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Record 1 2023-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

Investigators call this type of crime "jugging, "which is when a robber waits at a bank, check-cashing store or ATM [automated teller machine] for someone to withdraw paper money. The robber then follows the customer outside the establishment before taking the money from the victim or breaking into the person's vehicle, most often at a new location but sometimes outside the bank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Theories and Doctrines
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
DEF

An alternative mode approximately midway and left of centre between two prevailing and antagonistic systems. Originally applied to the Swedish policy of neutrality between East and West, in the 1990s it became a buzzword in the US and Britain for those advocating a new radical centrist approach, breaking the mould of conflict between political parties of the left and right.

CONT

Third Way Summit: 14 heads of government from "centre-left" parties will meet in London.

OBS

The phrase "third way" is loosely defined as a happy governing medium between market-driven economies and ... state intervention to smooth out the edges. It is seductive language to hide the historic shift away from state provided services.

CONT

The Third Way? No Way. The centre left still struggles to explain what it stands for.

Key term(s)
  • radical center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et doctrines politiques
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
OBS

Troisième voie : nouveau centre gauche en Amérique du Nord et en Grande-Bretagne (Blairisme).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y doctrinas políticas
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
CONT

El líder del Partido Laborista, Tony Blair, pidió ayer la confianza de los británicos para gobernar el Reino Unido con un programa de centro radical formulado para conquistar tanto a sus votantes naturales como a los conservadores desencantados.

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Record 3 2011-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

... Instron testing will measure the breaking strength and elongation of single fibers... we could determine single fiber strength... it may be possible to determine breaking strength and elongation for individual fibers in a cotton bundle... Based on a new model for estimating single fiber tensile properties from HVI bundle tensile data, the variance of breaking elongations was estimated for all fibers... the estimated standard deviation of the single fiber elongation decreases, the strength of yarn increases, confirming a research hypothesis.

CONT

... a single fibre analysis from the micromechanical properties of fibre ... The fundamental assumption in a single fibre analysis is the existence of a symmetric fibre within a matrix segment between cracks ... The macro-mechanical behaviour is derived from a single fibre analysis ... .

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
CONT

Fibre unitaire [...] Méthode de mesure des propriétés dynamométriques du coton sur fibre unitaire. Un modèle mathématique pour prédire la résistance sur faisceau à partir de la résistance mesurée sur fibre unitaire est proposée. Corrélation entre la résistance sur fibre unitaire et la ténacité du fil.

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A sudden cutting off or separation of land by a flood or by an abrupt change in the course of a stream, as by a stream breaking through a meander or by a sudden change in current whereby the stream deserts its old channel for a new one.

OBS

Legally, the part thus cut off or separated belongs to the original owner.

OBS

avulsion: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Séparation d'une étendue de terrain par l'action d'un cours d'eau créant ainsi un nouveau passage pour l'écoulement.

OBS

avulsion : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Brecha a través de las orillas de un curso de agua que forma un nuevo cauce o brazo.

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Record 5 2008-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Safety
  • Slaughterhouses
DEF

A slaughterhouse process by which residual meat trimmings are extracted from bones and other carcass materials.

OBS

This new machinery separates meat from bone by scraping, shaving, or pressing the meat from the bone without breaking or grinding the bone. Product produced by advanced meat recovery machinery can be labeled using terms associated with hand-deboned product(e. g., "beef trimmings" and "ground beef").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salubrité alimentaire
  • Abattoirs
CONT

La vache folle pourrait déjà être dans nos assiettes. [...] Le procédé utilisé par plusieurs abattoirs américains pour arracher la viande des os est en effet à ce point puissant qu'il pulvérise tout. [...] Le procédé AMR (pour "advanced meat recovery", ou technique avancée de récupération de la viande) est interdit en France et en Grande-Bretagne depuis l'an dernier. En Amérique du Nord où des groupes de consommateurs s'y opposent depuis des années, on l'utilise pour faire entre autres des saucisses, de la viande hachée ... et de la nourriture pour bébés!

