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Record 1 2025-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Hardware
  • Walls and Partitions
CONT

A toggle bolt, also known as a butterfly anchor, is a fastener for hanging things on hollow walls such as drywalls. Toggle bolts have wings that open inside a hollow wall, bracing against it to hold the fastener securely. The wings are much larger than the bolt they are attached to. This spreads the weight of the secured item over a larger area, increasing the weight that can be secured compared to a regular bolt.

OBS

toggle bolt: designation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment
  • Murs et cloisons
OBS

boulon à ailettes : désignation uniformisée par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Courts
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

The Supreme Court shall have, hold and exercise exclusive ultimate appellate civil and criminal jurisdiction within and for Canada; and the judgment of the Court is, in all cases, final and conclusive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Tribunaux
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

La Cour suprême possède, détient et exerce, à titre exclusif, la juridiction finale d'appel en matière civile et criminelle à l'intérieur du Canada et pour le Canada; et le jugement de la Cour est, dans tous les cas, définitif et péremptoire.

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Wood Sawing
  • Wood Finishing
CONT

... the fret saw is the tool of choice for intricate work.... Fret saw blades do not have pins. Instead, clamps on the saw hold the ends tight.... The thinner blades [are not] designed for heavy cutting[, but they are] capable of much greater precision.... In addition to the blade clamping mechanism, these saws also feature an adjustable frame. This enables them to accommodate different blade lengths.

Key term(s)
  • fret-saw

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Sciage du bois
  • Finition du bois

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas manuales
  • Aserradura de la madera
  • Pulido de la madera
DEF

Herramienta formada por brazos de metal en forma de U, un mango de madera y un pelo como elemento de corte.

OBS

El pelo se sujeta a la estructura metálica por medio de unas palomillas. Se utiliza para cortar maderas finas, y permite realizar cortes rectos, curvos o irregulares.

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Record 4 2024-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology
  • Industrial and Economic Psychology
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
CONT

A relationship in which the partners hold nonprofessional jobs is called a dual-earner family.... Dual-income couples face several challenges unique to their situation.... A dual-income couple may have to work within a limited framework of alternatives, primarily due to financial constraints.

Key term(s)
  • dual income couple
  • dual earner couple
  • dual earner family

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie
  • Psychologie industrielle et économique
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)

Spanish

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Record 5 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Federal Administration
  • Real Estate
OBS

CSU 89 was created as the result of the fusion of CSU 8 and CSU 9. The two groups have different clients and still hold their own separate meetings. Part of Architectural and Engineering Services/Property and Facilities Management, Real Property Services. "On April 1, 1996, RPS formally implemented a new organizational model based on Client Service Units(CSUs) and Centres of Expertise(COEs). The CSUs are a dedicated organizational unit through which services are provided to a singular client or a portfolio of clients. The CSUs are supported by COEs which act as stewards of skills and knowledge in RPS business lines and program management. COEs manage a resource pool that may dedicate people on a full time basis to a particular CSU or provide services from ’home base’ to a number of CSUs. The CSUs are revenue centres and the COEs are cost centres. The NCA plays a national role and as such, the CSUs and COEs in the NCA are called National Client Service Units(NSCUs) and National Centres of Expertise(NCOEs). In addition to the provision of operational services to the NCA, the NCOEs formulate policy, establish national product standards, develop new/enhanced products and services for delivery to the CSUs and oversee their implementation. The NCOEs provide functional direction to Regional COEs in support of Real Property Services nationally. The NCSUs provide a focal point for national clients and furnish functional guidance to Regional CSUs. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Administration fédérale
  • Immobilier
OBS

«En avril 1996, les SI ont officiellement adopté un nouveau modèle organisationnel fondé sur des unités de service à la clientèle (USC) et des centres d'expertise (CE). Les USC sont des unités organisationnelles qui fournissent des services à un client particulier ou à un portefeuille de clients. Les USC sont appuyées par des CE, qui leur fournissent les connaissances et les compétences nécessaires dans les différents secteurs d'activités des SI ainsi qu'en gestion des programmes. Les CE administrent une réserve de ressources et peuvent affecter du personnel à temps plein dans une USC donnée ou fournir des services à partir de l'administration centrale à un certain nombre d'USC. Les USC sont des centres de recettes et les CE, des centres de coûts. Le SCN jouant un rôle à l'échelle nationale, les USC et les CE du SCN sont appelés unités de service à la clientèle nationale (USCN)et centres d'expertise nationaux (CEN). En plus de fournir des services opérationnels au SCN, les CEN formulent des politiques, établissent des normes nationales relatives aux produits, élaborent des produits et des services nouveaux ou améliorés à l'intention des USC et en supervisent la mise en œuvre. Les CEN fournissent une orientation fonctionnelle aux CE régionaux afin d'appuyer les activités des Services immobiliers à l'échelle nationale. Les USCN constituent le point central de la prestation de services à la clientèle nationale et fournissent une orientation fonctionnelle aux USC régionales.»

Spanish

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Record 6 2023-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Bombs and Grenades
DEF

A flat-bottomed wooden sailing vessel intended to carry one or more mortars and to launch bombs.

CONT

Bomb Vessel : Developed by the French to battle the Barbary corsairs, these vessels used high trajectory mortars instead of conventional guns. The hull was strengthened to take the weight of one or more mortars and the foremast was completely omitted. Late 18th century bomb vessels would have had a full three-masted rig, and some were used for perilous polar expeditions since their sturdily built hulls would hold up well in the ice.

OBS

Some bomb vessels were used for perilous polar expeditions since their sturdily built hulls would hold up well in the ice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Bombes et grenades
DEF

Vaisseau à voile en bois et à fond plat destiné à porter un ou plusieurs mortiers et à lancer des bombes.

OBS

Certaines bombardes étaient utilisées pour des expéditions polaires périlleuses, car leurs coques robustes résistaient à la glace.

Spanish

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Record 7 2023-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
  • Clothes Cleaning and Dyeing Services
CONT

How to Dip Dye Fabric. Dip dyeing is a special technique used in dyeing fabric. It takes a little more effort than regular dyeing, because you have to hold the fabric as opposed to just plunking it in. The results are worth it, however, and range from banded stripes to soft gradients to ombres.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
  • Teinturerie

Spanish

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Record 8 2023-01-14

English

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

... structures have been built to reduce or eliminate the effect of avalanches, including snowsheds, arresting mounds or walls, diversion dikes, catchment basins or nets to hold snow in place in start zones of avalanche paths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Glaciologie
CONT

Les digues de déviation guident les masses de neige vers les zones où elles seront inoffensives.

Spanish

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Record 9 2022-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
CONT

The toggling harpoon head is an Inuit invention that dates back over a thousand years. While all other harpoon heads have barbs to hold fast in an animal' s flesh, the toggling harpoon head is unique in its retention system. Upon entering the body of a seal, walrus, or whale[, ] the harpoon head remains as the harpoon shaft detaches and is pulled back to the hunter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 10 2022-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Core policy[ :] This refers to the "core" designation within the Commercial Fisheries Licensing Policy for Eastern Canada — 1996. It limits participation and entry in the less-than-65-feet sector to individuals who meet certain criteria so that the total number of core fishers or participants in a fishery remains the same. To qualify as a member of the core group, a licence holder was required, as of December 20, 1995, to meet the following criteria : be the head of an enterprise; hold key licences; have an attachment to the fishery; and be dependent on the fishery. Qualified new entrants to a fishery may acquire core status only from existing participants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 11 2022-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Relativity (Physics)
CONT

Classical methods... tend to have either exponentially growing compute times or sub-optimal performance. Quantum optimization algorithms, such as the quantum approximate optimization algorithms(QAOA), hold the promise of finding the answers which improve on the sub-optimal solutions without incurring the cost of the exponentially longer compute times.

