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Record 1 2020-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Techniques
  • Merchandising Techniques
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
CONT

For a long time audio-visual advertising media were considered to be the most important marketing tools. Even though messages that you only hear and see are much more quickly forgotten than those that you can feel.

CONT

Another popular form of audio-visual advertising is the showing of commercials in movie theaters prior to the main feature film.

Key term(s)
  • audio-visual ad
  • audiovisual ad

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques publicitaires
  • Techniques marchandes
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Publicité utilisant tous les moyens de l'audiovisuel : films, télévision, magnétoscopes, cassettes, cédérom, etc.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Collaborative and Social Communications
DEF

On Facebook, a complementary news feed showing content of possible interest to a user that would not be found on his or her main news feed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Communications collaboratives et sociales
DEF

Sur Facebook, fil de nouvelles complémentaire montrant du contenu que l'utilisateur ne verra pas sur son fil de nouvelles principal mais qui pourrait l'intéresser.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de las comunicaciones y la información
  • Comunicaciones colaborativas y sociales
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Record 3 2017-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Fine Arts (General)
CONT

The National Gallery's volunteer Docents form a team that is integrated with the Gallery's Education division, and is specially trained to interact with the public on an educational level. The docent's main role consists of showing visitors works of art from permanent or temporary exhibitions, suggesting methods of interpretation, and enhancing their appreciation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Beaux-arts (Généralités)
CONT

Les guides bénévoles constituent une équipe intégrée à la Division de l'éducation, formée spécialement pour intervenir auprès du public dans le cadre de la mission éducative du Musée. Le rôle principal du guide bénévole consiste à présenter au public les œuvres des expositions permanentes et temporaires, en proposant des façons de les interpréter afin que le public les apprécie davantage.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Drafting and Tools
DEF

View of the front facade of a building showing the main entrance and the type of architecture.

OBS

Elevation: A drawing showing the vertical elements of a building, either exterior or interior, viewed squarely rather than in perspective.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin architectural et instruments
DEF

Vue de la façade avant d'un bâtiment montrant l'entrée principale et le type d'architecture.

OBS

Élévation. Représentation graphique par projection orthogonale horizontale des vues verticales, façades et pignons d'une construction; l'élévation est un des trois éléments qui, avec le plan et la coupe, composent la représentation architecturale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diseño arquitectónico e instrumentos
DEF

Plano sobre el cual se dibuja la vista de fachada de un edificio, mostrando la entrada principal y el tipo de arquitectura.

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Record 5 2014-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

A small round or, more usually, oval window as in the Salon de l’Oeil de Boeuf at Versailles. There are three ranges of them in the dome of St. Peter’s, Rome.

DEF

Fixed oval [or round] window, generally with surrounding moldings and ornaments, often found on Colonial Revival Houses.

CONT

The Collegio dei Nobili rises in three main storeys, the ground floor lost a little in confusion, but the windows of the two upper floors showing his favourite device since his monastery for the Theatines at Messines, of lifting the arms of the broken pediments above his windows in order to hold and excuse the oeil-de-boeuf openings in the mezzanine floor above them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Lucarne, fenêtre ronde ou ovale pratiquée dans la partie supérieure d'un édifice ou dans un mur.

OBS

Pluriel : des œils(-)de(-)bœuf.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos arquitectónicos
  • Puertas, ventanas y aberturas (Elementos de edificios)
DEF

Ventana redonda u ovalada.

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Record 6 2012-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personal Esthetics
DEF

A toilet powder composed of perfumed talc or talc and some mild antiseptic.

CONT

Talcum powder is used to reduce irritation of the skin. Talcum powders like face powders contain talc... Chalk, zinc oxide, zinc stearate and a suitable perfume act as the other main constituents of talcum powder. Often specific ingredients like antiseptic and cooling agents are added. The role of the talc is to act as a powder base and to make skin smooth. Chalk absorbs secretion(perspiration) without showing any evidence of such absorption. Zinc oxide masks enlarged pores and minor blemishes, whereas zinc stearate makes powder adhere to skin. Baby talcum powders contain considerable amounts of zinc stearate for adhesiveness and boric acid, for antiseptic purposes. Talcum powders need to be dusted with care to prevent inhalation of the fine particles, which irritate the lungs.

OBS

talc: This term also designates the mineral (natural magnesium silicate).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Esthétique et soins corporels
CONT

La poudre de talc est utilisée en dermatologie et en hygiène infantile pour son action isolante et absorbante.

OBS

talc : Ce terme désigne aussi le minéral (silicate naturel de magnésium).

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
  • National and International Economics
CONT

Moreover, oil-producing provinces are showing above-average economic growth, while provinces with a high degree of manufacturing activity are experiencing lower growth. This situation is apparent when the economic growth of oil-producing Alberta is compared to the two main manufacturing provinces of Ontario and Quebec...

Key term(s)
  • oil producing province

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
  • Économie nationale et internationale
CONT

Les provinces productrices de pétrole affichent une croissance économique supérieure à la moyenne, tandis que l'inverse s'avère dans les provinces où l'activité manufacturière est intense. Il suffit, pour s'en convaincre, de comparer la croissance économique de l'Alberta, riche en pétrole, avec celle des deux grandes provinces manufacturières, l'Ontario et le Québec [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción petrolera
  • Economía nacional e internacional
CONT

A las provincias productoras de petróleo por excelencia (Chubut, Neuquén, Santa Cruz y Mendoza), se agrega paulatinamente una nueva lista que podría llegar a sorprender por presencia de hidrocarburos. Estados como Entre Ríos, Córdoba, Santa Fe, Formosa, Chaco, Buenos Aires y La Rioja están siendo exploradas por operadoras en busca de hidrocarburos comercialmente explotables.

