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Record 1 2026-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Human Behaviour
  • Dietetics
  • Human Diseases - Various
CONT

Diabulimia is an eating disorder in which someone with Type 1 diabetes withholds insulin to lose weight.... People with diabulimia may have other disordered eating behaviors, like purging. Or they may only limit insulin dosages and otherwise have healthy eating patterns.... Diabulimia is also known as an "eating disorder in diabetes mellitus type 1(ED-DMT1). "

OBS

diabulimia: The name "diabulimia" is misleading. Not all people who have it binge eat or purge—the defining features of bulimia nervosa. Despite this, people widely use the term "diabulimia" to describe limiting insulin to lose weight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Comportement humain
  • Diététique
  • Maladies humaines diverses
DEF

Pratique qui consiste, pour une personne diabétique insulinodépendante s'estimant en surpoids, à limiter de sa propre initiative la dose d'insuline qu'elle s'administre afin de réduire sa prise de poids.

OBS

autorestriction insulinique : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 4 mars 2017.

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Plant and Crop Production
CONT

Yield components of crops. The yield of a grain crop plant can be divided into various components which together contributed to the yield. These components include : Heads, ears or pods per acre... Number of kernels or seeds per head, ear or pod... Weight per kernel or seed... Any crop production factor which decreases any one of these factors results in decreased yield.... Full yield potential is almost never achieved because environmental conditions may limit one or more of the yield components during the growing season.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie agricole
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
DEF

Modèle théorique du fonctionnement biologique d'un peuplement végétal cultivé.

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Martial Arts
  • Wrestling
OBS

openweight : It refers to bouts where there is no weight limit and fighters with a dramatic difference in size can compete against each other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts martiaux
  • Lutte
DEF

Compétition qui se déroule sans que les catégories de poids des participants soient prises en compte.

OBS

compétition toutes catégories : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 18 avril 2025.

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Digestive Tract
CONT

Biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch is a modification of the biliopancreatic diversion procedure... Biliopancreatic diversion is primarily a malabsorptive procedure. The standard procedure involves the removal of part of the stomach(a limited horizontal gastrectomy) to limit oral intake and induce weight loss.... The combination of biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch is an additional adaptation of the standard procedure. It has a sleeve gastrectomy rather than a horizontal gastrectomy.

CONT

In a biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch, a portion of the stomach is removed but the pylorus remains intact. The pylorus, which controls food drainage from the stomach, is connected to a lower segment of the intestine. The duodenum is connected to the lower part of the small intestine. The food you eat then bypasses much of the small intestine. This results in fewer calories absorbed and weight loss.

Key term(s)
  • bilio-pancreatic diversion with duodenal switch

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Appareil digestif
Key term(s)
  • dérivation biliopancréatique avec commutation duodénale

Spanish

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Record 5 2024-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Digestive Tract
CONT

Biliopancreatic diversion is primarily a malabsorptive procedure. The standard procedure involves the removal of part of the stomach(a limited horizontal gastrectomy) to limit oral intake and induce weight loss. The gastric pouch that is created is larger than that of gastric bypass or the restrictive procedures, therefore allowing larger meals, and patients remain on a less restricted diet than would the case following gastric bypass. Part of the small intestine is also bypassed by the construction of a long limb Roux-en-Y anastomosis with a short common "alimentary" channel of 50 cm length.

Key term(s)
  • bilio-pancreatic diversion
  • bilio-pancreatic diversion without duodenal switch

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Appareil digestif
Key term(s)
  • dérivation biliopancréatique
  • dérivation biliopancréatique sans commutation duodénale

Spanish

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Record 6 2023-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Accessories
  • Safety Equipment (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Children 4, 5, 6 and 7 [years old] must be in a child safety restraint. For most kids, it means a booster seat, but experts recommend children remain in a forward-facing car seat longer if the upper weight limit of the seat allows it(40-50 pounds).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accessoires d'automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Sécurité (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)

Spanish

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Record 7 2023-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

A lightsat is a small uni-mission satellite... with an upper weight limit of approximately 1000 kg.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 8 2022-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
DEF

The weight of the whole fish before processing or removal of any part.

CONT

... each licence holder will be limited to a maximum catch limit of 1. 361 [metric tons] of head-on gutted weight or 1. 633 [metric tons] round weight of cod per week...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
DEF

Poids du poisson entier, avant [la] transformation ou [l']élimination d'une partie quelconque.

CONT

[...] chaque titulaire de permis sera astreint à une limite maximale de 1,361 [tonnes métriques] de morues éviscérées non étêtées ou de 1,633 [tonnes métriques] de morues entières (poids brut) par semaine [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
DEF

Pressure(force per unit area) exerted by the atmosphere on any surface by virtue of its weight; it is equivalent to the weight of a vertical column of air extending above a surface of unit area to the outer limit of the atmosphere.