Key term(s)
  • quantum optimisation algorithm

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Relativité (Physique)

Spanish

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Record 12 2020-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
  • Locks and Locksmithing
DEF

A lock case inclosed in a space cut inside a door edge.

CONT

This lock mechanism is designed to fit into a cavity in the door … It usually consists of a latch mechanism and an opening device(knob, lever, etc.). Older mortise locks have only the latch to hold the door closed, while other mortise locks have a bolt or bar(tang).

Key term(s)
  • morticed lock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Serrurerie
DEF

Appareil de verrouillage encastré dans un boîtier rectangulaire qui s'insère dans une entaille de la porte.

CONT

Ce mécanisme de verrouillage est conçu pour être inséré dans une cavité de la porte […] Il comprend habituellement un mécanisme de verrouillage et un dispositif d'ouverture (poignée, levier, etc.). Les serrures à mortaiser plus anciennes ne sont dotées que du loquet qui tient la porte fermée, tandis que d'autres sont dotées d'un verrou ou d'une barre (pêne).

Spanish

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Record 13 2019-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Educational Psychology
CONT

A person who is said to have a mild learning disability is usually able to hold a conversation, and communicate most of their needs and wishes. They may need some support to understand abstract or complex ideas. People are often independent in caring for themselves and doing many everyday tasks. They usually have some basic reading and writing skills.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Psychologie scolaire
OBS

On parlera de «difficulté» lorsqu'il s'agit d'acquisitions ou d'apprentissage, et de «troubles» pour désigner un mauvais fonctionnement aussi bien dans le domaine de la personnalité que de la physiologie, du développement et des fonctions instrumentales (langage parlé, langage écrit, psychomotricité, etc.) [...] L'«apprentissage» lui-même ne connaît pas de «trouble», mais de la «difficulté» à s'exercer à cause de certaines limites, de certains troubles, de conditions défavorables. La traduction littérale de «learning disabilities» par «troubles d'apprentissage» constitue un anglicisme.

Spanish

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Record 14 2019-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • National History
  • Genealogy
OBS

[The Tor Bay Acadien Society is] a non-profit volunteer organization representing Acadians who live in, or have links and interest in the Tor Bay region of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. Its goals are to promote and encourage Acadian culture, genealogy and history research and sharing this information with all who are interested in the Tor Bay Acadian families and communities. It attempts to develop effective means of facilitating communications and connecting voices regardless of location. It promotes the sharing of information to all interested people as regularly as possible and hold local annual celebrations aimed at encouraging Acadian culture, genealogy, and history as well as provide family enjoyment in the area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Histoires nationales
  • Généalogie
OBS

[La Société des Acadiens de la Région de Tor Baie est un] organisme bénévole à but non lucratif représentant les Acadiens qui vivent ou ont des liens et des intérêts dans la région de Tor Bay dans le comté de Guysborough, en Nouvelle-Écosse. Ses objectifs sont de promouvoir et d'encourager la recherche sur la culture, la généalogie et l’histoire des Acadiens et de partager cette information avec tous ceux qui s'intéressent aux familles et aux communautés acadiennes de Tor Bay. Il tente de développer des moyens efficaces pour faciliter les communications et connecter les voix indépendamment du lieu. Il encourage le partage d'informations avec toutes les personnes intéressées aussi régulièrement que possible et organise des célébrations annuelles locales dans le but d'encourager la culture, la généalogie et l'histoire acadiennes, ainsi que de permettre aux familles de s'amuser dans la région.

Spanish

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Record 15 2019-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fences and Enclosures
DEF

A horizontal support element to which fence boards or pickets are attached.

CONT

Rails are the horizontal part of a fence that hold the pickets or panels in place. Many vinyl fences have two rails, one at the top and one at the bottom. However, it's not uncommon to see... fences with three rails : top, bottom, and center. The distance between the rails is known as the rail spacing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Enceintes et clôtures
CONT

Pour réaliser une barrière en bois, assemblez des pièces pour constituer un cadre sur lequel vous clouez des lattes verticales. Le cadre est fait de deux poteaux reliés entre eux par des pièces horizontales (lisses) en haut et en bas.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cercas y vallados
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Record 16 2017-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

Forceps used for grasping and applying traction to or for rotation of the fetal head ...

CONT

Obstetrical forceps, also known as brain forceps, have long been in use in the medical profession... They are smoothly shaped and curved forceps having two blades and a handle designed to hold and pull the baby properly without causing any damage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Instrument comportant deux branches articulées, facilement démontable, avec mors en forme de cuillers fenestrées, pour extraire le fœtus de l'utérus.

PHR

forceps anglais, forceps munis de crochet

PHR

forceps à cuir chevelu, forceps à traction dans l'axe, forceps à traction axiale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental quirúrgico
DEF

Instrumento en forma de tenaza, que se usa para la extracción de las criaturas en los partos difíciles.

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Record 17 2017-11-16

English

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

Any of the jumps, pirouettes or fancy manoeuvres that are part of a water-skiing routine performed on "trick skis," short water skis without a fin and often having rounded bottom and ends to make stunts possible.

CONT

Tricks, or "freestyle figures, "are the artistic side of water-skiing. Points are awarded for the degree of difficulty of the manoeuvres, and how fast they are performed. You have two 20-second passes during which to perform as many tricks as you can. There are all kinds of tricks on the official schedule. You can ski backward, spin around, step over the tow rope, hold the handle with your foot, and even use a jumping ramp for somersaults.

CONT

Tricks: ... A trick course is approximately 175m long, and is marked at either end by 2 fixed buoys, positioned 15 meters apart. Each contestant is allowed two 20-second passes through the trick course and may perform as many tricks as he/she desires, given the time allotted. At the conclusion of both runs, the skier will record a score that is based [on] the numeric value allocated to each of the successfully performed tricks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski nautique et surfing
DEF

Chacun des sauts, pirouettes ou manœuvres particulières exécutés en enchaînement au cours d'une routine en ski nautique.

CONT

Les figures font appel au talent artistique des skieurs. Les juges accordent des points selon le degré de difficulté de la figure exécutée et sa vitesse d'exécution. Le compétiteur dispose de 2 essais de 20 secondes durant lesquels il doit faire le plus de figures possible. Le répertoire officiel offre un bon choix : ski arrière, toupie, saut par-dessus le câble, retenue du câble avec le pied et même saut périlleux à partir d'un tremplin.

CONT

Figures : [...] un trajet d'acrobatie mesure environ 175m, et il est marqué par des bouées fixes aux deux extrémités, placées à quinze mètres l'une de l'autre; chaque concurrent est autorisé à parcourir le trajet de vingt secondes à deux reprises et exécuter autant d'acrobaties qu'il le désire pendant le temps alloué; à la fin des deux parcours, le skieur doit enregistrer un score basé sur la note attribuée à chacune des acrobaties réussies.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esquí acuático y surfing
Key term(s)
  • figuras
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Record 18 2017-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A straight grasping forceps with serrated jaws, used to forcibly grasp or retract tissues or structures.

