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Record 1 2026-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Air Safety
  • Surveillance and Formalities (Air Transport)
  • National and International Security
OBS

The Interactive Advance Passenger Information(IAPI) process allows commercial airlines to provide API [advance passenger information] data to the CBSA [Canada Border Services Agency] prior to take-off. This information helps commercial airlines determine whether or not [a person has] the appropriate travel document to enter Canada...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
  • Contrôles et formalités (Transport aérien)
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
OBS

[L']Information interactive préalable sur les voyageurs (IIPV) [est un processus qui] permet aux compagnies aériennes de fournir à l'ASFC [Agence des services frontaliers du Canada] de l'information sur les passagers avant le décollage. Cette information aide les compagnies aériennes commerciales à déterminer si les personnes possèdent les documents de voyage appropriés [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Aboriginal Law
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

A customary care agreement is a voluntary process that families can enter into for short-and long-term placement in the best interest of the child(ren) and family. A customary care agreement is a legal document through which all parties agree to the placement of a child or youth for the purposes of planning, that meets their needs and cultural identity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit autochtone
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

accord de soins coutumiers : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
CONT

Competitive dialogue is a value-based procurement method that enables procuring entities to enter into dialogue with short-listed candidates prior to the final tendering process to explore possible solutions capable of meeting [the purchaser's] requirements.

Key term(s)
  • competitive dialog

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics

Spanish

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Record 4 2025-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
CONT

Ethics and professionalism. Vendors must respond to bid solicitations, requests for standing offers, and requests for supply arrangement in an honest, fair, and comprehensive manner that accurately reflects their capacity to satisfy the requirements stipulated in the bid/offer/arrangement or contract documents. Vendors may submit bids/offers/arrangements and enter into contracts only if they are able to fulfill all stipulated obligations. Furthermore, vendors and their subcontractors have a duty of good faith and honest performance, before and during the procurement process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Air Pollution
CONT

Large amounts of fine polluted particles due to anthropogenic activities can enter into the lower atmosphere and may pollute the lower water clouds, especially continental cumulus. Continental polluted cumulus(CPCU) plays an important role in the process of atmospheric radiative transfer and the Earth's environmental change.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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Record 6 2022-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

When the snowflakes enter warmer air, they begin to evaporate. Evaporation is a cooling process-it takes heat from the environment and applies it into the substance being evaporated(in this case, snow). This cools the air around the snowflakes as they fall and prevents them from completely evaporating or transitioning to rain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques

Spanish

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Record 7 2021-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brewing and Malting
  • Air Pollution
CONT

In preparing the ingredients, the malted barley is crushed to a suitable size usually by rollers. This process of grinding causes trace amounts of barley dust to enter the air...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brasserie et malterie
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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Record 8 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

During the hydraulic fracturing process, some of the fracturing fluid may leave the fracture and enter the targeted formation adjacent to the created fracture(i. e. untreated formation). This phenomenon is known as fluid leak-off. The fluid flows into the micropore or pore spaces of the formation or into existing natural fractures in the formation or into small fractures opened and propagated into the formation by the pressure in the induced fracture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Phénomène se produisant lorsque le liquide de fracturation hydraulique s'écoule de la fracture principale et s'infiltre dans une autre partie de la formation ou dans un autre réseau de fractures.

Spanish

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Record 9 2020-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
CONT

The parties voluntarily agreed to enter into a private dispute resolution process with respect to the parenting issues and that process should be given considerable deference.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Modes substitutifs de résolution des différends
OBS

processus privé de résolution des différends : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 10 2015-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

In December 2013, WTO [World Trade Organization] members concluded negotiations on a Trade Facilitation Agreement at the Bali Ministerial Conference, as part of a wider "Bali Package. "Since then, WTO members have undertaken a legal review of the text.... In line with the decision adopted in Bali, WTO members adopted on 27 November 2014 a Protocol of Amendment to insert the new Agreement into Annex 1A of the WTO Agreement. The Trade Facilitation Agreement will enter into force once two-thirds of members have completed their domestic ratification process.

OBS

The Trade Facilitation Agreement contains provisions for expediting the movement, release and clearance of goods, including goods in transit. It also sets out measures for effective cooperation between customs and other appropriate authorities on trade facilitation and customs compliance issues. It further contains provisions for technical assistance and capacity building in this area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

L'Accord sur la facilitation des échanges contient des dispositions visant à accélérer le mouvement, la mainlevée et le dédouanement des marchandises, y compris des marchandises en transit. Il prévoit en outre des mesures en vue d'une coopération effective entre les douanes et les autres autorités compétentes pour les questions de facilitation des échanges et de respect des procédures douanières. Il comporte aussi des dispositions relatives à l'assistance technique et au renforcement des capacités dans ce domaine.