OBS

At sea level, [atmospheric] pressure is approximately 14.7 psi.

OBS

"Pressure" is commonly used in meteorology as the contracted form for "atmospheric pressure."

OBS

atmospheric pressure; barometric pressure: Separate entries in ISO. Terms standardized by ISO.

OBS

barometric pressure: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

OBS

atmospheric pressure: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the National Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
DEF

Pression (force par unité d'aire) exercée par l'atmosphère en vertu de son poids, sur une surface donnée; elle est numériquement égale au poids d'une colonne verticale d'air, au-dessus de la surface de section de base unité, s'étendant jusqu'à la limite supérieure de l'atmosphère.

CONT

La pression atmosphérique moyenne au niveau de la mer, à 15 °C, est de 1013 mbar.

OBS

pression atmosphérique; pression barométrique : termes normalisés par l'ISO; entrées distinctes dans l'ISO.

OBS

pression barométrique : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche et accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

OBS

pression atmosphérique : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre du Rapport d'inventaire national.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Meteorología
DEF

Presión (fuerza por unidad de área) ejercida por la atmósfera sobre cualquier superficie en virtud de su peso.

OBS

Equivale al peso de una columna de aire de sección transversal unitaria que se extiende desde un nivel dado hasta el límite superior de la atmósfera.

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Record 10 2012-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
CONT

atmospheric pressure : Pressure(force per unit area) exerted by the atmosphere on any surface by virtue of its weight [that] is equivalent to the weight of a vertical column of air extending above a surface of unit area to the outer limit of the atmosphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
CONT

pression atmosphérique : Pression (force par unité d'aire) exercée par l'atmosphère en vertu de son poids, sur une surface donnée [...] numériquement égale au poids d'une colonne verticale d'air, au-dessus de la surface de section de base unité, s'étendant jusqu'à la limite supérieure de l'atmosphère.

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steel
CONT

Terne coated sheet is any sheet steel that has been coated by immersion in a bath of molten terne metal. Terne metal is any alloy of lead and tin. ... Formerly, there were two classes of terne-coated products: long terne sheet (sometimes called simply long ternes) which was a hot-dipped sheet-mill product that fell within the dimensional ranges covered by the uncoated-sheet commodities; and short ternes (also called terne plate) which was a hot-dipped tin-mill product in black-plate gages (thickness less than 0.36 mm (0.014 inch). Short-ternes (terne plate) are no longer produced.

CONT

Terne plate roofing sheets. All terne plate is produced by hot-dip process. Two product lines "short terne" and "long terne" are available. The difference between the two products is largely one of size. "Short terne" is generally available in the sizes 356 x 508 mm and 508 x 711 mm. "Long terne" is available in cut lengths up to 3,658 mm and coils, generally 15,240 mm in length.

OBS

According to some authors, "short ternes" and "long ternes" differentiate themselves by the difference in the thickness of their tin coating. "Short" refers to the weight of coating per basis box, and always to the thinner coatings, usually 40. 5 m²(436 sq. ft.) of plate or sheet; usually 3. 6 kg of coating metal is the limit for short terne tin plates, and for heavier plates the weight of coating may vary from two to five times this amount. According to other authors, "short ternes" and "long ternes" differentiate themselves by the difference in their linear dimensions. Short ternes commonly measure 0. 5 X 0. 7 m, whereas long ternes have dimensions which usually fall within the limits of 0. 6 X 1. 5 m to 1. 2 X 3. 7 m. It is possible that the latter characteristic(size) conditions the former one(coating weight), ending in the same result, the difference being simply in the approach chosen.

Key term(s)
  • long terneplate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acier
OBS

Fer terne dont la masse de revêtement ou les dimensions sont grandes.

Spanish

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Record 12 2012-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steel
CONT

Terne coated sheet is any sheet steel that has been coated by immersion in a bath of molten terne metal. Terne metal is an alloy of lead and tin. ... Formerly, there were two classes of terne-coated products: long terne sheet (sometimes called simply long ternes) which was a hot-dipped sheet-mill product that fell within the dimensional ranges covered by the uncoated-sheet commodities; and short ternes (also called terne plate) which was a hot-dipped tin-mill product in black-plate gages (thickness less than 0.36 mm (0.014 inch). Short-ternes (terne plate) are no longer produced.

CONT

Terne plate roofing sheets. All terne plate is produced by hot-dip process. Two product lines "short terne" and "long terne" are available. The difference between the two products is largely one of size. "Short terne" is generally available in the sizes 356 x 508 mm and 508 x 711 mm. "Long terne" is available in cut lengths up to 3,658 mm and coils, generally 15,240 mm in length.