OBS

[The Allis] intestinal tissue forceps... have interdigitating short teeth to grasp and hold tissue or bowel. These forceps are slightly traumatic and hold intestine, fascia and skin.

OBS

Proper name: Allis Intestinal Forceps. ... Features: tips - interlocking teeth. Uses: To hold or retract tissue, most frequently, intestinal tissue. These forceps are more traumatic than Babcock forceps.

OBS

Among other Allis forceps are : Allis-Baby tissue forceps; Allis-Adair tissue forceps, Allis-Adair intestinal forceps, Judd-Allis intestinal forceps, Lockwood-Allis intestinal forceps, Allis Thomas tissue forceps, etc.

OBS

Oscar Huntington Allis (1836-1931), American surgeon.

OBS

In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as "Allis’ forceps", often disappears over the years. For that reason, the written forms "Allis’ forceps", "Allis’ tissue forceps" and "Allis’ clamp" are not found.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Pince pour saisir les tissus ou les organes.

CONT

Quelques instruments d'une petite boite de chirurgie abdominale sont : bistouri, une paire de ciseaux courbés de Mayo, une sonde cannelée de Nélaton, 2 écarteurs de Faraboeuf, 2 écarteurs de Hartmann, 4 pinces hémostatiques, 2 pinces Allis (pour prendre les tissus), 1 pince en cœur (Babcock) et une porte aiguille.

OBS

L'habitude d'utiliser des noms propres pour désigner des maladies, des symptômes, des traitements, des techniques, des lois, des théories ou des appareils vise à perpétuer la mémoire de ceux qui ont contribué aux progrès de l'art de guérir. [...] Allis, Oscar, chirurgien américain (1833-1921). [...] inhalateur d'Allis; signe d'Allis.

OBS

Avec l'usage, il arrive que le nom de l'inventeur ne soit plus utilisé comme complément de nom, mais soit mis en apposition et se comporte, dès lors, comme un adjectif de relation. On parlera alors de «pince Allis» et non plus de «pince d'Allis».

Spanish

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Record 19 2017-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

The Concepts of the Next Generation Marine Reactors. ... In their designs, reduction of plant size and weight and improvement of safety characteristics are enhanced by employment of a wet containment system, which will always assure core flooding and heat removal of decay by natural convection.

CONT

... several tests have to be run to validate the smooth operations of the compartment design, i. e. to check that the corium spreads correctly, that the compartment materials hold up, that flood cooling is efficient and that the fusible plate closure works.

PHR

Core flooding (tank), emergency core flooding system, gravity-driven core flooding line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
CONT

La séquence accidentelle qui sous-tend ce concept de récupérateur peut se résumer ainsi. Suite à un accident par perte de réfrigérant primaire, il y a fusion du cœur du réacteur. Les matériaux en fusion progressent alors vers le fond de cuve où ils s'accumulent pour former un bain dont la température est d'environ 2500 à 3000 °C. Le corium, qui a conservé en son sein les éléments radioactifs non volatiles, s'échauffe sous l'effet de la puissance résiduelle. Si le refroidissement est insuffisant, notamment s'il est impossible de réinjecter de l'eau dans le circuit primaire, l'échauffement excessif peut entraîner le percement de la cuve. Dans cette hypothèse, la décharge de corium se fait dans le puits de cuve aménagé en un réceptacle depuis lequel on cherche à accumuler et à retenir de façon provisoire au moyen d'une porte fusible la totalité du corium en provenance de la cuve. Quand la porte fusible cède, l'étalement du corium se fait dans une chambre [...] exempte d'eau. L'idée maîtresse de l'absence d'eau à ce stade est d'éviter le risque d'une explosion vapeur. Enfin, après étalement, le corium est noyé sous eau de manière à favoriser un refroidissement de longue durée. [...] Pour valider le bon fonctionnement de concept de récupérateur, il faut [...] procéder à plusieurs vérifications, à savoir l'étalement correct du corium, la bonne tenue des matériaux constituants le récupérateur, l'efficacité du refroidissement par noyage du corium étalé, le fonctionnement de la porte fusible.

CONT

Étude du noyage et dénoyage d'un lit de débris dans un réacteur nucléaire : il s'agit d'étudier l'injection d'eau dans un corium en cours de destruction, afin de modéliser les scénarios de maîtrise d'accidents de cœur de réacteur nucléaire.

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Record 20 2017-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Program Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Military Training
OBS

The CAF [Canadian Armed Forces] has established a goal to have all officers, with the exception of those commissioned from the ranks, hold a university degree. In support of this goal, the CAF has established a programme to provide subsidized education to eligible officers in pursuit of their initial baccalaureate degree.

Key term(s)
  • Initial Baccalaureate Degree Program

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes (Forces armées)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
OBS

Un des objectifs des FAC [Forces armées canadiennes] est que tous les officiers, à l'exception des militaires du rang, détiennent un diplôme universitaire. À l'appui de cet objectif, les FAC ont établi un programme qui permet aux officiers admissibles de poursuivre des études subventionnées pour obtenir leur premier baccalauréat.

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Record 21 2016-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
CONT

In a separate situation, a company may hold the required [operation specifications(Ops Spec) ] to fly single pilot IFR [instrument flight rules], but the line captain does not have a single pilot PPC [pilot proficiency check].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
CONT

Dans une situation précise, une compagnie peut posséder les spécifications d'exploitation nécessaires pour permettre un vol IFR [règles de vol aux instruments] avec un seul pilote, mais le commandant de ligne n'est pas titulaire d'un CCP [contrôle de la compétence du pilote] pour vol avec un seul pilote.

Spanish

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Record 22 2016-09-01

English

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

Snow that has a relatively apparent cohesive consistency.

CONT

... recent cold temperatures combined with shallow snow is a dangerous mix, creating a weak snowpack that cannot hold much weight. [According to him] "slabby" snow is making the backcountry dangerous. Snow grains that have blown around and then stuck together are layered on top of a weaker layer of snow. This slabby layer, he said, gives a misleading feel that it is strong, but it can easily cave in on the weak layer beneath, causing an avalanche.

CONT

Check out how well the new snow is sticking to the layer below and whether or not the new snow is cohesive and slab-like before riding a slope. Slabby snow on top of a weak layer is a recipe for large triggered avalanches.

OBS

When used, "slabby snow" is always related to direct sensation of the snow by the observer whether by skiing or travelling through it, or by tests. This may be as a result of wind action on the snow, but could equally be due to the effects of sun or temperature on new snow layers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Pour qu'un manteau neigeux soit favorable à une avalanche de plaque, il faut qu'une couche de neige avec une certaine cohésion (la plaque au sens strict) repose sur une couche fragile.

OBS

En France, seuls les adeptes de glisse, non pas les spécialistes en avalanches, utilisent le terme «neige plaquée». Ils en restreignent cependant le sens à la neige dure seulement. En effet, pour certains, une plaque est encore trop souvent de la neige dure. Ainsi, quand il y a de la poudreuse avec suffisamment de cohésion pour que la cassure linéaire dans la zone de départ se propage et donne une avalanche de plaque, ces adeptes ne disent rien, alors qu'ils disent «attention, la neige est plaquée» quand ils voient de la neige dure.