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
  • Food Industries
  • Human Diseases
DEF

A surveillance process involving the collection, analysis and interpretation of data on a disease, usually infectious or toxic, that is caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food, in order to detect problems in food production and delivery systems.

OBS

food-borne disease surveillance: term and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Processus de surveillance comportant la collecte, l'analyse et l'interprétation de données relatives à une maladie, généralement infectieuse ou toxique, provoquée par des agents qui pénètrent dans l'organisme par l'ingestion d'aliments, afin de détecter des problèmes dans les systèmes de production et de distribution alimentaire.

OBS

surveillance des maladies d'origine alimentaire : terme et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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Record 12 2012-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Job Descriptions
DEF

The absence of gender bias both in a process and in the results of a process.

OBS

In the context of preparing work descriptions, it means that, at all stages of compiling, analyzing and writing the description, care is taken to focus only on the complete job content. It also means being aware of historical practices that allowed gender bias to subtly enter into the process and eliminating these practices during the preparation of the work description.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Droits et libertés
  • Descriptions d'emplois
DEF

Absence de discrimination fondée sur le sexe dans un processus ou dans les résultats d'un processus.

OBS

Dans le cadre de la préparation d'une description de travail, cela signifie, aux étapes du rassemblement des données, de l'analyse et de la rédaction, ne s'attacher qu'au contenu global de l'emploi. Cela signifie également être sensibilisé aux comportements traditionnels qui sont à l'origine d'énoncés imprégnés de sexisme et les éliminer au cours de la préparation de la description de travail.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
  • Derechos y Libertades
  • Descripciones de las funciones de los cargos
OBS

La Real Academia de la Lengua Española desaconseja el uso de la palabra "género", del inglés "gender", para todas las nociones relativas a diferencias o desigualdades de índole social, económica, política, laboral, etc. En español, debe emplearse el término "sexo" y sus derivados "sexista", "sexual".

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Record 13 2011-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Food Industries
OBS

A Canadian company has developed a spray using a chemical found in crab and other crustacean shells to keep fruit fresh and delicious for at least six months... When a fruit is sprayed or dipped in Nutri-Save oxygen is not allowed to enter the fruit and start the process of disintegration. The film can be removed with water before eating.

OBS

To produce Nutri-Save, a chemical called chitiN (pronounced kite-in) is extracted from crustacean shells ...

OBS

A trademark of Nova Chern Laboratories.

Key term(s)
  • Nutri-Save

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
OBS

Nutri-SaveMC : Marque de commerce de Nova Chern Laboratories.

Spanish

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Record 14 2011-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Theories and Doctrines
  • Social Movements
CONT

Political mobilization refers to the process by which individuals enter as actors into the political arena. It involves growing demands for political participation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et doctrines politiques
  • Mouvements sociaux
DEF

Processus global conduisant une population à la participation politique.

Spanish

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Record 15 2010-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Routes of Administration (Pharmacology)
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
CONT

Absorption of Toxicants After Special Routes of Administration. Toxic agents usually enter the bloodstream of man after absorption from the skin, lungs, or gastrointestinal tract. However, in studying chemical agents, toxicologists frequently administer these chemicals to laboratory animals by various special routes, the most common of which are(1) intraperitoneal,(2) subcutaneous(3) intramuscular, and(4) intravenous. The intravenous route of administration introduces the toxicant directly in the bloodstream and thus the process of absorption is eliminated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies d'administration (Pharmacologie)
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)
OBS

[...] le médicament est introduit directement dans le système vasculaire.

OBS

intraveineuse : 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

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vías de administración (Farmacología)
  • Inyecciones, intubación y transfusiones (Medicina)
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Record 16 2010-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Routes of Administration (Pharmacology)
  • Toxicology
  • Occupational Health and Safety
CONT

Absorption of Toxicants After Special Routes of Administration. Toxic agents usually enter the bloodstream of man after absorption from the skin, lungs, or gastrointestinal tract. However, in studying chemical agents, toxicologists frequently administer these chemicals to laboratory animals by various special routes, the most common of which are(1) intraperitoneal,(2) subcutaneous,(3) intramuscular, and(4) intravenous. The intravenous route of administration introduces the toxicant directly in the bloodstream and thus the process of absorption is eliminated.... Toxicants administered subcutaneously and intramuscularly are usually absorbed at a slower rate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies d'administration (Pharmacologie)
  • Toxicologie
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
OBS

L'administration se fait [...] par injection sous la peau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vías de administración (Farmacología)
  • Toxicología
  • Salud y seguridad en el trabajo
DEF

Vía de administración de fármacos mediante inyección por debajo de la piel, en el espesor del tejido celular subcutáneo. Se utiliza para lograr una absorción lenta y uniforme.

