzymes sont en général immobilisées soit par fixation covalente sur un support membranaire, soit par utilisation d'un agent de pontage qui provoque la réticulation des molécules de protéine active ou la coréticulation de l'enzyme avec une protéine inerte. Les techniques d'inclusion dans un gel ou de confinement d'enzymes en solution sont progressivement remplacées pas les méthodes chimiques d'immobilisation. Les capteurs sont le plus souvent de type électrochimique.

Spanish

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Record 18 1989-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Financial Accounting
CONT

In departments where payment authority is extensively decentralized in this way, the financial reporting system should provide reports showing the free balances of sub-allotments for distribution to each office having payment authority, with aggregate statements being prepared for the central financial officers to ensure that in total, the department is within the allotment limits prescribed by Treasury Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Comptabilité générale
OBS

Si (...) on désire avoir une idée plus précise des résultats de l'entité économique, il convient de dresser des états financiers consolidés dans lesquels sont groupées les données financières de la filiale et de la société mère.

CONT

État consolidé des bénéfices pour l'année terminée le 31 janvier 1971 [de] Bombardier limitée et ses filiales.

Spanish

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Record 19 1985-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gas and Oil Heating
  • HVAC Distribution Systems
CONT

Vented wall furnaces : Similar in design, efficiency and application to free standing space heaters, these appliances draw combustion air in, and discharge combustion gases out of a vent to the outside of the building. They can include an air circulating fan to promote heat distribution. The heating unit is permanently mounted on an outside wall and includes automatic controls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage au gaz et au mazout
  • Distribution et évacuation (chauffage et conditionnement d'air)

Spanish

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