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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

The degree of agreement with an accepted reference value of individual measurements, tests, or observations made under prescribed conditions, or of estimates computed from them, and refers to the success of estimating the true value of a quantity.

OBS

accuracy: designation and definition standardized by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
DEF

Étroitesse de l'écart séparant une valeur de la moyenne d'une longue série de mesures effectuées dans les conditions prescrites[,] se rapporte à la concentration des valeurs des échantillons autour de leur moyenne.

OBS

précision : désignation et définition normalisées par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fiabilidad y ensayos (Ingeniería)
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Record 2 2022-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language Rights
  • Constitutional Law
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

Under the Criminal Code provisions governing the language of the accused, provinces and territories have an obligation to establish criminal courts that are "institutionally bilingual. "The Supreme Court of Canada leaves no doubt as to the degree of bilingualism required : there must be true equality of English and French, without regard to any administrative inconvenience this may cause.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit linguistique
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

Les dispositions du Code criminel sur la langue de l'accusé entraînent une obligation pour les provinces et territoires de mettre sur pied des tribunaux de juridiction criminelle qui sont «institutionnellement bilingues». La Cour suprême du Canada ne laisse planer aucun doute sur le niveau de bilinguisme requis : il s'agit d'une égalité réelle du français et de l'anglais, que celle-ci entraîne ou non des problèmes d'ordre administratif.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Toxicology
  • Occupational Health and Safety
DEF

The level or concentration of a physical or chemical hazard to which an employee is exposed.

CONT

Health and Welfare Canada has identified a tolerable exposure level (tolerable daily intake) for PCBS of μg/kg body weight per day.

CONT

The estimate of benzene exposure level was developed in six concentration ranges (<1 ppm; 1-5 ppm; 6-10 ppm; 11-25 ppm; 26-50 ppm; and >50 ppm). ... When we examined relative risks of BP [benzene poisoning] by intensity of exposure at 1.5 years prior to the diagnosis of benzene poisoning, compared to subjects who have less than 5 ppm exposure at that time, we obtained RRs [relative risks] of 2.2 (95% CI=1.7-2.9), 4.7 (95% CI=3.4-6.5), and 7.2 (95% CI=5.3-9.8) for intensity of 5 to 19 ppm, 20 to 39 ppm, and >/= 40 ppm categories.

OBS

Do not confuse with "exposure intensity". The term "intensity" refers to the degree or amount of some quality, condition; it expresses the force, strength, energy, degree of some characteristic quality. The term "level" designates a position on a scale in respect of amount, intensity, extent, or the like; it expresses the relative amount or intensity of any property, attribute, or activity. Since the level studied corresponds most of the time to an observed concentration of a substance, the two expressions "exposure level" and "exposure concentration" can often be used interchangeably even if they are not true synonyms. One must choose according to the context. See also "exposure score. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Toxicologie
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
DEF

Niveau traduisant l'intensité d'une exposition à une substance dangereuse.

CONT

L'évaluation de l'exposition à l'amiante [...] a été réalisée par l'intermédiaire d'une «matrice emplois-expositions» (MEE), c'est-à-dire une base de données qui associe à des métiers pour différentes périodes des valeurs moyennes d'exposition à des nuisances professionnelles. Une MEE spécifique de l'amiante applicable à la population française a été développée par Orlowski et al.; les métiers sont des combinaisons de codes ISCO ET ISIC, et pour chaque combinaison ISCO/ISIC, on trouve trois indices : probabilité, fréquence, et intensité, le niveau d'exposition calculé étant le produit de ces trois indices.

CONT

Cette étude a permis de trouver [...] deux cas [de mélanome] dans un groupe de 31 hommes qui auraient manipulé de l'AR 1254 par le passé, avec une exposition assez importante [...]

