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Record 1 2024-08-27

English

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

St. Patrick's Day is observed each year on March 17. St. Patrick's Day is not an official national holiday in Canada. It is, however, a provincial holiday in Newfoundland. St. Patrick's Day invokes the spirit of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland who is credited with bringing Christianity to the island. Observed as a religious occasion in Ireland, in Canada, it is often marked with festive parades and the wearing of green. It is believed that Patrick was born in Kilpatrick Scotland. When Patrick was in his early teens, he was captured during a raid and taken to Ireland as a slave. There he learned to tend and herd sheep. At this time, Druids and pagans occupied Ireland. Patrick learned the practices and language of his captors. Because of the hardships he faced, Patrick turned to God. When Patrick was twenty, God came to him in a dream and advised him to go to the coast. Patrick escaped and sailers took him back to Britain where he was reunited with his parents. But Ireland beckoned to the young man through is dreams, so Patrick entered the priesthood, was ordained as a bishop and returned to the Emerald Isle in March 433. He traveled across the country converting the people to Christianity.

French

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

Fête des Irlandais : le 17 mars.

OBS

Éviter l'expression abrégé St-Patrick.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sponges, Hydrozoans and Jellyfish
DEF

Any member of the invertebrate order Actiniaria. ... primarily sedentary marine animals resembling flowers.

CONT

The cylindrical body may be thick and short or long and slender. The oral disk, or mouth, at the upper end of the body is surrounded by petallike, usually colourful tentacles. They may be few or numerous and are often present in multiples of six. Sea anemones are commonly yellow, green, or blue; they are attached by the pedal disk, or base, to a hard surface such as a rock, wharf timber, a seashell, or the back of a crab.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éponges, hydres et méduses
CONT

[...] les Anémones de mer [...] possèdent un nombre très élevé de tentacules. [Elles] sont privées de squelette, mais adhèrent au rocher, et, d'une façon générale au sol, par une sorte de disque adhésif qui se trouve à la base du corps. Leur aspect est fort beau et rappelle celui d'une fleur en raison de leurs longs tentacules qui ressemblent à des pétales [...]

Key term(s)
  • anémone

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esponjas, hidrozoarios y medusas
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Record 3 2014-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Security Devices
DEF

A reflective square patch located in the upper left-hand corner of the Birds of Canada series high-denomination bank notes ($20, $50, and $100).

OBS

This patch changes colour(from gold to green and back again) when a genuine note is tilted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
DEF

Carré de pellicule réfléchissante situé dans le coin supérieur gauche des grosses coupures (20 $, 50 $ et 100 $) de la série Les oiseaux du Canada.

OBS

Lorsqu'on incline un billet authentique, ce carré passe du vert au doré.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-01-05

English

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

An idle-stop system, also commonly known as a start-stop system, is essentially what makes up today's increasingly popular so-called mild hybrids.... The battery in a mild hybrid is still very important, but its main purpose is as a part of the idle-stop system that shuts off the gasoline engine when a mild hybrid is at rest, coasting or slowing down. For instance, a stop at a red light at an intersection will cause the engine to cut off. When the car is idle, no gas will burn inside the engine. Once the light turns green and the driver applies pressure to the gas pedal, the engine should switch back on seamlessly, as though it hadn’t been turned off at all.

Key term(s)
  • idle stop system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

Système de commande qui arrête le moteur thermique lorsque le véhicule est immobile au point mort et provoque son redémarrage à la première sollicitation du conducteur.

OBS

Ce système a pour avantages de réduire la consommation et les émissions du moteur, et d'améliorer le confort acoustique du véhicule.

OBS

«Stop and Go» et «Stop and Start», qui sont des noms déposés, ne doivent pas être employés.

OBS

système de mise en veille; mise en veille : termes et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 2 juin 2006.

Spanish

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

El sistema de arranque y parada en el Lupo 3L TDI® de Volkswagen para el motor si el vehículo está parado durante más de cuatro segundos. Cuando el conductor quita el pie del pedal del freno, el motor se pone en marcha automáticamente. Este dispositivo reduce el consumo de combustible, el nivel de ruido y la emisión de gas de escape.

CONT

[El Audi A1] cuenta con el sistema de arranque y parada que apaga el motor cuando el vehículo está parado, la palanca de cambio se encuentra en la posición de punto muerto y el conductor ha retirado el pie del pedal del embrague.

