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Record 1 - internal organization data 2019-10-15
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Internet and Telematics
- Remote Sensing
- Telecommunications
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- geofence
1, record 1, English, geofence
correct, officially approved
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- geo-fence 2, record 1, English, geo%2Dfence
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A virtual geospatial boundary that enables software to trigger a response when a mobile device enters or exits a specific area. 3, record 1, English, - geofence
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A virtual perimeter for the real world ... For example, you can use a geofence to automatically turn off your lights when you leave for the day. 4, record 1, English, - geofence
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
For example, a store could erect a simple geo-fence in an area surrounding its physical location. When users pass through, receiving a location-triggered alert or deal makes them considerably more likely to stop in and shop. 2, record 1, English, - geofence
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
geofence: designation and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel. 5, record 1, English, - geofence
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Internet et télématique
- Télédétection
- Télécommunications
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- périmètre virtuel
1, record 1, French, p%C3%A9rim%C3%A8tre%20virtuel
correct, masculine noun, officially approved
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- barrière géographique virtuelle 2, record 1, French, barri%C3%A8re%20g%C3%A9ographique%20virtuelle
feminine noun
- barrière virtuelle 3, record 1, French, barri%C3%A8re%20virtuelle
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Limite géospatiale virtuelle permettant à un logiciel de déclencher une réponse lorsqu'un dispositif mobile entre dans une zone donnée ou sort de celle-ci. 4, record 1, French, - p%C3%A9rim%C3%A8tre%20virtuel
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
périmètre virtuel : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre. 5, record 1, French, - p%C3%A9rim%C3%A8tre%20virtuel
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2002-11-29
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Organization Planning
- Urban Planning
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- balkanization of planning
1, record 2, English, balkanization%20of%20planning
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
It is foreseeable that establishing a Goleta area planning commission may trigger demands for other area planning commissions, particularly in Montecito and Orcutt. While Goleta is the largest urban area, Montecito has its own zoning ordinance and a history of strong citizen interest in fine-grained land use and design regulation. Orcutt is on its way to being a large urban area with its own unique needs. Commissioners were concerned both about the efficiency and the balkanization of planning with multiple commissions. 2, record 2, English, - balkanization%20of%20planning
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The general idea was that statewide working groups would develop the overarching values and chart the general directions, and implementation would be left to the regions. While this approach is appropriate for a large state, we noted our concern early on about the relationship between the statewide working groups and the regional collaboratives. We feared a balkanization of planning and in our February 1999 feedback letter on your 1998 State Plan suggested that all statewide working groups and regional collaboratives adopt the goals of an effective statewide system to assure consistency of principle and purpose. 3, record 2, English, - balkanization%20of%20planning
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Planification d'organisation
- Aménagement urbain
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- balkanisation de la planification
1, record 2, French, balkanisation%20de%20la%20planification
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[L'équilibre] est donc difficile à tenir entre une conception purement nationale nivelant les problèmes locaux et une conception trop déconcentrée aboutissant à une balkanisation de la planification. 1, record 2, French, - balkanisation%20de%20la%20planification
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2001-07-31
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Nervous System
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- trigger point
1, record 3, English, trigger%20point
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- trigger area 2, record 3, English, trigger%20area
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A circumscribed area of the body where stimulation will produce a specific sensation, such as pain. 1, record 3, English, - trigger%20point
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
When the pain is chronic or severe, particularly when a trigger area is found, local anesthesia with ethyl chloride spray or local injection of 0. 5 per cent lidocaine or physiologic saline sometimes affords relief. 2, record 3, English, - trigger%20point
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Système nerveux
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- zone gâchette
1, record 3, French, zone%20g%C3%A2chette
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- point de déclenchement 2, record 3, French, point%20de%20d%C3%A9clenchement
- point déclic 3, record 3, French, point%20d%C3%A9clic
correct, masculine noun
- point sonnette 3, record 3, French, point%20sonnette
correct, masculine noun
- zone réflexogène 4, record 3, French, zone%20r%C3%A9flexog%C3%A8ne
feminine noun
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Parfois spontanée, la névralgie est très souvent provoquée par la stimulation d'une région cutanée ou muqueuse précise (zone gâchette). 1, record 3, French, - zone%20g%C3%A2chette
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2001-02-06
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- WeatherAlert
1, record 4, English, WeatherAlert
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