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inocuidad Alimentaria
  • Mataderos
DEF

Método por el cual se retira todo el tejido muscular adherido al hueso de los cadáveres y canales bovinas.

CONT

México envió en marzo a Estados Unidos una misión de la Secretaría de Salud para evaluar un método de deshuese de la carne combinado entre manual y mecánico denominado "recuperación avanzada de carne" que, según autoridades estadounidenses, no contamina la carne con fragmentos de hueso y médula, donde se aloja la enfermedad.

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Record 6 2007-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
CONT

In his landmark 1948 essay "Birth of a New Avant-Garde, "filmmaker Alexandre Astruc advanced the notion of... caméra-stylo(camera pen) which imagined the cinema eventually breaking free of the concrete demands of narrative, where images become a means of writing just as flexible and subtle as written language.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Style cinématographique qui reprend à son compte les techniques du roman ou du reportage.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Laws and Regulations
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Under the World Trade Organization (WTO), a specific agreement establishing disciplines on the preparation, adoption and application of technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures, that might act as technical barriers to trade.

OBS

Code on Technical Barriers to Trade :... the Tokyo round had mixed results. It failed to come to grips with the fundamental problems affecting farm trade and also stopped short of providing a new agreement on "safeguards"(emergency import measures). Nevertheless, a series of agreements on non-tariff barriers did emerge from the negotiations, in some cases interpreting existing GATT [General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade] rules, in others breaking entirely new ground. In most cases, only a relatively small number of(mainly industrialized) GATT members subscribed to theses agreements and arrangements. Because they were not accepted by the full GATT membership, they were often informally called "code".

Key term(s)
  • Standards Agreement
  • TBT Code

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements internationaux
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Accord de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) qui établit des disciplines régissant l'élaboration, l'adoption et l'application de règlements techniques, de normes et de procédures d'évaluation de la conformité pouvant avoir pour effet de créer des obstacles techniques au commerce.

OBS

Accord sur les obstacles techniques au commerce : titre d'un accord de l'Organization mondiale du commerce (OMC) signé en 1994.

OBS

Accord relatif aux obstacles techniques au commerce : titre d'un accord du GATT [Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce] signé en 1979.

Key term(s)
  • Code relatif aux obstacles techniques au commerce

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de leyes y reglamentos internacionales
  • Comercio exterior
OBS

Acuerdo de la Organización Mundial del Comercio firmado en 1994.

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Record 8 2004-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
DEF

The action of preparing a ski slope for skiing or for a competition by brushing off moguls or shaping some, packing the new snow, breaking up the crust or giving the course the desired steepness or profile, usually with a grooming machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
DEF

L'action de préparer une pente pour le ski ou une compétition en façonnant des bosses ou les enlevant, tassant la nouvelle neige, brisant la croûte ou donnant à une piste le profil et la dénivellation voulus, habituellement avec une dameuse.

OBS

damage : Action de damer la terre; son résultat.

OBS

damer : Tasser le sol (terre, pavés, béton, neige) avec une dame ou hie et, par extension, avec tout autre engin.

OBS

Les expressions «préparation des pistes» et «aménagement des pistes» demandent un complément qui précisera à quelle fin on le fera.

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
CONT

This unique combination of surface and transmission X-ray analysis provides a complete elemental characterisation of a sample in one simple step. The innovative design of the XGT-5000 allows for a non-destructive analysis at normal atmospheric pressure. It incorporates a novel coaxial arrangement of the X-ray beam and the optical visual image to enable fast and accurate sample positioning.

OBS

The recently developed and ground breaking Horiba X-ray Guide Tube(XGT) incorporated within the system provides a spatial resolution down to 10 [mu] m, an unprecedented performance in the field of micro X-ray analysis. The new capabilities and functionality of the XGT-5000 expands the technique of X-ray elemental analysis from the conventional applications of material research to emerging fields of interest such as biology, mineralogy and environmental analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique radiologique et applications

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física radiológica (Teoría y aplicación)
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Record 10 2002-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

New technologies are breaking down barriers, expanding dialogues and altering the nature of the relationships between government, the private sector and civil society. Digital opportunities have set the stage for new forms of engagement that will require government to reorganize to respond to the needs of empowered users/citizens and communities.