OBS

Selon le contexte, il est aussi possible d'utiliser l'expression : «neige avec une cohésion suffisante pour donner éventuellement une plaque» (... s'il y a une couche fragile dessous). [expression proposée par un spécialiste en avalanche, France.]

PHR

Neige ayant, présentant une certaine cohésion.

Spanish

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Record 23 2016-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrostatics
CONT

When we rub two different materials together, which becomes positively charged and which becomes negative? Scientists have ranked materials in order of their ability to hold or give up electrons. This ranking is called the triboelectric series.... Under ideal conditions, if two materials are rubbed together, the one higher on the list should give up electrons and become positively charged.

Key term(s)
  • tribo-electric series

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrostatique
DEF

Classement des corps selon leur tendance à se charger positivement ou négativement quand ils sont frottés les uns contre les autres.

OBS

Un corps est placé avant un autre dans la série s'il a tendance à lui céder des électrons (à se charger positivement) quand les deux corps sont mis en contact ou frottés l'un contre l'autre.

OBS

triboélectrique : 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 24 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
DEF

A truck whose body is in the form of a platform.

CONT

The platform has an enclosed cab and a flat bed over the rear wheels. The platform may have brackets around its edge so stakes can be inserted to help hold the load.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Camionnage
CONT

Voici une liste exhaustive des besoins logistiques de CFS pour sa mission en Haïti [...] camion plate-forme 24 pieds (flat bed) et le carburant pour le véhicule; [...]

OBS

Le châssis, derrière la cabine, est recouvert d'un platelage [...] formant plate-forme. On peut également monter des ridelles sur cette plate-forme et bâcher le véhicule.

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

camion-plateau : Terminologie de l'automobile, GM du Canada.

OBS

camion à plateau : OACI, vol. 29, n° 4, avril 1974, p. 14.174.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de vehículos automotores y bicicletas
  • Transporte por camión
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Record 25 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
CONT

The matchlock constituted the first mechanical device for firing.(...) For this improvement(...) two modifications of the hand cannon were necessary : the addition of a pan to hold the priming powder, which replaced the match in setting off the powder charge inside the barrel, and the addition of the serpentine, holding the match and thus freeing the hand of the shooter or his aide. These original matchlocks did not as yet include the leverage system worked by a trigger and indeed did, not have true "locks". Instead, the serpentine was a simple S-shaped arm pivoted in its center, the lower end serving as a handle by which the shooter moved the device manually.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
CONT

(...) une platine de la forme la plus primitive fut ajoutée au canon à main; elle consistait en une tige en forme de S fixée par un pivot en son milieu de façon que, lorsque l'on tirait en arrière la partie inférieure, la partie supérieure, terminée par des mâchoires serrant un morceau de mèche allumée, venait automatiquement en contact avec le bassinet contenant la poudre d'amorce. Le tireur pouvait ainsi tenir son arme des deux mains et faire feu en agissant avec le doigt.

CONT

Par temps humide, il était parfois impossible de garder la mèche allumée; aussi pour plus de précaution en allumait-on toujours les deux extrémités.

OBS

mèche

Spanish

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Record 26 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Public Service
  • Labour Relations
DEF

Hold : to have earned or been appointed, promoted, or elected to and now occupy(as an office).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Fonction publique
  • Relations du travail

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del personal (Generalidades)
  • Función pública
  • Relaciones laborales
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Record 27 2015-03-19

English

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

... so long as the former time-share owners or their trustee hold title to an estate or interest equal to the sum of the time-shares, each former time-share owner and his successors in interest have the same rights with respect to occupancy in the former time-share unit...

French

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

Spanish

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Record 28 2015-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Work and Production
CONT

The law of diminishing returns does in fact hold, our experiment can have but one result : the second extra labor unit will add less extra output than did the first. Adding a third extra unit of labor will, if diminishing return holds, result in still lower extra output.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Travail et production

Spanish

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Record 29 2014-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Official Ceremonies
  • Conferences and Colloquia: Organization
CONT

The commission shall hold a closing ceremony at the end of its mandate to recognize the significance of all events over the life of the commission. The closing ceremony shall have the participation of high level church and government officials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonies officielles
  • Organisation de congrès et de conférences
CONT

À la conclusion de son mandat, la commission organise une cérémonie de clôture pour honorer l'importance de tous les événements survenus durant son mandat. Des hauts représentants de l'entité religieuse et du gouvernement participent à cette cérémonie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ceremonias oficiales
  • Organización de conferencias y coloquios
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Record 30 2014-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scholarships and Research Grants
CONT

Deferment of award — After accepting an award, but before the award payments have begun, in exceptional circumstances, such as maternity, child rearing, illness or health-related family responsibilities, an award recipient may request to defer the award for a maximum of two years.... An award may not be deferred in order to take up another award, to accept or hold employment, or to pursue studies other than those for which the funding has been received.

OBS

deferment of award: term in use at the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

French

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

Report d’une bourse — Après avoir accepté une bourse, mais avant le versement du premier paiement, le boursier peut en demander le report pour une période maximale de deux ans dans une situation exceptionnelle, par exemple en vue d’avoir ou d’élever des enfants, ou en raison d’une maladie ou d’obligations familiales liées à des problèmes de santé. [...] Il n’est pas permis de reporter une bourse pour en détenir une autre, accepter ou occuper un emploi ou encore poursuivre des études autres que celles pour lesquelles la bourse a été accordée.

Spanish

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Record 31 2014-02-21

English

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

The clause in a deed that determines what estate or interest is granted by the deed. (Yogis, 2nd, p. 101)

CONT

It begins with the words "to have and to hold. "The "habendum" may reduce, enlarge, explain or qualify, but not contradict or be repugnant to the estate granted. It is not essential to the deed. In modern conveyancing, the inclusion of the "habendum" clause has become somewhat redundant, since its function is normally performed by the granting clause in a conveyance. The deed's validity is not affected by the absence of the "habendum. "[Yogis, 2nd, p. 101].

French

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

clause de délimitation : 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 32 2013-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Noise Pollution
  • Acoustics (Physics)
CONT

Some authorities hold that average noise level in cities have increased at about one decibel per year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution par le bruit
  • Acoustique (Physique)
CONT

Comme [...] l'augmentation de la consommation multiplie les sites industriels, le niveau sonore moyen a tendance à s'élever corrélativement avec le niveau de vie.

Spanish

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Record 33 2013-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling and Illumination (Air Transport)
  • Air Navigation Aids
CONT

Mandatory instruction signs are used to identify mandatory holding positions where pilots must receive further ATC [air traffic control] clearance to proceed. At uncontrolled aerodromes, pilots are required to hold at points marked by these signs until they have ascertained that there is no air traffic conflict. Mandatory instruction signs have white letters, numbers or symbols against a red background.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation (Transport aérien)
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
CONT

Ce type de panneau sert à indiquer les points où les aéronefs doivent attendre obligatoirement d’être autorisés par l’ATC [contrôle du trafic aérien] à aller plus loin. Aux aérodromes non contrôlés, ce type de panneau indique les points où les pilotes sont tenus d’attendrejusqu’à ce qu’ils soient certains qu’ils ne causeront pas de conflit de circulation aérienne. Les panneaux d’instructions obligatoires portent des inscriptions en blanc sur fond rouge.

