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DISTANCE BOARD [17 records]

Record 1 2019-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

destination, demand, distance, duration and risk; 4DR : designations officially approved by the Air Force Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

destination, demande, distance, durée et risque; 4DR : désignations uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de la Force aérienne et le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Security
DEF

The minimum permissible distance between a potential explosion site, containing a given quantity of explosives, and an exposed site.

OBS

The quantity distance is based on an acceptable risk to life and property from the effects of a mass fire or an explosion.

OBS

quantity-distance; quantity distance; QD : terms, abbreviation and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel; terms and abbreviation officially approved by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Sécurité
DEF

Distance minimale admissible entre un siège potentiel d’explosion contenant une quantité donnée d’explosifs et un siège exposé.

OBS

La distance de sécurité correspond à un risque considéré comme acceptable pour les biens et les personnes en cas d’incendie généralisé ou d’explosion.

OBS

distance de sécurité; QD : terme, abréviation et définition uniformisés par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées; terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

OBS

distance de sécurité : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • School and School-Related Administration
DEF

Fees identified in the institution's calendar or in a supplement to its calendar as... fees for instruction for courses that are part of programs approved by the Minister under the Approval of Programs of Study Regulation(AR 51/2004) or for the purposes of the Student Financial Assistance Act, excluding the following :(i) courses taken as part of a distance delivery program by individuals who do not reside in Alberta;(ii) apprenticeship programs under the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act;(iii) off‑campus cost recovery instruction programs;(iv) courses provided under a third party contract;(v) any differential or surcharge in fees that the board of the institution may set for courses taken by individuals who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada.

CONT

Public institutions, though funded in part by the tuition provided by private citizens, are largely subsidized by the public purse. Private institutions subsist mostly upon revenue they generate through tuition and fees. Private institutions sometimes receive public funds through indirect avenues such as the tuition they receive as a result of government-sponsored student loans and grants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
DEF

Somme exigée d'une personne par l'établissement scolaire dans lequel elle s'inscrit.

CONT

Les établissements publics, bien qu’ils soient financés en partie par les droits de scolarité qu’ils perçoivent des étudiants, sont en majeure partie subventionnés par l’État. Les établissements privés tirent la majorité de leurs revenus des droits de scolarité et des frais connexes auprès de leurs étudiants. Ajoutons cependant que ces établissements reçoivent parfois des fonds publics par voie indirecte, notamment par les droits de scolarité recueillis auprès des étudiants recevant des prêts et des bourses du gouvernement.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surfing and Water-Skiing
CONT

Skimboarding(or skimming) is a sport which involves riding a board on an outgoing wave.... Unlike surfing, skimboarding starts on the beach. The skimboarder stands within running distance from the point of entry into the water with the skimboard in hand and waits for a wave. As the desired wave approaches, the skimboarder runs towards the water. Depending on conditions, the board is dropped on a thin layer of water from a receding wave or on the thicker water in front of the wave. Then he or she runs onto the board one foot at a time using a technique known as the "One-Step" while properly positioning the feet and maintaining balance towards the centre of the board.

Key term(s)
  • skim-boarding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski nautique et surfing
DEF

[...] sport de glisse qui consiste à surfer sur une vague en se lançant de la plage.

CONT

Le skimboard. La planche de skimboard est courte, fine, sans dérive, en polyester ou en bois. Le skimboard se pratique sur le rivage, utilisant la fine pellicule d'eau laissée par la vague qui se retire de la plage pour aller percuter la vague suivante en réalisant des figures très similaires à celles du surf.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
DEF

The Aztec word for a spear throwing stick device.

OBS

This projectile propulsion device preceded the bow and arrow. In general, a wooden or bone stick or board with a hand grip at one end and a spur or hook at the other end. The atlatl is used as an extension of the arm in throwing a spear or dart. The spear shaft is socketed and fits into the spur or hook of the Atlatl. Essentially the Atlatl lengthens the length of the spear thrower's arm and with loaded, spring-like, motion can provide the benefit of greater force and distance over that of the hand thrown spear. It is hypothesized that sometimes a stone weight(s)(a. k. a. : Bannerstone, Birdstone, Boatstone) was attached to the Atlatl to provide better balance or to load the device with a spring or bending effect or to diminish the "whoosh" noise created during the throwing process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
CONT

L'atlatl a servi pendant très longtemps à lancer les javelots des chasseurs ou des guerriers. Encore maintenant, ce propulseur mécanique reste utilisé par les chasseurs de l'Alaska et d'Australie. Les hommes installent une extrémité de leur lance dans la planche juste avant de l'envoyer, pour multiplier leur force et donc la vitesse de la lance dans l'air. Grâce à l'atlatl, les lances atteignent des vitesses de 100 km/h sur une distance de 200 mètres.

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rough Carpentry
  • Structural Framework
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

A rafter, bracket, or joist which projects beyond the side of a building and supports an overhanging portion of the roof.

CONT

Cornices may be classified into two main divisions. The open cornice consists of exposed rafter tails and the closed type has the rafter tails enclosed.... Figure 1-7 shows a section of an open cornice. The lookout rafters are made of dressed stock, generally the size of the common rafter. They should extend approximately the same distance above the plate that they project beyond the building line so that they may be firmly spiked to the sides of the common rafters. The part of the lookout rafter that is exposed to view is, in many cases, cut to some ornamental curve at the bottom and to a plumb cut at its end so as to provide a surface on which a hanging gutter may be attached. A fascia board is sometimes nailed to the plumb cut of the rafters to form a solid base for the gutter. The lookout rafters sometimes extend beyond the building as much as 3 feet and are supported by being spiked to the sides of the common rafters.

