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Record 1 2026-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

A short, straightforward piece of clinical advice.

CONT

Medicine is undergoing rapid change. Science has altered the way in which we view disease, diagnostic procedures, and therapeutic options. Transmitting this information to practicing physicians, students, and residents remains one of the challenges facing medical educators.... The clinical pearl is an often anecdotal method of relaying information. Pearls offer clues about the patient at hand and are aphorisms worded to imply something absolute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
DEF

Conseil cliniquement pertinent.

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

Homologous recombination is that which we are taught about in introductory biology class. It is the crossing-over process observed during meiosis, though it occurs in bacteria as well. The process involves pairing up of similar DNA sequences, with then one sequence replacing the other, or indeed for meiotic crossing over, with the generation of now two recombinant strands, one for each chromosome homolog, rather than just one. In either case, key is that it is DNA that is highly similar in terms of DNA sequence that is being either replaced or swapped. This allows for a replacement of alleles following horizontal gene transfer, or allele swapping...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Recombinaison qui s'effectue par échange de segments d'ADN entre deux séquences identiques ou proches.

OBS

La recombinaison homologue intervient notamment dans la recombinaison génétique au cours de la méiose.

CONT

recombinaison homologue : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 4 février 2021.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
DEF

Intercambio de fragmentos de ADN entre las dos cromátidas no hermanas del mismo cromosoma durante la meiosis.

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Record 3 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Religion (General)
OBS

Canadian Baptist Ministries is a movement of churches who call themselves Canadian Baptists. We are the link between churches across Canada and around the world. As part of the larger family of Baptist churches around the globe, we represent one of the largest networks of faith in the Protestant world.

OBS

The Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board was organized in 1912. It was renamed Canadian Baptist Overseas Missions Board (CBOMB). It was renamed again to Canadian Baptist International Ministries (CBIM) before merging with the CBF in 1995 to form the current CBM. No national coordinating body of Baptists existed in Canada until the CBM was organized at Saint John, New Brunswick in 1944 as the Baptist Federation of Canada (BFC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Religion (Généralités)
OBS

Les Ministères Baptistes Canadiens (CBM) est un mouvement d'églises qui se reconnaît comme Baptistes Canadiens. Nous sommes le lien entre les églises du Canada et à travers le monde. En tant que large partie de la famille des églises baptistes du monde, nous représentons l'un des plus grands maillons de foi dans le monde protestant.

Spanish

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Record 4 2025-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

Consider the orbital plane of the orbit that contains the insertion point. Since the transfer orbit we are looking for must be in the orbital plane of the GTO [geostationary transfer orbit] connecting its periapsis with the apoapsis of the former one, the required condition when the orbits have different inclination, is that the intersection line of both planes must contain the periapsis-apoapsis direction of the orbit which contains the insertion point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
DEF

Point de la trajectoire d'un engin spatial où les conditions requises pour son insertion sur une nouvelle orbite sont remplies.

OBS

point d'insertion : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 26 janvier 2025.

Spanish

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Record 5 2025-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Collaboration with WIPO
DEF

A robot designed to operate in a three-dimensional space.

CONT

For a spatial robot, there are two possible cases. A section may have two DOF [degrees of freedom](most common) where the two degrees are derived from the bending motion of the robot. The set will contain two variables for each section, one to describe the bend and the other to describe the orientation of the bend in space. If we use curvature to describe the bending of the section, then we only need to use an angle about the initial tangent of a section to describe the orientation.

OBS

spatial robot: designation validated by a Canadian subject-matter expert from Polytechnique Montréal.

Key term(s)
  • SearchOnlyKey1

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
CONT

Le prototype étudié a volontairement été choisi comme un robot plan. Le passage à un robot spatial est possible en utilisant des modules générant deux rotations [...] ou en empilant les modules X dans des orientations différentes.

OBS

robot spatial : désignation validée par un spécialiste canadien de Polytechnique Montréal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

Robot espacial: El movimiento del robot se desarrolla en todo el espacio tridimensional. Estos robots se pueden subdividir de acuerdo a los grados de libertad en: robot desde tres GDL [grados de libertad] hasta seis GDL y robots de grados de libertad mixto.

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Record 6 2024-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

... one reason that bone health is difficult to maintain is that the skeleton is simultaneously serving two different functions that are in competition with each other. First, bone must be responsive to changes in mechanical loading or weight bearing, both of which require strong bones that have ample supplies of calcium and phosphorus. When these elements are in short supply the regulating hormones take them out of the bone to serve vital functions in other systems of the body. Thus the skeleton can be likened to a bank where we can deposit calcium or phosphorus and then withdraw them later in times of need. However, too many withdrawals weaken the bone and can lead to the most common bone disorder, fractures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
  • Hygiène et santé
CONT

La vitamine D joue un rôle important dans la santé osseuse en régulant l'absorption du calcium et du phosphore au niveau intestinal ainsi qu'en assurant le maintien des concentrations sanguines de ces minéraux.

Spanish

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Record 7 2024-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Sociology of Work
  • Social Problems
CONT

Deprivation can occur in only one domain and not in others... When several domains are simultaneously deprived and our interest is in the combined effect of specific disadvantaged domains, we look at multidimensional deprivation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Sociologie du travail
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

Il peut y avoir présence de défavorisation dans un domaine, mais pas dans les autres [...] Quand l'emphase porte sur la défavorisation simultanée dans des domaines spécifiques, on parle de défavorisation multidimensionnelle.

Spanish

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Record 8 2023-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • Space Physics
CONT

The possibility that we are living in a false vacuum has never been a cheering one to contemplate. Vacuum decay is the ultimate ecological catastrophe; in a new vacuum there are new constants of nature; after vacuum decay, not only is life as we know it impossible, so is chemistry as we know it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Physique spatiale

Spanish

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Record 9 2022-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Cartography
CONT

It goes without saying that most cartographers are employed in map-making... Individual cartographers vary a great deal in what they do, but we can identify certain basic functions that are performed by cartographers in general. The most important of these are liaison, editing, drafting, reprographics, administration, research, teaching and custodianship. Depending on the nature and size of the organization for which the cartographer works, he or she may perform just one or several of these functions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Cartographie
CONT

Nul besoin de dire que la plupart des cartographes travaillent dans le domaine de la création de cartes [...] Les tâches exactes de chaque cartographe varient beaucoup, mais on peut en identifier les fonctions de base générales. Les plus importantes sont toutefois la liaison, l'édition, le dessin, la reproduction, l'administration, la recherche, l'éducation et la préservation. Selon la nature et la grosseur de l'organisation où il travaille, le cartographe effectuera une ou plusieurs de ces fonctions.

CONT

Le cartographe donne une représentation visuelle d'un territoire (carte politique, démographique, marine, routière, géologique...). Il doit maîtriser les SIG (systèmes d'information géographique) qui permettent, par exemple, à une commune de visualiser son parc immobilier, de gérer ses permis de construire ou de réaliser une simulation en 3D [trois dimensions] d'une crue.

Spanish

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Record 10 2022-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • Space Physics
DEF

The first obstacle... in extracting realistic particle physics from string theory is that quantum mechanical consistency of string theory requires a spacetime of ten dimensions... While the thought of other dimensions beyond the four(three space plus one time) that we observe seems far-fetched, extra dimensions could have easily escaped detection if they are small enough. This idea is called compactification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Physique spatiale

Spanish

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Record 11 2019-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

A voting system is how we elect representatives to a legislature... There are many different voting systems. Each one has different rules about how voters cast their ballot, how votes are counted, and how votes translate into seats in the legislature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

Le mode de scrutin est la partie de la loi électorale qui précise les règles d'élection à partir du vote des électeurs; en d'autres termes, le mécanisme utilisé pour traduire les voix en sièges aux élections.

CONT

On peut classer de différentes manières les modes de scrutin : selon leur caractère plus ou moins proportionnel (les types classiques sont majoritaires, mixtes et proportionnels); selon qu'ils sont à un ou plusieurs tours; selon qu'il est question de scrutins de liste ou de candidatures individuelles; ou selon la plus ou moins grande latitude qu'ils permettent aux électeurs d'influencer la distribution des sièges entre les candidats d'une même formation politique.

OBS

Le système électoral se compose du mode de scrutin et de toutes les règles qui régissent les élections. Néanmoins, plusieurs politologues font directement référence [...] au mode de scrutin lorsqu'ils emploient le concept de système électoral [...] il y a souvent confusion entre ces deux concepts et [...] plusieurs commentateurs les utilisent de façon interchangeable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
CONT

Un sistema de votación consiste en las reglas que rigen cómo pueden expresar sus deseos los votantes y como se agregan estos deseos para llegar a un resultado final.

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Record 12 2019-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

Multi-byte... means two or more bytes. When we assign character codes to all characters for a specific language(or a group of languages), one byte(8 bits) can represent 256 different characters. Two bytes(16 bits) can represent up to 65, 536 different characters. However, two bytes are still not enough to represent all the characters for many languages. We use 3 bytes or 4 bytes for those characters.

PHR

multi-byte character set, multi-byte encoding, multi-byte string

PHR

multibyte string

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
PHR

page de codes multi-octet, chaîne multi-octet, encodage multi-octet

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje de programación
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
PHR

codificaciones multibyte, juego de caracteres multibyte

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Record 13 2017-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Organization
OBS

Big Sisters and Big Brothers were agencies in Ottawa that provided adult friends and mentors to girls and boys in need in order to enable them to achieve their full potential as young men and women. Studies have shown that mentoring is the most effective way of helping a youngster deal positively with the challenges of growing up. For almost 30 years, these two agencies operated side by side in the Greater Ottawa Area. Now, we are one organization, with an aim to improve service delivery, expand the number of children we serve and present a more coherent fact to clients, funders and the general public alike.

OBS

First title confirmed by the organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Organisation sociale
OBS

À l'origine, les Grandes Sœurs et les Grands Frères étaient deux agences distinctes à Ottawa. Leur mission était de fournir des amis et des mentors adultes aux filles et aux garçons qui en ont besoin afin de leur permettre de réaliser leur plein potentiel en tant que jeunes hommes et femmes. Les résultats de diverses études révèlent que le mentorat constitue le moyen le plus efficace d'aider une jeune personne à faire face aux défis des étapes de la croissance de façon positive. Depuis près de 30 ans ces deux agences ont assuré leurs services côte à côte dans l'Ottawa métropolitain. Maintenant devenue une seule agence fusionnée, nous tenons à respecter trois principaux objectifs, à savoir améliorer la prestation de services, offrir nos services à davantage d'enfants et faire profiter les clients, les agences de financement et le grand public d'un système davantage cohérent.

OBS

Appellation principale confirmée auprès de l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 14 2017-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • River and Sea Navigation
CONT

The candidate must be able to ... obtain, reduce and plot a celestial fix using a sun-run-sun method.

CONT

sun-run-sun : So we now know how to get a single position line from a single sun sight. But we need at least two position lines to get an actual position fix, or position estimate. But there is only one sun, so we have to wait for the sun to move to take another sun sight and get another position line. Ideally, we would take a sun sight in the morning and obtain a position line, and take another sight in the afternoon for a second position line. This will result in two almost perpendicular lines, which will give us the most reliable fix with two lines(the closer the lines are to [being] perpendicular, the less susceptible their crossing point is to error).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
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Record 15 2017-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labelling (Packaging)
DEF

[Said] of a product or commodity [that is] incorrectly, misleadingly, or dishonestly labelled.

CONT

We discover that one out of every five fish is mislabelled, which means many Canadians are being overcharged, left unable to make wise ecological choices, and are vulnerable to food safety concerns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étiquetage (Emballages)

Spanish

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Record 16 2017-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

An edible part of a slaughter animal that is cut away when the carcass is dressed including liver, kidney, brain, spleen, pancreas, thymus, tripe, and tongue.

