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ULTIMATE STANDARD [8 records]

Record 1 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

Since the Smithsonian agreement, the world has effectively been on a de facto dollar standard. Foreign monetary authorities hold their reserves in the form of dollars and settle their international debts with dollars.... The ultimate value of the dollar is given not by gold but by the amount of U. S. goods and services that dollars can be used to purchase.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
DEF

Système de paiements internationaux en vigueur depuis la décision américaine de rompre la convertibilité de sa monnaie en mars 1968.

OBS

Dans ce nouveau système, le dollar des États-Unis est la monnaie la plus fréquemment utilisée dans les transactions internationales [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía nacional e internacional
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
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Record 2 2010-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motorcycles and Snowmobiles
  • Motorized Sports
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
CONT

What is a grooming machine? Grooming machine manufacturers worldwide recognise the need for a resort to provide an ever increasing high standard of snow grooming to resort guests. The competition to create the ultimate grooming machines has culminated in machines that can climb slopes, push heavy compacted snow and leave a seamless trail of corduroy in their wake.

Key term(s)
  • skidozer
  • Sno-Cat
  • trail-groomer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Motos et motoneiges
  • Sports motorisés
  • Ski et surf des neiges
DEF

[...] véhicule sur chenilles spécialement fait pour resurfacer la neige des pentes de ski ou des pistes de motoneiges.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motocicletas y motos de nieve
  • Deportes motorizados
  • Esquí y snowboard
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Record 3 2006-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education (General)
CONT

The purpose of the... school letter is to recognize and reward individual contributions to the school community.... Students may work towards a Junior Letter or a Senior Letter. Students and the staff recognize the letter as the ultimate achievement in the school community since it sets a high standard of student participation.

CONT

Upon graduation, having received more points, they may be awarded a senior letter or honour crest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Biochemistry
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Methods for ranking of substances and ingredients.... Environmental hazard assessment.... Limited ultimate biodegradability in aerobic tests for ready biodegradability(i. e. below pass level) due to sorption, toxicity or other inherent properties that preclude sufficient biodegradability under standard test conditions, provided that other convincing scientific evidence is available to demonstrate that the substance can be degraded to harmless products in the aquatic environment(70% within 28 days).

CONT

In the past, the key aim of EU detergents policy was to safeguard the single market in these products and to ensure a high level of environmental protection. It focused on preventing foam in water systems caused by surfactants, a key substance used in detergents. In its working document, the Enterprise Directorate-General suggests the recasting of the five existing Directives concerning the biodegradability of surfactants. New provisions are included to better protect the aquatic environment by controlling the ultimate biodegradability of detergents; ...

CONT

... regulation on the criteria for ultimate biodegradability (instead of primary biodegradability) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Biochimie
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

[...] il existe une discordance entre ce que prévoit le texte concernant la biodégradabilité et les modalités pour la mesurer qui sont énoncées dans l'annexe technique. (L'annexe III du règlement prévoit qu'il sera demandé un taux de biodégradabilité finale de 60 % en 28 jours alors qu'il était demandé une biodégradabilité primaire de 80 % en 21 jours auparavant.)

CONT

De nouvelles dispositions ont été incluses en vue d'améliorer la protection des systèmes aquatiques : les méthodes d'essais sont désormais plus strictes et portent sur la biodégradabilité finale et non plus initiale. Le champ d'application a également été élargi à tous les types de détergents tensio-actifs, alors que jusque-là ceux contenus dans les assouplissants textiles et les produits pour lave-vaisselle -soit environ 10 % du total- étaient exclus faute de consensus sur la méthode de test.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
  • Electrical Measuring Equipment
CONT

Timing simulators are programmable instruments that are used to create test waveforms. This allows a user to program variable state periods into a test, rather than rely solely on the fixed clock periods offered in standard work generators. This timing simulation capability is the ultimate step in the logical progression from pulse generation to word generation and beyond.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
  • Appareils de mesures (Électricité)

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
CONT

The average cow in their herd stands just 28 inches high at the shoulder-compared with 67 inches for a standard Brahman-and weighs one-fifth of a normal Brahman's 1, 500 pounds. The two men's selective breeding of mini-cattle has resulted in the ultimate cow for Third World farmers, says Berruecos, a veterinarian at the National Autonomous University of Mexico :"A campesino with an acre of land can have two or three of these cows".

Key term(s)
  • mini-cattle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux
Key term(s)
  • mini-bovin

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Properties of Paper
CONT

Because inter-laminar shear rather than normal plybond appears to be the ultimate cause of ply failures, it is questionable if the existing standard testing method(perpendicular rupture force) is a relevant indication of sheet strength. Several alternative testing methods are now available where the sheet is passed through a loaded nip of opposing steel and rubber-covered rolls; the number of passes before failure is called the rolling shear strength index.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Propriétés des papiers
CONT

Comme la délamination entre les couches est plus fréquente que la délamination interne des couches, on peut se demander si la méthode normalisée (force de rupture perpendiculaire) donne une indication convenable de la résistance de la feuille. Il existe à l'heure actuelle d'autres méthodes d'essais : la feuille passe dans une pince sous pression où un rouleau en acier et un rouleau recouvert de caoutchouc sont en vis-à-vis; le nombre de passages avant délamination donne l'indice de résistance au cisaillement entre rouleaux.

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
OBS

Ultimate Standards of readiness/Normes ultimes de préparation; Standard of Readings/Normes de préparation DND

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
OBS

Logistique

Spanish

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