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «intensité d'exposition». «Intensité» désigne un degré d'activité, de force ou de puissance associé à un phénomène ou à processus. «Intensité d'exposition» est une expression elliptique qui signifie en réalité «intensité d'un phénomène auquel une personne se trouve exposée» (d'un rayonnement, par exemple), une exposition en tant que telle ne pouvant être, rigoureusement parlant, qualifiée d'intense en elle-même. Le terme «niveau» se rapporte à un échelon atteint par une grandeur (par exemple une intensité) par rapport à une base de référence relative à cette grandeur. Comme le niveau se rapporte souvent à l'expression de la mesure de la quantité d'un produit dangereux auquel une personne est exposée (sous la forme de la concentration observée du produit), les auteurs ont souvent tendance à envisager la notion de «niveau d'intensité» sous l'angle de cette concentration. Le terme anglais «exposure concentration» ne peut pas être rendu par la traduction littérale de «concentration d'exposition», qui est insensée. On parlera plutôt de l'exposition à des substances présentes à des concentrations X, ou, tout simplement, des concentrations X en une substance Y. Choisir selon le contexte. Le terme «exposition» tout seul peut remplacer avantageusement les expressions plus complètes de «niveau, durée, intensité» d'exposition.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • River and Sea Navigation
CONT

Wind velocity comprises both wind speed and direction. Wind direction shall be reported in whole degrees true ... Pilots may give the wind direction in degrees magnetic. In such cases, specialists must convert the wind direction to degrees true.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
CONT

La vélocité du vent comprend à la fois la vitesse du vent et sa direction. La direction du vent doit être signalée en degrés vrais [...] Les pilotes peuvent indiquer la direction du vent en degrés magnétiques. Dans ces cas-là, les spécialistes doivent convertir la direction du vent en degrés vrais.

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Government Contracts
CONT

Total cost of ownership recognizes that software should not be considered as a commodity. Factors other than the cost of the license affect the true cost of using the product. These factors include the cost of maintenance(identifying and fixing errors in the software), help desk support, degree of productivity leverage and use of technology or processes to reduce the administration burden and transition costs associated with replacing an incumbent's solution with an interchangeable solution.

Key term(s)
  • total ownership cost

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Marchés publics
CONT

Une des grandes tendances des deux dernières années est celle du TCO (Total Cost of Ownership - Coût total de possession). Beaucoup de gestionnaires de réseau ont été sensibilisés au fait que, outre les coûts d'achat en matériel et en logiciels, il fallait également comptabiliser les coûts réels d'exploitation (soutien, pertes de temps et d'argent dues aux pannes, mises à jour, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Lungs
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Mining Dangers and Mine Safety
DEF

An occupational disease of coal workers resulting from deposition of coal dust in the lungs.

OBS

Black lung disease is the common name for coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) or anthracosis, a lung disease of older workers in the coal industry, caused by inhalation, over many years, of small amounts of coal dust.

OBS

anthracosis : A histological term describing the accumulation of black pigment in lung tissue or in other organs. In the lung the accumulation often appears as macular lesions, usually in a centrilobular location, along the walls of bronchioles, but also along interlobular septa or in the subpleural space. This pigment is mainly composed of carbonaceous material and may originate from cigarette smoke(or other smoked drugs, such as crack cocaine), atmospheric pollution, residential exposure to wood(or biomass) smoke or occupational exposure to carbon-containing dusts, such as diesel exhaust, soot, fly ash, carbon black, graphite and coal. Thus a more or less marked degree of anthracosis may be found in nonsmoking urban residents from heavily polluted areas or in inhabitants(often females) of poor countries with a cold climate(so-called ’hut lung’). Anthracosis is only rarely associated with overt pulmonary disease, except after prolonged, heavy, usually occupational exposure, when the condition is preferably labelled as a pneumoconiosis, e. g. graphite pneumoconiosis(graphitosis) or coal workers pneumoconiosis. The latter pneumoconiosis is often called anthracosilicosis(particularly in continental Europe), because this pneumoconiosis has been considered to be caused predominantly by the silica content of coal dust. While this may be true in many instances, the use of anthracosilicosis to indicate coal worker's pneumoconiosis is probably not entirely appropriate, because the pathology of coal workers pneumoconiosis is different from that of silicosis.

