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Even today, ring-spun yarn sets the standards for the end-user with regard to handle and cloth turnout. It serves as a yardstick for all spinning systems, including rotor spinning.  3, record 2, English, - yardstick

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Record 3,  Textual support,  English

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A potent factor which has militated against certain regulations being construed as a source of duties of absolute obligation is the feeling that the categorical legislative prescription would introduce too inflexible a yardstick for measuring civil liability.  1, record 3, English, - duty%20of%20absolute%20obligation

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

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Nous avons le devoir impératif de connaître le profil des citoyens d'autres pays qui viennent pour couvrir les élections en Guînée équatoriale afin d'éviter des conflits.  2, record 3, French, - devoir%20imp%C3%A9ratif

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Record 4,  Textual support,  English

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A framework for monetary policy that commits the central bank to achieving low inflation.  1, record 4, English, - inflation%20targeting

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Inflation targeting can benefit developing countries in many ways, by providing a coordination device for inflation expectations as well as a yardstick of accountability for central banks.  1, record 4, English, - inflation%20targeting

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Adoption of inflation targeting.  2, record 4, English, - inflation%20targeting

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Cadre de politique monétaire qui astreint la banque centrale à assurer une faible inflation.  3, record 4, French, - ciblage%20d%27inflation

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Le ciblage de l'inflation peut profiter aux pays en développement de multiples façons, en leur donnant un moyen de coordonner les anticipations inflationnistes et de jauger la responsabilité des banques centrales.  3, record 4, French, - ciblage%20d%27inflation

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Adoption du ciblage de l'inflation.  4, record 4, French, - ciblage%20d%27inflation

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Pratiquer le ciblage de l'inflation.  5, record 4, French, - ciblage%20d%27inflation

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Marco de política monetaria que compromete al banco central a lograr une baja tasa de inflación.  2, record 4, Spanish, - fijaci%C3%B3n%20de%20metas%20expl%C3%ADcitas%20de%20inflaci%C3%B3n

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La fijación de metas explícitas de inflación puede beneficiar de muchas maneras a los países en desarrollo, al establecer un instrumento de coordinación de las expectativas inflacionarias y una medida que permite juzgar el cumplimiento del compromiso de los bancos centrales.  2, record 4, Spanish, - fijaci%C3%B3n%20de%20metas%20expl%C3%ADcitas%20de%20inflaci%C3%B3n

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Adoptar una estrategia basada en objetivos de inflación.  3, record 4, Spanish, - fijaci%C3%B3n%20de%20metas%20expl%C3%ADcitas%20de%20inflaci%C3%B3n

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

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Certain organic compounds will cloud within fairly definite limits on cooling. When carried out under prescribed, standardised conditions, the cloud point, or the temperature at which clouding occurs, serves as a useful yardstick in evaluating the purity of the compounds.  2, record 5, English, - cloud%20point

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Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.  3, record 5, English, - cloud%20point

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

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Point bien défini de température et de pression auquel certains composés organiques se troublent lors du refroidissement.  3, record 5, French, - point%20de%20nuage

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Termes en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.  4, record 5, French, - point%20de%20nuage

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Record 6,  Textual support,  English

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The term "adjusted" refers to an inventory valuation adjustment of the following type : If money prices change within the year, our yardstick for measuring profits is faulty.  2, record 6, English, - inventory%20valuation%20adjustment

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Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Fractal length-area relation. To pinpoint the argument, consider a collection of geometrically similar islands with fractal coastlines of dimension D>1. The standard ratio(length)/(area) _1/2 is infinite in this context, but I propose to show it has a useful fractal counterpart. We denote as G-length the coast length measured with a yardstick length of G, and as G-area the island area measured in units of G₂.  1, record 7, English, - G%2Dlength

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Record 8,  Textual support,  English

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A measuring rod a yard long.  2, record 8, English, - yardstick

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Yardstick is best device for taking long, straight measurements. Good also for checking grainlines, marking hems. Be sure surface of wood is smooth.  3, record 8, English, - yardstick

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

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Règle de trente-six pouces. Sert à prendre les longues droites, à vérifier le sens du droit fil et à marquer les ourlets. En bois lisse.  1, record 8, French, - r%C3%A8gle%20de%20trente%2Dsix%20pouces

