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Record 1 2025-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
CONT

Flexibility refers to the range of motion around a joint.... The ability to successfully perform many movements and skills depends on the range of motion... For instance, to hit a high ball during a soccer game, players have to lift their leg to chest level, so they must be flexible enough to go beyond that level.... Flexibility is not improved in one or two stretching sessions but rather with an ongoing emphasis on statically and dynamically engaging the various muscles and joints with a variety of stretching exercises.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
CONT

La flexibilité est définie par l'amplitude de mouvement autour d'une articulation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

Increasingly, businesses around the world are responding to a global imperative and consumer demand to go green.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

Outre les convictions personnelles, les propriétaires de PME [petites et moyennes entreprises] indiquent prendre le virage vert dans le but de réaliser des économies potentielles et de répondre aux attentes des clients.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
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Record 3 2019-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

The four cycles... go on simultaneously around the rotor when the [rotary] engine is running... there are three power cycles for each rotor revolution and the engine is delivering power almost continuously.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
CONT

Le moteur à piston rotatif [...] Le piston rotatif (rotor) déplace ses sommets dans le stator, ou carter, suivant une courbe spéciale (trochoïde).

CONT

Les opérations du cycle à 4 temps s'y déroulent sur chaque face du piston à mesure de sa rotation [...] à chaque passage d'une face du rotor devant la bougie, il y a une étincelle, donc trois combustions par tour de rotor.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motores (Vehículos automotores)
CONT

En [ciertos] motores las funciones del émbolo incumben a un órgano de movimiento giratorio y continuo, sin alternancia ni cambio de sentido. A dicho órgano se le da, por extensión, el nombre de émbolo rotativo.

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Record 4 2019-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Perfume and Cosmetics Industry
CONT

Sillage... is a term used to describe a scented trail left by the fragrance wearer. It comes from the French word for "wake, "as in the trail left in the sky by an airplane or on the water by a boat. Sillage defines how fragrance diffuses around the wearer, and a strong sillage means that a fragrance projects well. Sillage has nothing to do with the richness of the composition, however, but rather with the diffusive nature of the materials that go into it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parfumerie
DEF

Odeur laissée derrière soi par un parfum.

Spanish

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Record 5 2019-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Mental health and hygiene
OBS

FAME provides help and a safe space to families, caregivers and friends whose loved ones are living with mental illness through education, advocacy in the community and building coping and self-care skills to foster resilience. [Its vision is that] every family and caregiver will know what to do and where to go for help around mental illness.

OBS

Reconnect Community Health Services has confirmed that the Family Association for Mental Health Everywhere became part of its organization on April 1, 2019.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Hygiène et santé mentales
OBS

Reconnect Community Health Services a confirmé que la Family Association for Mental Health Everywhere est devenue partie intégrante de l'organisme le 1 avril 2019.

Spanish

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Record 6 2019-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Plant Diseases
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
CONT

The decay often begins at the edge of the stem scar and extends in a sector over the shoulder and down the sides of the fruit, or it may develop all around the stem scar and go uniformly out over the shoulder area.

CONT

Likewise, concentrations of the precursor of ethylene ... were much higher in core tissues, than the inner cortex and peduncular (shoulder) tissue, while calyx and outer cortex tissues were lowest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Arboriculture fruitière
CONT

Des tomates de champ montrent un jaunissement partiel ou complet dans la zone pédonculaire, à l’épaule du fruit.

Spanish

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Record 7 2018-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Contests (Recreation)
DEF

A contest of basic cowboy skills that is indigenous to the ranges of the Western United States and Canada.

OBS

The term "rodeo" comes from a Spanish word meaning "roundup", and the sport developed from the natural competitive urges of cowboys involved in mass roundups on the western plains. The principal events of rodeos today are bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bareback [bronc] riding, calf roping, and steer wrestling, with steer roping and team roping contests often added to the list. Many rodeos add some other popular events such as barrel riding(a slalom-like race for women on horseback around a number of barrels), wild-horse racing, and wild-cow milking contests essentially for the amusement of the audiences. Organized rodeos go back to the 19th century; the principal feature of Buffalo Bill Cody's famous Wild West show, which began in 1883, was the rodeo.

OBS

Canada. Rodeos are generally divided into 5 events: bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, and steer wrestling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Concours (Loisirs)
DEF

Fête qui coïncide avec le marquage du bétail où les cow-boys pratiquent divers tours d'adresse de leur métier.