OBS

black phthisis; colliers’ phtisis: obsolete.

OBS

bituminosis; melanedema; miners’ asthma: obsolete and incorrect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poumons
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Exploitation minière (dangers et sécurité)
DEF

Pneumoconiose due à une infiltration massive de poussières de charbon chez des individus exposés professionnellement à une atmosphère très polluée.

OBS

L'existence d'anthracose pure est controversée. Il semble qu'il s'agisse plus souvent d'une anthracosilicose, la silice entrant en plus ou moins grande quantité dans la composition de la poussière de charbon.

OBS

Comparer avec «anthracose» et avec «anthracosilicose».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pulmones
  • Salud y seguridad en el trabajo
  • Explotación minera (peligros y seguridad)
OBS

neumoconiosis: es un proceso respiratorio crónico, de marcha tórpida, que consiste en una fibrosis pulmonar linfoectásica consecutiva a la inhalación de diversas clases de polvos, aspirados durante años en el ejercicio de distintas profesiones (molineros, mineros, picapedreros, etc.)

OBS

La primera [neumoconiosis producida por polvos inorgánicos] conocida fue la antracosis, tan frecuente entre los mineros de carbón. Hoy se sabe que no es producida por el polvo de carbón, sino por el cuarzo mezclado con él, o sea que en realidad es una silicosis

OBS

artículo 153. 12. antracosis. Mineros (de las minas de carbón), carboneros, herreros, soldadores, forjadores, fundidores, fogoneros, deshollinadores y demás trabajadores expuestos a inhalación de polvos de carbón de hulla, grafito y antracita.

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Record 7 2011-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

The point in a plant succession at which development has continued beyond the balanced state of climax.

CONT

climax : The culminating stage of plant succession for a given environment, the vegetation being conceived as having reached a highly stable condition. NOTE :(1) Some ecologists restrict the term to vegetation of mature sites and soils, which they presume to have a high degree of permanence. Others apply it to vegetation which they conceived to be stable only as long as the environment remains unchanged or to vegetation which changes only in response to changes in climate and/or soil substrate that are slow relative to the rate of plant succession.(2) Clements claimed that, for a given region, there was only one true climax-the stable vegetation of mesic sites, the nature of which determined by climate and hence termed by him the climatic climax; deviations that are stable only through the influences of factors other than climate received special names, e. g. pre-climax(local unfavorable conditions preventing full vegetational complexity), postclimax(local favorable conditions permitting fuller complexity), biotic climax(maintained by biotic factors), edaphic climax(maintained by soil factors).

Key term(s)
  • postclimax formation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Végétation relique qui requiert normalement des conditions d'humidité plus favorables que les conditions générales actuelles et qui subsiste en un endroit à la suite de compensations locales édaphiques ou microclimatiques favorables.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 8 2011-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

A (usually fossil) organism of uncertain relationships.

CONT

Permian reefs were mainly constructed by organisms referred to as problematica, calcareous algae, bryozoans, echinoderms, and calcareous sponges. Problematica (or, in this case, microproblematica because of their small size) are enigmatic organisms which are hard to classify because they do not seem to have left any clear descendants (or even close relatives) whose activities and remains might provide clues to their ancestors’ identity. These enigmatic organisms are therefore known to paleontologists as problematica (problematicum is the singular form) for their problematic relation to other living things. (Generally speaking, the farther back in time we look, the more problematica there are, because many extinct organisms have no clear descendants.

CONT

Where question exists as to the organic or inorganic origin of a specimen, the terms dubiofossil ..., problematicum ..., or problematic fossil are used.

OBS

problematicum(pl. problematica) : While in theory almost any organism could be labelled a problematicum under [the given] definition(almost every species has some degree of uncertainty about its relationships, even if only within its genus), in practice the term is generally reserved for those taxa for which the uncertainty runs to a very high level, generally phylum level or higher. Also, this uncertainty generally should not be due to poor preservation alone, but reflect a true shortage of shared characters with modern phyla.