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Record 9,  Textual support,  English

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Water coming out of a water purification system.  1, record 9, English, - process%20water

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The required characteristics for industrial process water often refer to a resistivity value only, making ionic contamination removal the sole yardstick for quality and the only guide for determining the right system design : separate bed DI, mixed bed DI, or else.  1, record 9, English, - process%20water

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

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Eau traitée par un système de purification en vue d'une utilisation spécifique.  1, record 9, French, - eau%20de%20process

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Les caractéristiques requises pour une eau de process font souvent référence à la seule valeur de résistivité, ce qui limite les critères de qualité de l'eau à sa seule teneur ionique.  1, record 9, French, - eau%20de%20process

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Le terme eau de process recouvre dans certains cas le terme diluat; c'est-à-dire lorsque le système de purification comprend uniquement un module CDI ou que ce module se situe à la fin du système de purification.  1, record 9, French, - eau%20de%20process

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In Canada, "the" rulebook is entitled "The New Yardstick" : The rules and regulations of tennis, produced by Tennis Canada.  1, record 10, English, - rule%20book

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[...] vous trouverez les détails dans un livre de règlements.  1, record 10, French, - livre%20de%20r%C3%A8glements

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Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Water Quality Surveillance is the only yardstick by which to measure the effectiveness of any water pollution control program. As a result, New York State has divided its water quality surveillance program into four parts. Manual surveillance, automatic surveillance, aerial surveillance and public surveillance. This paper will dwell only on the automatic surveillance component by describing the existing water monitoring system.  2, record 11, English, - water%20pollution%20control

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

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Ensemble des mesures requises pour prévenir et combattre la pollution des eaux.  3, record 11, French, - d%C3%A9pollution%20de%20l%27eau

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"dépollution" : Action permettant de réduire une pollution en agissant sur la source de celle-ci ou en traitant le milieu contaminé.  4, record 11, French, - d%C3%A9pollution%20de%20l%27eau

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"antipollution", adjectif invariable : Se dit des moyens choisis et des actions entreprises pour éviter ou diminuer la pollution de l'air, de l'eau et du sol.  4, record 11, French, - d%C3%A9pollution%20de%20l%27eau

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Cuando se establecen métodos para el control de la contaminación del agua, los patrones se pueden basar ya sea en la calidad requerida en el agua receptora (enfoque de objetivos de calidad del río) o bien pueden aplicarse directamente al efluente sin referencia al agua receptora (enfoque de patrones de emisión ).  1, record 11, Spanish, - control%20de%20la%20contaminaci%C3%B3n%20del%20agua

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

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Like many manufacturers, Giat Industries has taken as its yardstick a level of protection which will defeat hits by Soviet-designed 14. 5 mm KPV heavy machine-guns from a range of 100 metres and by 20 or 23 mm armour-piercing ammunition from 200 metres.  1, record 12, English, - level%20of%20protection

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

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Comme beaucoup d'autres industriels, Giat a adopté comme norme de protection un blindage capable d'arrêter un projectile de mitrailleuse lourde soviétique KPV de 14,5 mm à 100 m ou les projectiles perforants de 20/23 mm à 200 m.  1, record 12, French, - norme%20de%20protection

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Record 13,  Textual support,  English

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The most common yardstick used to measure radiation is sieverts. One sievert of radiation produces the same effect on living creatures, regardless of the type of ionizing radiation(alpha, beta, or gamma). Smaller units that measure low levels of radiation are expressed in millisieverts(thousandths of a sievert) and microsieverts(millionth of a sievert).  1, record 13, English, - microsievert

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

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L'unité de mesure la plus commune utilisée pour évaluer le rayonnement est le sievert. Un sievert de radiation produit le même effet sur les créatures vivantes, quel que soit le type de rayonnement ionisant (alpha, bêta ou gamma). Les faibles intensités de rayonnement sont exprimées en millisieverts (millièmes de sievert) et microsieverts (millionièmes de sievert).  1, record 13, French, - microsievert

