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Record 1 2024-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
OBS

St. Patrick's Day is observed each year on March 17. St. Patrick's Day is not an official national holiday in Canada. It is, however, a provincial holiday in Newfoundland. St. Patrick's Day invokes the spirit of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland who is credited with bringing Christianity to the island. Observed as a religious occasion in Ireland, in Canada, it is often marked with festive parades and the wearing of green. It is believed that Patrick was born in Kilpatrick Scotland. When Patrick was in his early teens, he was captured during a raid and taken to Ireland as a slave. There he learned to tend and herd sheep. At this time, Druids and pagans occupied Ireland. Patrick learned the practices and language of his captors. Because of the hardships he faced, Patrick turned to God. When Patrick was twenty, God came to him in a dream and advised him to go to the coast. Patrick escaped and sailers took him back to Britain where he was reunited with his parents. But Ireland beckoned to the young man through is dreams, so Patrick entered the priesthood, was ordained as a bishop and returned to the Emerald Isle in March 433. He traveled across the country converting the people to Christianity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
OBS

Fête des Irlandais : le 17 mars.

OBS

Éviter l'expression abrégé St-Patrick.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
  • Fires and Explosions
DEF

A wildfire, or a portion of a wildfire, that has breached a control line and remains out of control following initial attack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies de végétation
  • Feux et explosions

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • Space Physics
DEF

The first obstacle... in extracting realistic particle physics from string theory is that quantum mechanical consistency of string theory requires a spacetime of ten dimensions... While the thought of other dimensions beyond the four(three space plus one time) that we observe seems far-fetched, extra dimensions could have easily escaped detection if they are small enough. This idea is called compactification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Physique spatiale

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Submarines (Naval Forces)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
  • Protection of Life
OBS

[Distressed submarine personnel are] survivors... who have not escaped or been rescued.

OBS

distressed submarine personnel; DISSUB personnel: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sous-marins (Forces navales)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
  • Sécurité des personnes
OBS

[Le personnel d'un sous-marin en détresse est l'ensemble des] survivants [...] qui n'ont pas évacué le bâtiment ou qui n'ont pas été secourus.

OBS

personnel d'un sous-marin en détresse : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 5 2019-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Cattle Raising
CONT

Into this [corral] the buffalo were driven in three separate hands at different times. It required much hard and dangerous riding on the part of the buffalo punchers, and many of the animals escaped numerous times, but perseverance prevailed and two years ago 400 of the herd were successfully rounded up and then driven down the Mission valley into the corrals at Ravalli.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Élevage des bovins

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Population Movements
CONT

... the largest immigration wave occurred in the 1920s, when 20, 000 Mennonites escaped famine and the effects of the Bolshevik Revolution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements de population
CONT

Si la présence historique portugaise au Québec est très ancienne, la première vague d'immigration massive et la création d'une véritable communauté portugaise sont un phénomène relativement récent, qui date des années 1950.

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

European vervain is an annual or perennial native of the Mediterranean region which has escaped from cultivation in the U. S. and established itself in most of the country, particularly along roadsides.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Famille des Verbénacées

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 8 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

[Said of an animal or plant that has] lapsed into a wild from a domesticated condition.

CONT

A distinction must be made between wild dogs and feral dogs. Feral dogs are domesticated dogs that have escaped to the wild...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

[Se dit d'un animal ou d'une plante] qui de l'état de domesticité ou de culture est passé à l'état sauvage.

OBS

Pluriel : férals ou féraux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
DEF

[Dícese de un] animal de procedencia original doméstica, que se mueve libremente por el medio natural y sin aparente dependencia del hombre para su cobijo y subsistencia, o planta silvestre que procede de semilla de planta cultivada.

CONT

Población feral. Se refiere al establecimiento de poblaciones de especies exóticas que fueron introducidas y que se han establecido en el medio silvestre, pero que forzosamente derivaron de una condición doméstica.

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Record 9 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Cranes (Construction Sites)
CONT

A Japanese man told yesterday how he narrowly escaped death when the hook of a heavy-duty crane belonging to the builder of the skytrain project hit his car.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Grues (Chantiers)
CONT

Grues mobiles pour grands levages. Où commencent les engins de levage lourds? Au fil des années, leur seuil de capacité recule; [...] À l'origine, les modèles de forte capacité ont été conçus et construits pour un chantier déterminé [...] Il convient seulement d'évoquer ici les modèles dits de «grands levages», et c'est presque uniquement chez les constructeurs américains qu'il faudra les chercher.