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Record 8 2006-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Manganese Mining
  • Translation (General)
OBS

When altered, the main body of the massive sulphide deposit forms a "massive-sulphide-zone gossan" consisting mainly of massive goethite and hematite showing highly vesicular, cellular-boxwork and pseudomorphic-replacement textural features of completely oxidized massive sulphide.

Key term(s)
  • massive-sulfide-zone gossan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse
  • Traduction (Généralités)
OBS

Lorsqu'altéré, le corps principal du gîte de sulfures massifs forme un «chapeau de fer de zone de sulfures massifs» composé principalement de goethite et d'hématite massives; ce chapeau de fer de sulfures massifs complètement oxydés montre une forte vésicularité, des textures cloisonnées et des textures de remplacement pseudomorphe.

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
  • Translation (General)
OBS

When altered, the main body of the massive sulphide deposit forms a "massive-sulphide-zone gossan" consisting mainly of massive goethite and hematite showing highly vesicular, cellular-boxwork and pseudomorphic-replacement textural features of completely oxidized massive sulphide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
OBS

Lorsqu'altéré, le corps principal du gîte de sulfures massifs forme un «chapeau de fer de zone de sulfures massifs» composé principalement de goethite et d'hématite massives; ce chapeau de fer de sulfures massifs complètement oxydés montre une forte vésicularité, des textures cloisonnées et des textures de remplacement pseudomorphe.

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
  • Translation (General)
OBS

When altered, the main body of the massive sulphide deposit forms a "massive-sulphide-zone gossan" consisting mainly of massive goethite and hematite showing highly vesicular, cellular-boxwork and pseudomorphic-replacement textural features of completely oxidized massive sulphide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
OBS

Lorsqu'altéré, le corps principal du gîte de sulfures massifs forme un «chapeau de fer de zone de sulfures massifs» composé principalement de goethite et d'hématite massives; ce chapeau de fer de sulfures massifs complètement oxydés montre une forte vésicularité, des textures cloisonnées et des textures de remplacement pseudomorphe.

Spanish

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Record 11 2006-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
  • Translation (General)
OBS

When altered, the main body of the massive sulphide deposit forms a "massive-sulphide-zone gossan" consisting mainly of massive goethite and hematite showing highly vesicular, cellular-boxwork and pseudomorphic-replacement textural features of completely oxidized massive sulphide.

Key term(s)
  • cellular-boxwork texture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
OBS

Lorsqu'altéré, le corps principal du gîte de sulfures massifs forme un «chapeau de fer de zone de sulfures massifs» composé principalement de goethite et d'hématite massives; ce chapeau de fer de sulfures massifs complètement oxydés montre une forte vésicularité, des textures cloisonnées et des textures de remplacement pseudomorphe.

Spanish

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Record 12 2004-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
DEF

An outline map drawn freehand from observation or from loose and uncontrolled surveys rather than from exact survey measurements, showing only the main features of an area.

CONT

Geological sketch map.

OBS

[This type of map] preserves the essential space relationships, but does not truly preserve scale or orientation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
DEF

Représentation cartographique élémentaire portant sur un ou plusieurs phénomènes.

CONT

Carte géologique généralisée.

Spanish

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Record 13 2003-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

Table showing the main properties of organic flocculating aids.... Handling. Weighing or dry feeders...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

Tableau donnant les principales caractéristiques des floculants organiques. [...] Manipulation. Pesée ou doseurs à sec [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
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Record 14 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

The Envisat Mission System Preliminary Design Review(EMS-PDR) has been completed with a Review Board meeting in the second half of July 1994. All elements of the Envisat-1 mission, including the Polar Platform, the payload instruments and the ground segment, have been reviewed together for the first time, showing good overall progress. Problems have been identified in some specific areas and the necessary remedial actions have been defined. The industrial consortia, led by BAe and Dornier, have been briefed on the main results of the Review.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 15 2001-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising
CONT

The complainants believed that, by showing "160" on the speedometer, the main message of the advertisement was speed...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Publicité
CONT

Par ailleurs, la segmentation offerte par les titres de presse n'est parfois pas assez exploitée. Le choix des «valeurs», des codes véhiculés par le support permettent une optimisation de l'efficacité du message de l'annonce.

Spanish

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Record 16 1997-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

Folly .... an architecturally frilly gazebo or garden pavilion, the form that follies more often took in the United States during the period of their popularity.

CONT

Garden... showing the use of a shelter structure, the pavilion, as the main focal point of a landscape design....

OBS

See record "folly/folie".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
DEF

Construction légère élevée dans un jardin, un parc, etc., et destinée surtout à servir d'abri.

CONT

Le jardin persan développa de très bonne heure l'art des pavillons disséminés un peu partout, et, plus particulièrement, aménagés à la tête des perspectives. Un grand nombre de parcs connus ont un pavillon en leur centre (...) Ce pavillon, situé à l'endroit où le symbolisme du jardin place la Terre, est volontiers juché sur une éminence artificielle, elle-même entourée d'un canal. (...) Ces pavillons affectent toutes sortes de formes, dont certaines dérivent des tentes (...)

Spanish

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Record 17 1981-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations Research and Management
OBS

A condensed version of the project network showing only the main events. Usually drawn to a time scale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles
OBS

Version condensée du réseau; seuls les éléments principaux y apparaissent. S'emploie en général avec une échelle de durée au lieu de dates calendaires.

Spanish

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Record 18 1980-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Sector Budgeting
OBS

(...) this is a General Summary of the proposed Main Estimates by each department and agency, with comparative data showing the amounts of the prior year's Estimates, including Supplementaries already presented. Budgetary appropriations are split between estimates under amounts to be voted and under statutory items, with amounts to be voted under non-budgetary loans, investments and advances authorities being shown in separate columns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Budget des collectivités publiques

Spanish

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