CONT

But as we’ve grown further away from the farm, our food tastes have become more homogenized and pickier. The meat cases of sleek supermarkets reflect this: You may find a few lonely packages of liver. Brains, kidneys and other innards are seldom seen except at ethnic markets and specialty butcher shops. Most restaurant menus are likewise almost bereft of what the French call abats de boucherie, the British "offal" and Americans, somewhat euphemistically, "variety meats," which include one of the most luscious delicacies of all, sweetbreads.

Key term(s)
  • variety meat
  • fancy meat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
DEF

Ensemble des parties comestibles du cinquième quartier des animaux de boucherie.

OBS

On distingue les abats blancs [tête, pieds, panse], et les abats rouges [foie, cœur, rate, langue].

OBS

En France, les termes «abats» et «abats comestibles» sont synonymes. Par contre, au Canada, on distingue entre les abats comestibles et les abats non comestibles (nommés «issues» en France), le terme «abats» étant plus général.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria cárnica, de fiambres y embutidos
DEF

Todas aquellas partes comestibles [destinadas al consumo humano] que se extraen de los animales destinados a carne y que no están comprendidas dentro del término canal, salvo alguna excepción como los riñones, patas y cabeza.

OBS

despojo: No confundir con menudencias o vísceras comestibles ya que estas solo comprenden los órganos internos y no partes como las patas, que sí se consideran despojos.

OBS

despojo de matadero; despojo de carnicería: No son despojos destinados al consumo humano, sino que a veces se utilizan para elaborar harina de carne para alimentación de animales. Algunos de ellos se consideran materiales especificados de riesgo ya que pueden causar epizootias tales como la encefalopatía espongiforme bovina.

OBS

canal: Cuerpo de los animales de las especies citadas para carne, desprovistos de vísceras torácicas, abdominales y pelvianas.

OBS

despojo; despojo comestible: términos utilizados generalmente en plural.

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Record 17 2017-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
CONT

Institutional complementarity is said to exist when the presence or absence of one institution affects the efficiency of the other. This is seen to inhibit radical or fundamental socio-economic change and instead promote institutional reproduction.

CONT

Uncertainty about the future, then, is at the same time uncertainty about institutional complementarity, to the extent that complementarity is measured by economic performance... If we assume that world to be changing, in a direction on which we can make at best educated guesses, then complementarity is not just an uncertain but a moving target, one that we may pursue in bad times by either preserving or rebuilding our institutions, and by refining and upgrading them in good times, without ever knowing for sure, whether what we are doing will really make them more complementary, and with it more productive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
  • Coopération et développement économiques
CONT

L'analyse historique suggère qu'une stratégie que l'on peut qualifier d'américanisation se heurte au fait que les institutions de la nouvelle économie se sont forgées progressivement à travers un processus d'essais et d'erreurs, à l'issue duquel se manifeste une co-évolution qui peut être lue comme l'expression d'une complémentarité institutionnelle.

CONT

De nouveaux régimes économiques ont émergé ou sont en voie de le faire, mais qu'ils mettent en œuvre soit une complémentarité institutionnelle, soit une hiérarchie dans laquelle est impliquée la finance, plus qu'un déterminisme par les TIC [technologies de l'information et de la communication] en tant que telles.

Spanish

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Record 18 2016-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrostatics
CONT

When we rub two different materials together, which becomes positively charged and which becomes negative? Scientists have ranked materials in order of their ability to hold or give up electrons. This ranking is called the triboelectric series.... Under ideal conditions, if two materials are rubbed together, the one higher on the list should give up electrons and become positively charged.

Key term(s)
  • tribo-electric series

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrostatique
DEF

Classement des corps selon leur tendance à se charger positivement ou négativement quand ils sont frottés les uns contre les autres.

OBS

Un corps est placé avant un autre dans la série s'il a tendance à lui céder des électrons (à se charger positivement) quand les deux corps sont mis en contact ou frottés l'un contre l'autre.

OBS

triboélectrique : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 19 2016-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Canadian)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Agriculture - General
OBS

The program offers employers a 33 per cent wage subsidy for hiring post-secondary graduates in agriculture to work in their operations for a minimum of four months ... Sponsored by CAHRC [Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council] and HRSDC [Human Resources and Skills Development Canada], this program is one way we’re working to solve agriculture’s recruitment and retention challenges. It provides employment opportunities to young people in Canada who are pursuing a future career in agriculture, while helping agriculture employers with wage contribution assistance. It also gives agriculture graduates opportunity to work in their career areas – while linking employers with educated workers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux canadiens
  • Travail et emploi
  • Agriculture - Généralités
OBS

Ressources humaines et Développement Social Canada et le Conseil canadien pour les ressources humaines en agriculture (CCRHA) rendent disponible aux entreprises agricoles canadiennes, le programme Objectif Carrière en Agriculture. Ce programme permet aux employeurs de recevoir une subvention salariale pour embaucher un jeune employé pour une période de 4 à 10 mois. Les stagiaires éligibles doivent être diplômés d’une institution postsecondaire en agriculture. Le programme Objectif Carrière a pour but d’offrir aux jeunes canadiens des possibilités d’emplois qui encourageront leur embauche à long-terme dans l’industrie agricole. Il permet ainsi aux employeurs d’avoir accès à de la main-d’œuvre formée et aux nouveaux diplômés d’acquérir une première expérience d’emploi.

Spanish

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Record 20 2016-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Mathematics
OBS

Most ecological and evolutionary problems have their basis in changes in the number of organisms. This is one reason why mathematics is an important tool for ecologists and evolutionary biologists. Another one is the overwhelming complexity of ecological systems. An ecosystem often contains hundreds or thousands of species that interact in a complex food web. All species are different and they change continuously... By formulating mathematical models of ecological and evolutionary processes we can to some extent study the behavior and even understand systems that are this complex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Mathématiques
CONT

La modélisation mathématique est une méthode qui permet de comprendre des écosystèmes très complexes comme des étangs, des champs de cultures, des forêts, etc. Grâce à cette «modélisation mathématique», les scientifiques peuvent présenter des scénarios de gestion d'écosystèmes. L'écologie mathématique fait preuve aujourd'hui de maturité dans la manière dont elle mathématise ses concepts, comme ce fut le cas en physique et en chimie comme il y a déjà bien des années.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Matemáticas
DEF

[Ciencia que] se dedica a la aplicación de los teoremas y métodos matemáticos a los problemas de la relación de los seres vivos con su medio.

OBS

Esta disciplina provee la base formal para la enunciación de gran parte de la Ecología Teórica. Es la integración de numerosas disciplinas procedentes de los ecosistemas y de su posible elaboración y uso para una eventual intervención reguladora sobre los mismos, mediante aplicaciones teóricas y numéricas.

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Record 21 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Document Classification (Library Science)
  • Types of Documentation (Library Science)
CONT

Archival and Permanent. Essentially these terms are synonymous and are frequently used interchangeably. To us they have the same meaning : that is, forever. To say that we are going to keep forever everything that is now classified as archival or permanent is a rather positive statement and one which none of us can guarantee. Yet it does express our intention in relation to records which have been appraised as being of permanent value, or archival.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Classification des documents (Bibliothéconomie)
  • Documentation (Bibliothéconomie)
CONT

Document d'archive et document permanent. Fondamentalement, ces deux expressions sont synonymes et sont souvent employées indifféremment. Pour nous, elles veulent dire la même chose: à conserver pour toujours. Affirmer que nous conserverons indéfiniment toutes les pièces qui ont été classées comme document d'archive ou document permanent est une attestation pour le moins catégorique mais dont personne ne peut garantir la certitude. Néanmoins, elle précise nos intentions concernant les documents qui, d'après nos critères, ont une valeur permanente ou d'archive.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fotografía
  • Clasificación de documentos (Biblioteconomía)
  • Tipos de documentación (Biblioteconomía)
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Record 22 2015-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

The traditional financial policy paradigm, which sought to balance the benefits of the official financial safety net provided by the central bank with a binding regulatory structure and supervisory oversight, had become unbalanced.

CONT

CDIC [Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation] is one of five federal government organizations that, together, form Canada's "financial safety net. "The federal financial safety net agencies are the Department of Finance, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, the Bank of Canada, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, and CDIC. We collaborate to help make sure that Canada's financial system stays healthy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
CONT

La SADC [Societé d'assurance-dépôts du Canada] est l’un des cinq organismes fédéraux qui composent le «filet de sécurité financier» canadien. Le filet comprend le ministère des Finances, le Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières, la Banque du Canada, l’Agence de la consommation en matière financière du Canada et la SADC. Ensemble, nous nous assurons que le système financier canadien est solide.

OBS

filet de sécurité financière : terme fautif parce que l'accord des modificateurs doit se faire avec «filet», au masculin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
CONT

El paradigma tradicional de política financiera, con el que se pretendía compensar las ventajas de la red oficial de seguridad financiera ofrecida por el banco central [...], había quedado desequilibrado.

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Record 23 2015-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Tide of increased range which occurs about every two weeks when the moon is new or full ...

CONT

At the times of new and full moon the relative positions of sun and moon are such that the high water produced by one of those bodies occurs at the same time as that produced by the other; and so also with the low waters; these tides are called spring tides [and] at such time we have the highest high tides as well as the lowest low tides, and the tidal range is at its maximum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Les amplitudes de la marée ne sont pas identiques dans le temps; elles varient constamment en rapport avec les positions respectives de la Lune et du Soleil. Ainsi, les amplitudes sont maximums immédiatement après la pleine et la nouvelle lune (marées de vives-eaux) et minimums à la suite des premiers et derniers quartiers (marées de mortes-eaux).

Key term(s)
  • marée de vives eaux
  • vives eaux
  • vives-eaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Marea de gran amplitud en los períodos de luna llena y luna nueva.

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Record 24 - external organization data 2014-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
  • Atomic Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Radiation Protection
DEF

electron: A stable elementary particle which has an indivisible charge of negative electricity, is a constituent of all atoms, and is the carrier of electric current in solids ...

DEF

negaton; negatron: The ordinary, i.e. negatively charged, electron (as distinct from the positron).

CONT

Both positive and negative electrons reside together within the atom, and are complementary to one another. Recently the name proton has been suggested for the positive electron, so as to distinguish it from the negative electron. We will so refer to it in this essay, and will apply the word electron only to the negative particle.

CONT

Beta particles are high-velocity electrons (negatively charged) or positrons (positively charged). They are about one ten-thousandth the mass of an alpha particle and consequently can penetrate tissue and material more readily; an average energy beta particle can penetrate about one centimetre of tissue or water.

OBS

Nowadays, the word "electron" alone is used in the sense of "negative electron", this latter term being redundant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
  • Physique atomique
  • Chimie
  • Radioprotection
DEF

Particule élémentaire à charge électrique négative qui tourne autour du noyau d'un atome.

OBS

L'électron est quelquefois appelé «négaton», tandis que l'antiélectron [...] est appelé positron ou positon [...]

OBS

Symbole : lettre «e» suivie du signe «moins», en exposant. (Source : LEPHY).

Spanish

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Record 25 2014-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
OBS

... there are many members of what we refer to as the correspondence analysis family tree... One member of the correspondence analysis family, and one that has gained significant consideration, application and discussion, is detrended correspondence analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
CONT

L'analyse factorielle des correspondances, en abrégé AFC, est une méthode statistique d'analyse des données [...]

Spanish

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Record 26 2014-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bankruptcy
  • Police
CONT

An important consideration to that court was that the collateral of the debtor could remain tied up by one creditor. We are not convinced that the code was designed or should be interpreted to allow for the capture of a debtor by one creditor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Faillites
  • Police
CONT

Capture [...] Prise au corps d'un débiteur, d'un criminel. Ce Sergent a fait deux captures ce matin. C'est une belle capture que des voleurs qui ont tué tant de Marchands.

CONT

Les gardes du commerce ont procédé à la capture du débiteur contraignable par corps.