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Record 17 2007-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Military Administration
OBS

The Online Employment Application was developed to streamline the application process and to automatically create an electronic application record. The implementation of the Online Employment Application in 2005 will reduce the current use of the paper form, which requires Canadian Forces recruiting staff to manually enter information into the Canadian Forces Recruitment Information Management System(CFRIMS).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Administration militaire
OBS

La Demande d'emploi en direct a été développée pour accélérer le processus de demande d'emploi et pour créer automatiquement un dossier électronique de la demande d'emploi. La mise en application de la Demande d'emploi en direct en 2005 réduira l'utilisation actuelle du formulaire imprimé, ce dernier nécessitant une entrée manuelle des données par le personnel de recrutement des FC dans le Système de gestion de l'information sur les ressources des Forces canadiennes (SGIRFC).

Spanish

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Record 18 2007-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Intergovernmental Programs
  • Forestry Operations
OBS

Costa Rica and Canada share a common desire to contribute to the program of work of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests(IFF). They have therefore agreed to enter into a partnership to initiate a process to identify possible elements and work toward a consensus on the usefulness of having international arrangements and mechanisms, for example, a legally binding instrument on all types of forests.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes intergouvernementaux
  • Exploitation forestière
OBS

Le Costa Rica et le Canada souhaitent tous deux contribuer au programme de travail du Forum intergouvernemental sur les forêts (FIF). Ils se sont associés pour entreprendre des mesures en vue de dégager les points possibles d'une entente et favoriser un consensus sur l'utilité d'avoir des arrangements et mécanismes internationaux, par exemple un instrument juridiquement contraignant applicable à tous les types de forêts.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas intergubernamentales
  • Explotación forestal
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Record 19 2006-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Degrees and Diplomas (Educ.)
  • Medical Staff
CONT

[The] first two years [of residency] provide the framework of knowledge and surgical skills required to enter orthopaedic surgery and to pass the Principles of Surgery, Royal College examination. The R [residency] 1 year is relegated to the evaluation development of clinical skills as they apply to surgery as a generic specialty. R2 rotations consist of orthopaedic training to acquire orthopaedic knowledge at a fundamental level-in particular, with regards to disease classification, surgical indication, and potential surgical complications. In both instances, the junior residents are under the direct supervision of the senior residents and appropriate attending staff. It is important that they attend outpatient clinics and assist in the operating room, as well as day surgery procedures. Patient assessment and clinical judgement along with the understanding of disease process are the goals during the first two years of training.

OBS

Resident: In medicine, a physician who has finished medical school and internship and is now receiving training in a specialized area as, for example, surgery, internal medicine, pathology or radiology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grades et diplômes
  • Personnel médical
CONT

[Les] stages sont offerts aux médecins résidents en psychiatrie qui en sont soit à leur 3e (résident junior) 4e ou 5e (résident senior) année de formation.

Spanish

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Record 20 2004-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

The Minister responsible for the National Capital Commission may enter into competitive construction contracts awarded through the electronic bidding process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

Le ministre responsable de la Commission de la capitale nationale peut conclure des marchés de construction concurrentiels adjugés par le biais du système de soumissions par voie électronique.

Spanish

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Record 21 2003-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drying Equipment (Air Cond. and Heating)
  • Wood Drying
CONT

Progressive-type kilns... are designed for a continuous process in which the charges of lumber enter the green or loading end of the kiln, and are moved forward from day to day through progressively more severe drying conditions until the dry or unloading end of the kiln is reached.... The temperature increases and humidity decreases as charges move from one zone to the next, so that the desired schedule effect is achieved.... Progressive kilns lack flexibility in drying a succession of kiln charges that vary in species, dimensions, or MC [moisture content].

OBS

tunnel dryer: Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étuves et séchoirs (Cond. de l'air et chauffage)
  • Séchage du bois
CONT

Dans les séchoirs tunnels, les bois circulent d'une extrémité à l'autre, entrant humides d'un côté pour sortir secs de l'autre; la circulation de l'air se fait toujours en sens inverse de la circulation des bois. La température et l'état hygrométrique sont variables dans la longueur du séchoir et sont en principe fixes à chaque endroit, dans le temps. Ces installations ne peuvent être rentables que si elles sont alimentées d'une façon continue en bois de même essence et de même épaisseur [...]