Spanish

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Record 34 2013-06-14

English

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

Ownership vesting as in one person, i. e., by the whole, "per tout", such as husband and wife hold in an estate by the entireties, husband and wife at common law being considered but one person; or, ownership of joint tenants, holding by moieties and by the whole, "per my et per tout", which latter phrase means that such tenants are seised of the entire estate for the purpose of tenure and survivorship, but of only an undivided part or interest for the purpose of forfeiture or immediate alienation. It is from this seisin by each of the entirety that the incident of survivorship is said to have arisen.(Cartwright, 1972, p. 966).

French

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

Terme de compréhension large désignant tout régime de copropriété et dénotant aussi la réunion de la propriété du fonds dominant et du fonds servant entre les mains d'une seule et même personne.

OBS

unité de propriété : 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 35 2013-06-14

English

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

Coparceners held in undivided shares. Each coparcener held a distinct but undivided share which might be equal or unequal in size to the shares of the others. (Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 431).

OBS

Unlike joint tenants, tenants in common hold in undivided shares : each tenant in common has a distinct share in property which has not yet been divided among the co-tenants. Thus tenants in common have quite separate interests; the only fact which brings them into co-ownership is that they both have shares in a single property which has not yet been divided among them. While the tenancy in common lasts, no one can say which of them owns any particular parcel of land.(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 396).

French

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

part indivise : 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 36 2013-04-19

English

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

Several and concurrent ownership must... be distinguished. The owner of an interest in land may be entitled to possession either alone or in conjunction with other persons, and in both cases he may be entitled to take possession either now or at some time in the future. If he is entitled in his own right without having any other person joined with him in point of interest, he is said to hold in severalty; but where he and other persons have simultaneous interests in the land, they are said to hold concurrently, or in co-ownership, and to have concurrent interests. In other words, land may be the subject of several, that is, separate ownership, or of co-ownership.(Cheshire, 12th, p. 210)

French

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

propriété individuelle : 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 37 2013-03-13

English

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

Lord Coke, writing about 1600, adds :"It is regularly true that every lease at will must in law be at the will of both parties, and therefore when the lease is made to have and to hold at the will of the lessor, the law implieth it to be held at the will of the lessee also".(Adkin's, 17th ed., 1973, p. 19)

French

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

bail à discrétion : 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 38 2013-03-05

English

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

The owner of an interest in land may be entitled to possession either alone or in conjunction with other persons, and in both cases he may be entitled to take possession either now or at some time in the future. If he is entitled in his own right without having any other person joined with him in point of interest, he is said to hold in severalty; but where he and other persons have simultaneous interests in the land, they are said to hold concurrently, or in co-ownership, and to have concurrent interests.(Cheshire's, 12th ed., 1976, p. 210).

French

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

intérêt individuel : 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 39 2012-12-14

English

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

These defects(in the definition of equitable easements) have caused the Court of Appeal to hold... that it does not include an equitable right of way arising by acquiescence or estoppel....(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 1043).

French

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

droit de passage en equity : 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 40 2012-12-12

English

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

The interests in property which were created and enforced by the Court of Chancery, where it would have been against conscience to permit the legal owner of property to keep the benefit of property for himself; "e. g. "a trustee had the legal estate in the trust property, but he was compelled to hold the property on behalf of the beneficiaries whose interests were merely equitable.(Osborn's, 6th ed., 1976, p. 134).

French

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

intérêt en equity : 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 41 2012-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steelmaking
DEF

cokes: The standard grades of hot-dipped tinplates, that carry about 0.56 kg of tin per basis box (i.e. lighter coating than the charcoal grades), that consist of mild-steel coated with tin, and that are used for packaging, canning and general purposes.

CONT

Various grades of hot-dipped tin plate were produced, the terminology indicating in a general way the weight of tin coating or, more exactly, the amount of tin used to produce the given unit or base box of plate. Coke tin plate has always designated the plate produced with the lowest amount of tin and formerly was called Cokes or Common Cokes. In ascending weight of coating, the various grades were Common Cokes, Standard Cokes, Best Cokes, and Kanners Special. Charcoal tin plate carries still heavier coatings including 1A and 2A.

CONT

Terms, charcoal plate and coke plate, which in last century described quality of iron used as a base metal, have now come to be applied to tin plate of certain coating thickness. Amount of coating on coke plates is generally between 1. 24 and 2. 5 pounds per base box-on charcoal plates between 3 pounds and 5 pounds per base box. For roofing applications, heavier charcoal weight coatings have always been preferred. Common cokes, 1. 25 lb/base box. Standard cokes, 1. 50 lb/base box; Best cokes, 1. 70 lb/base box. "Kanners" special cokes, 2. 0 lb/base box.... Weight of coating on an electrolytic plate is a measurement of amount of coating on both sides of sheet, expressed in grams per square meter. Prior to adoption of this system, a "pot yield" method was used. The coating designation numbers are a hold over from this earlier system.

OBS

coke; common coke: Terms usually used in the plural ("cokes"; "common cokes").

Key term(s)
  • cokes
  • common cokes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élaboration de l'acier
OBS

Fer blanc étamé à chaud à partir de fers noirs laminés [...] Qualités : Common coke et standard coke.

Key term(s)
  • fer-blanc à étamage mince
  • fer-blanc étamé en couche d'épaisseur ordinaire
  • fer-blanc de qualité «common coke»
  • fer-blanc étamé de qualité «common coke»

Spanish

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Record 42 2012-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steelmaking
CONT

Terms, charcoal plate and coke plate, which in last century described quality of iron used as a base metal, have now come to be applied to tin plate of certain coating thickness. Amount of coating on coke plates is generally between 1. 24 and 2. 5 pounds per base box-on charcoal plates between 3 pounds and 5 pounds per base box. For roofing applications, heavier charcoal weight coatings have always been preferred. Common cokes, 1. 25 lb/base box. Standard cokes, 1. 50 lb/base box; Best cokes, 1. 70 lb/base box. "Kanners" special cokes, 2. 0 lb/base box.... Weight of coating on an electrolytic plate is a measurement of amount of coating on both sides of sheet, expressed in grams per square meter. Prior to adoption of this system, a "pot yield" method was used. The coating designation numbers are a hold over from this earlier system.

CONT

Various grades of hot-dipped tin plate were produced, the terminology indicating in a general way the weight of tin coating or, more exactly, the amount of tin used to produce the given unit or base box of plate. Coke tin plate has always designated the plate produced with the lowest amount of tin and formerly was called Cokes or Common Cokes. In ascending weight of coating, the various grades were Common Cokes, Standard Cokes, Best Cokes, and Kanners Special. Charcoal tin plate carries still heavier coatings including 1A and 2A.

OBS

This grade of tin-plate carries heavier coatings of tin than coke grades but less than charcoal grades.

OBS

best coke: Usually used in the plural ("best cokes").

Key term(s)
  • best cokes
  • best coke tin-plate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élaboration de l'acier

Spanish

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Record 43 2012-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

Direction that advances for which receipts given by a beneficiary be deducted from his share. If I make any advances of money or property to any of my children during my lifetime for which at the time of the advance I have obtained a signed receipt(which I hold at the date of my death) the money or property so advanced shall be deducted from that portion of my estate given to the child or children.(O’Briens's Encyclopedia of Forms, 10th ed., 1970, v. 9, Form 304)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

avance : 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 44 2012-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A surgical instrument with two blades and two handles that is designed to hold small absorbent pads. It is used for blunt dissection and hemostasis.