Spanish

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Record 27 2014-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
OBS

go forward : This verb is frequently used in the gerund form("going forward") as a legitimate noun or adjective in a sentence, then it's correct :"Still new to driving the forklift, Teresa finds going forward easier than going backward. "(noun, object of verb "finds") ;"The proposal going forward is not the one that the residents approved, but rather a pale imitation of their grandiose plan. "(adjective, describes noun "proposal"). However, when the gerund "going forward" is tacked on to a sentence like "Thanks to the recent electoral reforms, we expect more equitable representation and higher voter turnout going forward, "it simply dangles. Dangling modifiers are not grammatically correct.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction

Spanish

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Record 28 2014-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
  • Religious Sects - Various
CONT

So what does the spiritual name mean and why do we obtain them to begin with, well I was taught that the name is actually given to us by Gi’tchie Manito before we are born, and Creator passes this name onto us through a Name Giver or Elder. This name will represent who we are meant to be in our lives, and it is therefore our guide as we travel along our Red Road, that path being the one to our own self-enlightenment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
  • Cultes divers
CONT

La période qui suivait immédiatement la naissance était ponctuée de nombreuses cérémonies et célébrations. Les aînés y jouaient un rôle important en créant dès le début des liens avec la nouvelle vie ... Ils avaient la responsabilité essentielle de donner au bébé un « nom spirituel » qui serait vu à la fois comme sacré et comme significatif. Ils pensaient que le choix du nom établissait un lien entre les aînés et les nourrissons, qui étaient les plus proches du seuil du monde des esprits lors de leur entrée dans notre monde et qui se préparaient à le quitter.

Spanish

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Record 29 2014-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
OBS

A language of South Korea.

OBS

In general, Koreans place the endings "-uh" or "-mal" at the end of the name of a land to signify that that is the dialect spoken in the land. What distinguishes one suffix from the other is that the "-uh" came from a Chinese script while "-mal" came from the Korean alphabet. Hanguk is the shortened form of the word Dehhanminkuk meaning Republic of Korea. If the term "Hanguk" is considered and the suffixes "uh" and "mal" are put in then we would have "Hanguk-uh" and "Hanguk-mal" which show that we are referring to the language of Korea.

Key term(s)
  • Corean

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue parlée en Corée.

Spanish

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Record 30 2013-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Standards
  • The Product (Marketing)
OBS

The UNSPSC® is a hierarchical convention that is used to classify all products and services. It is the most efficient, accurate and flexible classification system available today for achieving company-wide visibility of spend analysis, enabling procurement to deliver on cost-effectiveness demands and allowing full exploitation of electronic commerce capabilities. It was jointly developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (D & B) in 1998. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). UNSPSC® is a registered trademark of UNDP.

OBS

Translations are one of our most requested enhancements. We are working to provide translations of the Unified codeset(V6. 0315) and subsequent releases. More information will be available on translations shortly, as we finalize plans to provide updated translations as well as increase the number of languages for which we provide codeset translation. As should be expected, increasing levels of accuracy will be achieved through constant revision. We look to members to provide an invaluable contribution by providing feedback to us on variations in meaning resulting from language conversion.

OBS

The new system is the result of a merger of the UN’s Common Coding System (UNCCS) with Dun & Bradstreet’s Standard Products and Services Codes (SPSC).

Key term(s)
  • Standard Products Code
  • Standard Services Code
  • Universal Standard Products and Services Code
  • Standard Products and Services Code
  • Universal Standard Products and Services Classification
  • UNSPC

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de normes
  • Produit (Commercialisation)
OBS

UNSPSC® est une marque de commerce de la UNDP.

OBS

«Gencod EAN France vient d'être choisi par les Nations Unies pour être correspondant unique en charge de la traduction en français de la classification UNSPSC® des produits et services».

Key term(s)
  • Système de codage de produits et de services
  • Système commun de codification des Nations Unies
  • Code de classification des produits et services des Nations Unies
  • UNSPC

Spanish

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Record 31 2012-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Musical Works
  • Diplomacy
  • Official Ceremonies
OBS

The National Anthem of Canada.--"O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North strong and free! From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. God keep our land glorious and free! O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. "O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. "--"O Canada" was proclaimed Canada's national anthem on July 1, 1980, one hundred years after it was first sung on June 24, 1880. The music was composed by Calixa Lavallée, a well-known composer; French lyrics to accompany the music were written by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The song gained steadily in popularity. Many English versions have appeared over the years. The version on which the official English lyrics are based was written in 1908 by Mr. Justice Robert Stanley Weir. The official English version includes changes recommended in 1968 by a Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons. The French lyrics remained unaltered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres d'œuvres musicales
  • Diplomatie
  • Cérémonies officielles
OBS

Noter qu'il n'y a pas d'accent circonflexe sur le «O» majuscule du «O Canada» dans le titre et le texte de l'hymne national. Cette erreur orthographique existe depuis la création de la loi, le 1er juillet 1980.

OBS

Le Bureau de la traduction du gouvernement du Canada recommande d'employer le «O» avec l'accent circonflexe. En français, l'interjection «ô» sert à introduire des invocations, à interpeller ou à exprimer poétiquement un sentiment intense. Elle s'écrit avec l'accent circonflexe, que le «o» soit majuscule ou minuscule.

OBS

L'Hymne national du Canada. -- «Ô Canada! Terre de nos aïeux, Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux! Car ton bras sait porter l'épée, Il sait porter la croix! Ton histoire est une épopée Des plus brillants exploits. Et ta valeur, de foi trempée, Protégera nos foyers et nos droits, Protégera nos foyers et nos droits». -- «Ô Canada» a été proclamé hymne national le 1er juillet 1980, un siècle après avoir été chanté pour la première fois, le 24 juin 1880. La musique est l'œuvre de Calixa Lavallée, célèbre compositeur, et les paroles françaises sont de sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. Le chant est devenu de plus en plus populaire et, au cours des années, il en est apparu de nombreuses versions anglaises. La version anglaise officielle est basée sur celle composée en 1908 par le juge Robert Stanley Weir. Elle incorpore les changements apportés en 1968 par un comité mixte du Sénat et de la Chambre des communes. La version française n'a pas été modifiée.

Spanish

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Record 32 2012-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

When I meet with law students to tell them about the advantages of a career at the Department of Justice, I mention three things that they will find here... There is a fourth one as well—maybe the most important one of all—the camaraderie in the Department and how people pull together when the chips are down. We see this repeatedly when Justice is asked to help the government on hot files like the commissions of inquiry into the sponsorship matter and Maher Arar matter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

Lorsque je rencontre des étudiants en droit pour leur parler des avantages d'une carrière au ministère de la Justice, je mentionne trois choses qu'ils trouveront ici [...] Mais il y a aussi une quatrième chose, et la plus importante de toutes : la camaraderie au Ministère et la façon dont tout le monde met l'épaule à la roue lorsque tout va mal. Nous vivons cela sans arrêt lorsque le Ministère est appelé à aider le gouvernement dans des dossiers très délicats comme la Commission d'enquête sur les commandites et l'affaire Maher Arar.

Spanish

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Record 33 2012-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
  • Environmental Management
OBS

EnerACT is a not-for-profit organization that delivers innovative solutions to environmental problems and builds capacity in communities to work towards a sustainable future. Our core goal is to promote the aggressive implementation of energy efficiency and renewable energy in order to address the urgent problems of global climate change and urban smog. Our approach is one that acknowledges the links that exist between a healthy environment, a vibrant community and a strong economy :we truly are a sustainability-focussed organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux
  • Gestion environnementale
OBS

[EnerACT] est un organisme communautaire à but non lucratif, composé de différents membres et de représentants de l'industrie de l'énergie renouvelable qui se sont consacrés à stimuler une transition vers un futur d'énergie durable. EnerACT travaille avec la société civile, le secteur privé, les gouvernements municipaux et les services publics pour mettre en application une politique et des projets novateurs dans le domaine d’énergie durable.

OBS

Conseil d'action d'énergie de Toronto : n'est pas une traduction officielle, utilisée à titre d'information seulement.

Spanish

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Record 34 2012-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Yoga and Pilates
CONT

Basic balance poses series. Balancing poses require tremendous concentration and focus. These qualities are further developed and refined through a regular yoga practice where we bring our attention to our center and hold ourselves up against the pull of gravity. Whether balancing on one foot, both hands, one hand or even on our head in headstand, we must find our centered midline of stillness. This asana practice is a meditation, as themind is focused on the body part(s) bearing our whole body weight; and therefore the mind cannot waver or wander, but must remain one-pointed and still to maintain balance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yoga et pilates
CONT

Les postures d’équilibre debout développent la conscience du transfert de poids sur une jambe ou sur l’autre. Tandis que les postures d’équilibre sur les mains ou les bras renforcent la musculature des bras, des épaules, du torse et des hanches. Une fois maîtrisées, ces postures donnent un sens d’accomplissement, de plaisir – elles développent également la confiance en soi.

Spanish

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Record 35 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

In clustering theory, we ask "is there some natural way to break this set of objects into a bunch of clusters(subsets) so that the elements within each cluster are relatively close to one another?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Théorie du regroupement d'éléments selon leur similitude.

Spanish

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Record 36 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Environment
OBS

GEOEC is one of over twenty specialist councils of the Alberta Teachers’ Association. We are educators interested in promoting global, environmental and outdoor education. Originally formed as the Environmental and Outdoor Education Council, we added the word Global to our name in 1999. We did this to reflect a new emphasis on helping students understand the interdependence of local and global environmental issues, and the connections between the environment and other important areas, such as human rights and international development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Environnement

Spanish

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Record 37 2012-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
CONT

When we talk about wood joinery, we are discussing two kinds of joinery : structural joints, finish joints... As an example, in a deck, what are we concerned with joining? 1. column to footing. 2. beam to column. 3. joist to beam. 4. decking to joists. 5. Splicing members and making corners. In any structural joint, we are concerned with transferring loads from one member to another, creating lateral stability, keeping the member in its most effective position.

OBS

structural joint: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
CONT

La majorité des infiltrations sont trouvées dans des endroits comme l'entretoit, les solives de rive, le vide sanitaire, le garage, et tous les joints de structure. Ces sources d'infiltrations sont responsables de problèmes reliés à la performance et à la durabilité de l'enveloppe du bâtiment ainsi que de sa structure.

OBS

joint de structure : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 38 2011-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Footwear (Clothing)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
CONT

[Running] shoes can be categorized according to some features-one of them is their destination.... we have training shoes and racing shoes. They differ in that way that training shoes are destined for training [while] racing shoes are for races. [Racing shoes] are lighter, more flexible, have lower soles than the training ones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chaussures (Vêtements)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport

Spanish

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Record 39 2011-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

[The transfer of] information that is acquired in one sensory modality to another.

CONT

Cross-modal transfer... In real life we don’t often consider information from each of our senses separately. We combine information from several sources into one coherent experience. For example, when we are having a conversation with someone, we usually both see and hear them, sometimes smell and touch them as well... Perception involves integrating information from different modalities(each modality being tied to a specific sense) to enable us to see the world as a coherent whole.

Key term(s)
  • cross modal transfer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
DEF

Transfert [...] d'une information sensorielle d'une modalité à une autre.

CONT

Le transfert intermodal a un grand rôle fonctionnel puisqu'il conduit à une connaissance unifiée et cohérente du monde et qu'il permet une économie de l'apprentissage [...] Par exemple, si nous avons appris à discriminer visuellement des caractères chinois, un transfert intermodal de la vision au toucher se sera produit si, sans autre apprentissage spécifique, nous sommes aussi devenus capables de discriminer tactilement (et sans les voir) ces mêmes caractères chinois présentés en relief.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología cognitiva
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Record 40 2011-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
CONT

Chemical reactions may be classified on the basis of the number of molecules that must ultimately react to form the reaction products. Thus, we have monomolecular, bimolecular, and termolecular reactions, in which one, two, or three molecules, respectively, undergo reaction. Chemical reactions are also classified on a kinetic basis, by reaction order and we have zero-order, first-order, second-order, and third-order reactions, depending on how the reaction rate is influenced by the concentration of the reactants under a given set of conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Somme des exposants qui, dans l'expression de la vitesse, affectent les concentrations des corps réagissants. Il est donné par l'équation différentielle de Van't Hoff [...] où le premier membre représente la vitesse de réaction et C la concentration. Si n = 1, la réaction est du premier ordre. On connaît des réactions d'ordre zéro.