Key term(s)
  • grue de grands levages
  • grue pour grands levages

Spanish

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Record 10 2015-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Wild parsnip is an invasive plant native to Europe and Asia. It was likely brought to North America by European settlers, who grew it for its edible root. Since its introduction, wild parsnip has escaped from cultivated gardens and spread across the continent.

OBS

A plant of the family Umbelliferae (Apiaceae).

OBS

wild parsnip: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Umbelliferae (Apiaceae).

OBS

panais sauvage : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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Record 11 2015-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Ethics and Morals
  • Military (General)
DEF

... a medical or biological intervention to the body designed to improve performance, appearance, or capability besides what is necessary to achieve, sustain or restore health.

CONT

Human enhancements have the potential to make it easier and safer for warfighters to do their job. Enhancements have a long history in the military, but recent opposition to their use in realms such as sports and academia, as well as controversy over the off-label or experimental use of certain drugs by the military, are forcing questions about the appropriateness of their use by the military. While military enhancements have largely escaped the scrutiny of the public as well as policymakers, the science and technologies underwriting human enhancements are marching ahead.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Éthique et Morale
  • Militaire (Généralités)
CONT

L'idée de l'amélioration humaine est aussi vieille que l'humanité, et s'appuie depuis toujours sur des techniques : éducatives pour améliorer les connaissances, cosmétiques pour transformer l'apparence, sportives pour augmenter la performance, mécaniques pour accroître les capacités humaines en matière de travail et de déplacement, etc.

OBS

[...] renvoie à un ensemble d'actions réelles ou projetées qui visent à augmenter les potentialités du corps humain, voire en créer de nouvelles. La majorité de ces actions repose sur une réorientation de techniques d'abord nées sur le terrain du soin ou de la compensation médicale [...]

Spanish

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Record 12 2013-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

(L) ive, wild animals were subject only to a qualified or defeasible property right, dependant(sic) upon actual physical control or possession, such property right being lost if the animal escaped and returned to its original state of wilderness, unless it could be shown that the animal was domesticated to such an extent that it had the "animus revertendi", the habit of returning to its owner.(Fryer, 3rd ed., 1938, p. 53-4).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

À son propriétaire (pour un animal sauvage).

OBS

animus revertendi : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 13 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Biotechnology
DEF

Fluid, cells or cellular debris that has escaped from the blood vessels and been deposited in tissues or on tissue surfaces, usually as a result of an inflammation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Liquide organique qui suinte au niveau d'une surface enflammée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina veterinaria
  • Biotecnología
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Record 14 2011-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Ear
DEF

Mastoiditis in which the pus has escaped into the digastric groove and formed an abscess deep to the upper fibers of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oreille
DEF

Inflammation suppurative de l'apophyse mastoïde dont le pus se fraie une voie à l'extérieur au niveau de l'apex mastoïdien et fuse à l'intérieur du muscle sterno-cléido-mastoïdien.

Spanish

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Record 15 2011-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

Occurring or formed between two glacial epochs.

CONT

Interglacial placer deposits... occur as valley-bottom alluvial fill or low terraces in drainage systems that have escaped the effects of glacial erosion.

PHR

Interglacial stream gravel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
CONT

Les placers interglaciaires [...] se présentent sous forme d'alluvions de fond de vallée ou de terrasses basses dans des réseaux hydrographiques à l'abri de l'érosion glaciaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Glaciología
DEF

Dícese del período que media entre dos glaciaciones sucesivas.

OBS

interglaciar: No se confunda glaciar (relativo a los glaciares y a sus efectos geomorfológicos) con glacial (concerniente a las glaciaciones).

PHR

Período interglacial.

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Record 16 2011-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guns (Land Forces)
  • Guns (Naval)
CONT

The major problem to be solved with breechloading artillery was obturation : the sealing of the breech after firing to ensure that none of the gases generated by the burning of the propellant(initially gunpowder) escaped rearwards through the breech.... The second problem was speed of operation : how to close the breech before firing and open it after firing as quickly as possible consistent with safety. Two solutions were developed more or less in parallel : The "screw breech" block and "sliding wedge" or "sliding block. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canons (Forces terrestres)
  • Canons (Navires)

Spanish

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Record 17 2010-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A climber Ranunculaceae, with blue to purple flowers 3 to 5 cm wide, lacking staminodes, glabrous style.

OBS

A plant of the family Ranunculaceae, occasionally escaped from culture and introduced from Asia.

OBS

purple clematis: common name also used to refer to the species Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Plante grimpante aux fleurs bleues de 3 à 5 cm de large, sans staminodes, au style glabre, de la famille des Ranunculaceae.

OBS

Plante introduite d'Asie, échappée de culture.