OBS

[The sponge-holding forceps] is used for blunt dissection and hemostatis.

OBS

While sponge forceps have proven useful in a variety of new surgical techniques, their primary arena has traditionally been gynecological, surgical female sterilization, and abortion procedures. This is because sponge forceps have the ability to grip and manipulate tissue during examinations and minor surgeries with a minimum of damage and trauma.... Surgeons consider them standard thoracic instruments when performing lung surgeries such as bullectomies. The blunt tips these devices offer prove excellent tools to grasp and collapse the lung and manipulate lung tissue for complete exploration.... Surgeons will also use sponge-holding forceps with tonsil wipes to treat pleural abrasions, and they will often use them in colposcopy operations to hold dry or moist cotton balls. The tong-like tips of sponge forceps make them excellent tools when handling sponges, gauzes, or sensitive medical supplies.

OBS

Sponge forceps can be straight or curved. Sponge forceps can have smooth or serrated jaws. Used to atraumatically hold viscera(bowel and bladder).

OBS

There are many varieties of sponge forceps: Ballenger sponge forceps; Bergmann sponge forceps; Bozeman sponge forceps; Fletcher sponge forceps; Foerster sponge forceps; Foerster sponge holding forceps; Foerster sponge (ring) forceps; Heine sponge holding forceps; Javerts ring forceps; Rampley sponge forceps; Rampley sponge holder; Rampley sponge holding forceps; etc.

OBS

The terms sponge holder and sponge stick, even if corrects, are much more used in other domains than the medical one. Using the adjective surgical is a way to avoid any confusion: surgical sponge holder; surgical sponge stick.

CONT

The use of an extension such as a sponge forceps, rather than hands, to handle or touch contaminated items or to handle or touch sterile items.

CONT

The sponge clamp has two opposing circular jaws with transverse serrations used to hold a folded gauze sponge during preparation or blotting of the surgical are

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
CONT

L'utilisation d'un instrument, tel qu'une pince porte-éponge, plutôt que les mains, pour manipuler ou toucher du matériel contaminé ou pour manipuler ou toucher du matériel stérile.

OBS

Le terme pince porte-tampon est également utilisé pour désigner un accessoire de proctologie.

Spanish

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Record 45 2012-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
CONT

Holographic Versatile Disc(HVD) is an advanced optical disc technology still in the research stage which would greatly increase storage over Blu-ray and HD-DVD [high-definition digital versatile disc] optical disc systems. It employs a technique known as collinear holography, whereby two lasers, one red and one blue-green, are collimated in a single beam. These disks have the capacity to hold up to 3. 9 terabytes(TB) of information, which is approximately eighty times the capacity of Blu-ray Disc.

Key term(s)
  • holographic versatile disk

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
CONT

[...] le HVD (holographic versatile disc, disque holographique polyvalent) n'a en fait rien à voir avec ses prédécesseurs optiques que sont CD, DVD et Disque Blu-ray.Contrairement à ces derniers, qui sont une succession de creux lus par un laser, le HVD est en fait un hologramme de 12 centimètres avec une capacité de 3,9 téraoctets (capacité nominale du double). Le HVD est cependant toujours lu par un laser. Il s'agit d'un laser vert, ce qui permet d'envisager un hypothétique «HVD-bluray» balayé par un laser bleu et d'une capacité encore plus grande.

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Record 46 2012-04-19

English

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

Vertical distance from base to top of the cloud.

CONT

An increase in the thickness of clouds as described by cloud liquid water content would generally increase the albedo of the clouds... Greatest albedo change for given increase in liquid water is possible for relatively thin clouds since thick clouds are essentially saturated in brightness. Various suggestions have been offered as to how clouds might change with a warmer climate. A warmer atmosphere would hold more water vapour and possibly also more liquid water, hence cloud thickness could well increase.

OBS

The term "cloud height" can also refer to the "cloud altitude" or distance between the cloud base and the ground. See the record for this latter term as well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Climatologie
CONT

Le soleil cesse d'être visible à travers un nuage bas ou moyen dès que l'épaisseur du nuage dépasse 100 m environ, et on voit que cette opacité apparente est essentiellement la conséquence de la diffusion opérée par le nuage.

OBS

La notion d'épaisseur est voisine de celle d'extension verticale, elle comprend cependant d'autres traits sémantiques (teneur en eau, par exemple) que la simple distance entre la base et le sommet du nuage.

Spanish

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Record 47 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
DEF

A basic parachute training where the first parachute jump is a freefall descent from at least 10,000 ft with an instructor holding on to each side of the student parachutist.

CONT

Another method for a first jump is called Accelerated Freefall or AFF. With AFF, you actually jump out of an airplane at about 12, 000 ft(3658 m) and free fall for about 40 seconds before you pull the ripcord to open the parachute. During the freefall you have to maintain an aerodynamic body position. To ensure that all procedures are followed correctly, two instructors hold you from the time you jump until parachute opens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

La PAC est en passe de devenir la voie royale d'accession à l'art de la chute libre [...] la méthode PAC [consiste] à emmener, pour son premier saut, un élève à 4000 mètres [...] encadré et solidement tenu au harnais par deux instructeurs [...]

CONT

La deuxième technique de premier saut est la progression accompagnée en chute ou PAC. En progression accompagnée en chute, vous sautez seul d'un avion à environ 3 600m (12 000 pieds) d'altitude et chutez pendant près de 40 secondes, avant de tirer la poignée d'ouverture du parachute. Lors de cette chute libre, vous devez adopter une position corporelle aérodynamique. Pour assurer la sécurité de vos manipulations, deux instructeurs sont accrochés à vous depuis le saut jusqu'à l'ouverture de votre parachute.

CONT

Dernière trouvaille en date, la PAC. Derrière cette appellation barbare de la progression accélérée en chute, le moyen d'apprendre, en sept sauts et sept jours à se débrouiller seul.

Spanish

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Record 48 2012-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)
CONT

Jute is a primary resource fiber... The inner fibers of the jute stalk are very soft after retting, cleaning and combing and being spun into yarn... Throughout history jute fiber has been treasured for its capacity to take and hold beautiful colors. Brilliantly dyed jute fibers have been found in neolithic remains dating back thousands of years. And jute fiber's natural sheen always retains the look of fine silk... Jute fiber has natural fire retardant properties.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Fibres textiles libériennes
CONT

Jute : Origine végétale. La fibre dite libérienne (située dans le liber) est extraite de la tige d'une plante (le corchorus) appelée communément jute ou chanvre du Bengale. Présentant des cellules polygonales avec un canal central, elle est composée de 65 % de cellulose, 24 % de lignine, 0,4% de cire matières grasses, 0,8 % de cendres et le reste en humidité. La fibre de jute est soyeuse, courte (2,5 mm) et de faible résistance. Sa couleur varie du blanc perle au brun. Elle est utilisée pour la fabrication de toiles grossières, de tentures ou de canevas.