CONT

L'ordre d'une réaction, et par conséquent son mode de détermination, dépend du paramètre en fonction duquel on l'examine : l'ordre peut être rapporté soit à la concentration, soit au temps. Dans le premier cas (concentration), on calcule la vitesse initiale de la réaction en fonction de différentes valeurs de la concentration initiale de la substance en réaction. Dans le second cas (temps) on mesure la vitesse à différents temps de la réaction.

OBS

En raison de contraintes d'ordre technique, les formules figurant dans la source CBT-167 ne peuvent être reproduites.

Spanish

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Record 41 2011-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personality Development
CONT

Internalization occurs when objects are "installed" into the ego, such that they are both integral to sense of self and also experienced as separate and concrete internal objects. In this way, the external world is brought into the internal world and incorporated with it. When fully internalized, an item is fully "owned" and considered as normal. This is the process whereby the personality is created. Of the various notions of how we take in the internal world, internalization is one of the highest-level concepts. Incorporation, introjection and identification are three more detailed methods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement de la personnalité
CONT

L'intériorisation est [...] un processus fondamental par lequel s'opère une différenciation structurale au sein de la personne, de telle sorte que la qualité de l'organisation intrapsychique dépend de la qualité des premières relations (Meissner, 1981). [...] Les théories psychanalitiques distinguent trois niveaux d'intériorisation : l'incorporation, l'introjection, et l'identification.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Desarrollo de la personalidad
CONT

En el marco de la teoría objetal de Melanie Klein, en toda prescripción médica realizada con actitud positiva puede producirse en el paciente la internalización de los aspectos buenos de ese acto y una reactivación de los objetos buenos introyectados en la infancia, con la resultante mejoría.

CONT

El término “interiorización” es de empleo frecuente en psicoanálisis. A menudo se toma, especialmente por la escuela kleiniana, en el sentido de introyección, es decir, del paso fantaseado de un objeto “bueno” o “malo”, total o parcial, al interior del sujeto.

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Record 42 2011-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Physics
CONT

Elastic collision law. An important detail which has not been discussed carefully enough in the literature is the collision law for particle–particle and particle–wall collisions in the presence of a deforming particle shape or deforming wall. The collision law that we use is an elastic one, in the following sense : linear andangular momentum are conserved, and the direction of the relative normal surface-to-surface velocityv[ cross-radial] at the point ofcontact is reversed upon collision(but the magnitude is unchanged). It is most convenient to consider binary collisions only and then just take the limit that the ‘‘mass’’ of a hard wall goes to infinity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique nucléaire
OBS

On appelle «élastique» un processus dans lequel l’énergie cinétique est conservée. Par choc élastique, un neutron est néanmoins ralenti (sauf éventuellement dans le domaine thermique) car le noyau cible, pratiquement immobile initialement, encaisse un certain recul au cours du choc; nous verrons que le ralentissement élastique est surtout efficace si les collisions ont lieu sur les noyaux légers.

Spanish

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Record 43 2010-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

An apparently unicellular microfossil of unknown biological affinity ranging in age from Precambrian to Holocene.

CONT

Acritarchs are organic-walled, acid-resistant microfossils of uncertain biological affinities that are classified on the basis of their morphology.

OBS

... we know practically nothing about plankton in the Proterozoic. Consequently, we’ll talk mostly about acritarchs instead. And what exactly is an acritarch? No one is quite sure. Acritarchs are like sharks’ teeth from the Phanerozoic or cigarette butts from the 1960's. That is, they are found everywhere, are practically indestructible, and come in a variety of interesting shapes and sizes. They look informative, but ultimately tell us rather little about the organisms or ecosystem which produced them--other than the fact that it contained sharks or smokers, as the case may be.

OBS

acritarch: term usually used in the plural.

OBS

acritarch: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • acritarchs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Forme organique sphérique hérissée d'épines présente dans les sédiments marins et pélagiques (conservation de la matière organique, surtout dans les roches siliceuses), d'origine incertaine (pontes, Protistes, spores ?), parmi les fossiles les plus anciens (Précambrien - Actuel).

CONT

À la fin du Protérozoïque apparaissent les babétosphères, les sporomorphes et les acritarches.

OBS

acritarche : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

OBS

acritarche : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Key term(s)
  • acritarches

Spanish

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Record 44 2010-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
  • Maneuvering of Ships
DEF

The force that tends to restore a ship to its normal upright position after it has been inclined.

CONT

Remembering that the weight and the buoyancy are always equal in magnitude, we see that a pure couple is being applied to the boat.... The righting moment produced by this couple has a magnitude given by the product of one of the forces and the perpendicular distance between them.

CONT

The righting moment of counterclockwise torque depends on how out of line the forces W and B are, which in turn depends on the angle of heel.

OBS

Expressed in foot-pounds, it is the resultant of the forces of buoyancy and gravity as a righting couple.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
  • Manœuvre des navires
DEF

Produit de la force d'Archimède et de la distance entre le centre de gravité du bateau et sa projection sur l'axe de centre de carène.

CONT

La stabilité se mesure et s'exprime par le moment du couple de redressement, c'est-à-dire par le produit du poids du navire multiplié par la distance entre le vecteur poids appliqué au centre de gravité, et le vecteur poussée hydrostatique d'Archimède appliqué au centre de carène, [...]

CONT

Le moment de la force qui tend à redresser le bateau, c'est-à-dire l'effort produit par cette force, qui n'est autre [...] que le poids même du bateau, est égal [...] au produit de cette force par le bras de levier sur lequel elle agit; [...]. C'est ce qu'on appelle le moment de redressement.

CONT

Le couple de redressement est le produit du déplacement du bateau par la distance entre la verticale du centre de gravité et celle du centre de carène.

OBS

Le terme «couple» en français peut désigner à la fois la valeur du moment d'un couple de forces, ou l'ensemble des deux forces elles-mêmes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vela y navegación de placer
  • Maniobras de los buques
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Record 45 2010-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Driving (Road Vehicles)
DEF

A failure to notice an otherwise conspicuous change because of a diversion of attention.

CONT

One of the key perceptual errors that contributes to accidents on the road is “looking but failing to see”. Though this has previously been attributed to failures of attention or time gaps, the recent change blindness literature suggests another alternative. Researchers have proposed that we have a poor memory for the visual world, and as such, participants find it very hard to notice a change between two successive pictures providing the transients that normally catch attention are masked.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Conduite automobile
DEF

Phénomène selon lequel une modification dans le paysage, fût-elle majeure, risque de ne pas être perçue par la conscience pour peu que s'y ajoute une autre perturbation visuelle.

CONT

Une étude préliminaire sur la «cécité au changement» a ensuite eu lieu, afin d’examiner comment les contraintes de temps et les modifications qui se produisent dans l’environnement, comme les changements de feux de signalisation et l’arrivée inopinée de piétons ou d’autres véhicules, influent sur les décisions prises par des conducteurs âgés de 18 à plus de 74 ans au moment de tourner à une intersection.

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Record 46 2010-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
OBS

Ice Climbing.... Because winter days are short and cold we believe that all instruction beyond the beginner level should be done on a one to one basis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

[...] s'entraîner au maniement des crampons, du piolet et des broches à glace sur un glacier par exemple, mais là où il n'y a aucun danger de chutes de séracs.

CONT

Pratiquée sur les langues de certains glaciers à partir du printemps [...], l'école de glace est un excellent moyen de s'initier et de progresser dans toutes les techniques [...]

Spanish

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Record 47 2009-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
CONT

There are many more girls involved in fighting forces and as fighters than have previously been acknowledged. In the countries we studied, girls reported being a fighter as one of their top two to three primary roles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
CONT

Des filles participent aux hostilités à titre de combattantes, et on en retrouve encore aujourd'hui dans les forces actuellement engagées dans des conflits armés.

Spanish

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Record 48 2009-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

The water it receives comes from snowpack from nearby mountains that melted anywhere from 8,000 to 12,000 years ago. It takes that long to filter into the aquifers and back out onto the wetlands. It’s called "fossilized water."

CONT

It is interesting that we start this discussion with some speculation about artesian bores that could be 30 000 years old or one million years old. In fact, we are talking about fossilised water, which is similar to fossil fuels in that it comes from prehistoric natural endowments that have been trapped in the earth's surface.

OBS

fossilized brine: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
PHR

Eau fossilisée dans les minéraux.

Spanish

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Record 49 2009-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

We present a new Monte Carlo lattice model to study the folding of two-dimensional heteropolymer chains. Previous lattice model studies of two-dimensional chains have been performed on square grids using predefined "move sets" of allowed moves. The motion of the polymer chain in these models is thus highly constrained. To add greater flexibility, we use a triangular lattice and allow the chain to choose its own moves. Physically unrealistic moves are prevented by including kinetic energy effects in the Metropolis algorithm. From the results, we can characterize all of the possible one-and two-monomer moves and sort them according to relative importance. Greater flexibility in the lattice model produces several significant and interesting physical consequences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Physique atomique
CONT

Aperçu sur les méthodes de modélisation [...] Monte Carlo sur réseau : la diffusion des atomes par mécanisme lacunaire est décrite par des sauts atomiques discrets plutôt que par des trajectoires continues comme dans le cas de la dynamique moléculaire. Les fréquences des sauts des atomes sont déterminées par des calculs ab initio ou par la dynamique moléculaire. Cette simulation est relativement lente et ne prend pas en compte les déplacements collectifs.

Spanish

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Record 50 2009-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

Ecological sampling methods. If we want to know what kind of plants and animals are in a particular habitat, and how many there are of each species, it is usually impossible to go and count each and every one present.... This problem is usually solved by taking a number of samples from around the habitat, making the necessary assumption that these samples are representative of the habitat in general.... Samples are usually taken using a standard sampling unit of some kind. This ensures that all of the samples represent the same area or volume(water) of the habitat each time. The usual sampling unit is a quadrat. Quadrats normally consist of a square frame, the most frequently used size being 1m². The purpose of using a quadrat is to enable comparable samples to be obtained from areas of consistent size and shape. Rectangular quadrats and even circular quadrats have been used in some surveys.

CONT

Ecological sampling in the vegetation inventory is designed to help range managers practice sustainable resource management. Samples are taken within the vegetation inventory integrated plot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Le projet [d'analyse agronomique et écologique des unités spatio-temporelles pertinentes pour la gestion de la biodiversité] a pour objectif d'articuler étroitement des approches écologiques et agronomiques pour comprendre comment les diverses activités agricoles (aménagement du parcellaire, pratiques de production, d'entretien des bordures de champs, etc.) interviennent dans la dynamique de la biodiversité. L'effet de la structure du paysage et des pratiques des agriculteurs sur les éléments clés du paysage que sont les bordures de champ sont pris simultanément en compte. L'échantillonnage écologique sera construit à partir d'une caractérisation du paysage et de ses éléments d'un point de vue agronomique.

PHR

Parcelle d'échantillonnage écologique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
CONT

Para todas las asociaciones se realizó un muestreo ecológico mediante el método de punto cuadrante central. Se presenta la descripción de cada una de las asociaciones vegetales en cuanto a su fisonomía, ubicación, composición florística y suelo, perfiles semirealistas y formas de vida según Raunkiaer.

OBS

Muestreo [es la] selección de una pequeña parte de una población o comunidad asumiendo que es representativa del conjunto.

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Record 51 2008-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

MSN 1858 Flight Hour Recorder Inspections: 12 Month Inspection c/w June 2007.