OBS

According to some authors, "short ternes" and "long ternes" differentiate themselves by the difference in the thickness of their tin coating. "Short" refers to the weight of coating per basis box, and always to the thinner coatings, usually 40. 5 m²(436 sq. ft.) of plate or sheet; usually 3. 6 kg of coating metal is the limit for short terne tin plates, and for heavier plates the weight of coating may vary from two to five times this amount. According to other authors, "short ternes" and "long ternes" differentiate themselves by the difference in their linear dimensions. Short ternes commonly measure 0. 5 X 0. 7 m, whereas long ternes have dimensions which usually fall within the limits of 0. 6 X 1. 5 m to 1. 2 X 3. 7 m. It is possible that the latter characteristic(size) conditions the former one(coating weight), ending in the same result, the difference being simply in the approach chosen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acier
OBS

Fer terne dont la masse de revêtement ou les dimensions sont petites.

Spanish

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Record 13 2012-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Methods
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

The process of covering an existing roofing system with a new roofing system.

CONT

Ballasting has a significant effect on the total weight of a roof assembly. The weight of an assembly is important since it affects the total physical load on the structure. In the case of reroofing, weight may limit the options available, since the existing structure may not be strong enough to carry the added load required by some designs.

OBS

re-roofing: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
CONT

Le lest a un effet important sur la masse totale d'un ensemble de couverture. La masse d'un ensemble est importante puisqu'elle a un effet sur la charge globale imposée à la structure. Dans le cas d'une réfection de couverture, la masse peut limiter les possibilités, car la structure existante peut ne pas être assez résistante pour supporter la charge supplémentaire qu'exigent certains types de couvertures.

CONT

Réglementation temporaire de la circulation rue de l'Isle pour travaux de réfection de toiture de l'habitation au No 6. Mise en place échafaudage volant.

CONT

Les propriétaires, dont le bien est situé dans le périmètre d'une opération programmée d'amélioration de l'habitat, peuvent obtenir des subventions pour leurs travaux de rénovation : réfection de toit, travaux de menuiserie, [...]

OBS

[Pour] la réfection d'un toit de bardeaux de bois, est-ce possible de poser de nouveaux bardeaux par-dessus les vieux, comme pour le bardeau d'asphalte?

OBS

Techniquement la couverture se distingue du toit ou de la toiture en ce sens qu'elle en désigne le revêtement extérieur. Généralement, c'est ce dernier qui nécessite des réparations mais on dit souvent «refaire le toit» ou «refaire la toiture».

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 14 2011-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
CONT

An instrument which responds to density changes in the gas stream, directly related to the molecular weights. Several forms of gas density balance have been developed since this type of detector was first introduced by Martin and James. Improvements in instrumentation have led to a revival of interest in it as a detector system suitable for molecular-weight studies. The density changes are measured by means of a form of U-tube, one limb of which contains pure carrier gas and the other column effluent gas. An anemometer situated between the two limbs detects and measures any density difference. Using nitrogen or argon carrier gas the limit of detection is 0. 4 μg, response is linear with concentration, and it can be used for molecular weight determinations for values below 200 and for percentage composition studies.

Key term(s)
  • James Martin gas density balance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
CONT

La balance à densité gazeuse est un des premiers détecteurs utilisés en chromatographie en phase gazeuse [....] Le gaz de référence [...] est divisé en deux flux et passe sur les éléments chauffants placés dans un pont de Wheatstone. Le gaz vecteur sortant de la colonne entre dans le détecteur [...] puis se divise également en deux flux. La sortie est commune. S'il ne sort de la colonne que le gaz vecteur pur, les débits dans les branches sont identiques [....] Le pont de Wheatstone est équilibré. Lorsqu'un soluté est élué de la colonne, et si sa densité est différente de cette du gaz vecteur [...], [il] en résulte une variation des débits qui se traduit par une variation de la température des filaments et donc par un déséquilibre du pont de Wheatstone. La réponse du détecteur est proportionnelle à la variation de la densité du gaz vecteur induite par la présence du soluté.

OBS

Peu sensible (du même ordre que le catharomètre à filaments), la balance à densité gazeuse a l'avantage d'être un détecteur universel, non destructif, et d'être le seul détecteur dont la réponse puisse être calculée rigoureusement à partir des formules chimiques des solutés qui le traversent. Pour ces raisons, elle a son utilité dans les analyses industrielles en ligne.

Spanish

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Record 15 2004-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

dry standard cubic meters(dscm) : Concentration of contaminants in gases emitted from sources(such as cement kilns) are generally expressed as a weight of that material per a volume of gas. Emissions from sources often contain water vapor from evaporation of water in the processed material or as water from combustion of hydrocarbons. This amount varies from source to source and at variable temperatures from source to source. To make an emission rate meaningful for comparison to another source or to a permit limit, the emission rate must be stated as a weight per(dry) gas at standard conditions. The specific standard conditions are set by the applicable authority, often a national laboratory group.