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Record 49 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
OBS

"Help Fight Liver Disease Month". March is ’Help Fight Liver Disease’ month and each year the Foundation uses this opportunity to raise awareness through various media efforts and special events. In the past, we have conducted TV and radio public awareness campaigns involving Martin Short and Oscar Peterson, which have helped bring public attention to the impact of liver disease and the critical issues surrounding liver health. Throughout the country, our volunteer chapters publish articles, print ads and hold awareness events such as ’Spring for Daisies’ that help raise awareness in their communities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Foie et voies biliaires
OBS

«Mois Aidons à lutter contre la maladie du foie». Le mois de mars est le mois pour «aider à lutter contre la maladie du foie» et chaque année la Fondation profite de cette occasion pour sensibiliser davantage grâce à divers efforts médiatiques et événements spéciaux. Par le passé, nous avons organisé des campagnes de sensibilisation publiques à la radio et à la télé incluant la collaboration de Martin Short et Oscar Peterson qui ont aidé à attirer l'attention du public sur l'impact de la maladie du foie et sur les questions importantes entourant la santé du foie. Partout au pays,nos sections de bénévoles publient des articles, impriment des annonces et organisent des événements de sensibilisation comme «Marguerites du printemps» qui aident à améliorer la sensibilisation au sein de leurs collectivités.

Spanish

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Record 50 2012-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ropemaking
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

The mule knot is a load-releasable knot that allows you to tie off an injured climber to your belay device so you can free your hands to perform a belay escape. You can also use the mule knot to tie off a hanging climber so you don’t have to hold his or her weight.

CONT

The mule knot to lock the rope off. ... Pass a bight of dead rope (i.e. the one that is not under tension) through the belay carabiner to form a loop. Pass your hand through this loop and pull another bight through, so as to make a second loop. Tighten the loop by gently easing rope through the belay plate, whilst simultaneously pulling the loop backwards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Corderie
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Le nœud de mule permet de bloquer rapidement et temporairement une corde qui passe au travers d'un anneau ou d'un mousqueton.

Spanish

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Record 51 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
  • Political Institutions
CONT

In setting the criteria, the Commissioner interpreted that Parliament's intent was to designate those who :hold positions which, by any title, have comparable decision-making or advisory responsibilities to Associate Deputy Ministers and Assistant Deputy Ministers; are remunerated at least as much as the minimum salary of an Assistant Deputy Minister; and, report to a DPOH [designated public office holder], as do Associate Deputy Ministers and Assistant Deputy Ministers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
  • Institutions politiques
CONT

Pour nous, cela signifiait, et signifie toujours, que nos responsabilités consultatives englobent tout ce qui touche le contenu et l’innovation, les normes, la recherche-développement et la passerelle.

OBS

Comparables à celles des sous-ministres délégués et des sous-ministres adjoints.

Spanish

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Record 52 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
CONT

... slasher movies emphasize blood and gore, they tend to forsake plot and follow a simple formula. The standard slasher movie contains five basic elements : a killer, a terrible place, a weapon, victims, and a final girl. Killers are usually insane men who do not hold women in high regard. More than mere men, killers have the ability to survive attacks and be resurrected. The terrible place is often a house or other secluded/closed in area where the murders take place. Normally, the killer lives in a terrible place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Film d'horreur, souvent à petit budget, caractérisé par un excès de scènes violentes et ensanglantées et mettant en présence des personnages évoluant dans des lieux troubles ou isolés, victimes d'un psychopathe meurtrier quasi insaisissable.

OBS

Le film «Psychose» de Alfred Hitchcock est un des plus célèbres «slashers», mais on dénote maintenant surtout depuis quelques années des films destinés spécialement à la clientèle adolescente, tels que «Halloween» ou «Vendredi 13».

Spanish

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Record 53 2011-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

Natural or artificial obstacle used to protect land from the inundation of river or sea water.

CONT

Dikes, artificial embankments(technically neither dams nor levees) have been constructed to hold bodies of water, mostly on relatively flat land. A body of water so retained may be in nature of a reservoir, lake, pond, or flooding. Also dikes may be constructed on the shores or borders of a lake... to prevent inflow into a lake of undesirable water.

OBS

The term "dam" is usually used for a structure constructed across a watercourse or stream channel, and "dike" for one constructed solely on dry ground.

OBS

dyke: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
DEF

Obstacle naturel ou artificiel destiné à protéger les terres des inondations marines ou fluviales.

OBS

digue : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

OBS

digue : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Presas y calzadas elevadas
DEF

Muralla o terraplén que se hace para que sirva de defensa contra las aguas.

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Record 54 2011-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Office Automation
  • Music (General)
OBS

Introducing the get-up-and-go HipZip Digital Audio Player. The palm-sized player has a sleek design that will have you listening to your favorite hits in style. By combining the high capacity removable storage technology with the low-cost PocketZip media, listeners can enjoy hours and hours of music at an affordable cost. Each round, two-inch PocketZip disk can hold 40MB of digital audio for roughly $10.

OBS

A trademark of Iomega.

Key term(s)
  • PocketZip

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Bureautique
  • Musique (Généralités)
OBS

Le premier est un nouveau lecteur de fichiers musicaux compressés, le HipZip qui se distingue [...] par sa facilité de téléchargement et d'échange entre deux appareils du même genre. Au lieu des cartes de mémoire [...] il utilise des petits disques de 40 Mo appelés PocketZip (une quinzaine de dollars) qui permettent d'enregistrer une dizaine de chansons en MP3 et plus en format WMF (Windows Media File) [...]

OBS

PocketZipMC : Marque de commerce de Iomega.

Spanish

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Record 55 2011-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Aboriginal Law
DEF

The "to have and to hold" clause that usually follows the granting part of the deed, defining or limiting the quantity of the estate granted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit autochtone
DEF

Clause qui suit habituellement l'énoncé de la cession et par laquelle on décrit ou on limite l'étendue du droit cédé.

OBS

Fiche terminologique en transactions immobilières fournie par le ministère des Affaires indiennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de propiedad (common law)
  • Derecho indígena
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Record 56 2011-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

Depository financial institution whose primary function is promoting personal savings(thrift) and home ownership through mortgage lending. Thrift institutions hold most of their assets in mortgages and collect most of their deposits from consumers. Savings and Loan Associations, Savings Banks, and Credit Unions are all considered thrift institutions. Thrift institutions, at one time restricted to mortgage lending, have gained parity with commercial banks over the last 20 years and many thrifts offer the same range of nonmortgage credit services-credit cards, auto loans, home equity loans, and business loans-available from commercial banks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
CONT

Le terme générique «thrift institution» (institution d'épargne) est une réalité du système financier américain qui englobe les Credits Unions, les Savings Banks et les Savings and Loan Associations.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
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Record 57 2010-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

Common stock issued by a parent company that tracks the performance of a particular division without having claim on the assets of the division or the parent company.

CONT

Holders of tracking stock are considered to hold equity in the parent company and not the specific entity represented by the tracking stock. Tracking stock is often set up by companies that have several diverse divisions, both so that investors can take a share in a division of their interest, and so that the performance of these divisions can be tracked in terms of shareholder interest. A company will sometimes issue a tracking stock when it has a very successful division that it feels is underappreciated by the market and not fully reflected in the company's stock price.

OBS

tracking stock: term published in the Journal officiel by the Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie of the Government of France.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Type particulier d'action ordinaire qui confère à son titulaire le droit à un dividende fixé en fonction du résultat d'un secteur déterminé (division, filiale ou autre) de la société.

CONT

L'action traçante est techniquement une action de la société mère; elle ne donne donc pas de droit de vote sur les décisions de la filiale qu'elle est censée représenter.

