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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2019-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Safety
CONT

[The train] began to run away when the retarding brake force from the locomotives’ independent brakes was reduced to a level that, combined with the force of the hand brakes, was insufficient to hold the train on [such a] grade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Transport par rail)
CONT

Le [train] a commencé à partir à la dérive lorsque l'effort de freinage des freins indépendants de locomotive a baissé jusqu'au point où, même jumelé à l'effort de freinage des freins à main, il n'était plus suffisant pour retenir le train sur une [telle] pente [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
DEF

A person who attempts to avoid repaying a debt by disappearing or by attempting to run away from his or her creditors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheels and Tires (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

A visual mark indicating that the tire tread has approached a worn out condition.

CONT

... tires have tread wear warning bars that run across the tread. When observing a tire from a few yards away, you should not see the warning bars across the tread. If you do, the tire needs replacement.

OBS

tread wear indicator: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

tread wear indicator: term extracted from the "Motor Vehicles = Véhicules automobiles" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

OBS

tread wear indicator: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • treadwear warning bar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Roues et pneus (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Bande étroite, [...] apparaissant à la surface de la semelle lorsqu'il ne reste plus que 2/32 de po de semelle.

OBS

indicateur d'usure : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR et l'ISO.

OBS

témoin d'usure : terme tiré du lexique «Motor Vehicles = Véhicules automobiles» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

OBS

indicateur d'usure : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ruedas y neumáticos (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
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Record 4 2015-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Informatics
DEF

An operating mode that provides for the concurrent performance or interleaved execution of two or more tasks.

CONT

For instance, while you are typing away on your word-processor, the computer can run a communications program "in the background", using the modem to receive a big file over the telephone lines. The processor is not working faster, it is just "time-swapping" between the tasks, doing a few instructions of one, then another. Actually, each individual task runs more slowly, because doing other jobs and because of the overhead introduced by the instructions it must perform to manage and switch between tasks.

OBS

multitasking; multi-tasking: terms standardized by ISO and CSA.

Key term(s)
  • time-swapping
  • multi-task operation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Informatique
DEF

Mode de fonctionnement permettant l'accomplissement concurrent ou l'exécution imbriquée de plusieurs tâches.

OBS

fonctionnement multitâche : terme normalisé par l'ISO et la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
  • Informática
DEF

Dos o más segmentos dentro de un mismo programa ejecutándose al mismo tiempo en una computadora (ordenador).

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Record 5 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

... the instant you’ve hit wide and deep to his forehand ... you’d better move back to your right for his return.

OBS

strike: term also used in table tennis.

OBS

hit, strike: terms also used in badminton.

PHR

To hit cleanly, deep, late, firmly, long, out, powerfully, short, solidly, up.

PHR

To hit away from. To hit on the run.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[Joueur de tennis qui] frappe des deux mains des deux côtés.

CONT

Il cogne aussi fort qu'avant, aussi âpre à la victoire.

OBS

frapper : terme employé aussi au badminton et au tennis de table.

PHR

Frapper à plat, à ras le filet, au sommet, avec autorité, avec vigueur, comme une mule, convenablement, dans la balle, dans le rebord, doucement, du bras, en brossé, en chop, en parallèle, en profondeur, en croisé, en retard, fermement, franchement, les coins, les lignes, nettement, puissamment, rageusement, sèchement, solidement, vers le bas, violemment.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

[El lob es un golpe] liftado, golpeado de abajo arriba.

PHR

Golpear fuerte.

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Record 6 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The result of hitting the tennis ball with a tennis racquet; sometimes refers to the actual placement of the ball or manner in which it is struck.

CONT

A shot is the combination of a stroke and the situation in which it is used.

OBS

"Long" is an informal expression used to indicate that a shot went out past the baseline. Important nuance: a "stroke" implies early preparation and a complete follow through. If one were to envision a stroke, one would see a series of sequences, ending with a "shot", i.e. the result of all of the above. Consequently, a "shot" is the result of the "stroke". "Shot" implies a quick, sharp movement because one is focusing on the end result, not the series of sequences leading up to it. A "blow" is rather an imprecise, general term similar in meaning to "shot". Although many would like to maintain these nuances in English, "shot" and "stroke" are often used synonymously. "Blow" is used only rarely. Note, however that although there are two possible equivalents ("coup" and "frappe") in French, neither are semantically identical to the English offerings. The Spanish term "pegada" works well as an equivalent for "shot", although technically the term more specifically refers to the actual hitting action caused by the racket coming in contact with the ball, and not to the end result [cause vs effect].

CONT

Keeping your feet wide apart is an important key to maintaining good balance and positioning while moving from shot to shot.

