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Record 1 2026-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
CONT

A chilled water(CHW) loop consists of two main components : pumps and motors, and a piping network. The pumps circulate chilled water from the chiller's evaporator through the piping network to terminal units, such as water-to-air heat exchangers in air handling units or radiant equipment like chilled beams, before returning it to the chiller.

Key term(s)
  • chilled-water loop

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
DEF

Circuit d'un système de refroidissement composé de pompes, de moteurs et de tuyauterie dans lequel l'eau refroidie circule en boucle.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Telecommunications
  • Air Transport
CONT

SHD [Shenandoah Valley Airport] is served by a supplementary aviation weather reporting station(SAWRS) and an automatic weather observing system(AWOS). Surface weather observations are made by [airline] employees who hold certificates issued by the National Weather Service(NWS). The weather reporting station is located in the main terminal building.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Télécommunications
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
CONT

When perpendicular printed-wiring boards are connected, a plug straight terminal connector is connected to the motherboard(main board) and a socket right-angle terminal connector is connected to the daughterboard(sub-board).

Key term(s)
  • subboard

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
DEF

Carte électronique enfichée sur une autre carte, en général la carte mère.

OBS

carte fille : désignation et définition publiées dans le Journal officiel de la république française le 26 mars 2002.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo físico de computadora (Hardware)
  • Circuitos impresos y microelectrónica
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Record 4 2015-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mail Pickup and Distribution
  • Postal Transport
  • Postal Correspondence
CONT

The main function of the bulk handling plant is to centralize the control of input, output and transhipment of bulk mail by surface with respect to the planning area. It is mainly a trucking and rail head terminal. One of its main functions is to tranship incoming mail to its satellite L. P. P's and to transmit mail generated by L. P. P. 's out of the planning area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levée et distribution du courrier
  • Transports postaux
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
OBS

établissement postal: Terme englobant tous les types de bureaux qui concourent à l'exécution du service postal.

OBS

en vrac: Au sens postal, sans ordre, pêle-mêle, etc., par opposition à trié, classé, redressé.

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

An inflorescence in which the terminal flower blooms first, stopping the elongation of the main axis.

OBS

A cyme is a determinate inflorescence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
CONT

Dans une inflorescence définie, l’axe principal se termine par une fleur, qui fleurit en premier, et sa croissance s’arrête. les autres fleurs apparaissent successivement vers la périphérie sur des rameaux secondaires, qui peuvent être parfois très courts.

OBS

L'inflorescence définie type est la cyme.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mass Transit
DEF

A bus that picks up and delivers passengers to a station, stop or terminal of a main line public transport service.

OBS

feeder bus: term recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports en commun
DEF

Autobus en service sur une ligne permettant aux usagers du transport en commun de se rendre rapidement à une station de métro, un terminus d'autobus ou une gare de train.

OBS

L'Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) emploie le terme «trainbus» pour désigner les autobus de rabattement transportant des voyageurs vers une gare de train de banlieue. La Société de transport de Montréal (STM), quant à elle, utilise le terme «métrobus» pour désigner ses autobus de rabattement qui se dirigent vers les stations de métro (source : une agente d'information de l'AMT, décembre 2008).

OBS

autobus de rabattement : terme recommandé par le Comité de terminologie et normalisé par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

Muscle spindles are found within the belly of muscles and run in parallel with the main muscle fibres. The spindle senses muscle length and changes in length. It has sensory nerve terminals whose discharge rate increases as the sensory ending is stretched. This nerve terminal is known as the annulospiral ending, so named because it is composed of a set of rings in a spiral configuration.

Key term(s)
  • annulospiral organ

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

En dehors des fibres musculaires ordonnées au déplacement des segments osseux, il existe des formations particulières les " fuseaux neuro-musculaires que Barker divise en deux catégories : a) les fibres à bague, grêles, dont la striation s'interrompt à la partie équatoriale où se trouve la terminaison annulo-spirale, sensible à de très faibles variations de tension (de l'ordre du gramme chez le chat). Elle donne naissance à une fibre myélinisée de gros diamètre (12 à 20 microns),à conduction rapide Fibre I a de Lodd. [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Computer Memories
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

In systems with time sharing, the process of reading a terminal job's main storage image from auxiliary storage into main storage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

[Acción de] mover un programa desde un almacenamiento auxiliar a la memoria principal para su ejecución.