OBS

États-Unis. Comporte : maîtriser une bête, se tenir sur un cheval sauvage, un bœuf, en se tenant d'une main, etc.

OBS

Canada. Habituellement, un rodéo comprend 5 épreuves : se maintenir sur un cheval sauvage sans selle, se maintenir sur un cheval sauvage avec selle, se maintenir sur un taureau sauvage, prendre un veau au lasso et terrasser un bouvillon.

Spanish

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Record 8 2017-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Upholstery
DEF

A heavy gauge wire that supports the frame for coils in spring cushions.

CONT

Most chairs and sofas require an edge wire around the springs.... For applying the edge wire you will need a length of spring-type edge wire. This should be long enough to go completely around the outside edge of the springs with several inches extra for fastening the ends of the wire together. To find out the length of edge wire needed measure across the top of a row of springs from front to back.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rembourrage (Industrie du meuble)

Spanish

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Record 9 2016-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Rusty tussock moth.... Larvae attack all conifer seedling species.... These gregarious caterpillars completely denude a seedling before moving on to the next, and can occur in patches of 5-100 styroblocks.... The adult male is rusty-brown with a white dot and light brown band on each forewing. The female is flightless, sedentary, with light tan hairs covering the body. The population overwinters as white egg masses which can be cemented to the sides and bottoms of styroblocks. They will adhere to the blocks after seedlings have been lifted and blocks washed and stored. Because the eggs are white, they often go unnoticed. Larvae emerge from these egg masses(often on styroblocks) around May, and actively feed on newly emerged seedlings. They are hairy, up to 28 mm long, have two black hair "pencils" projecting forward and one to the rear, four golden brushes of hair on the back, accompanied by eight warty protuberances with yellow and black hairs on each segment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 10 2015-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Noodles and Pasta
OBS

This tubular Italian pasta used to be made by wrapping pasta dough around knitting needles. The term now refers to any small tubular pasta, all of which go well with chunky sauces.

OBS

macaroni: collective term usually taking a singular verb. The term most often refers to the whole serving rather than to one single pasta tube.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes alimentaires
OBS

Pâte alimentaire en forme de tube.

OBS

macaroni : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • macaronis

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pastas alimentarias
DEF

Pasta alimenticia de harina que tiene forma de canuto más o menos alargado.

OBS

macarrón: término utilizado generalmente en plural.

Key term(s)
  • macarrones
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Record 11 2013-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
OBS

Halloween is celebrated on October 31st in Canada. Halloween is a favorite family celebration-a time for traditions such as dressing in costumes, trick-or-treating around the neighbourhood, and carving pumpkins. Children dress up in funny or scary costumes and go "trick or treating, "and neighbours are expected to respond by giving them small treats. Adults may also dress in costume for Halloween parties. Halloween(the evening before All Saints or All Hallows Day) is a secular celebration based on ancient Druid customs dating back to 700 B. C. The Druids, a Celtic religious order in ancient Britain, Ireland and France, believed that the souls of the dead returned to mingle with the living on "hallowed eve, "October 31. Each year on that night, the Druids would make bonfires and offer sacrifices of crops and animals, and individuals would dress in costumes to disguise themselves from these spirits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
OBS

Se célèbre en Amérique du Nord le 31 octobre, la veille de la Toussaint.

OBS

Halloween est l'héritière de la fête de «Samhain», célébrée il y a plus de 2 500 ans chez les Celtes et les Gaulois. Cette fête était la plus importante de leurs fêtes. Dans le monde celte, la nuit du 31 octobre au 1er novembre était le début de la nouvelle année. C'était la fête de la divinité celtique Samhain. Elle était marquée par tout un cérémonial. Pendant cette nuit les esprits des trépassés pouvaient revenir dans leur demeure terrestre et les vivants devaient les accueillir. Mais l'ouverture des portes de l'autre monde permettait aussi l'intrusion d'esprits maléfiques. Les esprits des morts de l'année devaient partir dans l'autre monde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Designaciones de años, semanas y días especiales
  • Festivales y carnavales y eventos sociales
OBS

Celebrado en algunos países el 31 de octubre, víspera del Día de Todos los Santos.

OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que "Halloween" se escribe con mayúscula inicial por tratarse del nombre de una festividad.