OBS

séchoir tunnel : Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Secadores (Acondicionamiento de aire y calefacción)
  • Secado de la madera
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Record 22 2002-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Bankruptcy
  • Accounting
OBS

"The Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy(OSB) and the Canadian Insolvency Practitioners’ Association(CIPA) today(15 September 1997) announced an agreement to establish a one-stream licensing process through his new NIQP program-a national training program to qualify trustees. The agreement makes the NIQP the official qualifications process for those applying to become a licensed bankruptcy trustee. It establishes the NIQP as the national admissions office for all individuals wanting to enter the program".

Key term(s)
  • National Training Program to Qualify Trustees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Faillites
  • Comptabilité
OBS

«Le Bureau du surintendant des faillites (BSF) et l'Association canadienne des professionnels de l'insolvabilité (ACPI) ont annoncé aujourd'hui la conclusion d'une entente en vue d'établir un processus uniforme de délivrance de licences par le truchement d'un nouveau programme national de formation pour les aspirants syndics, le PNRPI. En vertu de l'entente, le PNRPI constitue le moyen officiel de reconnaissance professionnelle pour les candidats au titre de syndic de faillite; il deviendra le bureau national d'admission pour tous ceux qui désirent suivre le programme et aura la responsabilité première de l'octroi de licences selon un processus uniforme».

Key term(s)
  • Programme national de formation pour les aspirants syndics

Spanish

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Record 23 2002-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

Most gold and silver mines in Canada prior to 1900 used the mercury amalgam process to separate gold or silver from the ore. An estimated 513 such mines existed in Canada at the turn of the century. Extensive leaching of mercury from tailings from these mines could occur and enter neighbouring water systems producing considerable elevation of the mercury levels in the aquatic ecosystem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Altération et lessivage profond dans la Craie du sud-est du bassin de Paris.

CONT

Remblai de lixiviation profonde par cyanuration de la Goldields Ghana Ltée [...]

Spanish

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Record 24 2001-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Pollution
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

Zones of Water Pollution. Discharge or mixing zone is where pollutants enter the stream or the river. If the waste is dark, it will make the water dark, increase its temperature and subsequently oxygen levels will drop. The rate of discharge should not be stronger than flow of the stream. In zone of degradation oxygen levels drop from BOD(biological/biochemical oxygen demand). Zone of active decomposition is characterized by the following changes : 1) dissolved oxygen(DO) will be at its absolute minimum; 2) odors and gases bubbling up. In the zone of recovery the river will slowly restore its oxygen through aeration process. The anaerobic conditions will disappear. Nitrites will be converted into nitrates and stimulate growth of algae, which will produce oxygen through process of photosynthesis. In zone of clean water oxygen levels are really elevated. And BOD is almost satisfied.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Traitement des eaux
DEF

Zone où la dégradation de la matière organique est presque terminée et où un retour aux conditions aérobies se fait grâce à un nouvel apport d'oxygène.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del agua
  • Tratamiento del agua
DEF

Zona de apariencia más favorable caracterizada por la reaparición gradual de oxígeno disuelto y por la disminución de los sólidos orgánicos.

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Record 25 2001-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Pollution
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

Zones of Water Pollution. Discharge or mixing zone is where pollutants enter the stream or the river. If the waste is dark, it will make the water dark, increase its temperature and subsequently oxygen levels will drop. The rate of discharge should not be stronger than flow of the stream. In zone of degradation oxygen levels drop from BOD(biological/biochemical oxygen demand). Zone of active decomposition is characterized by the following changes : 1) dissolved oxygen(DO) will be at its absolute minimum; 2) odors and gases bubbling up. In the zone of recovery the river will slowly restore its oxygen through aeration process. The anaerobic conditions will disappear. Nitrites will be converted into nitrates and stimulate growth of algae, which will produce oxygen through process of photosynthesis. In zone of clean water oxygen levels are really elevated. And BOD is almost satisfied.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Traitement des eaux
DEF

Zone située en aval d'un rejet d'eaux usées dans laquelle s'effectue la première phase de dégradation de la matière organique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del agua
  • Tratamiento del agua
DEF

Primera zona del proceso de autopurificación de un efluente contaminado. Se caracteriza por la presencia de materias contaminantes flotantes. Su contenido de oxígeno disminuye pero no se agota inmediatamente.

