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FREIGHT AREA [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2020-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Movements
  • Rights and Freedoms
CONT

Railways blockades began early this month and new barricades have sprung up at different sites across the country, with commuter trains in the Toronto area halted Wednesday and freight traffic still moving at a glacial pace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Droits et libertés
CONT

[…] le blocus ferroviaire se poursuit un peu partout au pays […]

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
DEF

Drives completed motor vehicles off assembly line to specified repair, shipping or storage area. May test performance of parts, such as lights, horn and windshield wipers. May drive completed vehicle onto railroad freight car and secure vehicle for shipping. May drive customers vehicle to and from service and of repair and be designated "car jockey".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
DEF

Employé chargé des manœuvres de sortie, depuis la chaîne de production, d'un véhicule neuf dans une usine de construction automobile.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Depots and Terminals (Road Transport)
  • Transport of Goods
DEF

A dedicated area in an intermodal terminal for transferring freight from a vehicle using one mode of transport to a vehicle using another mode of transport.

OBS

intermodal interface: term and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gares routières
  • Transport de marchandises
DEF

Aire aménagée au sein d'un chantier de transbordement, qui permet le transfert des marchandises d'un véhicule appartenant à un mode de transport donné vers un véhicule appartenant à un autre mode de transport.

OBS

interface intermodale : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Elevators
DEF

A freight elevator that operates between a sidewalk or area exterior to the building.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ascenseurs et monte-charge
DEF

Monte-charge qui se déplace entre un trottoir ou autre point à l'extérieur d'un immeuble.

OBS

Pluriel : des monte-charges.

OBS

monte-charges (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 5 2007-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
CONT

Mobile Refrigeration Section. All types of mechanical refrigeration systems designed for installation in : railway freight cars [;] trucks and trailers [;] U. S. domestic(demountable truck body) containers over 64 square feet floor area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
CONT

Service de cuisine : traiteur et réfrigération mobile.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Rail Transport
OBS

From Windsor the existing CP Rail routing is used on the assumption that the CP Rail freight can be consolidated on other rail lines in the area.

PHR

to consolidate goods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports ferroviaires spéciaux
OBS

De Windsor, le train rapide emprunte la voie existante de CP Rail en présupposant que les opérations marchandises de CP Rail pourront être regroupées sur d'autres lignes ferroviaires dans la région.

OBS

Dépouillement terminologique du premier rapport final sur le projet de train rapide - Service Transports.

PHR

grouper des marchandises.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte ferroviario especial
PHR

agrupar o consolidar mercancías.

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Record 7 1986-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Containers
CONT

an industrial truck equipped with tires loaded to an axle weight of 5400 kg(12000 lb)(...) should be manoeuvred over the entire floor area of the freight container in a longitudinal direction. [p. 38]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Conteneurs
CONT

[le plancher] doit supporter un chariot industriel équipé de bandages donnant une charge de 2730 kg par roue sur une surface de 142 cm carré.

OBS

essai de résistance du plancher : terme uniformisé par le CN.

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Containers
OBS

a load of 300kg(660lb) should be uniformly distributed over an area of 600 mm x 300 m(24 in x 12 in) located at the weakest area of the roof of the freight container. [p. 38]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Conteneurs
OBS

charge de 300 kg. appliquée uniformément sur une surface de 600 x 300 mm.

OBS

essai de résistance du toit : terme uniformisé par le CN.

Spanish

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