CONT

Altimeter: Aerosonic encoding / Collins ALI-80A encoding. ... Inspection: RVSM SB c/w as reported 03/17/08. Phase 4 inspection scheduled to be c/w 05/08.

CONT

67-12-06 Inspect tubes for internal corrosion/PCW [previously complied with].... there are two very comprehensive AD [airworthiness directive] listings pertaining to this aircraft generated by a repair station; one is dated 2004 and the other 2005. Both refer to AD 67-12-06 as having been "complied with, "the compliance date being given as 6/26/67. Now the question is : What does C/W mean? We all know that this common abbreviation stands for the words "complied with. "However, even if written out, these words do not in any way indicate how the requirements of an AD were in fact complied with, or exactly which requirements of the AD were met if more than one possible action is specified in the AD instructions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
CONT

L'inspection aux 12 mois a été réalisée comme il se doit en juin 2007.

OBS

L'expression anglaise «complied with» signifie que l'action a été réalisée conformément aux directives en vigueur. Le verbe «to comply with (regulations, requirements, rules, standards)» peut se rendre en français par «respecter (des exigences, des normes, un règlement)», «se conformer (à des règles)». «observer (une loi, des règlements, des exigences)», «remplir (des conditions)».

Spanish

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Record 52 2008-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

Not just simple responses to an external stimulus play a role in instinctive behavior; instinctive activity involves sequences of behavior that run a predictable course. These behaviors may last seconds, minutes, hours or even days. Exemplifying this, we can refer to a particular species of digger wasp, which finds and captures only honeybees. With no previous experience, a female wasp will unearth an intricate burrow, find a bee, paralyze it with a careful and precise sting to the neck, pilot back to her discreet home, and, when the larder has been supplied with the correct number of bees, lay an egg on one of them and seal the chamber.... Overall, one of the main distinctive features of instinctive activity is the ability to react to an external stimulus the correct way the first chance(and every time thereafter) the animal receives. This feature distinguishes this particular behavior from what ethnologists call learned behavior, which scientists have discovered are actions that take place from conditioning an animal to learn the right way.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
CONT

Le toilettage chez les animaux est une activité instinctive et pour partie parfois apprise et transmises aux générations suivantes (utilisation d'eau chaude, de terre, de feuilles ou de poussière par exemple).

Spanish

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Record 53 2008-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Government Contracts
OBS

As approved by the Cabinet and announced in Budget 2005, it will be mandatory for all departments and agencies to use Public Works and Government Services Canada Standing Offers, where they exist. Since many of the current Standing Offers may be specific to one Region or may have been negotiated some time ago, we have recently completed a review of the Standing Offers in place for a first Group of 10 commonly purchased goods and services, to ensure that they are useable and represent good value.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Marchés publics
OBS

Conformément à la décision approuvée par le Cabinet et annoncée dans le Budget de 2005, tous les ministères et organismes doivent obligatoirement faire appel aux offres à commandes de Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada, lorsqu'elles existent. Étant donné qu'un grand nombre d'offres à commandes actuelles peuvent être propres à une région ou avoir été négociées il y a un certain temps, nous avons récemment procédé à l'examen du premier groupe de dix produits et services les plus demandés afin de s'assurer que les offres à commandes sont utilisables et avantageuses.

Spanish

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Record 54 2008-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
OBS

York Sunbury Search & Rescue(YSSR) is one of ten ground search and rescue(SAR) teams within the province of New Brunswick. We are comprised strictly of volunteers who take pride in serving York, Sunbury, Queens and Northumberland counties. YSSR was founded in 1983 to assist the local policing authorities in search and rescue activities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)

Spanish

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Record 55 2008-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Legal Profession: Organization
OBS

The YBAM is a non-profit association that brings together lawyers and attorneys having less than 10 years of practice, all of whom are registered in Montreal at the Bar of the Province of Quebec. Our mission is twofold. On the one hand, we strive to protect and promote our members’ interests. The YBAM continues to be the main and unavoidable stakeholder for upholding the interests of members. On the other hand, we provide free of charge legal consulting and legal education services to various lawyers of society, and set up and coordinate non-profit and charitable activities. Thus, we aim at making the judicial system more widely accessible and at contributing to the public wellbeing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
OBS

L'AJBM est une association plus que centenaire qui regroupe les avocates et avocats de 10 ans et moins de pratique inscrits à la section de Montréal du Barreau du Québec. Notre mission est double. D'une part, nous veillons à défendre et promouvoir les intérêts de nos membres. Ainsi, l'AJBM demeure l'intervenant majeur et incontournable en ce qui concerne la défense et la promotion des intérêts de ses membres. D'autre part, nous fournissons de façon bénévole des services de consultation et d'information juridique auprès de différents segments de la population et organisons des activités de bienfaisance. Nous visons ainsi à améliorer l'accessibilité à la justice et contribuer au bien-être collectif.

Spanish

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Record 56 2008-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Protection of Life
OBS

"Injuries are the number one cause of death and disability among Canadian children. At Safe Kids Canada, our job is to help keep children safe by providing information on how to prevent injuries. We are the national injury prevention program of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Sécurité des personnes
OBS

«Les blessures sont la principale cause de décès et d'invalidité chez les enfants au Canada. Chez SécuriJeunes, nous prenons l'engagement de veiller à la sécurité des enfants en fournissant de l'information afin d'aider à prévenir les blessures. Nous constituons le programme national de prévention des blessures du Hospital for Sick Children de Toronto.»

Key term(s)
  • Sécuri-Jeunes
  • Sécuri Jeunes

Spanish

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Record 57 2007-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Religion (General)
OBS

OMI Lacombe Canada was constituted as a province on December 8, 2003. We were founded with the intention of revisioning our Mission and Ministry, Community Life, Leadership and Lay Association. We are one of over sixty provinces and delegations within the worldwide Roman Catholic congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Religion (Généralités)
OBS

OMI Lacombe Canada a été érigée en Province, le 8 décembre 2003. Nous avons été fondés avec l'intention de réviser notre mission et ministère, notre vie communautaire, le leaderhsip et l'association laïque. Nous sommes une des soixante provinces et délégations à travers le monde, au sein de la Congrégation catholique romaine des Missionnaires Oblats de Marie Immaculée.

Spanish

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Record 58 2007-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
  • Military Equipment
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
CONT

With night vision we are once again entering a very crowded marketplace, yet there is one trend which can be easily discerned : the old infrared night vision methods with their easily detectable "searchlights" have given way to passive thermal imagers.

OBS

searchlight; slt: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Matériel militaire
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
CONT

La technique ancienne de l'infrarouge à base de «projecteurs» aisément détectables a fait place à l'imageur thermique passif, donc discret. Les imageurs thermiques étaient jusqu'à une date récente l'apanage exclusif des chars lourds.

OBS

projecteur; proj : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 59 2007-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Statistical Surveys
  • Marketing Research
OBS

TNS and TNSInfo are trade marks of Taylor Neslon Sofres plc.

OBS

"TNS Canadian Facts is one of Canada's largest marketing and social research firms. Our roots go back to 1932 when Canadian Facts was established as the country's first survey research organization. Today, we are a modern Canadian giant in marketing and opinion research with offices in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver".

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Facts Company Limited
  • Canadian Facts Co. Ltd.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
  • Étude du marché
OBS

«TNS Canadian Facts est l'une des firmes les plus importantes dans le domaine du sondage et des études de marché au Canada. Notre histoire remonte à 1932 lorsque Canadian Facts/Réalités Canadiennes est devenue la première compagnie de recherche par sondage au pays. Nous restons les leaders de la recherche marketing et des sondages d'opinion au Canada, avec des bureaux à Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto et Vancouver».

Spanish

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Record 60 2007-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Philosophy (General)
OBS

The aim of World Religion Day is to foster the establishment of interfaith understanding and harmony by emphasizing the common denominators underlying all religions. The message of World Religion Day is that, mankind, which has stemmed from one origin, must now strive towards the reconciliation of that which has been split up. Human unity and true equality depend not on past origins, but on future goals, on what we are becoming and whither we are going. The prime cause of age-old conflict between man and man has been the absence of one ethical belief, a single spiritual standard-one moral code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
OBS

19 janvier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Designaciones de años, semanas y días especiales
  • Filosofía (Generalidades)
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Record 61 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

Hard classification results in one class/pixel [as opposed to] soft classification [that] results in multiple classes/pixel, with associated likelihoods for each class.

CONT

If the resolution of the image is sufficiently high(e. g. 1m or less), it may be that each pixel will represent only one type of land cover, and so we can make an accurate ’hard’ classification. However, for lower-resolution images-the kind that are more readily available for different places and for different times-each pixel is likely to represent a mix of different land-cover types. As a result, a hard classification will probably represent only a part of the pixel and will inaccurately describe the remainder of the area covered by that pixel.

OBS

hard classification: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
DEF

Classification qui consiste à placer chaque objet dans la classe où son coefficient d'appartenance est le plus élevé.

OBS

classification dure : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Naves espaciales
  • Teledetección
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Record 62 2006-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Official Documents
DEF

A right or permission granted in accordance with law by a competent authority to engage in some business or occupation, to do some act, or to engage in some transaction which but for such license would be unlawful ...

OBS

The term "licence" is not invariably translated by the French "licence" although it is in most cases. The reason is that in English the term does not necessarily imply a business or occupation as does the French :"driver's licence" and "marriage licence" are examples of this. One must therefore be careful in translating "licence"--its usual French equivalent is "licence", but in some cases it can be "permis". An important characteristic distinguishing "licence" from "permit" is the fact that the former is not issued directly by the government but rather by a competent authority or by local authorities, while any of the three groups mentioned can issue a permit. Also, the licence is usually granted for an extended period of time whereas the permit normally authorizes an act of short duration. For example, we say "driver's licence", but "learner's permit".

OBS

In Canada the British spelling (licence) is used more often than the American spelling (license), although both are found in Canadian texts.

OBS

"Licence" is one of two words that in Canadian English are usually spelled differently as nouns and verbs. The preferred spelling for the noun is "licence" and for the verb "license" ... The spellings of the other word are "practice" and "practise".

OBS

licence: term standardized by the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents officiels
DEF

[...] Autorisation émise par un pouvoir administratif (ministère, mairie, préfecture, etc.) pour l'exercice d'un commerce ou d'une profession réglementés, toute infraction à la règle entraînant une sanction.

OBS

La «licence» [concerne] obligatoirement une activité commerciale ou professionnelle, alors que le «permis» [peut] être décerné pour l'exercice d'une activité non commerciale [...] voire sportive ou ludique [...] De plus, la «licence» est attribuée par l'Administration ou par une autorité administrative, et non par l'État, tandis que le «permis» est délivré par l'un ou l'autre de ces trois groupes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos oficiales
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Record 63 2006-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

The Ontario Competitive Trail Riding Association is the sanctioning body for the equestrian sports of endurance riding(aka endurance racing), competitive trail riding, and ride ’n’ tie. Our distance riding competitions are held throughout Ontario. We normally sanction 15 or more rides per year, which always includes at least one training ride aimed at introducing new riders to the sport.

OBS

Title and abbreviation confirmed by the association.

Key term(s)
  • Ontario Competitive Trail Riding Association

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
OBS

Appellation et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 64 2006-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
  • Television Arts
  • Cinematography
OBS

The Ottawa International Animation Festival is the largest event of its kind in North America and one of the most respected animation events in the world. We are a competitive film festival featuring cutting edge programming, catering to industry executives, trend setting artists, students and animation fans. Events at the OIAF include screenings, panels, workshops, parties and the only conference in Canada dedicated to commercial animation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Cinématographie
OBS

Le Festival international d'animation d'Ottawa a lieu à Ottawa, en Ontario, la magnifique capitale du Canada. Fondé en 1975 par l'Institut canadien du film, le FIAO est le plus grand festival du genre en Amérique du Nord et l'un des plus réputés dans le monde. Rassemblant des représentants de l'art et de l'industrie de l'animation, le Festival, maintenant annuel, attire des gestionnaires de production, des artistes, des étudiants et des mordus d'animation du Canada et du monde entier.