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Record 12 2013-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
  • Electric Rotary Machines - Types
  • Wind Energy
DEF

A reduction in performance of a wind turbine blade due to its finite extension which makes the air flow go around the tip rather than above the chord.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique
  • Machines tournantes électriques - types
  • Énergie éolienne
DEF

Perte de rendement d'une pale d'éolienne due à son profil limité occasionnant ainsi un écoulement d'air autour du bout de la pale plutôt qu'au-dessus de la corde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aerodinámica y teoría de los gases
  • Máquinas rotativas eléctricas - tipos
  • Energía eólica
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Record 13 2012-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Tactics
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

It is not a good idea to go around doing what we call hard knock operations, kicking the door, rushing the place, take people into custody.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tactique militaire
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 14 2012-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Radiotelephony
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Special-Language Phraseology
DEF

An instruction given to the pilot by ATC [air traffic control] when, in the controller’s judgment, the aircraft landing procedure cannot safely be continued to touchdown.

OBS

Pull up and go around : expression and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
  • Radiotéléphonie
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Instructions données au pilote par l'ATC [contrôle de la circulation aérienne] lorsque le contrôleur juge que la procédure d'atterrissage de l'aéronef ne peut être menée à terme en toute sécurité.

OBS

Remontez et faites un circuit : expression et définition normalisées par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Control de tránsito aéreo
  • Radiotelefonía
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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Record 15 2012-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiotelephony
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Special-Language Phraseology
DEF

An expression used in radiocommunications to instruct a pilot to abandon an approach or landing.

OBS

Go around : expression and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiotéléphonie
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Expression utilisée en radiocommunications pour demander à un pilote d'interrompre une approche ou un atterrissage.

OBS

Remettez les gaz : expression et définition normalisés par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radiotelefonía
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Control de tránsito aéreo
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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Record 16 2012-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Air Navigation Aids
CONT

Available modes for all HFDS include approach and landing in IMC [Instrument Meteorological Conditions] or VMC conditions [Visual Meteorological cCnditions], flare, roll out, takeoff guidance, go around, windshear alert and escape, ILS [Instrument Landing System] capture, en route and braking.

Key term(s)
  • Head Up Flight Display System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
OBS

Système d'aide à l'atterrissage tout temps. Il permet d'utiliser un avion dans des conditions de catégorie IIIB avec une hauteur de décision de 35 pieds, une visibilité horizontale de la piste de 125 m à l'atterrissage et de 75 m au décollage. Le HFDS comprend un collimateur tête haute holographique grand champ (40 degrés x 26 degrés, monté en plafond, associé à un calculateur et à un panneau de commande installé en console centrale

Key term(s)
  • Head Up Flight Display System

Spanish

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Record 17 2012-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollution (General)
CONT

Despite the gains of the environmental movement, considerable destruction continues to go on around us. We can find ourselves overwhelmed by this destruction, and by the amount of work that still needs to occur. It's not hard to succumb to what some call the "doomsday syndrome, "in which our goals simply appear unattainable.

OBS

"The Doomsday Syndrome" was originally the title of a book written by J. Maddox.

OBS

The human fascination with predictions of impending doom is one of the major factors in the emergence of climate change as a political issue. Some people would say that, as doomsday scenarios go, the greenhouse effect is more scientifically credible than most, and this credibility is increased through the temptation to view events such as the disastrous 1988 North American drought as the foretaste of things to come.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution (Généralités)
OBS

alarmiste : Personne qui répand intentionnellement des bruits alarmants.

OBS

Le terme «syndrome» est généralement réservé au langage médical, on lui préfère souvent «attitude» ou «comportement».

Spanish

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Record 18 2010-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
CONT

... he should hug the inside of the track as he comes out of the bend so that anyone trying to pass will have to go around him.

OBS

Hug the curb:Canadian Amateur Track and Field Association.

PHR

Hug the inside of the track.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
DEF

Rester près de la corde.

CONT

Il passe (le témoin) dans la main gauche de son coéquipier en serrant la corde du virage.

OBS

Maintenir la corde : Association canadienne d'athlétisme amateur.

Spanish

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Record 19 2010-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Merchandising Techniques
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

A series of meetings with potential investors and brokers, conducted by a company and its underwriter, prior to a securities offering.

CONT

A road show-sometimes called a "dog and pony show"-is a compact series of investor presentations by the senior management of a company that is hoping to go public, acquire venture financing, or issue bonds or other securities. Road shows, which are typically concentrated in major financial centers around the country, allow issuers to meet with dozens of institutional investors over several days or weeks to present the company's financial outlook, product offerings and key managers. Generally, road shows are face-to-face meetings, but online and video presentations are becoming more common.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques marchandes
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
DEF

Série de rencontres entre des dirigeants d'une entreprise et des investisseurs pour leur présenter les caractéristiques d'une opération financière en cours (introduction en bourse, augmentation de capital, offre publique d'achat, ... ) ou les résultats de l'exercice.

