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PANAMA CANAL [13 records]

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Record 1 2025-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Outfitting of Ships
  • Maneuvering of Ships
DEF

A fairlead with a rounded opening and no moving parts.

OBS

The Panama fairlead differs from the roller fairlead, which has moving parts.

OBS

Originally, the Panama fairlead was designed to meet the specific requirements of the Panama Canal, but its use is now widespread.

OBS

Panama fairlead: designation and definition standardized by the Marine Terminology Standardization Committee (MTSC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armement et gréement
  • Manœuvre des navires
DEF

Chaumard dont l'ouverture arrondie est dépourvue de pièces mobiles.

OBS

Le chaumard de Panama se distingue du chaumard à rouleaux, qui lui comporte des pièces mobiles.

OBS

À l'origine, le chaumard de Panama était conçu pour répondre aux exigences spécifiques du canal de Panama, mais son usage est maintenant largement répandu.

OBS

chaumard de Panama : désignation et définition normalisées par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie maritime (CNTM).

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
CONT

The three-masted sailing ship Dunsyre, 277 feet long, 2, 140 gross tons, was built in Glasgow in 1891... She was the first sailing ship to go through the Panama Canal...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
DEF

Navire à voiles à trois mâts [...]

OBS

[Les trois mâts sont] de l'avant vers l'arrière : misaine, grand mât et artimon; on ne compte jamais le beaupré.

PHR

trois-mâts barque, trois-mâts carré, trois-mâts goélette, trois-mâts latin

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
CONT

Los Borbones impulsaron la modernización de la marina de guerra. A partir del siglo XVIII se empezaron a construir navíos de línea y fragatas, veleros de tres palos con mucha mayor potencia de fuego que los galeones, hasta 70 cañones repartidos en tres cubiertas.

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Record 3 2018-06-18

English

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

Strip of territory in Panama. History : Acquisition of zone by U. S. [United States] provided for in Hay-Herran Treaty with Colombia(not ratified by Colombia) ;rights over it granted to U. S. by treaty with Panama in 1903; governed and operated according to an act of Congress of 1912; boundaries determined in 1914; sovereignty disputed by U. S. and Panama in 1926; ceased to exist as a formal political entity [on] October 1, 1979, but remained under effective control of the U. S. through 1999 for administration of the Panama Canal.

OBS

Inhabitant: Zonian.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Territoire de l'Amérique centrale situé de part et d'autre du canal interocéanique de Panama et cédé par la République de Panama aux États-Unis en 1903. C'est une bande de terre, large d'environ 8 km sur chaque rive, couvrant 1670 km², revenu depuis 1979, sous souveraineté panaméenne. Les États-Unis [ont conservé] cependant, jusqu'à la fin de 1999, leurs bases militaires, le contrôle et la défense du canal.

OBS

Habitant : Zonien, Zonienne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
OBS

Territorio situado a ambos lados del canal de Panamá, bajo jurisdicción estadounidense a partir de 1903 en concepto de arriendo a perpetuidad. En virtud del acuerdo Carter-Torrijos de 1977 (en vigor desde el 1 de octubre de 1979), EUA [Estados Unidos de América] reconoció la soberanía panameña sobre la zona, reservándose hasta 1999 el control militar.

OBS

Habitante: zoneíta; zoniano, zoniana.

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Record 4 2016-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • River and Sea Navigation
DEF

A ship exceeding the maximum dimensions possible to pass through the Panama canal.

CONT

Post-Panamax vessels comprise the fourth generation [of containerships] and have capacities in the range of 4,000–5,000 TEUs [twenty foot equivalent unit].

Key term(s)
  • postpanamax ship
  • postpanamax vessel
  • postpanamax
  • overpanamax

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Navire qui dépasse la taille maximale pour traverser le canal de Panama.

CONT

Les navires post-Panamax, la dernière génération de navires porte-conteneurs, permettent de transporter des volumes encore plus importants de marchandises à des tarifs qui diminuent progressivement.

OBS

navire postpanamax : Les mots composés avec le préfixe «post-» devraient s'écrire en un seul mot, sauf ceux dont le second élément commence par la lettre «t» ou dans des expressions latines.

Key term(s)
  • post-panamax
  • over-panamax

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
DEF

Barco de grandes dimensiones que supera las permitidas para transitar por el canal de Panamá.

OBS

pospanamax; postpanamax: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda escribir los dos elementos en "pospanamax" unidos sin espacio ni guion intermedios. Indica asimismo que la forma sin "t", "pospanamax", es preferible a "postpanamax" y que al tratarse de nombres comunes de tipos de barcos lo adecuado es escribirlos en minúscula y sin necesidad de comillas ni cursiva.

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Record 5 2016-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

The Panama Canal Authority(ACP) is an autonomous legal entity of the Republic of Panama, established under public law, established under Title XIV of the National Constitution with exclusive charge of the operation, administration, management, preservation, maintenance, and modernization of the Canal, as well as its activities and related services, pursuant to legal and constitutional regulations in force, so that the Canal may operate in a safe, continuous, efficient, and profitable manner.