CONT

Since his injury in the first set, he has lost a lot of sting in his shots.

PHR

Shape, strength of shot. Barrage, range, string of shots.

PHR

Shot bounces. Shot drifts wide. Shot has no pace on it. Shot will go/sail long.

PHR

Accurate, aggressive, angled, approach, bread-and-butter, buggywhip, chip, cinch, crafty, cross-court, crummy, decisive, deep, defensive, delicate, down-the-line, down-the-T, drop, extraordinary, fantastic, fast, floating, floppy, follow-up, forcing, gutsy, hard, hard-to-read, high-risk, inside-out, kill, laser, looping, loose, low, low-percentage, low-risk, mammoth, midcourt, off-centre, offensive, outside-in, passing, percentage, power, pressure, recovery, risky, safe, set-up, shallow, sharp-angled, short, showoff, sloppy, soft, spin, strong, tactical, topspin, touch, tough, tricky, two-handed, underspin, varied, vicious, wide, winning, wrongfooting shot.

PHR

Irretrievable key shot.

PHR

To admire, angle, anticipate, attack, baby, block, bungle, center, chop down, conceal, cut off, develop, dip, direct, flatten out, go for, guide, handle, hit, hold, improvise, intercept, lean into, line up, make, meet, miss, move into, muff, muscle, net, place, play, pop up, practice, pull off, put away, retrieve, rifle, run down, rush through, send, set up, smack, spray, step into, take, target, telegraph, time, track, underspin, unleash a shot.

PHR

To add pep to a shot. To approach behind a shot. To be cute with a shot. To react to a shot. To scoop down for a shot. To put one’s whole body behind shot. To get one’s weight behind/into the shot. To mix up shots. To stream together shots.

PHR

To raise a shot high. To telegraph shop direction. To whip a shot up/down the line.

PHR

Crushing shots. Filing one’s body into a shot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[...] Rien pour embarrasser François dont la régularité des coups en fond de terrain et la grande ténacité font de ce jeune joueur le champion canadien des 14 ans et moins.

CONT

[...] ses coups assenés du fond du court avec cette insolente précision qui blanchit les lignes.

PHR

Coup d'approche, d'attaque, en angle, audacieux, de base, de contre-attaque, coupé, croisé, décentré, décisif, défensif, déguisé, dévastateur, époustouflant, d'expert, explosif, faiblard, fantaisiste, fatal, de grande classe, lourd, mal ajusté, offensif, plat, précis, puissant, raté, retenu, risque, souple, spectaculaire, tordu.

PHR

Puissance, tempo d'un coup. Déroulement du coup. Gamme, production des coups.

PHR

Anticiper, appuyer, centrer, ralentir, rater, tourner un coup.

PHR

Assurer un bon centrage d'un coup. Laisser aller ses coups.

PHR

Sortir des coups impressionnants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
DEF

Efecto de jugar a pegar golpes a una pelota.

CONT

Cualidades que debe poseer un buen servicio [...] Variación constante de la pegada (plana o con efecto).

CONT

Vuelta a la posición de espera tardía, lo que hace dejar un hueco en el que nuestro adversario dirigirá su próximo tiro.

PHR

Tiro angulado. Golpe definitivo, defensivo, estático, violento.

PHR

Un golpe lleva efecto.

PHR

Angular un tiro.

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Record 7 2010-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
CONT

A water jet is... used to blow away sand or sediment. It is a great deal more powerful than the air jet.... it can be run from a small float on the surface.... There is always the risk that valuable archaeological material will be blasted away...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
CONT

Différents types de lances à eau permettent d'attaquer les sédiments compacts au moyen d'un jet violent. [...] leur action est efficace mais souvent destructrice [...].

CONT

Quant à la lance à eau, [...], alimentée en surface par une pompe, [...] [elle] envoie un violent jet d'eau sous pression.

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Motors
OBS

Series motor.... if the load is small, the speed may rise to dangerously high values. For this reason we never permit a series motor to operate at no-load. It tends to run away, and the resulting centrifugal forces could tear the windings out of the armature and destroy the machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs électriques
OBS

Moteur série. [...] Il est clair que si la charge mécanique est faible, la vitesse risque d'atteindre des valeurs dangereuses. Pour cette raison, on ne doit jamais permettre à un moteur série de fonctionner à vide. Il a tendance à s'emballer, et les forces centrifuges peuvent arracher les enroulements de l'induit et provoquer la destruction de la machine.

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
CONT

In the distance run the competitors start together, but due to differences in ability they break up into groups. One runner often breaks away and is followed by the main group. Sources : Paul Poce, and Lynn Davies, Canadian Amateur Track and Field Association.

