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GOOD STAND [10 records]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The white ash is commonly a medium-sized tree 50 to 60 feet in height and 2 to 3 feet in diameter, but when growing in a close stand sometimes reaches a height of 100 feet. The trunk is tall and straight, and even when grown in the open rises to a good height before separating into branches. The crown of moderately stout spreading or ascending branches is broadly rounded to pyramidal in outline.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Fraxinus americana L. - Frêne d'Amérique. - Frêne blanc. (White Ash). - Arbre (long 10-30 m.) à rameaux glabres; folioles 5-9, pétiolulées, ovées-lancéolées, entières ou denticulées, quelquefois pubescentes inférieurement; samare (long 3-5 cm.) non marginée, ailée seulement près du sommet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Key term(s)
  • fresno blanco
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Record 2 2015-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Good consideration is such as that of blood, or of natural love and affection, being founded on motives of generosity, prudence, and natural duty; hence "good" consideration is sometimes opposed to "valuable" consideration, i. e., one by which some benefit accrues to the promisor or some detriment to the promisee. The only purpose for which a good consideration in this sense was effectual was to support a covenant to stand seised to uses and rebut the presumption of a resulting trust on a voluntary conveyance.(Jowitt, p. 424-425)

French

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

contrepartie valable : qualifiant ce terme d'historique, le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO) n'a pastenu à le normaliser.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-11-16

English

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

After some hesitation it was settled in 1565 that if a tenant in fee simple covenanted to stand seized of his land in favour of some near relative, the "good consideration" of natural love and affection sufficed to raise a use in favour of the relative; the use was then executed and the legal estate vested in the relative. This type of conveyance was of limited application as it could not be employed to convey land to strangers, and, like the bargain and sale enrolled, it could not carry any further uses under the Statute.(Megarry and Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 165)

French

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

covenant de détenir la saisine pour autrui : 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 2008-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceremonial and Traditions (Military)
  • Food Services (Military)
DEF

A dinner to teach students about decorum and protocol at a mess dinner, including proper dress, punctuality, courtesy, good table manners, seating arrangements, when to stand or sit, when to propose a toast and how to reply when one is proposed, how to ask permission to excuse oneself from the mess dinner, etc.

OBS

The term "mess dinner" should not be confused with the term "regimental mess dinner".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonial et traditions (Militaire)
  • Alimentation (Militaire)
DEF

Dîner au cours duquel les élèves apprennent le décorum et le protocole en vigueur à un dîner militaire, y compris la tenue vestimentaire appropriée, la ponctualité, la courtoisie, les bonnes manières à table, le plan de table, le moment approprié pour se lever ou s'asseoir, le moment approprié pour porter un toast et la réplique à donner, la permission à demander pour quitter le dîner militaire, etc.

OBS

Il ne faut pas confondre le terme «dîner militaire» avec le terme «dîner régimentaire».

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
OBS

These discs rotate when you stand on them, so they are good for challenging stability and balance while working out the upper body.

Key term(s)
  • rotational disk

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Waves are formed due to the friction of the wind over the water surface. The three main components for wave generation are the wind speed, it's duration and fetch.... How to recognise a swell/wave generating area. On a weather chart there are high and low pressure systems. They are separated by isobars(lines joining places of equal pressure). Buys Ballot's law states :"If you stand with your back to the wind in the northern hemisphere, the low pressure will be on your left. "From this you can deduce the wind flows anticlockwise around a low pressure system and almost parallel to the isobars. The wind near the surface actually flows at an angle of about 15 degrees to the isobars pointing in to the low. The reason for this is that friction with the surface slows the air down and it is this friction which causes waves to form. Assuming you have identified an area of closely packed isobars which are almost straight for 200 miles and the low system is not changing to quickly, you have found a good swell generating area.

CONT

Wave generation area described in terms of fetch length ...

OBS

fetch length: The horizontal distance (in the direction of the wind) over which a wind generates seas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Zone de l'océan sur laquelle les vents, soufflant dans la même direction pendant un temps plus ou moins long avec une force constante, engendrent une mer du vent dont les vagues sortent de l'aire et forment la houle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Meteorología
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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Record 7 1999-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A stand containing a preponderance of good phenotypes but not necessarily plus trees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Peuplement où les bons phénotypes (recherchés) sont prépondérants sans qu'il s'agisse nécessairement d'arbres plus.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A forest stand identified as a good source of seed and in which individual trees are evaluated for desired characteristics. Unwanted trees and competing trees are removed to promote cone production. Seed is collected during the life of the stand.

CONT

The collection of cones from standing trees in managed seed production areas or orchards is the preferred seed source because genetic quality, if not improved, will be maintained ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Peuplement à prépondérance de bons phénotypes, axé sur la production et la récolte de semences après élimination des sujets indésirables.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
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Record 9 1992-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A forest stand that exhibits good characteristics of growth, form, and vigor and that is not managed for cone production, but from which seed is collected, usually at time of harvest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Peuplement dont les arbres possèdent de bonnes caractéristiques de croissance, de port et de vigueur, non aménagé pour la production de cônes, mais d'où on tire des semences, habituellement au moment de la récolte.

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
  • Typography
CONT

In letterpress, type must stand squarely upright in order to give a good impression. When it leans one way or the other, it is said to be "off its feet".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
DEF

Se dit d'une composition dont les lettres, mal d'aplomb, sont illisibles à l'impression.

Spanish

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