Spanish

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Record 18 2010-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
  • Horticulture
DEF

In botany, a plant that has escaped from cultivation, and naturalized, more or less permanently.

CONT

Garden escapes. This term is used to describe those plants that were once used as ornamental garden plants but have since escaped or "stretched" their boundaries.

CONT

Cultivation escape. Species may have escaped from gardens, cultivation or both...

OBS

For example, Queen Anne's lace is an escaped carrot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
  • Horticulture
DEF

Plante cultivée qui s'est propagée hors des jardins.

CONT

Échinocystis. [...] Plante américaine, cultivée partout dans le Québec comme plante de véranda ou de charmille, c'est surtout comme espèce échappée de culture qu'on la rencontre chez nous, bien que certaines stations paraissent indiquer l'indigénat.

CONT

On peut trouver des plantes échappées de cultures, emportées par le vent, les oiseaux [...] ou les fourmis.

Spanish

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Record 19 2009-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
CONT

Canadians are willing to purchase smuggled goods because they believe it is not a "serious" crime.

CONT

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) uses a variety of methods to prevent contraband goods from entering Canada.

CONT

Had the officers, whose duty it was to guard the ports and creeks of the Isle of Man, exercised proper vigilance in counteracting the manoeuvres of those engaged in the illicit trade, such large shipments of run goods could not have escaped their observation.

OBS

Run: smuggle (guns etc).

Key term(s)
  • smuggled good
  • smuggled product
  • contraband good
  • contraband product
  • run good
  • run products
  • run product

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
CONT

Les marchandises passées en contrebande causent des pertes de revenu de plusieurs millions de dollars au gouvernement du Canada chaque année.

CONT

La perte subie par le pays ne se chiffre donc pas seulement en termes de recettes mais également en termes de devises puisque les produits passés en contrebande sont en général payés en monnaie locale.

CONT

Le volume de marchandises introduites en contrebande a été considérablement réduit, et le NCS (Service des douanes) est désormais mieux outillé pour le réduire encore davantage.

Key term(s)
  • marchandise passée en contrebande
  • produit passé en contrebande
  • bien passé en contrebande
  • biens passés en contrebande
  • produits introduits en contrebande
  • biens introduits en contrebande
  • biens de contrebande
  • bien de contrebande

Spanish

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Record 20 2008-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Aristolochiaceae.

OBS

Aristolochia macrophylla has possibly escaped from cultivation in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont; these are not documented.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Plante à feuilles simples, sans stipules, à fleurs jaunes, zygomorphes (qui ne sont pas parfaitement symétriques).

OBS

Plante de la famille des Aristolochiaceae.

Spanish

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Record 21 2007-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

1960: Echo 1, first communications balloon satellite, is launched.

OBS

Echo 1, a spherical balloon with a metalized skin, was launched by NASA on 12th August 1960. Once in orbit, the balloon was inflated until it reached its intended diameter of 30 metres and it was then used as a reflector to bounce radio signals across the oceans. Echo was simply a radio mirror in the sky, and its efficiency decreased as the gas which inflated the balloon gradually escaped and it lost its shape.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 22 2006-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Various Metal Ores
CONT

Interglacial placer deposits... occur as valley-bottom alluvial fill or low terraces in drainage systems that have escaped the effects of glacial erosion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
CONT

Les placers interglaciaires [...] se présentent sous forme d'alluvions de fond de vallée ou de terrasses basses dans des réseaux hydrographiques à l'abri de l'érosion glaciaire.

Spanish

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Record 23 2006-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
CONT

Namely, that a non-ASCII character in a URI [Uniform Resource Identifier] be represented in UTF[ Unicode Transformation Format]-8 as one or more bytes, and then these bytes be escaped with the URI escaping mechanism(i. e., by converting each byte to %HH, where HH is the hexadecimal notation of the byte value).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
OBS

Pour faire exécuter une suite d'instructions au processeur, il faut lui fournir des données binaires (souvent représentées en notation hexadécimale pour plus de lisibilité, mais cela revient au même...). Or, les fonctions en notation hexadécimale sont difficiles à retenir, c'est pourquoi le langage assembleur a été mis au point. Il permet de noter les instructions avec des noms explicites suivis de paramètres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas para computación
DEF

Anotación usando la base dieciseis.

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Record 24 2006-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Fish
OBS

Said of a cultured fish that has escaped from the aquaculture facility where it was confined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Poissons
DEF

Se dit d'un poisson d'élevage qui s'échappe d'une installation aquacole où il était confiné.

