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Record 1 2024-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Agriculture - General
  • Environment
OBS

A perma farm is... a permanent farm. It is an upside-down definition of a farm, one whose goal is not to produce monetary wealth, monocultured crops, or maximum efficiency, but rather one whose goal is to start moving towards balance, creating environments in which all of the community of life may be free to grow.

Key term(s)
  • permafarmer
  • perma farmer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Agriculture - Généralités
  • Environnement
DEF

Personne qui pratique la permaculture.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agriculture - General
  • Environment
CONT

A perma farm is... a permanent farm. It is an upside-down definition of a farm, one whose goal is not to produce monetary wealth, monocultured crops, or maximum efficiency, but rather one whose goal is to start moving towards balance, creating environments in which all of the community of life may be free to grow.

Key term(s)
  • permafarm
  • perma-farm

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agriculture - Généralités
  • Environnement
Key term(s)
  • perma-ferme
  • perma ferme

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
  • Servicing and Maintenance (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
CONT

Slowly loosen the air bleed plug on the injector pump, letting [the] air escape until an air free flow of fuel is evident. [For] units with a self-bleed return valve, open for a short period, then start [the] engine. As soon as [the] engine runs smooth, close [the] valve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Entretien et réparation (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
CONT

Desserrer le bouchon de purge situé sur la tête du filtre à carburant. Manœuvrer le levier d'amorçage de la pompe d'alimentation jusqu'à ce que le carburant, exempt d'air, s'écoule du bouchon de purge.

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2009-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
02.01.06 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

area free from interfering markings which must surround a bar code symbol and, in particular, precede the start character and follow the stop character

OBS

quiet zone: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-2:2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Polo
CONT

It shall be an ordinary foul to commit any of the following offences which shall be punished by the award of a free throw to the opposing team.... To hold on to or push off from the goal posts or their fixtures, to hold on to or push off from the sides or ends of the pool during actual play or to hold on to the rails except at the start of a period.

PHR

pushing off the wall of the pool, pushing off from the bottom of the pool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Water-polo
CONT

Il y a faute ordinaire pour l'une des infractions ci-après [...] laquelle sera sanctionnée par l'attribution d'un coup franc à l'équipe opposée. [...] Se tenir ou s'élancer depuis les poteaux de but ou les barres qui les maintiennent, se tenir ou s'élancer depuis les bords ou les extrémités du bassin pendant le jeu effectif ou se tenir sur les barres à l'exception du début d'une période.

PHR

s'élancer du mur du bassin, s'élancer du fond du bassin.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Arts and Culture
  • Heritage
OBS

Hogmanay is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year in the Scottish manner. Its official date is the 31 December. However this is normally only the start of a celebration which lasts through the night until the morning of the 1 January or, in many cases, 2 January. The roots of Hogmanay reach back to the pagan celebration of the winter solstice. In Europe, this evolved into the ancient celebration of Saturnalia, a great Roman winter festival, where people celebrated completely free of restraint and inhibition. The Vikings celebrated Yule, which later became the Twelve Days of Christmas, or the "Daft Days" as they were sometimes called in Scotland. The winter festival went underground with the Protestant Reformation and ensuing years, but re-emerged near the end of the 17th century.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Arts et Culture
  • Patrimoine

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
CONT

At the end of the breeding season it appears that breeders can be transferred satisfactorily from a breeding ration to a maintenance diet consisting of a grain supplement with liquid vitamins. The same applies to growing stock that are to be kept as breeders for the next year.

CONT

Approximately 1 month before the ducks start to lay, give them a breeding ration which is pelleted and fed free choice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
CONT

Un mois environ avant la ponte, on les laisse s'alimenter à volonté avec une ration pour reproducteurs sous forme d'agglomérés.

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

Free learning may be all very well and good for the future, but what about those of us who have already been through the system? How can we establish a more positive and fruitful relationship to learning? The answer, it seems to me, is to clean out the garbage, expand your learning skills, and then use those skills. It is never too late to start being a free learner. As a start along that direction, I would especially recommend Jean Houston's The Possible Human. Get together with some friends and start a learning circle devoted to expanding your learning capacities. You might be amazed at the results.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

En plus des informations liées à son état civil, chaque usager sera affecté à une catégorie (étudiant, stagiaire, apprenant libre, enseignant, formateur, responsable de formation, évaluateur, ...). En dehors des apprenants libres qui font exclusivement de l'autoformation, tous les autres usagers doivent être affectés à au moins un établissement professionnel ou scolaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
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Record 9 1998-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
DEF

The rhythmic, coordinated contraction of cilia of cells in a two-step process involving intraciliary excitation followed by interciliary conduction.

OBS

cilium : a minute vibratile, hairlike process projecting from the free surface of a cell.... They beat rhythmically to move the cell about in its environment or to move fluid or mucous films over its surface. Ciliary movement consists of an effective stroke, in which the cilium stiffens and moves forward rapidly, and a recovery stroke.... Cilia may all beat simultaneously.. or successive cilia in each row may start their beat sequentially....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
CONT

Les perturbations de l'épuration [pulmonaire]. [...] Les radiations ionisantes sont responsables de la diminution de la fréquence des battements ciliaires pour des petites doses, mais qui peut aller jusqu'à l'inertie ciliaire totale pour des doses plus importantes.

OBS

cil; cil vibratile : Expansion cytoplasmique en doigt de gant, courte et grêle, du pôle apical de certaines cellules, douée de mouvements actifs [...]. Souvent très nombreux, les cils assurent, par leur battement, le déplacement à la surface des épithéliums ciliés, de substances comme le mucus (bronches).

Spanish

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Record 10 1997-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
  • Packaging
DEF

The area immediately preceding the start character and following a stop character which contains no markings and is free of any extraneous marks.

OBS

Compare to "blank".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)
  • Emballages
DEF

Zone ne comportant aucun caractère.

Spanish

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Record 11 1994-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)
  • Sociology of Recreation
  • Computer Graphics
  • Informatics
CONT

It was bound to happen : gambling is heading for the information highway. In October Gaming Entertainment Television(GET), a cable-TV station based in Pittsburgh, is to start broadcasting horse-racing, poker and $1m-jackpot bingo, all of which will allow interactive gambling. At the same time, Sony's Game Show Channel, based in Los Angeles, is promising interactive versions of "Wheel of Fortune" and "The Price is Right". There is a market : 6m Americans play(by mailing in cards) the ordinary TV version of "The Price is Right".... interactivity is simply a wheeze to push up its ratings. In its first phase it will allow viewers to play for free(ie, without betting real money) and will offer small prizes to those who win. Eventually, however, it may permit real betting too.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
  • Sociologie des loisirs
  • Infographie
  • Informatique
DEF

Application multimédia du jeu d'argent traditionnel faisant appel aux écrans de télévision interactifs.

Spanish

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