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Record 9 2009-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Computer Memories
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

In systems with time sharing, the process of writing a terminal job's main storage image from main storage to auxiliary storage.

OBS

Compare to "swap-in".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
OBS

Comparer à «chargement avec permutation».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

[Acción de] mover un programa desde la memoria principal a un almacenamiento auxiliar para esperar su posterior ejecución.

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Record 10 2008-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection and Safety (Electrical Engineering)
CONT

Protective earthing requires all exposed conductive-parts to be connected to a protective conductor which in turn is connected to the main earthing terminal and hence, via the earthing conductor to the means of earthing.

CONT

For example, in the case of automatic disconnection of supply, basic protection is provided by insulation and barriers and enclosures while fault protection is provided by protective earthing, protective bonding and automatic disconnection of supply.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection et prévention (Électrotechnique)

Spanish

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Record 11 2006-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
  • Road Design
CONT

Access to and from these car parks is sign posted and footpaths with tapered kerbs lead to a dedicated pedestrian crossing and route to the main terminal building.

OBS

sloped-curb: term proposed by the World Road Association.

Key term(s)
  • tapered curb

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Conception des voies de circulation
OBS

bordure inclinée : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la Route.

Spanish

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Record 12 2003-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conductors and Resistors
  • Electrical Appliances and Equipment
DEF

A conductor required by some measures for protection against electric shock for electrically connecting any of the following parts : exposed conductive parts, extraneous conductive parts, main earthing terminal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conducteurs et résistances
  • Appareillage électrique
DEF

Conducteur prescrit dans certaines mesures de protection contre les contacts indirectes et destiné à relier électriquement certaines des parties suivantes : masses, éléments conducteurs, borne principale de terre, prise de terre, point de mise à la terre de la source d'alimentation au point neutre artificiel.

Spanish

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Record 13 2002-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earth-based Stations
CONT

Satellite control terminal facility... Main tasks-Satellite station keeping, satellite health operation management, ground satellite control management, communication service monitoring management, in-orbit test and acceptance test management and enforcement, power supply system operation, maintenance, management, technical support to customers, consulting service, satellite communication and communication satellite system training, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations terriennes

Spanish

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Record 14 2002-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Air Transport
DEF

Office ... competent to: prepare forecasts; supply [weather] information and briefing to aeronautical personnel; supply [weather] information required by an associated dependent or supplementary meteorological office.

CONT

This Office is responsible for providing a comprehensive range of meteorological services tailored for aviation needs for flight originating from SAAS Airport. As a dependent regional meteorological office, it receives most of the aviation meteorological products from the main Meteorological Office in KLIA via the Aviation Briefing Terminal(ABT) or fax.

Key term(s)
  • main weather office
  • MWO

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Transport aérien
DEF

Centre météorologique qualifié pour remplir les fonctions suivantes : a) établir des prévisions; b) fournir des renseignements météorologiques et l'exposé verbal au personnel aéronautique; fournir les renseignements météorologiques à un centre météorologiques secondaire ou supplémentaire associé.

OBS

centre météorologique principal : terme spécifiquement employé en météorologie aéronautique.

Spanish

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Record 15 2001-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industries - General
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

In a mechanized terminal, the bottom valves are opened from the main control room. In others the valves are opened manually.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries - Généralités
  • Minoterie et céréales
CONT

Dans un silo mécanisé, les vannes situées à la base des cellules sont ouvertes depuis le panneau central. Dans d'autres types de silo, les vannes sont ouvertes manuellement.

Spanish

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Record 16 2001-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
  • Industries - General
CONT

In a mechanized terminal, the bottom valves are opened from the main control room. In others the valves are opened manually.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
  • Industries - Généralités
CONT

Dans un silo mécanisé, les vannes situées à la base des cellules sont ouvertes depuis le panneau central. Dans d'autres types de silo, les vannes sont ouvertes manuellement.