Spanish

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Record 65 2006-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

We have seen that one of the advantages of inheritance is the ability to quickly define new types that are specializations of types we have previously defined. For example, we defined the Food class, and then several specializations, such as the Meat and Fruit classes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Hygiène et santé

Spanish

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Record 66 2006-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

Mental skills are abilities that use memory. Developing a mental skill involves predicting facts; ones perception depends on how well one uses ones memory. Mental skills come through imitation, practising what we have seen demonstrated, and experimentation, exploring to increase our understanding.

Key term(s)
  • mental skill

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

Les capacités sont les procédés ou démarches qui s'exercent sur l'information. Le modèle de Villarini établit onze facultés génériques; depuis le moment où l'on observe et mémorise (opération primaire et la plus simple) jusqu'au moment où l'on prend les décisions (opération supérieure et complexe). Les facultés les plus complexes ont une relation étroite avec les plus simples. En général, les capacités intellectuelles sont les concepts et capacités à penser plus efficacement et à en prendre conscience.

OBS

Comparer «compétences personnelles».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
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Record 67 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

The formation consists of one large mother satellite and four small daughter satellites. Three of the four daughter satellites surround the mother satellite 3-dimensionally maintaining the mutual distance that ranges between several km and several thousand km(variable). The fourth daughter satellite stays near the mother satellite with the distance between several km and 100 km. By this configuration, we can obtain both the macro-scale and micro-scale information about the plasma disturbances at the same time. Highly resource-demanding high-time-resolution measurements are realized by concentrating available resources to the mother satellite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
CONT

La coronographie se fera par occultation externe avec un occulteur placé sur un satellite fille se situant à 100 m du satellite mère.

Spanish

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Record 68 2005-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

The formation consists of one large mother satellite and four small daughter satellites. Three of the four daughter satellites surround the mother satellite 3-dimensionally maintaining the mutual distance that ranges between several km and several thousand km(variable). The fourth daughter satellite stays near the mother satellite with the distance between several km and 100 km. By this configuration, we can obtain both the macro-scale and micro-scale information about the plasma disturbances at the same time. Highly resource-demanding high-time-resolution measurements are realized by concentrating available resources to the mother satellite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
CONT

[...] le satellite principal et un satellite "fille" relié au premier par une longe conductrice : la force électromotrice induite par le déplacement du système dans le champ magnétique terrestre engendre une différence de potentiel entre les deux satellites qui, à l'équilibre, doivent collecter dans le plasma ionosphérique des courants ioniques et électroniques égaux.

Spanish

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Record 69 2005-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Physics
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

The total incident energy will interact with the surface in one or more of these three ways. The proportions of each will depend on the wavelength of the energy and the material and condition of the feature. Absorption occurs when radiation(energy) is absorbed into the target while transmission occurs when radiation passes through a target. Reflection occurs when radiation "bounces" off the target and is redirected. In remote sensing, we are most interested in measuring the radiation reflected from targets.

OBS

total incident energy: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique spatiale
  • Télédétection
CONT

Lorsque l'énergie atteint la cible, la surface peut absorber (A) l'énergie, la transmettre (T) ou réfléchir (R) l'énergie incidente (I). L'énergie incidente totale interagira avec la surface selon l'un ou l'autre de ces trois mode d'interaction ou selon leur combinaison. La proportion de chaque interaction dépendra de la longueur d'onde de l'énergie, ainsi que de la nature et des conditions de la surface.

OBS

énergie incidente totale : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 70 2005-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Multinational media companies are creating education programmes which leapfrog over schools and appeal directly to children and their parents. One senior executive has predicted that educators may be paid more than film stars in the years to come. However, this international ’edutainment’ material is driven by commercial values and we risk losing out to a tidal wave of relatively low quality and certainly low cost materials with just enough educational content to make it attractive to parents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Remarquez, en France, du matériel ludo-pédagogique offert par Colgate ou Danone est utilisé pour des séquences sur la santé dentaire ou l'équilibre nutritionnel.

CONT

Une centaine d'enseignants du préscolaire et du primaire vont recevoir une formation à la production de matériel ludo-éducatif dans le courant de l'année.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 71 2005-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

High-level skills are made up of basic skills. Without mastery of the basics working on the high-level skill is futile. ... If you agree on these two points you will also agree there really isn’t such a thing as a high-level skill, just the ability to combine the basics. The whole point is that real skill at anything comes from mastery of the simplest elements - the basics. If you really want to get better at something don’t look for the so-called "high-level" things to study look for the most basic things to master! This will get you results!

CONT

While all skills are inherently complex, we nevertheless tend to grade them on a scale from simple to complex, or from automatic and highly repetitive, on one extreme, to mostly conscious and non-repetitive, on the other--though what is "simple" or "complex" seems to depend more on the performer than on the nature of the skill itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

Ce faisant, l'Organisation a bien entendu continué à accorder une importance capitale au recrutement de personnes possédant les plus hautes compétences professionnelles et techniques, dont la sélection se fait sur une liste de candidats présélectionnés, jugés aptes à remplir les postes pertinents.

CONT

Le gouvernement fédéral, étant le plus grand employeur d'hommes et de femmes qui doivent avoir de hautes aptitudes professionnelles, a constaté que le régime de bourses est d'une valeur considérable pour le recrutement du personnel spécialisé dont il a besoin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
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Record 72 2005-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

With so many issues competing for their attention, many academics display an initial reluctance to use technology in their learning and teaching. This is often attributed to lack of time, rather than lack of interest. Popular belief states that e-learning techniques are hugely time consuming and expensive. While we have not argued against this notion per se, we do believe that the approach one takes towards the creation of e-learning resources can have a huge impact upon the ’value for money’ and time considerations often put forward as reasons not to engage with e-learning.

Key term(s)
  • eLearning technique

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

L'éditeur israélien Interwise propose depuis 1994 une plate-forme logicielle baptisée Millenium destinée à l'enseignement électronique multimédia. Plus connu sous le terme anglais d'e-learning, ces techniques d'apprentissage en ligne émergent de façon significative.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 73 2005-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Archaeology
OBS

The UASBC is a 175 member group of volunteer, avocational underwater archaeologists. We are mostly from British Columbia but also have members who live all over North America. The Society is the largest diving club in British Columbia, and one of the largest and most active heritage organisations in the province. The UASBC assists archaeologists by undertaking worthwhile projects not currently addressed by professionals. Inventories of shipwrecks and other submerged cultural sites are an especially important contribution. Information about the location, history, and status of these resources is vital to their conservation and management.

Key term(s)
  • Underwater Archaeological Society of BC
  • British Columbia Society of Underwater Archaeology
  • BC Society of Underwater Archaeology
  • Underwater Archaeology Society of British Columbia
  • Underwater Archaeology Society of BC
  • Underwater Archeological Society of BC

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Archéologie
Key term(s)
  • Société de l'archéologie sous-marine de la Colombie-Britannique
  • Société de l'archéologie sous-marine de C.-B.

Spanish

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Record 74 2005-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pig Raising
CONT

On Prestage Farms, a nursing sow gets 16 to 20 pounds per day, divided into four feedings.(Sows are weaned when pigs reach 16 to 21 days of age.) "We monitor feed consumption once a day as we walk through the building to check sows. At that time, we can fine-tune the amount(each one) receives, "says McCullen. One benefit of this has been that nursing sows’ feed consumption has increased versus when they were fed three times a day. "As a result, piglet weaning weights are higher, "says McCullen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des porcs
CONT

Les truies allaitantes ont besoin de 16 % de protéines, mais les truies taries peuvent en recevoir aussi peu que 12 % au moins durant les trois premiers quarts de gestation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado porcino
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Record 75 2005-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
CONT

Within a short time, MAGNA STEYR has become one of the leading suppliers of Class A stampings and subsequent body-in-white construction. We are supplying several major European automakers. An important prerequisite is our flexible production. MAGNA STEYR Metalforming produces Class A stampings for niche vehicles as well as for high volume vehicles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes

Spanish

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Record 76 2004-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

In a hierarchical knowledge representation, default acquisition of class characteristics by one or more of its subclasses.

DEF

A process by which characteristics of one object are assumed to be characteristics of another. If we determine that an animal is a bird, for example, then we automatically assume that the animal has all of the characteristics of birds.

OBS

inheritance: term standardized by ISO/IEC and CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

En représentation des connaissances, transmission des propriétés (attributs) d'une classe d'entités à une ou plusieurs de ses sous-classes.

CONT

Grâce à cette notion d'héritage, on organise les objets de manière hiérarchique. D'où un nouveau style de programmation par affinages successifs de classes prédéfinies.

CONT

héritage de classe, héritage de méthodes, héritage de règles, héritage d'objets.

OBS

héritage : terme normalisé par l'ISO et la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
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Record 77 2004-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
  • Information Theory
CONT

Nevertheless, clustering real-world data sets often raises problems, since the data space is usually a high dimensional feature space. A prominent example is the application of cluster analysis to gene expression data. ... In general, most of the common clustering algorithms fail to generate meaningful results because of the inherent sparsity of the data space. In such high dimensional feature spaces data does not cluster anymore.

OBS

The modern world is full of large data sets : census data, multimedia databases, and remote sensing data, to name a few. With the aid of computers it is possible to collect scientific data on a grand scale. These examples are not "large" merely because they have many data points. They are also high dimensional, meaning that there are many measurements taken of each person, multimedia object, or point on the ground. The "data point" representing one person is made up of their age, gender, educational level, occupation, and whatever else was recorded. Suppose there are 12 attributes recorded for each person. We can think of that person's record as a point in 12 dimensional space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
  • Théorie de l'information

Spanish

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Record 78 2004-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
CONT

Cr oxides - oxidative dissolution. Anodic polarisation leads to dissolution of CrIIIand CrIV oxides in both acidic and alkaline media.

CONT

We demonstrate that two phases CrO2 and Cr2O3 oxides can be grown by using laser initiated deposition(laser-induced Organic-Metallic Chemical Vapor Deposition(LMOCVD) and laser-induced deposition from solution(LISD), whose mechanism is similar to the first one but in solution and LISD has both advantages of chemical vapor deposition and electroless deposition). The magnetization measurements show that both chromium oxides are presented, and the relative weight of each phase depends on the experimental conditions such as oxygen partial pressure.

OBS

chromium oxide: A generic term which includes "chromium(III) oxide" and "chromium(VI) oxide" (q.v.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

Le Cr est l'élément primordial de la résistance à la corrosion; en effet dans les atmosphères uniquement oxydantes il se forme une pellicule d'oxyde de Cr qui ralentit la progression de l'oxydation jusqu'à une certaine température; [...]

CONT

Le Chrome sous forme d'oxyde Cr2O3 amphotère est utilisé en céramique pour ses propriétés colorantes, seul il donne des verts intenses. [...] L'oxyde de chrome est très réfractaire et résistant à la réduction, il est utilisé comme colorant pour l'estampillage sous couverte des porcelaines (1350-1400 °C).

CONT

Le groupe n° 3 : «composés trivalents du chrome» (Cr3+) (composés chromiques) incluant l'oxyde chromique (Cr2O3), qui est l'oxyde de chrome vert; [...]

OBS

oxyde de chrome : terme générique qui englobe l'oxyde de chrome(III) et l'oxyde de chrome(VI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
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Record 79 2004-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Organizations and Associations (Admin.)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
OBS

Title confirmed by the organization.

OBS

The NBEA serves as an umbrella organization for all equestrian activities and promotes horsemanship at all skill levels through education. The organization functions at two levels in New Brunswick, Regionally and Provincially. We enjoy a lot of activity at these levels and as a member of N. B. E. A. you are automatically a member of both levels. As a member of one of the eight regions in N. B., you have the opportunity to elect a representative to the N. B. E. A. board each year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Organismes et associations (Admin.)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Appellation confirmée par l'organisme.