OBS

The term "main bunch" is a slang expression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
OBS

Jean-Paul Baert, Association canadienne d'athlétisme amateur.

Spanish

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Record 10 2007-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soils (Agriculture)
  • Crop Protection
  • Protection of Farm Animals
OBS

Both plants and animals respond to stress by using adaptations that help them evade, tolerate, or recover from stress... In particular, animals often rely on behavior as their first line of defense against environmental challenges... However, plants cannot run away from a stress and are thus more likely to emphasize dormancy, stress-resistance, or stress-recovery mechanisms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sols (Agriculture)
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Protection des animaux (Agric.)
OBS

Le stress thermique affecte autant les animaux que les plantes.

OBS

Stress : ensemble des perturbations physiologiques, métaboliques ou pathologiques provoquées dans un organisme par des agents agresseurs variés (température, humidité, etc.). Exemples : stress thermique, stress hydrique.

Spanish

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Record 11 2005-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
DEF

To run away from the army.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
DEF

Quitter l'armée sans autorisation.

Spanish

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Record 12 2004-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
  • Rail Transport
  • Roads
DEF

A breach in a road or similar structure caused by excessive storm-water or flooding.

CONT

A washout is when a part of the roadbed, a bridge or a culvert is washed away by flooding. A washout can happen at places where you don’t expect any trouble. It can also happen at any time of the year, in some parts of the country it can even happen in the winter. Sudden thaws and spring run off can cause washouts around culverts and bridges.

OBS

washout: term officially approved by CP Rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
  • Transport par rail
  • Voies de circulation
DEF

Brèche dans une route ou une structure semblable, causée par des pluies abondantes ou une inondation.

OBS

D'après: wash (the soil) away = emporter, entraîner le sol (action de la pluie) de l'inondation, MAAG - Syn: entraînement VFER 77 368 - Note: le mot entraînement s'applique bien à des matériaux mais moins à un pont. On dirait plus facilement «le pont a été emporté par les pluies» que «le pont a été entraîné par les pluies». Le mot «affouillement» se rapporte plus à un phénomène d'érosion (scour).

OBS

emportement par les eaux; affouillement : termes uniformisés par CP Rail.

OBS

dégravoiement : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte por carretera
  • Transporte ferroviario
  • Carreteras
DEF

Formación erosiva de surcos profundos [causados por] las aguas pluviales.

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Record 13 2000-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A length of pipe whose bottom edge is serrated and/or dressed with a hard, cutting material that is run into the wellbore around the outside of stuck casing, pipe, or tubing in order to mill away the obstruction causing the pipe to be stuck.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 14 1995-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Audio-Visual Documents
OBS

Video produced in 1990 by the National Film Board of Canada. Linda recently divorced her abusive husband Bill and is now trying to make a new life for herself and her two children. But Bill is jealous. He becomes physically violent and threatens to take the children away from her. Mysteriously, a social worker comes to investigate an anonymous complaint that Linda is neglecting her children. The next day a court order is delivered-Bill is demanding custody of the children. Linda panics. Should she run or should she stay and fight?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents audio-visuels
OBS

Vidéo produit en 1990 par l'Office national du film.

Spanish

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Record 15 1995-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
OBS

abscond : to go away hastily and secretly, run away and hide, esp. in order to escape the law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Enfant qui se sauve de chez lui pour une période de temps indéterminée.

CONT

Certains adolescents préparent leurs fugues et les font à répétition (caractériels, fugueurs).

OBS

Ne pas confondre l'adjectif «fugitif» qui signifie «qui s'échappe» et l'adjectif «fugueur» qui veut dire «qui part de son foyer familial».

Spanish

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Record 16 1990-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
CONT

.. reaction scale-up using NSA must be performed carefully due to runaway reactions, thermally unstable compounds.

OBS

"run away, to" : Of a nuclear reactor, to pass into an uncontrollable condition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique

Spanish

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Record 17 1982-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Servicing and Maintenance (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Ignition Systems (Motor Vehicles)
OBS

To do a power-balance test, you’ll need a pair of spark plug cable pliers(...) The procedure goes like this :run the engine at curb-idle speed. With the special pliers, briefly remove each plug wire from the spark plug. Note the rpm drop, then reattach the wire. Hold the wire away from the plug for a second or two to see the rpm drop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien et réparation (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Allumage (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

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Record 18 1981-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Work and Production
OBS

(...) There is no need, in either the short or the long run, to tolerate a gap between actual and potentially producible product, for that represents on unnecessary frittering away of the gains from progress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Travail et production

Spanish

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Record 19 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

He tried to run away from the words he uttered in March last :

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

il a voulu se dérober aux paroles...(AR)

Spanish

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