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E.T. [6 records]

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Record 1 2005-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

In science fiction, a being from outerspace.

CONT

Assuming for the moment that E.T.s exist ... [Science, Sept. 1985, p. 20]

Key term(s)
  • extra-terrestrial
  • extraterrestrial being

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Qui vient d'une autre planète que la Terre (dans la littérature d'anticipation, les spéculations scientifiques).

OBS

extraterrestre : 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 2 2004-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

The St. Mary Irrigation Project was first conceived as a commercial venture by the Canadian Northwest Irrigation Company, organized in 1892 by E.T. Galt of Lethbridge and financed with British capital. Later consolidated under the name of the Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company the organization took over a large block of land in the Magrath, Raymond, Lethbridge and Coaldale districts. This land was originally granted to the Galt Interests by the Government of Canada as subsidies for construction of the railways in the area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

An electronic hand-held weather recording device used, for instance, by car racing teams, sailors, farmers, outdoor and weather enthusiasts.

CONT

... hand held weather stations take about every weather factor into consideration. ... Very sophisticated ones not only measure weather conditions every second but make E.T. or throttle stop predictions every 4 seconds. A sophisticated drag racing weather station will allow you to store data on as many as 256 previous runs and performs an analysis to give you a prediction based on the weather conditions instantly. It can keep and use separate databases for separate vehicles, tracks, or classes. Some of the really sophisticated stations have a prediction deviation function [which] gives a reliability value of the prediction. It gives you a margin of error based on the information in the database that you chose. Within the last few years, windmeters have been added to the weather station box of tricks.

CONT

The Kestrel line of wind meters or anemometers ... in less than 60 seconds, provide the answer to the major spraying season question that haunts producers each morning: "How windy is it?" The Kestrel 1000 ... gives a fast answer to wind speed average and gusts. ... the model 2000 will add temperature and for those really cold days on the sprayer, add wind chill to that list. The 3000 adds humidity, dew point and heat stress index ... . But for an all out weather station you can hold in the palm of your hand, the Kestrel 4000 provides all of this, in addition to wet bulb, altitude, air density and barometric pressure. Most importantly, 250 of these readings can be recorded in the device’s memory and later transferred to the farm computer. ... Michael Naughton of Nielsen Keller-man said the company released the 1000 in 1999 with the intention of it being a tool for sailors and outdoor sports and weather enthusiasts. "Farmers are turning out to be a really big part of our business. The 4000 is really popular with them. We were surprised by the demand for little hand-held weather stations," he said.

OBS

Not to be confused with "manual (weather) station."

Key term(s)
  • hand-held station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Appareils de mesure
CONT

Station portative EB312. Petite station météo portative 3 fonctions : prévisions météo par icônes, température ambiante et horloge-calendrier. Idéal pour les activités de plein air : un appareil commode et peu encombrant à mettre dans toutes les poches.

CONT

Station météorologique portative. [...] un instrument destiné à faciliter les observations météorologiques dans les excursions de plus en plus fréquentes qu'exécutent les touristes [...] Cet instrument est composé de façon à pouvoir déterminer exactement, en tous lieux, d'une manière commode et prompte, les trois données météorologiques les plus importantes de l'air, savoir : sa pression, sa température et son degré d'humidité. C'est le groupement d'un baromètre, d'un thermomètre, d'un hygromètre et d'une boussole. L'agencement de ces appareils constitue un instrument d'un volume restreint, renfermé dans un étui unique [...]. la Nature, 1874, deuxième semestre, p. 112.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «station (météo) manuelle».

Key term(s)
  • station météorologique portable
  • station portable
  • station météorologique de poche

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

An experience in which a viewer sits in an eight-seat vehicle and is physically moved by a movie.

CONT

Attractions like Back to the Future offer an experience that Spielberg calls "riding the movies". In the past decade, Spielberg, director of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and the Indiana Jones trilogy, established himself as the new force in the science of Hollywood fantasy - his generation’s answer to Walt Disney. Now, in the 1990s, he is among those exploring a new Hollywood frontier. Turning big-screen adventures into rides, stunt shows and backstage tours, movie theme parks play on the popular desire to get inside Hollywood.

OBS

"Riding the movies" is formed by composition. The present participle "riding", the definite article "the", and the noun "movies" are juxtaposed to form this neologism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scholarships and Research Grants
OBS

The Pearl Hagen Memorial Awards (Laurentian University).

OBS

The David Nikolashivill Memorial Scholarship.

OBS

Call Callaham Memorial Bursaries.

OBS

The E.T. Lute Memorial Prize in Philosophy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourses d'études et subventions de recherche
OBS

Bourses commémoratives Pearl Hagen (Université Laurentienne).

OBS

Bourse d'études à la mémoire de Robert Reaman.

Spanish

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Record 6 1982-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

E.T. is a trademark and licensed by Universal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

E.T. est une marque de commerce autorisée par Universal.

Spanish

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