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TURN ISLAND [2 records]

Record 1 2000-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic
  • Road Safety
  • Urban Planning
  • Road Design
DEF

A raised triangular island at an intersection approach which obstructs left turns and through movements to and from the intersecting street or driveway.

OBS

He explained the three proposed accesses to the property [one of which] would be a right-in and right-out only driveway with a controlling island so that no one could make a left turn in or out of the property.

Key term(s)
  • right-in right-out
  • right-in right-out entrance
  • right-in right-out entry
  • right-in right-out driveway

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière
  • Sécurité routière
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Conception des voies de circulation
DEF

Îlot séparateur triangulaire érigé à l'approche d'une intersection de façon à forcer le virage à droite de la voie parallèle à l'îlot et à interdire le virage à gauche le la voie perpendiculaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.

OBS

Quadra sediments on Vancouver Island in places overlie a till and associated sediments, the Dashwood Drift, which in turn rest on the non-glacial Mapleguard sediments.

OBS

Quadra sediments on Vancouver Island in places overlie a till and associated sediments, the Dashwood Drift, which in turn rest on the non-glacial Mapleguard sediments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.

OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.

OBS

Les sédiments de Quadra dans l'île de Vancouver recouvrent, par endroits un till et des sédiments associés, le drift Dashwood, sus-jacent aux sédiments non glaciaires de Mapleguard.

Spanish

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