OBS

ACP : as per its name in Spanish("Autoridad del Canal de Panamá").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

ACP : d'après son nom en espagnol («Autoridad del Canal de Panamá»).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
OBS

La Autoridad del Canal de Panamá (ACP) es una entidad del Gobierno de Panamá creada en el Título XIV de la Constitución Nacional y a la que le corresponde privativamente la operación, la administración, el funcionamiento, la conservación, el mantenimiento, el mejoramiento y modernización del Canal, así como sus actividades y servicios conexos, conforme a las normas constitucionales legales vigentes, a fin de que el Canal funcione de manera segura, continua, eficiente y rentable.

OBS

Autoridad del Canal de Panamá; ACP: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que cuando se emplee el nombre de la entidad que administra el canal de Panamá y que se denomina "Autoridad del Canal de Panamá", conviene respetar las mayúsculas por tratarse de un nombre propio. Su sigla es ACP, que se escribe con todas las letras mayúsculas y sin puntos intermedios.

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Record 6 2016-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • River and Sea Navigation
DEF

A ship designed up to the maximum dimensions allowing passage through the Panama canal.

CONT

A Panamax ship is a tight fit that requires precise control of the vessel in the locks, possibly resulting in longer lock time, and requiring that these ships be transited in daylight.

OBS

... maximum length 295 m, maximum beam overall 32.25 m, maximum draught 13.50 m.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Navire de la taille maximale pour traverser le canal de Panama.

OBS

[...] longueur maximale 295 m, largeur hors tout maximale 32,25 m, tirant d'eau maximum 13,50 m.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
DEF

Barco de unos 30 m de manga que transporta contenedores.

OBS

[...] es uno de los [barcos] más grandes que cruzan el Canal de Panamá.

OBS

panamax; Panamax: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda la forma "panamax", con minúscula inicial, e indica que es preferible a "Panamax" porque al tratarse de nombres comunes de tipos de barcos lo adecuado es escribirlos en minúscula y sin necesidad de comillas ni cursiva.

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Record 7 2012-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Oceanography
  • Maritime Law
  • Diplomacy
OBS

Engaged in the diplomatic negotiations regarding the ceding of the Panama Canal to Panama.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Océanographie
  • Droit maritime
  • Diplomatie
OBS

Les régions rétrocédées administrées par l’Autorité de la Région interocéanique comprennent les terres, édifices et installations et les autres biens qui ont été rétrocédés à la République du Panama en vertu du Traité du canal de Panama de 1977 et de ses annexes (le traité Torrijos-Carter).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Oceanografía
  • Derecho marítimo
  • Diplomacia
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Record 8 2006-11-29

English

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

... the line in North America that separates the waters which flow into the Atlantic Ocean from those flowing into the Pacific.

CONT

The Great Divide... separates the watersheds of the Pacific Ocean from those of the Atlantic or Arctic Oceans. It runs from the Seward Peninsula in Alaska, through western Canada along the crest of the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico. From there, it follows the crest of Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental and extends to the tip of South America. It is crossed by the Panama Canal.

CONT

The highest snowfall amounts are expected along the Continental Divide. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

CONT

Cameron Lake, at the Continental Divide, receives an average of 152 cm (60 in) annually ...

OBS

North America has four continental divides: The Great Divide, also called the Continental Divide ... The Northern Divide, or Laurentian Divide ... The St. Lawrence Seaway Divide ... The Eastern Continental Divide ...

OBS

Continental Divide; Great Divide: terms officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

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

Ligne en Amérique du Nord qui sépare les eaux qui se déversent dans l'océan Atlantique de celles qui se déversent dans l'océan Pacifique.

CONT

D'importantes accumulations de neige sont prévues le long de la ligne continentale de partage des eaux. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

ligne continentale de partage des eaux; ligne de partage des eaux : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Goods
DEF

A geographic point in the nation’s interior to which shipments (usually ocean containers) can be made over more than one coast.

OBS

For example, St. Louis is an overland common point for shipments from Asia inasmuch as it can be reached by shipping containers via the Pacific coast, or through the Panama Canal and then via the Gulf or Atlantic coasts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport de marchandises

Spanish

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Record 10 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
OBS

For the Universal Congress on the Panama Canal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
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Record 11 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Management Control
OBS

In reference to the Panama Canal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Contrôle de gestion

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Control de gestión
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Record 12 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Soils (Agriculture)
OBS

In reference to the Panama Canal.

Key term(s)
  • General Land Use Plan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Sols (Agriculture)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas internacionales
  • Suelos (Agricultura)
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Record 13 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Law of the Sea
OBS

In reference to the Panama Canal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Droit de la mer

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones varias
  • Derecho del mar
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