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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modelling (Mathematics)
  • Farming Techniques
  • Climatology
  • Crop Protection
CONT

Crop-yield weather modelling refers to the techniques [that] can be used operationally to determine the likely effect of weather on yields. Although the incidence of weather conditions on yields is well established, its quantitative assessment is not always straightforward : time series analyses of agricultural statistics show that inter-annual variability... of crop yields can be roughly subdivided into [three] components :(i) trend,(ii) direct weather factors[, ] and(iii) indirect weather effects, pests, diseases, weed competition, etc.

Key term(s)
  • crop-yield weather modeling
  • crop yield weather modelling
  • crop yield weather modeling
  • crop weather modeling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modélisation (Mathématique)
  • Techniques agricoles
  • Climatologie
  • Protection des végétaux

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
CONT

An isopleth map is designed to show the pattern or trend of numerical values over an area. This type of map utilizes lines, called isolines, to connect points(places) of equal value.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
CONT

Il existe aussi des cartes qui ne font pas appel à la notion de plage cartographique. Par exemple, des cartes en courbes d'isovaleurs qui sont alors des cartes isoplèthes.

Key term(s)
  • carte isoplète
  • carte des isoplèthes

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
CONT

The index chart... can show the relation of a trend to a base year or period of time. To change amounts into index numbers for plotting a trend, divide each given amount by the value of the selected base year and multiply the quotient by 100.

CONT

Index charts are used to advantage: 1. For comparing the relationship of two series which differ greatly in amount.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
CONT

Regardons [...] le graphique des indices.

OBS

On peut [...] transformer [les phénomènes étudiés] en indices : à une date donnée, tous les phénomènes sont considérés comme égaux à 100 -- et les valeurs prises par eux aux différentes dates sont transformées en valeurs relatives par rapport à cette base. Ces indices peuvent être portés sur un graphique qui ne comporte [...] qu'une seule échelle en ordonnée.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • National History
  • Heritage
OBS

The fashion trend of the day was for the ladies to line their grey cloaks with red velvet, the colours of the British military uniform. In a show of force, [Captain Jonathan] Prescott assembled the women and had them reverse their cloaks and hold their brooms so as the broom handles looked like musket barrels as they marched on the grounds of Capt. Prescott's house. The privateer's thought it was a garrison of British soldiers and wasted no time in hightailing it out of the harbour in their three ships.

Key term(s)
  • Turncoat Victory reenactment
  • reenactment of the Turncoat Victory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoires nationales
  • Patrimoine
OBS

Le mot anglais «Turncoat» renvoie aux capes que des femmes, des jeunes gens et des personnes âgées de Chester, Nouvelle-Écosse, ont retournées le 30 juin 1782 pour faire croire à des corsaires américains qu'ils étaient des militaires britanniques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coal-Derived Fuels
OBS

A material is said to show trend if the average value of the characteristic varies unidirectionally over some interval of time, mass or space in the material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles dérivés des charbons
OBS

Une matière est dite présenter une tendance si la moyenne du caractère varie au sein de la matière dans une seule direction sur un certain intervalle de temps, de masse ou d'espace.

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Mathematical Geography
DEF

Errors which reflect the accuracy with which the floating mark of a stereoplotting system can be located on a sharp model point. These errors generally follow a more or less random distribution but show a systematic trend with progressive working time on the instrument due to eye fatigue and its effect on stereoscopic perception.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Géographie mathématique

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

Private consumption and imports of goods and services, though weakened in the second half of 1992, are forecast to show positive growth and a modestly improving trend over the short term. The outlook is for rates of growth for private consumption averaging about 2% in 1993 and 1994.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

On s'attend à ce que la consommation privée et les importations de biens et de services, bien que chétives au deuxième semestre de 1992, affichent une croissance positive et une modeste tendance à l'amélioration à court terme. Les taux de croissance de la consommation privée devraient s'établir à environ 2 pour 100 en moyenne en 1993 et 1994.

Spanish

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Record 8 1977-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Ammonites of the subfamily proplanulitinae show] expressions of the trend towards high, compressed, involute whorls with smooth venter, and simplified sutures with reduced lobes but long and little-retracted suspensive lobe(...) "M. Jur.(Callov) ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les ammonites de la sous-famille des proplanulitinae ont une] involution plus marquée que chez les vrais "périsphinctes", ornementation progressivement atténuée.

Spanish

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