Spanish

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Record 20 2010-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Facilities
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Video Technology
DEF

In videoconferencing, the screen which receives video signals sent from the home site.

CONT

Safe Area. You cannot count on all space being seen on the far end screen even when your document meets the 3 to 4 ratio. If the words of your document go right to the edge of the screen, there is a chance that remote viewers are not seeing them. Try to keep a wide border around documents.

Key term(s)
  • far-end screen

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de télécommunications
  • Internet et télématique
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

Dans le contexte d'une vidéoconférence, écran qui reçoit les images diffusées par une source émettrice locale.

OBS

Renseignement communiqué par le directeur commercial de la société Corpav de Québec.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones de telecomunicaciones
  • Internet y telemática
  • Técnicas de video
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Record 21 2009-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

Ecological sampling methods. If we want to know what kind of plants and animals are in a particular habitat, and how many there are of each species, it is usually impossible to go and count each and every one present.... This problem is usually solved by taking a number of samples from around the habitat, making the necessary assumption that these samples are representative of the habitat in general.... Samples are usually taken using a standard sampling unit of some kind. This ensures that all of the samples represent the same area or volume(water) of the habitat each time. The usual sampling unit is a quadrat. Quadrats normally consist of a square frame, the most frequently used size being 1m². The purpose of using a quadrat is to enable comparable samples to be obtained from areas of consistent size and shape. Rectangular quadrats and even circular quadrats have been used in some surveys.

CONT

Ecological sampling in the vegetation inventory is designed to help range managers practice sustainable resource management. Samples are taken within the vegetation inventory integrated plot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Le projet [d'analyse agronomique et écologique des unités spatio-temporelles pertinentes pour la gestion de la biodiversité] a pour objectif d'articuler étroitement des approches écologiques et agronomiques pour comprendre comment les diverses activités agricoles (aménagement du parcellaire, pratiques de production, d'entretien des bordures de champs, etc.) interviennent dans la dynamique de la biodiversité. L'effet de la structure du paysage et des pratiques des agriculteurs sur les éléments clés du paysage que sont les bordures de champ sont pris simultanément en compte. L'échantillonnage écologique sera construit à partir d'une caractérisation du paysage et de ses éléments d'un point de vue agronomique.

PHR

Parcelle d'échantillonnage écologique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
CONT

Para todas las asociaciones se realizó un muestreo ecológico mediante el método de punto cuadrante central. Se presenta la descripción de cada una de las asociaciones vegetales en cuanto a su fisonomía, ubicación, composición florística y suelo, perfiles semirealistas y formas de vida según Raunkiaer.

OBS

Muestreo [es la] selección de una pequeña parte de una población o comunidad asumiendo que es representativa del conjunto.

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Record 22 2007-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Meteorology
CONT

A flow approaching a mountain barrier will most likely go over the barrier rather than around it if the barrier is long, if the cross-barrier wind component is strong, and if the flow is unstable, near-neutral, or only weakly stable. These conditions are frequently met in the United States because the long, north-south oriented mountain ranges lie perpendicular to the prevailing westerly winds and the jet stream. Mountain barriers orientated perpendicular to the flow cause the highest accelerations across the barrier and frequently generate lee waves downwind of the obstacle as well as downslope windstorms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Météorologie
CONT

Une masse d'air qui rencontre une barrière montagneuse va la contourner par-dessus.

CONT

[Visitez] la Montagne du Caldeirão, une barrière montagneuse qui [arrête] les vents forts, conférant au Algarve son climat particulier.

CONT

Le climat au «Camp de Tarragona» est méditerranéen, grâce à l'influence de la mer et la protection du semi-cercle montagneux. Cette barrière de montagnes protège [la plaine] de certains facteurs climatologiques externes, comme les brouillards de la vallée de l'Ebre et les influences du climat continental provenant du centre de l'Espagne.

Spanish

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Record 23 2006-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Remote Sensing
OBS

second go around : term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group(RTAG).

Key term(s)
  • second go-around
  • second-go-around

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Télédétection
DEF

Écho supplémentaire reçu après un délai supérieur à la période de récurrence des impulsions du radar.