Spanish

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Record 17 2001-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport
  • Transport of Goods
  • Grain Growing
CONT

Empty equipment returning from terminal elevator unloads at Thunder Bay, the West Coast or Churchill, is moved to main classification yards at Calgary and Winnipeg(CP Rail) and Edmonton and Winnipeg(Canadian National). From there, trains of empties are directed to distribution yards in the quantities required by the Wheat Board shipping program to make up the various train runs that branch out from these yards. Each distribution yard serves several loading blocks.(...) Generally, the distribution points are where the train and engine crews are based. Depending on volume of traffic handled at these points, the number of crews vary from one to a sizable pool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par rail
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Les wagons vides revenant des silos portuaires de Thunder Bay, de la côte Ouest et de Churchill, sont dirigés vers les principales gares de triage. [...] De là, des wagons vides sont acheminés vers les gares de répartition en nombre voulu pour répondre au programme de transport de la Commission du blé, pour former les différents convois qui doivent quitter ces gares. Chacune des gares de répartition dessert plusieurs subdivisions de transport. [...] En général, les gares de répartition sont les points d'attache des mécaniciens et du personnel du train. Compte tenu du trafic, le nombre des équipes peut varier d'une seule jusqu'à un chiffre imposant.

Spanish

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Record 18 2000-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

The spreading crown form resulting when lateral branches grow nearly as fast as or faster than the terminal leader, often resulting in repeated forking of the main stem.

CONT

Decurrent crowns are typical of many deciduous species including elms, oaks, and maples.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Cime d'un arbre dont l'aspect globuleux résulte d'un étalement prononcé des branches latérales.

OBS

De nombreuses espèces de feuillus présentent cette forme, notamment l'orme, l'érable et le chêne.

Spanish

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Record 19 1997-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Electronic Music
CONT

What you need in order to access on-line music distribution services : To get to the Internet Underground Music Archive(IUMA) RockNet, Kaleidospace and metaverse. com, you’ll be best off with full Internet access, and a sound card that gives your computer audio-capability, unless you own a Macintosh, which already has sound capacity built in. If you have full Internet access, connect to the World Wide Web(WWW). The quickest way to each service is to use your favorite WWW browser. With the more-powerful Mosaic browser, you can listen to the music on-line, but you need a very powerful computer. Point you browser at the following Universal Resource Locators(URL) : IUMA, RockNet, Kaleisdospace, metaverse. com. The home page of each site usually has a how-to guide. If your system doesn’t allow WWW access, but lets you use gopher(like Concordia University's Pavo system), go to your main command prompt, and type in gopher URI. for site. Once at the site, you will have to download the sound files to your Internet system, or directly to your PC(assuming you use a terminal server.)

OBS

Yet there are limits to the technology as it now exists. Even with a high-speed modem and the necessary sound card, a three- or four-minute song can take anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours to download. It can also use up a large amount of computer storage space.

Key term(s)
  • online music store
  • online music service
  • online music distribution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Musique électronique
OBS

Comparer à achat en ligne.

Spanish

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Record 20 1995-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Protection of Property
  • Protection of Life
  • Security Devices
CONT

The SENTRAX sensor system consists of six main components : buried parallel leaky coaxial Cable Sets(CS), Transceiver Modules(TM), a Control Module(CM), an Operator Terminal(OT), a printer(PR) and an Interface Unit(IU).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Sécurité des biens
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Dispositifs de sécurité

Spanish

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Record 21 1988-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Wiring (Building Elements)
  • Electrical Appliances and Equipment
DEF

An enclosure containing terminal plates or bus bars having main and branch connectors.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations électriques (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Appareillage électrique
DEF

Boîtier contenant des borniers ou des barres omnibus munies de bornes de raccord pour conducteurs principaux et dérivations.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ACNOR.

Spanish

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Record 22 1982-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airfields
OBS

MIRA 29. 9. 75 Financial Times of Canada. RG-1 is an arbitrary designation for Remote Gate Design No 1. It is also architect's shorthand for the main passenger terminal at Mirabel airport.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérodromes
OBS

MIRA 29.9.75 Financial Times of Canada. RG-1, appellation plutôt arbitraire, est le sigle de "Remote Gate Design No 1", concept selon lequel les avions sont stationnés à des postes éloignés du terminus des voyageurs. Ce sigle, dans le jargon des architectes, désigne le terminus des voyageurs de l'aéroport Mirabel.

Spanish

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Record 23 1981-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Teleprinters and Telex Networks
OBS

The telex network of Greece consists of three nodal exchanges(Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras), which include the corresponding main terminal exchanges, as well as the Athens international telex exchange.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléimprimeurs et réseau télex
OBS

Le réseau télex de la Grèce comprend trois centre nodaux (Athènes, Thessalonique et Patras), y compris les principaux centraux terminaux correspondants, ainsi que le central télex international d'Athènes.

Spanish

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