Key term(s)
  • digital opportunities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
Key term(s)
  • possibilités du numérique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
Key term(s)
  • posibilidades digitales
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Record 11 2001-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
CONT

Constant depth linear cutting(CDLC) provides a long-term solution to excessive dust generation from shearers and continuous mining machines through a new design of the rotary drum cutting system.... The CDLC concept is designed to cut a full face by using an eccentrically mounted triangular shaped drum. In addition to breaking to a free face with no secondary fragmentation, the CDLC will have a bit velocity well below the minimums needed for phase shifts in the bit metals or for methane ignition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)

Spanish

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Record 12 1993-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Official Ceremonies
  • Construction
DEF

the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonies officielles
  • Construction
DEF

Cérémonie d'inauguration de certains travaux, marquée par la levée d'une pelletée de terre symbolique.

Spanish

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Record 13 1990-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Textile Industries
CONT

The 22nd edition of the International Canadian Textile Seminar is breaking new ground on several fronts. In addition to joining forces with Techni-Tex 1990, a number of commercial presentations have been added... This will offer several businesses the opportunity to present their latest products and services to people in the textile industry. As for the technical conferences, these will serve to bring everyone up to date on the state research and development in almost all textile-related areas thanks to the calibre of the speakers coming from the four corners of the globe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Industries du textile
CONT

La 22e édition du Séminaire international du textile Canadien innove sur plusieurs plans. En plus de se fusionner au Techni-Tex 1990, des présentations commerciales se sont ajoutées (...) plusieurs entreprises pourront présenter leurs plus récents produits et services aux gens de l'industrie textile. Quant aux conférences techniques, elles permettront de faire le point sur l'état de la recherche et développement dans presque tous les domaines du textile (...).

Spanish

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Record 14 1988-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Numerical Analysis (Mathematics)
CONT

A powerful new way of modelling icebreaking processes and resistance is being developed for use on a personal computer. The distinct element method(DEM) is applied to ship/ice resistance by modelling ice stresses, deformation, breaking patterns, after fracture movements and forces, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Analyse numérique (Mathématiques)
OBS

Sur le modèle de : finite element method; méthode d'analyse par éléments finis.

Spanish

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Record 15 1987-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sexology
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

The phallometric method of assessing erotic value of presented stimuli has 2 main tasks; 1 is the breaking down of complex(potentially) sexual stimuli into components, the other is diagnosing anomalous erotic preferences in nonadmitters, i. e., in persons whose behavior would imply there is such an anomaly, but who deny its presence.... Comparison of the scores on these scales with results of phallometric assessment showed(by mutual validation) that the phallometric method diagnoses admitters more accurately than nonadmitters. The validity was also tested of a new mode of the phallometric method, designed for diagnosing pedo-or hebephilia in nonadmitters.

OBS

(Phallometric Diagnosis with Nonadmitters, Behav. Res. Ther. 17(5). 1979. 451-457 (BIOSIS]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sexologie
  • Psychologie clinique

Spanish

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Record 16 1985-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)
CONT

With the model 300, the 146 series will be breaking new ground. Apart from a three seat-row stretch over the model 200, the 146-300 will feature an electronic flight instrument system(EFIS), winglets(wingtip end-plates to be more exact) and powered ailerons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commandes de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Outre sa capacité accrue (trois rangées de sièges de plus que le BAe 146-200), le BAe 146-300 comporte d'importantes nouveautés : ailettes de bout d'aile (qui sont en fait des cloisons d'extrémité), servocommandes d'ailerons et une instrumentation électronique (EFIS), d'abord envisagée comme option, puis finalement incluse dans la définition de série.

Spanish

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