Key term(s)
  • Association des sports équestres du Nouveau-Brunswick

Spanish

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Record 80 2003-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Railroad Maintenance
DEF

A circular building for housing and repairing locomotives.

CONT

... Today we don not often call the locomotive an "iron horse, "nor do we call the engine-house or roundhouse in which locomotives are kept a stable, but the places in the roundhouse where the locomotives are kept are still called "stalls, "and the roundhouse men who look after the locomotives and take tem in and out of their "stall" are still called "hostlers. "When a locomotive finishes its run, it is usually taken to an engine terminal. At the terminal is the roundhouse, where engines are cleaned and given light or "running" repairs, and made ready for their next runs. The engine terminal also includes a coaling station, a water tank, a sand house, an oil house and an ash pit... The roundhouse is a sort of locomotive garage. its name is derived from its shape. Many roundhouses are semi-circular in shape, many other form a complete circle except for one or two openings for entrance and exit tracks... Long pits between the tracks in the stalls permit inspection and repair of locomotives from underneath...

OBS

roundhouse: term officially approved by CP Rail.

Key term(s)
  • round house

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)
DEF

Remise annulaire destinée au garage des locomotives et desservie par un pont tournant.

CONT

Les deux rotondes [du dépôt de Troyes-Chapelle St Luc] ont une superficie de 3 000 m² chacune, un diamètre de 70 m et une hauteur de 33 m, encadrant un atelier de 2 500 m² [...]. Dans chacune d'elle 32 voies (soit une longueur de 800 met 400 m de fosses) abritent les locomotives [...] Une locomotive que l'on veut garer est aiguillée sur une voie qui pénètre à l'intérieur de la rotonde et aboutit à la plaque tournante sur laquelle on la fait tourner jusqu'à ce qu'elle se trouve dans l'alignement d'un emplacement libre.

OBS

Terme uniformisé par CP Rail.

Spanish

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Record 81 2003-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • Educational Institutions
OBS

The Canadian Condominium Institute is the Voice of Condominium in Canada. We are a national, independent, non-profit organization dealing exclusively with condominium issues. Formed in 1982, CCI represents all participants in the condominium community. We encourage all interest groups to work together toward one common goal--creating a successful and viable condominium community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Établissements d'enseignement

Spanish

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Record 82 2003-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

Relating to a value system and attitude that sees humans as a part of larger ecological processes and systems.

OBS

Natural and human communities are folded into one another, and we participate, and cannot avoid doing so, with these communities. [Persons with] ecocentric attitudes consider Homo sapiens as having a primary obligation to take responsibility for themselves and their actions. Past failures to accept this responsibility are seen to be a root cause of contemporary environmental crises.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Qualifie un système de valeurs au sein duquel les êtres humains font partie de vastes processus et systèmes écologiques.

Spanish

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Record 83 2003-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
  • Criminal Psychology
DEF

A person who commits a series of similar murders with no apparent motive.

CONT

[A] man was discussing what the Brits called crimes in series-a series of rapes, burglaries, arsons, murders. That seemed a highly appropriate way of characterizing the killings of those who do one murder, then another and another in a fairly repetitive was.... After a murder, the serial murderer thinks of how the crime could have been bettered.... When he follows this sort of train of thought, his mind jumps ahead to how he can kill more nearly perfectly the next time; there's an improvement continuum.... Serial killers... are obsessed with a fantasy, and they have what we must call nonfulfilled experiences that become part of the fantasy and push them on toward the next killing.

OBS

serial killer: Term coined by former FBI detective Robert Ressler.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
  • Psychologie criminelle
DEF

Personne qui commet plusieurs meurtres successifs, généralement, dans des circonstances analogues.

CONT

Contrairement au meurtrier de masse, qui ne frappe généralement qu'une seule fois au cours de sa vie, mais de façon spectaculaire, le tueur en série tue tant et aussi longtemps qu'il n'est pas appréhendé.

OBS

Le terme "tueur en série" a été également retrouvé dans la base de données AGRA et dans l'Actualité Québec.

OBS

En français, le complément de TUEUR précise généralement le type de victimes visées : tueur d'enfants, tueur de femmes, etc.

Key term(s)
  • auteur de meurtres à répétition
  • multi-assassin

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Criminología
  • Psicología criminal
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Record 84 2003-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
DEF

Military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, trained and equipped forces using operational techniques and modes of employment not standard to conventional forces. These activities are conducted across the full range of military operations independently or in coordination with operations of conventional forces to achieve political, military, psychological and economic objectives. Politico-military considerations may require clandestine, covert or discreet techniques and the acceptance of a degree of physical risk not associated with conventional operations.

CONT

Special Forces commandos rely on psychology as much as force. As one sergeant put it :"Other special ops guys go in and kill all the snakes. We go in, kill two snakes, then recruit two more to convert or kill the rest".(Linda Robinson, "The men in the shadows-Why special forces are providing the model for a new kind of war", in www. usnews. com, May 19th, 2003).

OBS

special operations: term and definition standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • Special Forces Operations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
DEF

Activités militaires menées par des forces spécialement désignées, organisées, entraînées et équipées, utilisant des techniques opérationnelles et des modes d'action inhabituels aux forces conventionnelles. Ces activités sont menées dans toute la gamme des opérations militaires, indépendamment des opérations de forces conventionnelles, ou en coordination avec celles-ci, pour atteindre des objectifs politiques, militaires, psychologiques et économiques. Des considérations politico-militaires peuvent nécessiter le recours à des techniques clandestines ou discrètes et l'acceptation d'un niveau de risque physique et politique non compatible avec les opérations conventionnelles.

OBS

opérations spéciales : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 85 2003-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
  • Urban Development
  • Trade
CONT

Urban commercial districts are based on this foundation of central cores existing in the city in combination with the impetus of a wil on the part of the associated shopkeepers themselves to renovate and raise their profile, and promotion on the part of the Town Council through urban renewal projects to augment the attractiveness and appropriateness of public spaces. Barcelona has become an international reference point for this commercial urban planning. In addition, we have one of the most complete urban commercial offers in the whole of Europe, with a highly appreciated level of quality. It is not surprising, then, that Barcelona is the city in Spain where tourists spend most on purchases and that it has been verified that most of those purchases are made in shops on commercial streets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Développement urbain
  • Commerce
CONT

La notion d'urbanisme commercial reste ambigüe car elle recouvre deux type de préoccupations différentes : une préoccupation proprement urbanistique : à quel endroit favoriser un développement des activités commerciales, de quelle façon défendre l'animation d'un centre urbain, etc.; une préoccupation politico-économique : arbitrage entre les objectifs de défense du commerce traditionnel et ceux de pression sur les prix. Les procédures adoptées font simultanément la part à ces deux genres de préoccupations.

CONT

Après avoir présenté les enjeux et les stratégies de l'espace commercial français, le compte rendu, en deux parties, propose le point de vue : 1) des promoteurs qui ont une certaine conception de l'aménagement de l'espace urbain et périurbain, des distributeurs dont les stratégies d'implantation sont liées aux contraintes d'exploitation; 2) des autres partenaires concernés par l'urbanisme commercial : rôles, réflexions, moyens et objectifs des conseils, urbanistes, pouvoirs publics, municipalités, chambres de commerce et d'industrie.

Spanish

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Record 86 2003-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regulations (Urban Studies)
CONT

We have a lot of commercial zoning in Gateway.... The CM is an odd zone that came into being because of areas such as Hawthorne-there was a desire to try out a mixed-commercial zone. You actually have to put 50% residential in this zone-the only zone that has a required amount of residential. Then it goes up to CX, a high density commercial zone. One of the things that people don’t like is the strip commercial zone of CG and we don’t have much in Gateway. In a lot of zones you can build out to the entire site and with CS it is required. CX is a high-density commercial zone and is used downtown. The other two downtown zones, RX and CX, are close together and this has people very concerned.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réglementation (Urbanisme)
DEF

Zone dans laquelle aucun permis de construction ne peut être émis tant que le conseil municipal n'aura pas adopté un plan d'ensemble et tant qu'il n'aura pas créé par amendement un «secteur» de zone couvrant le site faisant l'objet de la demande de permis.

OBS

[...] le règlement de zonage de la ville de St-Hubert prescrit que les lots achetés par Winzen [société immobilière] sont zonés «RX» (résidentiel différé). Ce type de zonage ne permet pas l'utilisation de ces terres à des fins de développement résidentiel mais les réserve à ces fins dans un avenir indéterminé. L'utilisation projetée par Winzen aurait donc nécessité l'adoption d'un nouveau règlement de zonage.

Key term(s)
  • zone RX

Spanish

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Record 87 2003-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Waves
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
CONT

The superluminal radio source in the gamma-ray blazar 3C 279... One of the greatest surprises provided by very-long baseline interferometry(VLBI) observations was the fact that some quasars, radiogalaxies, and BL Lacertae objects exhibit motion along their jets which works out to several times faster than light. Motion of material at such velocities is forbidden by relativity... but relativity also provides a way in which we can see such blobs appear to move faster than light(that is, superluminally).... they are bright because of Doppler boosting, and there also seems to be a connection between strong gamma-ray emission and superluminal radio structure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
DEF

Radiosource dont la vitesse apparente est supérieure à celle de la lumière.

Spanish

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Record 88 2002-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Sociology
  • Urban Integration
CONT

An editorial in the same Dickinsonian issue reflects some of the anti-town sentiments present in the student body. The letter lists the reasons why Carlisle is indebted to the college. Dickinson’s cultural and economic contributions are some examples. The author then complains that instead of being grateful, the town treats students and the college poorly.

CONT

It has been less than a month since I moved in and I have to ask, "What are we getting for our money?" I do not want to be perceived as anti-town, but seriously, what additional benefit do citizens of Herndon realize by living within the town boundaries. Our schools are paid for by county taxes. The county has a fine police force, in fact it is one of the best in the country. The county has a terrific government center with the latest technology to expedite processes like building permits, and we can contract with private companies to pick up trash inexpensively and more efficiently than the town. Perhaps we benefit by having more enlightened zoning.

OBS

Anti-town can also be used as a noun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie urbaine
  • Intégration urbaine
DEF

Contraire à la ville, à l'esprit de la ville.

CONT

[...] le «rêve américain» des années soixante, voué au culte d'une mobilité sans cesse accrue sur un territoire sans cesse distendu, cette volonté de confondre la ville et la campagne en un espace indifférencié, suréquipé, surasphalté, ce discours «anti-ville» dont on constate aujourd'hui les retombées désastreuses dans toutes nos régions, il est certain que pour la majorité d'entre nous, très consciemment ou inconsciemment, nous n'en voulons plus.

CONT

L'opposition entre la ville malfaisante et la nature source de bien a souvent servi de prétexte allégorique à une vision anti-ville quelque peu manichéenne. Les prolégomènes du débat sur le développement du territoire ont d'ailleurs eu, comme support, un court métrage dévoilant le nouvel éden français. Nostalgiques d'une France rurale parsemée de charmants petits villages, faisant fi des progrès de la civilisation urbaine, les images ont surpris les cinéphiles franciliens. Elles n'ont cependant pas su faire oublier les bienfaits que peut apporter la ville, même si celle-ci et tout particulièrement sa banlieue offrent des situations contrastées.

OBS

Antiville ou anti-ville s'utilise aussi comme substantif.