OBS

signal second : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 24 2006-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • Sociology of Old Age
OBS

The Christmas Light Tour is the highlight of the season for many Kamloops seniors. Volunteers pick them up at various residences and drive them around the city in comfortable coaches to look at the spectacular lights. The Kamloops residents go above and beyond to decorate for the holiday season, knowing that the seniors will be driving by. Parliament of Canada, 38th Parliament, 1st Session, Edited Hansard • Number 045, Tuesday, December 14, 2004.

Key term(s)
  • Kamloops Christmas Light Tour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
OBS

La tournée des lumières de Noël est un des points saillants de la saison pour beaucoup de personnes âgées de Kamloops. Des bénévoles vont les chercher dans leur résidence et leur font faire une tournée de la ville dans de confortables autocars pour qu'elles puissent admirer le merveilleux spectacle lumineux. Les résidants de Kamloops déploient des efforts considérables pour décorer la ville pendant la période des Fêtes, pour le plus grand plaisir des personnes âgées. Parlement du Canada, 38e législature, 1re session, Hansard révisé - Numéro 045, Le mardi 14 décembre 2004.

Spanish

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Record 25 2006-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports
DEF

[An exercise performed in] windy conditions [by] the paddler, in a solo position [who] should be able to go around a triangular course of 900 meters in distance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie
OBS

Pluriel : des solos, des soli.

OBS

solos (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

Le terme "parcours triangulaire" se trouve dans un livre de poche intitulé "Yachting", publié par la Librairie Larousse en 1970.

Spanish

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Record 26 2005-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
CONT

Whether you are the owner, vice president, manager, superintendent, foreman or crew leader, you must approach your job with an engaging outlook that projects success to those around you. When things go wrong, you need to be solutions-oriented. By responding positively to negative situations, you will enhance your credibility as an action-oriented manager who is willing to get involved when problems occur. Instead of yelling at people and blaming them for mistakes, work with them to identify the problem and resolve it.

Key term(s)
  • action oriented manager

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
OBS

manageur : 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 27 2003-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Mathematics
DEF

Having a branching, treelike structure or pattern.

CONT

A tip can be either unstable and go through repeated tip splittings, or stable, and lead to dendritic growth. Unstable tips result in disordered structures with no apparent symmetry. If the tips are stable, in the sense that small perturbations around their stationary shape decay relatively quickly, the obtained patterns have a symmetry of varying degree.

CONT

At about m=5, the random, tip-splitting structure for DLA clusters crosses over into a dendritic pattern with well-defined but irregularly spaced side branches having stable tips.

CONT

There are two basic types of dendritic crystallization: i) in a pure undercooled liquid and, ii) in an isothermal liquid mixture.

OBS

Term derived from crystallography.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Qui présente des ramifications.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gráficos de computadora
  • Matemáticas
DEF

De figura de dendrita.

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Record 28 2002-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
CONT

The solar wind particles flowing directly from the Sun toward the Earth encounter the magnetosphere much as water in a swift stream comes upon a large rock. The solar wind particles must go around the magnetosphere obstacle, but at their high speed there is no time for an orderly detour. Instead, their direction is changed abruptly in the bow shock region just outside the Sunward magnetic field.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
DEF

Zone de rencontre du vent solaire avec le champ magnétique de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 29 2002-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lacrosse
CONT

A ballcarrier uses the fake-shot to "freeze" or tighten up his defender, giving him a split-second advantage to go around... The fake-shot is accomplished as the ballcarrier goes to shoot his over-hand shot. He turns his top-hand wrist inward to "check" his shot.

Key term(s)
  • fake shot
  • stick fake
  • fake

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crosse
CONT

Les statisticiens [...] avaient compilé des statistiques intéressantes : quand un gardien bougeait avant un lancer, sur une feinte ou en réagissant à une passe, l'attaquant marquait 70 % des fois; quand le gardien était immobile (pas de feintes, pas de passe) le gardien faisait l'arrêt 70 fois sur 100.

OBS

Source de l'exemple : «Les deux contre un à l'intercrosse», paragraphe 2.7.

Spanish

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Record 30 2002-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

To move the ball around the court or to move oneself around the court. Related verbs : to pull someone out wide or off the court, to move an opponent around the court, to go from one side of the court to the other, to run from one end(of the court) to the other.

OBS

travel: Said of the ball: The ball travels from right to left in a good long exchange.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Pour la balle et les joueurs qui réussissent à retourner de tels échanges, se déplacer de gauche à droite en alternance alors que la balle est toujours en jeu.