Key term(s)
  • problematica

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Objet ayant l'air d'un fossile mais dont on ne peut certifier l'origine organique.

CONT

Ces problematica du Paléogène ont une taille de l'ordre de 0,15 à 0,5 mm.

Key term(s)
  • problematica

Spanish

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Record 9 2008-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Simulators (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Welcome to MDMAX, the most advanced MD Super80 aircraft and panel for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, info page. This software reproduces the actual cockpit with an amazing degree of realism : every aspect of real life procedures, including a complete cockpit inspection and preparation, is simulated with a so tremendous accuracy, that you will fully feel the true, MD Super80 pilot's everyday life.... [Among the ] cockpit main features [a] fully working panel lighting with dimming control and cockpit's ambient lighting(panel, flood and thunderstorm). Areas are dimmable separately.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulateurs de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

Gel spinning is a special process used to obtain high strength or other special fiber properties. The polymer is not in a true liquid state during extrusion. Not completely separated, as they would be in a true solution, the polymer chains are bound together at various points in liquid crystal form. This produces strong inter-chain forces in the resulting filaments that can significantly increase the tensile strength of the fibers. In addition, the liquid crystals are aligned along the fiber axis by the shear forces during extrusion. The filaments emerge with an unusually high degree of orientation relative to each other, further enhancing strength.

OBS

The process can also be described as dry-wet spinning, since the filaments first pass through air and then are cooled further in a liquid bath. Some high-strength polyethylene and aramid fibers are produced by gel spinning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
OBS

[Le filage par gel est un] procédé intermédiaire entre le filage à sec et le filage humide. Il est utilisé pour le polyéthylène haute ténacité et les rayonnes à haute ténacité.

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Effects of Pollution
  • The Lungs
DEF

A usually asymptomatic form of pneumoconiosis caused by deposition of coal dust in the lungs [which] is present in most urban dwellers.

OBS

anthracosis : A histological term describing the accumulation of black pigment in lung tissue or in other organs. In the lung the accumulation often appears as macular lesions, usually in a centrilobular location, along the walls of bronchioles, but also along interlobular septa or in the subpleural space. This pigment is mainly composed of carbonaceous material and may originate from cigarette smoke(or other smoked drugs, such as crack cocaine), atmospheric pollution, residential exposure to wood(or biomass) smoke or occupational exposure to carbon-containing dusts, such as diesel exhaust, soot, fly ash, carbon black, graphite and coal. Thus a more or less marked degree of anthracosis may be found in nonsmoking urban residents from heavily polluted areas or in inhabitants(often females) of poor countries with a cold climate(so-called ’hut lung’). Anthracosis is only rarely associated with overt pulmonary disease, except after prolonged, heavy, usually occupational exposure, when the condition is preferably labelled as a pneumoconiosis, e. g. graphite pneumoconiosis(graphitosis) or coal workers pneumoconiosis. The latter pneumoconiosis is often called anthracosilicosis(particularly in continental Europe), because this pneumoconiosis has been considered to be caused predominantly by the silica content of coal dust. While this may be true in many instances, the use of anthracosilicosis to indicate coal worker's pneumoconiosis is probably not entirely appropriate, because the pathology of coal workers pneumoconiosis is different from that of silicosis.

OBS

Compare with "pneumoconiosis of coal workers" and "anthracosilicosis."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Effets de la pollution
  • Poumons
DEF

Noircissement du poumon dû à l'inhalation de poussières de charbon.

OBS

Le terme «anthracose» est parfois employé pour désigner la «pneumoconiose des houilleurs». Voir aussi cette fiche, de même que «anthracosilicose».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Efectos de la polución
  • Pulmones
DEF

Variedad de neumoconiosis producida por la inhalación de polvo de carbón.