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Record 26 2000-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Accounting
DEF

Term from Invoice Verification to describe the receipt of an invoice issued by a vendor (e.g. invoice receipt referencing a purchase order or an invoice receipt referencing a goods receipt).

OBS

The system automatically updates the AMR when you enter the first posting that results in the capitalization of the asset in this field(e. g. the goods receipt or invoice receipt date from a æPurchasing’ procurement process that is for an asset.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Comptabilité
DEF

Terme tiré du module de contrôle des factures et qui décrit la réception d'une facture envoyée par un fournisseur (p. ex. réception de facture avec référence à une commande ou réception de facture avec référence à une entrée de marchandises).

OBS

Le système met automatiquement à jour la fiche immobilisation quand vous entrez la première écriture qui donne lieu à une capitalisation de l'immobilisation dans cette zone (p. ex. date de l'entrée de marchandises ou de la réception des factures du processus « d'acquisition » d'une immobilisation).

Spanish

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Record 27 2000-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Operating Systems (Software)
CONT

The capitalization date is the value date of an asset(not the depreciation start date). The system automatically updates the AMR when you enter the first posting that results in the capitalization of the asset in this field(e. g. the goods receipt or invoice receipt date from a "Purchasing" procurement process that is for an asset, the settlement processing date from a settlement).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
CONT

Date de mise en valeur d'une immobilisation (non la date de début de l'amortissement). Le système met à jour automatiquement la fiche immobilisation à votre premier encaissement qui donne lieu à une capitalisation de l'immobilisation dans cette zone (p. ex. date d'entrée de marchandises ou de réception de factures du processus « d'achat » pour le cas d'une immobilisation, ou date de traitement du règlement dans le cas d'un règlement).

Spanish

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Record 28 1999-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
CONT

Diffusion in integrated circuits refers to solid-state diffusion. It is a process by means of which diffusants are caused to enter a regular crystalline structure in controlled quantities. Their presence tends to change the semiconductor materials’ electrical characteristics. Solid-state diffusions are characteristically conducted at relatively high temperatures under extremely carefully controlled conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
DEF

Opération qui consiste à doper un semiconducteur positivement ou négativement par exposition des tranches du semiconducteur à des gaz dopants à température élevée.

Spanish

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Record 29 1998-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Terra Cotta
CONT

The temperature at any given point within the kiln remains constant and is monitored by sensing equipment in the form of thermocouples which feed data into a computer. The tiles enter at one end, are gradually heated(Pre-heat zone) as they progress slowly towards the center(Firing zone) of the kiln, and then are cooled slowly as they approach the(Cooling zone) opposite end of the tunnel. This process is widely used in the ceramic floor and wall tile industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terres cuites

Spanish

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Record 30 1997-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
OBS

For larger parts, the ram accumulator is the machine of choice. This type of machine is used to make parts weighing up to 50 pounds. Typical applications include industrial parts, shipping containers, and toys. The size of the extruder is independent of accumulator size, and in some cases more than one extruder is used. The main disadvantage of the system is that the first material to enter the accumulator is the last to leave, making the process unsuitable for heat-sensitive materials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie

Spanish

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Record 31 1997-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education (General)
OBS

Term and equivalent used in the publication: The Estates General on Education, Quebec, 1995-1996.

CONT

Schools, colleges and universities provide the space and time needed for the supervised learning that brings students into contact with the major fields of culture and various subjects, allowing them to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitude they will need to understand and transform their world and enter into a lifelong learning process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
OBS

Terme et équivalent relevés dans Les États généraux sur l'éducation, Québec, 1995-1996.

CONT

L'école, le collège, l'université sont le lieu et le temps d'un apprentissage guidé qui permet à l'élève, par le contact avec les grands domaines de la culture et son cheminement dans diverses disciplines, d'acquérir les connaissances, les habiletés pour comprendre et transformer le monde.

Spanish

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Record 32 1992-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
OBS

enrollment : the act or process of enrolling(as at enlistment or registration) ;to enroll(enrol) : to insert, register, or enter... in a list, catalog, or roll.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
OBS

demande: requête en vue d'obtenir quelque chose. Exemples: demande d'admission à une assurance, demande d'admission, demande d'entente préalable, demande de prestations.

Spanish

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Record 33 1987-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Sector Budgeting
  • Investment
CONT

Discretionary incentives [for investment] are quite different [from statutory incentives] in that there is no legal right to the assistance. A prospective applicant must enter into an application process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 34 1979-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Administration (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
OBS

(Code canadien du travail, Partie V, art. 177 et par. 122(2].

Spanish

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