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Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Water Quality Surveillance is the only yardstick by which to measure the effectiveness of any water pollution control program. As a result, New York State has divided its water quality surveillance program into four parts. Manual surveillance, automatic surveillance, aerial surveillance and public surveillance. This paper will dwell only on the automatic surveillance component by describing the existing water monitoring system.  1, record 14, English, - water%20quality%20surveillance

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[Le terme anglais] "surveillance" est d'un emploi assez rare. (...) [et] il est lié à l'aspect de contrôle réglementaire ou législatif de la protection de l'environnement.  1, record 14, French, - contr%C3%B4le%20r%C3%A9glementaire%20de%20la%20pollution%20de%20l%27eau

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En français la distinction (...) entre un aspect réglementaire et un aspect technique n'existe pas et ne pourrait pas s'appliquer à "surveillance". Ce terme appartient en effet au français de tous les jours; il ne pourrait pas aussi aisément qu'en anglais être investi d'une autorité particulière. De fait, à côté des termes "mesure" et "contrôle", plus fréquemment utilisés semble-t-il et parfois simultanément, "surveillance" est employé de façon courante, sous intention particulière de la part des auteurs français qui traitent des mesures de protection de l'environnement.  1, record 14, French, - contr%C3%B4le%20r%C3%A9glementaire%20de%20la%20pollution%20de%20l%27eau

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Record 15,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The degree with which a system, or a portion of a system, accurately reproduces at its output the essential characteristics of the signal that is impressed upon its input.  2, record 15, English, - fidelity

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Audio was driven by an ideal that was shared by all, and perfection in audio was easily defined and universally accepted : It was the sound of a live orchestra(or any other producer of musical sounds) in its natural acoustical habitat. The ability to reproduce that sound was the measure of fidelity-the yardstick by which equipment designers gauged the success of their efforts and set the goals for future designs.  3, record 15, English, - fidelity

Record 15,  Textual support,  French

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Qualité de la reproduction qui définit la ressemblance de forme entre le signal d'origine et le signal reproduit.  2, record 15, French, - fid%C3%A9lit%C3%A9

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Pour une reproduction sonore par bande magnétique ou disque, l'idéal serait de reconstituer exactement le phénomène original (...) [Il] est évident qu'il s'agit d'un idéal inaccessible (...) La notion de fidélité a évolué depuis quelques décennies; le problème est de satisfaire l'auditeur. La plupart des appareils sont largement réglables, et chacun peut modifier les séquences sonores selon son oreille particulière et selon son goût, sans se soucier de connaître le degré de fidélité par rapport à l'original, qu'il n'a généralement pas entendu.  3, record 15, French, - fid%C3%A9lit%C3%A9

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Record 16,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Starch rating : A measurement of the degree of readership obtained by a publication advertisement, derived from the Starch Advertisement Readership Service. When advertisers are unable to trace the results of their messages or to evaluate them in terms of impact, impression, sales, or other yardstick, they may make use of one of the research organizations set up to provide information concerning post-publication effectiveness.  2, record 16, English, - Starch%20advertisement%20rating

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Record 17,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The term "adjusted" refers to an inventory adjustment of the following type : If money prices change within the year, our yardstick for measuring profits is faulty.(...) The statistician uses within-the-year price changes to estimate the amount of such overreporting of profits.  1, record 17, English, - adjusted

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Record 18,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 OBS

By use of price index, we can "deflate" money NNP(in current dollars) to arrive at a more accurate measure of "real NNP", expressed in dollars of one base-year's purchasing power. Use of such an average price index(of consumer-goods, investment-goods, and government-goods prices) is an approximate way of allowing for the rubber yardstick implied by changing levels of price.  1, record 18, English, - average%20price%20index

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Record 19,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Starch rating : A measurement of the degree of readership obtained by a publication advertisement, derived from the Starch Advertisement Readership Service. When advertisers are unable to trace the results of their messages or to evaluate them in terms of impact, impression, sales, or other yardstick, they may make use of one of the research organizations set up to provide information concerning post-publication effectiveness.  2, record 19, English, - Starch%20advertisement%20rating

Record 19,  Textual support,  French

Record 19,  Textual support,  Spanish