CONT

Il faut faire voyager la balle le plus possible ... [Il] voyagea sur toute la surface du court.

Spanish

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Record 31 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

A phase of flight wherein a landing approach of an aircraft is not continued to touch-down. [Definition standardized by NATO.]

OBS

overshoot; go around : terms standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Phase de vol pendant laquelle les opérations d'atterrissage ne sont pas menées à terme. [Définition normalisée par l'OTAN.]

OBS

remise de gaz : terme normalisé par l'OTAN.

OBS

remise des gaz : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maniobras de las aeronaves
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
DEF

Fase del vuelo que tiene lugar cuando la aproximación de un avión no termina con el aterrizaje y hay que volver a elevarse.

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Record 32 2001-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamps
CONT

Later, candles were used by everyone for light and later again oil-lamps were used. A variety of beautiful brass lamps with decorative globes were sold for use in parlours, bedrooms and kitchens. For outdoor use and in sheds, less decorative lamps were used. The storm lamp, which had a closed globe, was useful on dark nights when farmers needed to go around the farm checking on livestock. Electricity was practically unheard of in the early 20th century but this changed with the setting up of the E. S. B. in 1927.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lampes
CONT

On voit émerger une demande pour un éclairage de meilleure qualité que l'éclairage traditionnel ou à la base de lampes-tempêtes [...]

Spanish

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Record 33 2000-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Upholstery Textiles
  • Upholstery
CONT

When you have applied burlap to all the inside openings, the next operation is to place fox edging(roll edging) along the edge wire wherever weight will be placed on the edge. In an arm chair the fox edging would only be used across the front. On an end unit of a sectional sofa the edging would go across the front and around the open side. On a center unit of a sectional the edging would go all around the springs except at the back. The purpose of the edging is to protect the covering from a sharp bend over the edge wire and cushion it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et textile d'ameublement
  • Rembourrage (Industrie du meuble)

Spanish

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Record 34 1996-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The pool-sweep theory of intelligence. People who have large swimming pools often purchase a device called a pool-sweep, essentially a motorized float with long tentacles that sweep the bottom of a swimming pool. It has to be programmed to the shape of the pool, and then simply is left to do its work. When someone sees a pool-sweep in action for the first time, it looks very smart. It appears to go after the dirt and make its way around the pool as if it were being steered by a little man. It is indeed programmed in the sense that it has been given a set of instructions and it follows them. When we think of something as being programmed we imply that it is in some way intelligent, certainly more intelligent than something that hasn’t been programmed, or that cannot be programmed. People are fooled initially by the pool-sweep, and only see it for what it is after being told that it's just programmed for one pool, and if it were placed in a different pool it wouldn’t work. In a similar way, people can be fooled initially into thinking that computers are really smart of intelligent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 35 1990-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
OBS

Go around mode-flight director

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
OBS

remise des gaz

Spanish

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Record 36 1990-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
CONT

The leading edge of the first product section is pierced by the collect pin.

OBS

According to the SVP client who submitted the request, the collect pin would be a pin on a folding cylinder used for collect runs.

OBS

Collect run : method [used] to increase the number of pages in a copy by collection before the final fold. The folder is so adjusted that one section of the paper is held back until the next section is ready to go with it around the folding cylinder, hence "collect".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
OBS

aiguille-poinçon : terme repéré dans BAUDI, 1971, p. 551.

Spanish

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Record 37 1985-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery
DEF

A short, 14-in. necklace, just long enough to go around the throat.

OBS

Usually applies to a string of pearls or beads.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
DEF

Collier à la base du cou.

OBS

Choker : le terme choker se retrouve souvent, mais c'est un anglicisme.

Key term(s)
  • collier choker

Spanish

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Record 38 1984-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
OBS

Around the age of two and one-half, children commonly go through a negative stage of development as their impulses come to be more strongly opposed by the expectations of their parents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
OBS

Avec un groupe d'enfants de 2 ans en pleine phase de négation, il faut plus que de l'amour et de la bonne volonté.

Spanish

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Record 39 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
DEF

The imitation by the father of many of the concomitants of childbirth, around the time of his wife's parturition [The father may retire to bed, go into seclusion, and observe some taboos.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
DEF

Coutume en vigueur dans la période précédant un accouche-ment et imposant au futur père un certain nombre d'inter-dits ainsi qu'un comportement calqué sur celui de la future mère

Spanish

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