Spanish

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Record 25 2005-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Security
  • Police
DEF

An organized hunt for a criminal, escaped convict, etc.

Key term(s)
  • man hunt
  • man-hunt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
  • Police
DEF

Recherche organisée pour trouver un criminel.

Spanish

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Record 26 2005-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

The process of deciding what action to take on an escaped fire.

OBS

escaped fire : A wildfire(or prescribed fire that has burned beyond its intended area) that remains out of control following initial attack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Processus de prise de décision [sur les] aux mesures à entreprendre pour lutter contre un feu échappé [...]

OBS

feu échappé : Feu qui demeure hors-contrôle [à la suite d'une] attaque initiale.

Spanish

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Record 27 2005-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Naval Equipment
  • Bombs and Grenades
CONT

The MacFarland itself escaped serious damage from the first eight Vals. But the ninth and last one to make its run, dropped its bomb and scored a hit directly on MacFarland's depth-charge rack.

Key term(s)
  • depth charge rack

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel naval
  • Bombes et grenades

Spanish

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Record 28 2005-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
DEF

The transfusion of blood into the subject from which it was obtained or from whom it has escaped, as from bleeding.

OBS

Self-transfusion, or autologous transfusion, can be accomplished through three basic techniques: blood can be aspirated from the surgical site through vacuum suction, washed and returned to the patient; blood can be collected in a reservoir containing a disposable liner, then reinfused; or lost blood can be salvaged, then reinfused through a filter without being washed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)
CONT

[Le programme d'autotransfusion] permet au patient de recevoir son propre sang (transfusion autologue) pendant l'intervention chirurgicale ou juste après. Pour cela, des prélèvements préalables, lors des semaines qui précèdent l'intervention, doivent être effectués selon les règles de sécurité que l'on connaît bien. Les unités de sang sont alors conservées jusqu'au moment voulu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inyecciones, intubación y transfusiones (Medicina)
DEF

Utilización de la propia sangre, captada con anterioridad y mantenida en refrigeración.

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Record 29 2005-02-18

English

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

The rain gauge measures how much rain falls. Rainfall is measured by the depth of water that would lie on the ground if none of the rain escaped. Place your rain gauge out in the open. Measure the amount of liquid in the moisture which falls daily during your field study.

CONT

Rain Gauge (Optional) Location: - in the open, away from overhanging trees; - well clear of the house or other structures that might block blowing rain; - easily accessible for periodic inspection and cleaning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Qui n'est pas couvert par un abri naturel ou artificiel.

Spanish

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Record 30 2004-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A borehole from which all the drilling fluid has escaped into the surrounding rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sondeo y perforación (Minas)
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
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Record 31 2003-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
CONT

Namely, that a non-ASCII character in a URI be represented in UTF-8 as one or more bytes, and then these bytes be escaped with the URI escaping mechanism(i. e., by converting each byte to %HH, where HH is the hexadecimal notation of the byte value).

OBS

byte value: term taken from a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) document. The W3C’s role is to establish standards relating to Internet technology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
CONT

Unicode est compatible avec les caractères ASCII et est supporté par beaucoup de programmes. Les 128 premiers caractères Unicode [...] ont la même valeur d'octet.

Spanish

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Record 32 2003-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
CONT

Namely, that a non-ASCII character in a URI be represented in UTF-8 as one or more bytes, and then these bytes be escaped with the URI escaping mechanism(i. e., by converting each byte to %HH, where HH is the hexadecimal notation of the byte value).

OBS

escaped : term taken from a World Wide Web Consortium(W3C) document. The W3C' s role is to establish standards relating to Internet technology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
OBS

échappé : terme tiré d'un document traduit de l'anglais par le World Wide Web Consortium dont le rôle est d'établir des normes reliées aux technologies Internet.

Spanish

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Record 33 2003-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
CONT

Remember that all pressure may not have escaped--the cap gasket may be stuck to the radiation neck.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
CONT

Garder à l'esprit que la pression n'est peut-être pas entièrement évacuée - le joint du bouchon peut être coincé dans l'orifice de remplissage du radiateur.

Spanish

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Record 34 2003-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Programming Languages
CONT

Namely, that a non-ASCII character in a URI be represented in UTF-8 as one or more bytes, and then these bytes be escaped with the URI escaping mechanism(i. e., by converting each byte to %HH, where HH is the hexadecimal notation of the byte value).

OBS

The English terminology on this record is standardized by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) whose role it is to establish standards relating to Internet technology. The French terminology was proposed by translators certified by the W3C and was verified by the author of this record.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Langages de programmation
CONT

Nommément, qu'un caractère non-ASCII dans une URI soit représenté en UTF-8 comme un byte ou plus, et alors ces bytes seront "échappés" par le mécanisme d'échappement d'URI (c.-à-d., en convertissant chaque byte par %HH, où HH est la notation hexadécimale de la valeur du byte).