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Record 5 2009-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Security Devices
DEF

A small square of reflective film affixed onto the face of Canadian $20, $50, $100, and $1 000 notes of the current series(1986-1993) as a security feature; when the bank note is tilted back and forth under light, the colour of the square changes from gold to green.

OBS

"Optical Security Device" is an official mark of the Bank of Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
DEF

Petit carré d'une pellicule réfléchissante composée de couches ultra-minces de matériaux céramiques et apposé sur le recto des billets de 20, 50, 100 et 1 000 dollars canadiens de la série courante (1986-1993) en guise d'élément de sécurité.

OBS

L'expression «vignette de sûreté» est une marque officielle de la Banque du Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Monedas y billetes
  • Dispositivos de seguridad
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Record 6 2008-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Plant Diseases
CONT

... green-back... is a disorder in the fruit colour which encloses the surrounding of the calyx in different breadth more or less entirely. There is usually an exact line between the green and the remaining normal coloured fruit. This green-back can alter its colour after picking, but only to a yellowish red. The pulp underneath these distinctly different coloured parts of the fruit is hardened, therefore the fruit has no market quality. In the described part there is not only a lack of normal colour but also a lack of the starch conversion which is normal in the fruit. Also the discovering of the pectin filled middle lamella is missing.

OBS

Morphological and structural nomenclature of the tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum (Linnaeus) Karsten ex Farwell).

OBS

green back : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Maladies des plantes
OBS

Nomenclature morphologique et structurale de la tomate (Lycopersicon lycopersicum (Linnaeus) Karsten ex Farwell).

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Botany
OBS

The fruit is grown and harvested in a labor-intensive process that involves an army of workers, lots of equipment, crop-dusting airplanes, foam cushions, string, bags, special cartons, refrigerated trucks and trains, and tons of pesticides. While production methods vary slightly from plantation to plantation, the basic operations... remain the same... Commercial banana plants grow from 15 to 30 feet in height and are grown in long rows on large irrigated plantations. Most bananas consumed in the United States are grown in the lowlands of Central and South America. The average banana plant produces fruit about every nine months. The stem usually grows to contain about 150 bananas. When the manager decides, the fruit is cut green from the plant and dropped carefully on the back of a worker carrying a cushion to stop any bruising of the fruit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Botanique
DEF

Plantation de bananiers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fruticultura
  • Botánica
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Record 8 2005-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
CONT

... scientists must determine whether Earth's energy budget is in balance. That is, over the course of a year, does the amount of solar energy entering the climate system equal the total amount of energy that is escaping back into space?... portion of the sunlight that reaches Earth is absorbed into the system, while some of the light is reflected by our planet back into space. Some of the sunlight that gets absorbed is converted to heat and later emitted by the surface and atmosphere back up into space.... Regions of positive net radiation indicate areas of energy surplus in the Earth system(i. e., green regions over the tropics) and areas of negative net radiation signify regions of energy deficit(such as blue regions over high latitudes and the poles).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
CONT

Lors d'éruptions [volcaniques] majeures, les cendres injectées dans l'atmosphère, ainsi que les aérosols formés, induisent des perturbations climatiques majeures susceptibles d'affecter l'ensemble de la planète. En effet, cendres et aérosols absorbent les radiations solaires et les réfléchissent dans l'espace, ce qui provoque un déficit d'énergie reçue par la Terre. La température globale moyenne peut alors chuter de quelques dixièmes de degrés, voire de quelques degrés en cas d'éruptions très violentes.

CONT

Sur Terre, les régions de basses latitudes (comprises entre 40°N et 40°S) reçoivent plus d'énergie par absorption du rayonnement solaire qu'elles n'en perdent par émission de rayonnement infrarouge. Mais l'excès d'énergie des basses latitudes est transporté par la circulation atmosphérique et océanique vers les régions de hautes latitudes. Dans l'atmosphère et sous nos latitudes (40-50°), ce transport d'énergie se fait principalement via les systèmes dépressionnaires, particulièrement actif en hiver lorsque le déficit énergétique des régions polaires est le plus important.

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
OBS

... scientists must determine whether Earth's energy budget is in balance. That is, over the course of a year, does the amount of solar energy entering the climate system equal the total amount of energy that is escaping back into space?... portion of the sunlight that reaches Earth is absorbed into the system, while some of the light is reflected by our planet back into space. Some of the sunlight that gets absorbed is converted to heat and later emitted by the surface and atmosphere back up into space.... Regions of positive net radiation indicate areas of energy surplus in the Earth system(i. e., green regions over the tropics) and areas of negative net radiation signify regions of energy deficit(such as blue regions over high latitudes and the poles).