OBS

Do not confuse with the closely-related term "rafter tail," which designates the part of a rafter which overhangs the wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpenterie
  • Charpentes
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Pièce de bois courte en porte-à-faux sur un mur et servant à appuyer la partie d'un toit en débord.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carpintería
  • Estructuras (Construcción)
  • Techos (Elementos de edificios)
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Record 7 2003-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Special Water Transport
  • Palletization
CONT

Another ship which is increasingly found on relatively short distance voyages is the pallet carrier.... The pallet ships have stern and side openings and the pallets are brought to the load deck by elevators where they are handled by fork-lift trucks on board ship and on the quay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux
  • Palettisation
CONT

On a [...] imaginé de disposer les marchandises sur des palettes en bois, ou en acier, construites de telle façon qu'elles puissent facilement être élinguées aux quatre coins, et également être manutentionnées par les élévateurs à fourche. [...] Les marchandises sous forme de sacs ou de caissettes sont mises sur palettes [...] Le système de palettes se prête très bien à la manutention horizontale, aussi a-t-on construit des navires spéciaux porte-palettes [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
DEF

The distance of a pattern, components, or both, from the edges of the printed circuit board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp and Paper
DEF

The distance a liquid will rise in a strip of paper or board suspended vertically with its lower end immersed in the liquid, the measurement, being made by the standard method of test. [Definition standardized by ISO. ]

OBS

capillary rise: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes et papier
DEF

Hauteur à laquelle s'élève un liquide dans une bande de papier ou de carton suspendue verticalement et dont l'extrémité inférieure est immergée dans ce liquide; elle est mesurée selon la méthode d'essai normalisée. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

ascension capillaire : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Materials
  • Rail Transport
CONT

The autograph liner consists of a projector and receiver at a fixed distance from the line rail, a shadow board at a variable distance... The motorized shadowboard which is locked on the chord(light beam), follows curve variations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction
  • Transport par rail
CONT

Un rayon infrarouge modulé, transmis par un projecteur, est capté par les deux récepteurs placés à l'arrière de la bourreuse [...] Le rayon infrarouge peut-être intercepté par un écran opaque dont le support est en contact avec le sommet des deux files de rails.

OBS

écran opaque : terme uniformisé par CN-AIR CANADA.

Spanish

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Record 11 1996-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme

Spanish

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Record 12 1995-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Audio-Visual Documents
OBS

Video produced in 1986 by the National Film Board. Part of The Next Step, a series of three films that examines the services needed by and those available to battered women. Moving On looks at the problem of wife assault in London, Ontario where a coordinated effort by women's groups, transition house staff, social services agencies, police, lawyers and doctors have resulted in effective and innovative programs. The London Battered Women's Advocacy Clinic and Changing Ways, a therapy program for men who batter, are also part of the city's effort to break the cycle of violence.(A Safe Distance and Sylvie's Story are the other films in this series.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents audio-visuels
OBS

Vidéo produit en 1986 par l'Office national du film.

Spanish

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Record 13 1987-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
OBS

Ski jumping terms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
OBS

Termes de saut à ski.

Spanish

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Record 14 1985-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Board Games
DEF

A singles or doubles game especially popular in the public houses of Great Britain in which each player or side takes turns throwing 3 darts at a dart board from a distance of 8 feet(in the United States) or 9 feet(in Great Britain).

OBS

used with a singular verb.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux sur plateaux
DEF

Jeu où des joueurs lancent à la main des fléchettes sur une cible de liège.

OBS

(...) le jeu des fléchettes n'est qu'une adaptation moderne de celui des dards [qui] était en usage dès le XVIIe siècle. (...) La partie se joue en un nombre convenu de points et avec trois fléchettes par joueur.

Spanish

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Record 15 1981-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drying Techniques (Farming)
  • Cooling and Ventilating Systems
DEF

An air duct with sides made of lath or thin strips of board placed a certain distance apart to allow air passage for ventilation or drying of ear corn, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessiccation (Techniques agricoles)
  • Systèmes de refroidissement et de ventilation

Spanish

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Record 16 1980-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coupling Systems (Railroad)
  • Rail Transport
OBS

No light engine alone or coupled with other light engines shall, where its movement is either on a single track or against the current of traffic on two tracks, be run a greater distance than 25 miles in any one direction without a conductor on board(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Attelages (Matériel de chemin de fer)
  • Transport par rail
OBS

Une locomotive haut-le-pied seule ou attelée à une autre locomotive haut-le pied ne peut pas (...) s'éloigner de son point de départ de plus de 25 milles sans avoir à son bord un chef de train dûment désigné (...)

Spanish

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Record 17 1979-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp and Paper
DEF

The distance between one surface of a paper or board and the other, when determined by the standard method of test when a static load is applied.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes et papier
DEF

Intervalle entre les deux faces d'une feuille de papier ou de carton, mesuré dans les conditions de l'essai normalisé sous charge statique.

Spanish

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