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Record 12 2003-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
CONT

Since Darwin's time, taxonomists have been classifying birds according to evolutionary criteria, that is, on the basis of characters through which the true degree of kinship between species can be assessed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
CONT

Aussi, depuis l'époque de Darwin, les taxinomistes ont-ils entrepris de classifier les oiseaux d'après des critères évolutifs, c'est-à-dire à partir de caractères permettant de déterminer le niveau de parenté véritable entre les espèces.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Zoología
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Record 13 2002-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

A degree of conformance between the estimated or measured value and the true value. [Definition officially approved by ICAO. ]

OBS

For measured positional data the accuracy is normally expressed in terms of a distance from a stated position within which there is a defined confidence of the true position falling.

OBS

accuracy: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
DEF

Degré de conformité entre une valeur mesurée ou estimée et la valeur réelle. [Définition uniformisée par l'OACI.]

OBS

Dans le cas de données de position mesurées, la précision est normalement exprimée sous forme de distance par rapport à une position désignée, à l'intérieur de laquelle il y a une probabilité définie que la position réelle se trouve.

OBS

précision; précision d'une valeur : termes uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingeniería aeronáutica y mantenimiento
DEF

Grado de conformidad entre el valor estimado o medido y el valor real. [Definición aceptada oficialmente por la OACI.]

OBS

En la medición de los datos de posición, la exactitud se expresa normalmente en términos de valores de distancia respecto a una posición ya determinada, dentro de los cuales se situará la posición verdadera con un nivel de probabilidad definido.

OBS

exactitud; precisión: términos aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 14 2002-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

An alignment variation between the zero degree radial of a VOR [VHF omnidirectional radio range] and true north, determined at the time VOR station is calibrated.

OBS

station declination: term and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Écart entre la direction de la radiale zéro degré d'une station VOR [radiophare omnidirectionnel VHF] et la direction du nord vrai, déterminé au moment de l'étalonnage de la station.

OBS

déclinaison de station : terme et définition uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
DEF

Variación de alineación entre el radial de cero grados del VOR y el norte verdadero, determinada en el momento de calibrar la estación VOR.

OBS

declinación de la estación: término y definición aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 15 1996-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens and Baking (Ceramics)
  • Clay Working Methods (Ceramics)
DEF

The process of transforming the body into pottery or porcelain by exposing it to the requisite degree of heat in a kiln. The temperature varies according to the type of ware, and usually ranges from about 800°C. for earthenware to 1450°C. for oriental true porcelain. According to the type of ware there may be several firings before the manufacturing process is complete.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et cuisson (Céramique industrielle)
  • Techniques de la céramique
DEF

Ensemble des opérations qui consistent à élever progressivement la température du four pour permettre la cuisson.

Spanish

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Record 16 1994-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
OBS

The existence of quasi-symmetry means that the property of symmetry holds true for an infinite geometrical object with a certain degree of accuracy which is locally uniform that is, independent of the location of a given element of the object.

PHR

similarity dimension,similarity tiling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
DEF

Propriété géométrique de deux figures de dimensions variables mais de même forme.

OBS

Concept ouvert qui permet le répétable évolutif.

Spanish

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Record 17 1987-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

... the degree to which the actually obtained scores correspond with an independent set of scores(called criterion scores or measures) obtained from the same sample [population]. The criterion scores are supposed to be an approximation to the true scores on the variable being measured.

OBS

Students’ scores on a test of academic aptitude, for example, may be compared with their school grades (a commonly used criterion).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

(...) liaison existant entre les résultats à un test et un critère extérieur, indépendant, et constituant une mesure de ce que le test est censé prédire. Les coefficients de corrélation statistique sont les indices utilisés le plus souvent pour définir le degré de liaison entre les résultats à un test et le critère considéré. (...) Les principaux critères utilisé [sont] (...) la maturation [âge mental;] (...) les résultats scolaires (...); les estimations portées par des supérieurs (...); les corrélations avec un autre test (...); la consistance interne (...)

Spanish

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