Spanish

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Record 89 2002-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Magnetism and Electromagnetism
  • Induction (Magnetism)
  • Telecommunications
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
DEF

When AC is applied to a coil, a varying magnetic field will be produced around it. When another coil is placed within that magnetic field, it will induce a current flowing in that coil. This principle is called MUTUAL INDUCTANCE The amount of mutual inductance between the two coils depends on the distance between the two coils, and the angle between the two coils. When two coils are linked together via mutual inductance in this manner, we say that the coils are inductively COUPLED. When the mutually inductive coils are close to each other, we say that they are closely, or tightly coupled. When they are far apart, we say that they are loosely coupled. The greatest amount of coupling occurs when the coils are wound one directly over the other and on a closed iron core. The quantity of coupling between two coils is sometimes referred to as the Coefficient of Coupling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Magnétisme et électromagnétisme
  • Induction (Magnétisme)
  • Télécommunications
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
DEF

Quotient du flux d'induction magnétique, que le courant d'un circuit détermine dans un autre circuit, par l'intensité du courant dans le premier circuit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Magnetismo y electromagnetismo
  • Inducción (Magnetismo)
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Circuitos eléctricos e interruptores automáticos
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Record 90 2002-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Photography
DEF

The primary colours of light, i.e. red, green, and blue, that may be combined in various proportions to produce a wide gamut of colours. When added together, these colours produce white light.

DEF

Three main colour bands each covering about one-third of the visible spectrum (blue, green, and red) which on additive mixing will produce white.

CONT

Red, blue, and green are the colors of the filters used in color-separation photography. Cyan, magenta, and yellow are the colors of the printing inks with which we print color reproductions. Each printing or subtractive color represents two of the additive primaries of light that remain after one of the additive primaries is subtracted or absorbed.

OBS

The additive primaries must not be confused with the subtractive primaries, yellow, magenta, and cyan, which are the colors of our inks for full-color printing.

OBS

In the fields of optics (light and colour theory) and photography, when not otherwise specified, the primary colours are the RGB primaries.

Key term(s)
  • RGB colour primary
  • RGB color primary
  • additive primary
  • primary
  • primary colour
  • primary color
  • RBG primary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Photographie
DEF

Couleurs spectrales primaires, c'est-à-dire rouge, vert et bleu.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec les couleurs primaires CMJ (cyan, magenta et jaune) qui sont les couleurs primaires utilisées en imprimerie, c'est-à-dire les couleurs spectrales transposées en encres.

Key term(s)
  • couleur primaire RVB
  • couleur RVB
  • composante RVB
  • primaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Óptica
  • Fotografía
CONT

Los colores primarios aditivos son el azul, el verde y el rojo, que cuando se suman en ciertas proporciones producen la sensación del blanco.

Key term(s)
  • color primario
  • color primario aditivo
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Record 91 2002-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

The ability of the human eye and brain to interpret differences in the perspective of two images as depth is called the stereo effect. The three-dimensional stereo image is called a stereomodel. When looking vertically down at the landscape, one can perceive differences in the heights of features, which gives a three-dimensional view. The strength of this stereo effect depends on the magnitude of the difference, called the parallax, in the two views. The closer the objects are to the camera(i. e., the taller they are), the more different are their relative positions within the image and the closer we perceive them to be. By measuring the parallax and knowing the specifications of the camera and the flying height, the elevation of features in the image can be calculated.

OBS

stereomodel: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
DEF

Image tridimensionnelle, géométriquement semblable à l'objet photographié, qui apparaît sur un appareil de restitution lors d'un examen stéréoscopique par l'opérateur, et sur laquelle ce dernier effectue les mesures.

OBS

Le «modèle» résulte de l'orientation relative, sur l'appareil, des deux gerbes perspective reconstituées à partir de deux clichés formant un couple de clichés stéréoscopiques; il représente l'ensemble des points d'intersection des rayons homologues de ces deux gerbes perspectives.

OBS

stéréomodèle : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

PHR

Image stéréoscopique SAR.

Spanish

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Record 92 2001-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • HVAC Distribution Systems
CONT

Myers is internationally recognized for vibrant, technically skillful theater designs ... Myers reduced noise in the hall by placing mechanical ducts under the floor rather than on the roof. Air is supplied from the ducts through grilles in the pedestal of each seat.

CONT

Complaints had been received on air quality around the Associate Vice President (Student Affairs) corner of Room 101, Administration Building. Air samples have been taken and molds were discovered in the mechanical ducts. Samples of the area have tested positive for molds and the leak in the ducts is being fixed.

OBS

"Whenever you do a renovation, there are always inherent difficulties, "says Haas. "One of the critical issues we had to deal with was the mechanical ductwork(for heating, air-conditioning and plumbing). It's absolutely essential that noise from these systems not enter the main hall. Well, of course the old ductwork in that building was pretty noisy. But we were able to replace all the ducts that run through the theater itself, which amounted to about 25 percent of the ductwork in the building. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distribution et évacuation (chauffage et conditionnement d'air)
CONT

L'amiante sert dans une large gamme de matériaux utilisés dans de nombreux types de bâtiments : fibres de renfort dans les revêtements et bardeaux de béton, placoplâtre, sous-couches pour carreaux et revêtements de sol, isolants des conduites des systèmes de traitement et des gaines d'air, enduits isolants projetés et agents de protection contre les incendies.

OBS

conduit; gaine : [...] canalisation pratiquement étanche permettant de conduire l'air d'un point donné à un autre point défini, par moyen mécanique ou par différence de charge manométrique.

Spanish

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Record 93 2001-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
CONT

When... we are told by Gartner that the yellow and white varieties of one species of Verbascum are considerably more fertile with the similarly coloured varieties of the same species, we can only conclude that the state of the reproductive system is such that there is a higher degree of stability-or a lesser degree of sexual affinity-within the limits of the parent form than there is between it and another variety so far changed as to constitute a district species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

Affinité particulière existant entre deux espèces ou variétés et se manifestant par l'apparition rapide d'hybrides [...]

Spanish

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Record 94 2001-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Federal Administration
CONT

We are moving away from a traditional model of public service based on hierarchical, directive management. We are leaving behind a public service where jobs were based primarily on repetitive, well-defined tasks and predictable activities and where vertical, top-down communications approaches were the norm. We have begun the transformation to a modern, people-centered Public Service of Canada, one which is more flexible and responsive, adaptive and innovative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Administration fédérale
CONT

Nous avons rompu avec le modèle traditionnel de la gestion dans la fonction publique, basée sur la hiérarchie et l'exécution des ordres. Nous n'en sommes plus à l'époque où les emplois étaient essentiellement répétitifs et les communications unidirectionnelles, « de haut en bas ». Nous avons commencé à faire de la fonction publique du Canada une institution moderne, axée sur l'élément humain, plus souple, plus ouverte et plus créatrice.

Spanish

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Record 95 2001-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Federal Administration
CONT

We are moving away from a traditional model of public service based on hierarchical, directive management. We are leaving behind a public service where jobs were based primarily on repetitive, well-defined tasks and predictable activities and where vertical, top-down communications approaches were the norm. We have begun the transformation to a modern, people-centered Public Service of Canada, one which is more flexible and responsive, adaptive and innovative.

OBS

Term usually used in the plural in this context.

Key term(s)
  • top-down communication

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Administration fédérale
CONT

Nous avons rompu avec le modèle traditionnel de la gestion dans la fonction publique, basée sur la hiérarchie et l'exécution des ordres. Nous n'en sommes plus à l'époque où les emplois étaient essentiellement répétitifs et les communications unidirectionnelles, « de haut en bas ». Nous avons commencé à faire de la fonction publique du Canada une institution moderne, axée sur l'élément humain, plus souple, plus ouverte et plus créatrice.

OBS

Pluriel d'usage dans ce contexte.

Key term(s)
  • communication de haut en bas

Spanish

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Record 96 2001-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

SIR... stands for Standard Interface Rack. SIR is a system for integrating hardware. It is a technology we use to take Earth things to space. The rack contains mechanical parts, called a liner, used to slide drawers in and out, much like a file cabinet. Drawers are used to contain or repackage things and make them flight ready. For example, we can’t take computers to space in the same outer packages or cases we use on Earth because some pieces may float out or the vibration from launch would destroy them. So, we take all the computer's guts from the central processing unit(its brain) and repackage it in one of these drawers. On the rack side, the SIR also provides power and data for the drawers through cables. Power for a drawer comes from a connector in the rack, just like a wall outlet at your house. Data cables serve many purposes, but the main one is for communication. This is so drawers can "talk" to each other, the Space Station, and Earth. For the computer drawer mentioned above, parts are wired to connectors in the drawer. When you slide the drawer into the rack, it connects to cables already in the rack.

OBS

standard interface rack; SIR: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

bâti d'interface standard; SIR : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 97 2001-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sciences - General
  • Social Movements
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

A variety of methods were used to test the feasibility of the... pilots which we are recommending... One of the first things we did was to invite a panel of Expert Skeptics(from government, university, industry) to critique the study proposal.

CONT

Patrick J. Michaels [is a] University of Virginia Professor widely quoted by news organizations as an expert skeptic on issues related to global climate change ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences - Généralités
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Et pourtant les experts sceptiques, oserai-je écrire les experts «par effraction» et surtout les «hors jeux», ceux qui ne siègent pas dans les comités ad hoc, les exclus de la pensée stratégique, ceux qui bougonnent, qui murmurent, mais qui suivent bon gré, mal gré les programmes prioritaires, du moins qui s'efforcent de donner l'apparence de la soumission, tous ceux là peuvent peut-être reprendre l'initiative et bousculer un peu l'unanimisme satisfait.

CONT

On peut rappeler en passant que plusieurs experts sceptiques ont répété jusqu'à récemment qu'ils ne croiraient à la sécurité de l'Internet que quand les banques et compagnies de cartes de crédit y parviendraient.

OBS

sceptique (adj. et nom) : Personne qui pratique l'examen critique, le doute scientifique.

Spanish

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Record 98 2001-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

The amalgamation of TV, telephone and PC into one single communication medium [which] leads to the increase of computer supported (scientific) work.

CONT

Digital Convergence: How the Merging of Computers, Communications, and Multimedia Is Transforming Our Lives.

OBS

Since we are living in an extremely visual epoch, one aspect of acceleration is the speed of looking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Capacité de différentes plates-formes à transporter des services essentiellement similaires, ou [de regrouper] des équipements grand public comme le téléphone, la télévision et les ordinateurs personnels.

DEF

[...] résultat de la combinaison du divertissement et de la technologie de l'information [...] le mariage de l'audio-vidéo et de l'informatique.

Spanish

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Record 99 2001-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

Sales-to-assets ratio provides an indication of the general efficiency of an organization, which gives an idea of how the assets are used. This ratio measures the ability of the firm to sell goods with one unit of assets. A high sales-to-assets ratio is generally preferable because it indicates a good ability of the firm to generate sales with a minimum of assets. However, since the indicator is a ratio, a high sales-to-assets ratio could be derived from a small amount of assets. In this case, the firm could be providing poor service to its customers or struggling from inefficient production. Similarly, a low ratio may indicate either lower than normal sales or higher than normal assets. Therefore, we should be cautious when interpreting the sales-to-assets ratio.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
CONT

On remarque aussi une croissance des actifs plus rapide que celle des ventes ce qui entraîne le ratio ventes/actif total sur une tendance légèrement à la baisse, ce qui n'a pas de conséquences notables étant donné l'accélération du développement du Néovastat qui explique la nécessité d'une augmentation considérable des actifs financiers.

Key term(s)
  • ratio ventes-actif total
  • ratio ventes-actif

Spanish

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Record 100 2001-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Functions which determine dynamical systems are also called mappings, or maps, for short. This terminology connotes the geometric process of taking one point to another. As much of the sequel will in fact be geometric, we will use all of these terms synonymously.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
DEF

Toute fonction ou transformation qui exprime une correspondance géométrique sous forme de graphe.

OBS

Le terme «mappage» est emprunté à l'infographie. Les mathématiciens lui préfèrent «applications».

PHR

obtenir le mappage.

PHR

mappage affine, chaotique, circulaire, continu, contractant, dilatant, holomorphe, itératif, linéaire, loxodromique, ouvert, quadratique, standard, topologiquement transitif.

PHR

mappage de Halley, de Hénon, en fer à cheval.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas
  • Gráficos de computadora
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