CONT

[The] MTEC (Maximum Theoretical Emissions Concentration) [is] calculated by dividing the feedrate by the stack gas flowrate and is expressed as micrograms per dry standard cubic meter (µg/dscm).

CONT

Stack testing has determined that PAHs are detected in a facility’s stack gases at concentrations (g per dry standard cubic metre of gas) ...

Key term(s)
  • dry standard cubic meter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Les tests effectués à la sortie des cheminées ont déterminé la présence d'HAP dans les gaz émis (en grammes par mètre cube normalisé de gaz à sec) [...]

CONT

[...] mg/dscm (milligrammes par mètre cube standard à sec) [...]

Spanish

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Record 16 2003-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tobacco Industry
CONT

The dimensions of the flue cured tobacco bale have been standardized at 42 inches tall, 42 inches wide, and 40 inches deep. The desired weight is 75 pounds with a limit of plus or minus 100 pounds. Some bales over 850 pounds were rejected during the 1999 season. Each bale is to be tied with at least 4 wires.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du tabac
CONT

Avant d'être stocké, chaque ballot de tabac subit un premier contrôle, puis chaque couche de feuille est emballée dans un papier absorbant pour éviter tout contact qui pourrait altérer la saveur.

Spanish

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Record 17 2002-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Transport of Goods
DEF

When a container or vessel has reached its volumetric capacity before its permitted weight limit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camionnage
  • Transport de marchandises

Spanish

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Record 18 1999-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loads and Weights (Transport.)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
DEF

The total of the car weight(light weight) and the total weight of load permitted(load limit) which is the maximum weight permitted on rail. The light weight and load limit for each car are stencilled on sides of car.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poids et charges (Transports)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
DEF

Ensemble de la tare (ou poids mort du wagon) et du poids du chargement qui constitue la charge maximale à ne pas dépasser. La tare et la charge maximale de chaque wagon sont indiquées au pochoir sur les parois latérales du véhicule.

Spanish

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Record 19 1994-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
  • Rail Transport Operations
CONT

... the limit of error applicable to the weight declaration of a commodity used to determine rail transportation charges for the commodity, obtained by in-motion weighing of cars carrying the commodity is 1 per cent of the declared net weight.

OBS

rail transportation charge: Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 49.1.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
  • Exploitation (Transport par rail)
OBS

frais de transport par rail : Consolidation des Règlements sur les poids et mesures, mars 1990, article 49.1.

Spanish

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Record 20 1991-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deep Foundations
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

The solution selected involves a prefabricated mattress assembled in a plant, wound on to a floating cylinder and transported to the site where it is laid on the sea-bed with the help of a special pontoon.... The filter mattress used for the foundation of the piers consists of three layers of granular material, sand, fine gravel and gravel, packed in a system of geotextiles. The mattresses are 42 X 200 m. To limit the weight and yet to maintain the three layers, it was decided to use a total thickness of 0. 36 m, which results in a mattress weight of 5000 tonnes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fondations profondes
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
DEF

Matelas de protection de l'assise d'une digue reposant sur fond marin contre l'action érosive des courants et des vagues.

DEF

Matelas de protection de fondation d'ouvrages reposant dans le lit de fleuves ou de rivières contre l'action érosive du courant.

CONT

tapis parafouilles (...) Fonctions du géotextile (...) filtre : le géotextile limite jusqu'à stabilisation la migration de particules fines du sol support vers le tapis parafouille sous l'action des courants de percolation, empêche ainsi une érosion interne de ces sols et une ruine consécutive de l'ouvrage de protection, tout en maintenant la libre circulation de l'eau. Séparation : le géotextile délimite les matériaux formant le tapis parafouille et les sols sous-jacents et évite leur interpénétration.

CONT

Vu la résistance élevée en chaîne, ces tissés seront employés comme tissus filtrants et de renforcement des grandes digues (enrochement de moellons assez élevé +- 600 kg au m2 ou pour des tapis de mer, remorqués en mer et nécessitant une résistance élevée en sens longitudinal.

Spanish

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Record 21 1991-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Highest possible charge weight of a particular propellant that may be used with other specified cartridge components without exceeding the safe, maximum, allowable pressure limit for that specific cartridge.

OBS

Term and definition officialized by the Small Arms Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Poids maximal d'une poudre déterminée pouvant être utilisée sans danger avec les autres éléments particuliers d'une cartouche, c'est-à-dire sans excéder la pression maximale permise pour cette cartouche spécifique.

OBS

Terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 22 1986-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Waste Management
DEF

Sludge containing not more than 10 percent moisture by weight; the limit is 5 percent in the fertilizer trade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Gestion des déchets
DEF

Boues d'égout ne contenant pas plus de 10% d'eau en poids; dans le cas des engrais, cette limite est de 5% seulement.

Spanish

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