OBS

La terminologie anglaise de cette fiche est normalisée par le World Wide Web Consortium (consortium W3C) dont le rôle principal est d'établir les normes reliées aux technologies Internet. La terminologie française est proposée par des traducteurs agréés par le Consortium et elle a été vérifiée par l'auteur de cette fiche.

Spanish

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Record 35 2001-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Waste Management
CONT

Even under the strictest of standards, "state-of-the-art" incinerators emit chemicals that have escaped combustion as well as newly-formed "products of incomplete combustion"-thousands of different chemicals of which only a small fraction have been identified.

CONT

The performances and properties of this material depend essentially upon both emulsion nature and breading and the contribution of neoformed hydrates.

Key term(s)
  • newly formed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Gestion des déchets
CONT

[...] meilleure est la qualité de l'effluent traité, plus faible est la dose d'agent oxydant nécessaire et plus faible aussi la concentration de produits néoformés résultant de l'action de l'agent désinfectant sur les substances minérales ou organiques présentes dans l'eau épurée.

Spanish

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Record 36 1999-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Ecosystems
DEF

A tree that has escaped logging, wind throw, or fire, and currently occupies a dominant position in the stand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Écosystèmes
DEF

Arbre qui a subsisté aux coupes forestières ou aux dommages causés notamment par le vent ou le feu et qui occupe par conséquent une position dominante dans un peuplement.

Spanish

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Record 37 1995-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
CONT

George Gamow argued in 1948 that there would exist a characteristic, universal decoupling time at which the universe would change from being radiation-dominated to matter-dominated and hence would become transparent to radiation.

CONT

Because all the light from earlier times was scrambled by matter, the electromagnetic radiation that escaped at the time of decoupling, and which has been shining more or less unimpeded since then, is the earliest thing we can ever hope to see decoupling the light from the edge of the visible universe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
DEF

C'est l'instant, dans l'histoire de l'Univers, où la matière (baryons et électrons) et le rayonnement électromagnétique ont cessé d'être couplés. Ils ont alors suivi des évolutions indépendantes.

Spanish

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Record 38 1993-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
OBS

Arriving at the Angler train station, I was to behold an amazing spectacle-the train was quickly surrounded by members of the Veteran Guard of Canada, all armed with rifles with bayonets fixed. They formed a long line stretching all the way to the camp, leaving only a narrow corridor between them for the prisoners to pass through. The prisoners were escorted away and I received a receipt for their safe return-the last four of the 28 who had escaped on April 20.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire

Spanish

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Record 39 1991-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Safety
OBS

A special safety feature, referred to as a "D. B. Cooper switch"(after a hijacker who escaped from a Boeing 727 by parachuting off the cargo ramp), only permits the ramp to be opened while the aircraft is on the ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)

Spanish

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Record 40 1990-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • CBRNE Weapons
CONT

The threat of a "nuclear winter" has now been downgraded by improved calculations to a "nuclear fall", but would still be sufficiently severe to have a major effect in reducing crop yields even in regions of the globe that escaped the nuclear warheads themselves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Armes CBRNE
CONT

L'injection de 60 mégatonnes de fumées serait plus vraisemblable que les 180 des scénarios habituels, on s'aperçoit que l'hiver nucléaire pourrait peut-être bientôt faire place à l'automne nucléaire. Toutefois, les conséquences pour l'homme, le monde animal et le règne végétal demeurent suffisamment alarmantes pour que les études soient poursuivies dans le cadre d'un programme de recherche multidisciplinaire et international, en vue d'affiner les modèles climatiques et de mieux estimer les impacts des changements du climat issus d'un conflit nucléaire sur l'environnement global.

Spanish

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Record 41 1986-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
DEF

The water that is wasted through spillways or otherwise discarded from an irrigation system after having been diverted into it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
DEF

Eau dépensée inutilement par des évacuateurs ou éliminée autrement d'un réseau d'irrigation après y avoir été dérivée.

Spanish

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Record 42 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

Light floating solids collect on the surface of the primary settling tanks; because upward flow rates are low, any hydrocarbons which may have escaped the preliminary treatment collect there preferentially.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

A la surface des décanteurs primaires se rassemblent les matières flottantes légères; par suite des faibles vitesses ascensionnelles, les hydrocarbures qui auraient traversé le prétraitement s'y rassemblent préférentiellement.

Spanish

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