OBS

Understands basic features of the Earth. Level IV ... knows the major external and internal sources of energy on Earth (e.g., the Sun is the major external source of energy; the decay of radioactive isotopes and gravitational energy from the Earth’s original formation are primary sources of internal energy).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
OBS

Lors d'éruptions [volcaniques] majeures, les cendres injectées dans l'atmosphère, ainsi que les aérosols formés, induisent des perturbations climatiques majeures susceptibles d'affecter l'ensemble de la planète. En effet, cendres et aérosols absorbent les radiations solaires et les réfléchissent dans l'espace, ce qui provoque un déficit d'énergie reçue par la Terre. La température globale moyenne peut alors chuter de quelques dixièmes de degrés, voire de quelques degrés en cas d'éruptions très violentes.

OBS

[...] les échanges de chaleur entre océan et atmosphère se font en grande partie sous forme de transfert de chaleur latente, lorsque l'eau de l'océan s'évapore, puis se condense dans l'atmosphère. [...] Ces transferts affectent d'une part l'océan [...] Ils affectent aussi l'atmosphère, puisque la condensation de la vapeur d'eau est une source d'énergie interne de l'atmosphère, et que la vapeur d'eau comme les nuages produisent un effet de serre, et modifient les transferts de rayonnement dans l'atmosphère.

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Oceanography
CONT

Winds blowing southward along the west coast of the United States--because of friction and the effects of Earth's rotation--cause the surface layer of the ocean to move away from the coast. As the surface water moves offshore, cold, nutrient-rich water upwells from below to replace it. This upwelling fuels the growth of marine phytoplankton which, along with larger seaweeds, in turn nourish the incredible diversity of creatures found along the northern and central California coast. Sensors such as SeaWiFS can "see" the effects of this upwelling-related productivity because the chlorophyll-bearing phytoplankton reflect predominantly green light back into space as opposed to the water itself which reflects predominantly blue wavelengths back to space.

OBS

The purpose of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Project is to provide quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties to the Earth science community.

Key term(s)
  • sea viewing wide field of view sensor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Océanographie

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
CONT

The melon's roots can be traced back to varieties brought over by French settlers in the seventeenth century. In its heyday, half a century ago, the Montreal melon was the Queen of Melons. Its delicious, green flesh was prized in the fancy dining rooms of New York and Boston, where customers would pay a big price for the pleasure of eating just a single juicy slice. A 1938 handbook Vegetables of New York claimed that "handled skillfully and intelligently, the melon produces the largest fruits of its type in American cultivation. "A single melon could easily reach 15 pounds! And its unique spicy flavour was the reason it was also known as "The Montreal Nutmeg Melon. "

CONT

Unfortunately, it is all too easy to lose varieties which contain unique genes; for instance the "Montreal melon", once renowned for its special taste and sold in New York for exorbitant prices, has disappeared without a trace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Food Industries
  • Fatty Substances (Food)
DEF

Development of a rancid odour in an odourless product (e.g. oil).

CONT

Further processing and utilization of refined soybean oil : Freshly refined soybean oil is practically odourless and bland. However, objectionable off-flavour described as "green, grassy, fishy" is known to develop quickly if the oil is heated(as in cooking and frying), or stored under conditions which expose it to light and oxygen or permits contamination with certain metals such as copper and iron. This type of flavour deterioration has been called "flavour reversion", expressing the thought that it brings back the off-flavours of crude oil.

Key term(s)
  • flavor reversion
  • flavor deterioration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Corps gras (Ind. de l'aliment.)
DEF

Rancissement d'un produit inodore (par exemple une huile).

Key term(s)
  • réversion de flaveur

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Industrial Crops
DEF

A type of climbing bean with usually bright red flowers and long green pods ... which are used as food.

DEF

A bean with green pods used for food, prepared before cooking by stripping off the tough thread along the back of the pods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
OBS

Type de haricot vert dont on consomme la gousse allongée. Ils sont récoltés jeunes, avant que les bordures cellulosiques (fils) ne durcissent.