WeatherAlert is an Environment Canada weather message about impending severe weather that scrolls--or crawls--across the bottom of the television screen. Only severe weather events that are not forecast early enough for announcement on regular television broadcasts will trigger WeatherAlert messages. Test messages for WeatherAlert will be issued in the greater Toronto pilot area for these severe weather events : tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, severe winds, blizzards, heavy freezing rain, heavy snow, heavy rain and snow squalls. The Toronto area was chosen for the pilot because of its size, variety of severe weather, population and its concentration of national broadcasters. 1, record 4, English, - WeatherAlert
Record 4, Key term(s)
- Weather-Alert message
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- Alerte Météo
1, record 4, French, Alerte%20M%C3%A9t%C3%A9o
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Alerte Météo est un message météorologique d'Environnement Canada qui annonce l'imminence d'un phénomène météorologique violent. Le message défile au bas de l'écran de télévision. Seuls les phénomènes météorologiques violents qui n'ont pas été prévus suffisamment tôt pour pouvoir être annoncés dans les émissions télévisées habituelles déclencheront des messages Alerte Météo. Des messages d'essai Alerte Météo seront diffusés dans la région-pilote du Grand Toronto pour les phénomènes météorologiques violents suivants : tornades, orages violents, vents violents, blizzards, pluie verglaçante abondante, chutes de neige abondantes, pluies abondantes et bourrasques de neige. La région torontoise a été choisie pour le projet-pilote du fait de sa taille, de la variété des conditions météorologiques, de sa population et du nombre de radiodiffuseurs nationaux. 1, record 4, French, - Alerte%20M%C3%A9t%C3%A9o
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 1992-12-31
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- polar low
1, record 5, English, polar%20low
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- polar depression 2, record 5, English, polar%20depression
correct
- polar meso-cyclone 3, record 5, English, polar%20meso%2Dcyclone
correct, see observation
- polar mesocyclone 4, record 5, English, polar%20mesocyclone
correct, see observation
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Small, shallow depression which forms mainly in winter over some high-latitude seas within a polar or arctic air mass. 5, record 5, English, - polar%20low
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
When arctic-origin air in winter flows southward(northward in the southern hemisphere) across(relatively) warmer seas, strong surface heating acts both to enhance the degree of instability, and trigger vigorous moist convective towers. This is sufficient alone to give rise to heavy, wintry showers/cumulonimbus clusters etc., but often marked troughing, or even a closed circulation in the isobaric flow is found; the resultant low-level convergence/positive vorticity enhancement, plus the localised concentration of the latent heat energy released, enhances development within the system, and an intense(but synoptically small) area of rain, hail, sleet or snow & squally winds can result-a polar low(or polar depression or polar meso-cyclone in some texts). 2, record 5, English, - polar%20low
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT
What is a polar low? Part of a diverse group of mesoscale weather systems (polar meso-cyclones). ... [There is] three types of polar meso-cyclones: -jet streak type, -arctic front type, -cold low type. 6, record 5, English, - polar%20low
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Polar mesocyclones: a term now used to encompass the whole ’family’ of disturbances resulting from arctic air flowing equatorward over progressively warmer seas; the term ’polar low’ is now often used only for ’extreme’ systems where gale or near gale-force winds are observed. 7, record 5, English, - polar%20low
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Its motion is approximately the same as the air stream in which it is embedded. 5, record 5, English, - polar%20low
Record 5, Key term(s)
- polar meso cyclone
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- dépression polaire
1, record 5, French, d%C3%A9pression%20polaire
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Petite dépression peu profonde qui se forme principalement en hiver dans une masse d'air polaire ou arctique située sur certaines mers des hautes latitudes. 1, record 5, French, - d%C3%A9pression%20polaire
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Son mouvement est approximativement le même que celui du courant atmosphérique dans lequel elle se situe. 1, record 5, French, - d%C3%A9pression%20polaire
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
Record 5, Main entry term, Spanish
- baja polar 1, record 5, Spanish, baja%20polar
Record 5, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 5, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Depresión pequeña y poco profunda que se forma dentro de una masa de aire polar o ártico, especialmente en invierno, sobre los mares polares. 1, record 5, Spanish, - baja%20polar
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Se mueve siguiendo, aproximadamente, la dirección de la corriente de aire en que está inserta. 1, record 5, Spanish, - baja%20polar
Record 6 - internal organization data 1991-03-26
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Small Arms
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- thumb rest
1, record 6, English, thumb%20rest
correct, officially approved
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Ledge in the grip area of a rifle or handgun on which to rest the thumb of the trigger hand. 1, record 6, English, - thumb%20rest
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Term and definition officialized by the Small Arms Terminology Working Group. 2, record 6, English, - thumb%20rest
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Armes légères
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- appuie-pouce
1, record 6, French, appuie%2Dpouce
correct, masculine noun, officially approved
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Excroissance sur la poignée d'une carabine ou d'une arme de poing, sur laquelle on appuie le pouce de la main de tir. 1, record 6, French, - appuie%2Dpouce
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères. 2, record 6, French, - appuie%2Dpouce
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
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