Spanish

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Record 14 1999-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Environment
OBS

Of the Manitoba Rural Development. Green Team provides summer employment from June to September for youth 16 to 24 years of age in rural Manitoba. The program also achieves key objectives including park infrastructure and mechanical maintenance, interpretive services, tourism promotion in Provincial Parks and other visitor-oriented natural areas, special projects, grounds improvement and back country cleanup on recreational routes and rural Dutch Elm disease tree replacement. The program also has a local HOMETOWN component that hires youth to improve local community park facilities and support local eco-tourism and conservation activities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Environnement
OBS

Le programme Équipe verte existant (1997-1998) a permis la création d'emplois d'été dans les régions urbaines et rurales du Manitoba.

Spanish

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Record 15 1995-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

a United States legal-tender note, usually printed in green on the back, originally issued against the credit of the country and not against gold or silver on deposit.

CONT

Such currency scares are rude reminders that faith alone, not precious metal, guarantees the greenback.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
DEF

le dollar américain.

Spanish

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Record 16 1991-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Photography
CONT

In the green technology, comparatively fewer X rays are absorbed and are therefore more likely to reach the back emulsion and cause print through degradation.

CONT

In general with green sensitive film-screen combinations, as much as 35% of the total exposure is attributed to print through.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Photographie
OBS

Renseignement trouvé dans la documentation de la cliente.

Spanish

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Record 17 1990-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

A two-part bridge over the Rideau River at the back of Ottawa's City Hall on Green Island.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Pont en deux tronçons au-dessus de la rivière Rideau et touchant l'île Verte, à l'arrière de l'Hôtel de ville d'Ottawa.

Spanish

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Record 18 1987-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
CONT

Condos that have eat in kitchen, green house, sun room, private fence, back garden, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture

Spanish

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Record 19 1986-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
DEF

One 9-holes on a golf course having more than 18 holes.

OBS

Colours used are blue, white, red and green. On usual 18-hole courses, the two nines are called "front nine" and "back nine".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Un 9-trous d'un terrain de golf ayant plus de 18 trous.

OBS

Les couleurs utilisées sont le bleu, le blanc, le rouge et le vert.

OBS

Le Club de golf Outaouais de Rockland a un parcours bleu, un blanc et un rouge. (D'après la carte de pointage du Club).

Spanish

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Record 20 1986-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
DEF

One 9-holes on a golf course having more than 18 holes.

OBS

Colours used are blue, white, red and green. On usual 18-hole courses, the two nines are called "front nine" and "back nine".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Un 9-trous d'un terrain de golf ayant plus de 18 trous.

OBS

Les couleurs utilisées sont le bleu, le blanc, le rouge et le vert.

OBS

Le Club de golf Outaouais de Rockland a un parcours bleu, un blanc et un rouge. (D'après la carte de pointage du Club).

Spanish

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Record 21 1986-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
CONT

Dome Hill Golf Club has opened the first of their planned two 18-hole courses. The front nine holes is focused around and on the hill-Dome Hill. The back nine is thoughtfully carved out of the thick trees and bush and the golfer doesn’t see a sand trap until the 18th hole, when there are four surrounding the final green.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Le vert du dernier trou d'un parcours de golf réglementaire de 18 trous.

OBS

Par extension, le terme ne désigne pas le vert seulement, mais toute la distance depuis le tertre de départ jusqu'au trou, là seulement où l'on peut savoir le nombre de coups à inscrire à sa fiche.

Spanish

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Record 22 1986-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
DEF

One 9-holes on a golf course having more than 18 holes.

OBS

Colours used are blue, white, red and green. On usual 18-hole courses, the two nines are called "front nine" and "back nine".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Un 9-trous d'un terrain de golf ayant plus de 18 trous.

OBS

Les couleurs utilisées sont le bleu, le blanc, le rouge et le vert.

OBS

Le Club de golf Outaouais de Rockland, Ontario, un 27-trous pour l'instant, a un parcours bleu, un blanc et un rouge. (D'après la carte de pointage du Club). S'il devenait un 36-trous, il rajouterait un parcours vert.

Spanish

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Record 23 1986-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
DEF

One 9-holes on a golf course having more than 18 holes.

OBS

Colours used are blue, white, red and green. On usual 18-hole courses, the two nines are called "front nine" and "back nine".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Un 9-trous d'un terrain de golf ayant plus de 18 trous.

OBS

Les couleurs utilisées sont le bleu, le blanc, le rouge et le vert.

OBS

Le Club de golf Outaouais de Rockland a un parcours bleu, un blanc et un rouge. (D'après la carte de pointage du Club).

Spanish

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