CONT

action reflet : terme publié au Journal officiel par la Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie du gouvernement de la France.

Spanish

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Record 58 2010-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Office Automation
DEF

A key on a computer keyboard that does not itself generate a character but changes the nature of the character generated by another key when depressed simultaneously with it; similar to the control and shift keys.

OBS

The [Alternate key] is like a second Control key. Not all computer keyboards have an [Alternate key], but it is standard on all [personal computers]. You use it in the same fashion as the Control key--holding it down while you press another key. For example, an instruction to use the Alt+P combination means that you should hold the [Alternate key] down while pressing and then releasing the P key. The meaning of any [Alternate key] combination depends on which application is running.

OBS

The Alternate key on English keyboards is usually labelled with the letters "Alt" in uppercase or lowercase characters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Bureautique
OBS

[Touche qui] lorsqu'elle est utilisée en combinaison avec une autre touche, donne à cette dernière une signification autre que la sienne propre. Dans de nombreux programmes d'application, l'appui de Alt et d'une autre touche est un moyen de demander certains services; par exemple, la combinaison Alt-H.

OBS

Même si l'expression française «Alt» est une version abrégée de l'expression anglaise «alternate», le terme français «touche Alt» demeure le plus privilégié.

OBS

La touche Alt sur les claviers français se repère généralement par les lettres «Alt».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
  • Ofimática
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Record 59 2010-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Federal Administration
  • Federalism
OBS

Since March, 1998, senior officials have been acting as official languages champions in the departments and agencies. This mission is to make official languages more visible in their institutions and to ensure respect of the official languages obligations for institutional bilingualism(service to the public, language of work and equitable participation of English-speaking and French-speaking Canadians) and the development of the official language minority communities. These champions hold annual meetings chaired by the Assistant Secretary of Official Languages of the Treasury Board Secretariat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Administration fédérale
  • Fédéralisme
OBS

Depuis mars 1998, des hauts fonctionnaires agissent à titre de champions des langues officielles dans les divers ministères et organismes. Ils ont pour mission de rehausser la visibilité des langues officielles dans leur institution et de s'assurer que les obligations en matière des langues officielles sont respectées tant en ce qui concerne le bilinguisme institutionnel (service au public, langue de travail et participation équitable des Canadiens d'expression française et anglaise) que le développement des communautés de langue officielle en situation minoritaire. Ces champions se réunissent une fois par année, sous la présidence de la Secrétaire adjointe aux langues officielles du Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor.

Spanish

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Record 60 2010-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

A hold that is grasped sideways.

DEF

... diagonal or vertical edges you can pull sideways on, either toward your body or away from it.

CONT

... side-pulls are very secure. You usually have to counter balance with your feet, pressing them into the rock as you pull on the side-pull hold. This is called opposition and is used a lot in climbing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

[...] pour utiliser une prise verticale, il est nécessaire d'exercer une traction perpendiculaire à cette prise; celle-ci ne pouvant être équilibrée par la simple gravité, le grimpeur devra créer une force qui contrebalance par exemple par une poussée des pieds en sens contraire. [...] il grimpe en opposition.

Spanish

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Record 61 2010-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • Auditing (Accounting)
CONT

Since all partners in a public accounting firm must be CAs, some firms have created the position of principal for top ranking individuals in the area of management advisory services or personnel who do not hold CA certificates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
DEF

Personne qui, dans un cabinet comptable ou un cabinet de conseil, occupe un poste équivalent à celui d'associé sans toutefois avoir le droit de vote, assister aux réunions d'associés et avoir la possibilité d'obtenir le titre d'associé parce qu'elle ne possède pas toutes les qualités requises, ou encore parce qu'elle occupe une fonction qui n'offre pas la possibilité de devenir associé.

Spanish

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Record 62 2009-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
  • Keyboard Instruments
CONT

Some Pianos in the United States and Canada have a third(middle) pedal, the sostenuto pedal, which enables the player to hold on for some time the sound of any note... whilst passing on to [others].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
CONT

Il existe aussi une pédale dite de prolongation qui a pour effet de tenir abaissée au gré de l'exécutant telle touche ou, [...] tel accord que le doigt vient de quitter.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de cuerda
  • Instrumentos de teclado
DEF

Pedal situado entre el pedal izquierdo y el pedal derecho, cuya función es la de mantener la nota sostenida.

CONT

El pedal tonal o central, también llamado pedal de sostenuto, del italiano sostenido, [...] sirve para crear el efecto llamado nota pedal, que consiste en mantener durante un tiempo determinado la misma nota o acorde; a diferencia del pedal de resonancia, la nota pedal no se ve alterada por las que se toquen después.

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Record 63 2009-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
DEF

The secondary structure whose function is to reduce the drag of the aircraft nose.

CONT

Aircraft of the PA 34 series have a fixed GRP(glass reinforced plastic) nose fairing which also forms the structural boundary of the forward baggage hold. The hold is accessed via a hinged door on the left side of the fairing. The fairing also houses the bay for the retracted nosewheel, the aircraft battery bay, the power pack for landing gear operation and a number of other aircraft systems components.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
CONT

L'histoire reprenait vie et nous en faisions partie, alors que nous regardions par le cadre métallique du poste de pilotage et autour du carénage avant surélevé avec la même vision que d'autres jeunes aviateurs, il y a quelque 60 ans de cela.

Spanish

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Record 64 2009-01-09

English

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

The resistance of the snow cover to the action of forces acting to cause grains to slide past one another.

CONT

Shear strength [is] a measure of the bond strength or resistance to slippage between two adjacent snow layers. In a snow slab, the slope parallel component of gravity tends to pull the slab downhill while friction and cohesion(shear strength) between snow surfaces act to hold the slab in place. Slippage between the slab and its undersurface can result, and avalanching can result if gravity induced shear stress between layers exceeds the shear strength bonding snow layers together and the tensile, compressive and flank strengths of the slab are not sufficient to hold it in place. Snow layers composed of surface hoar, low density snow, graupel have very low shear strength.

CONT

The shear strength of the December 12 surface hoar is increasing. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

OBS

shear strength: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Contrainte tangentielle à une surface qui provoque la rupture d'un élément du manteau neigeux suivant une surface appelée surface de glissement.

CONT

La résistance au cisaillement de la couche de givre de surface du 12 décembre augmente. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

résistance au cisaillement : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

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Record 65 2008-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Drilling and Boring (Construction)
CONT

There are three principal types of augers used for well drilling : bucket augers, solid-stem augers, and hollow-stem augers.... Solid-stem augers consist of spiral flanges welded to a pipe. One length of pipe(or auger section) is called a flight; multiple auger sections are often referred to as continuous flighting. The leading auger flight has a special bit or cutter head attached that cuts a hole for the flights to follow. Flights are added as the hole is drilled deeper. Cuttings from the drilling process are brought to the surface by the action of the augers.... Hollow-stem augers are similar to solid-stem augers in design, except that drill rods can pass through the auger sections.... Because the flights are hollow, they can be used as temporary casing to hold the hole open while the permanent casing is installed. Wells drilled with hollow-stem augers have been used to construct water supply wells, but they are more often used to construct monitoring wells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Sondage et forage (Construction)
CONT

Il existe deux types de tarières : les tarières creuses et les tarières pleines. Le principal avantage des tarières creuses par rapport aux tarières pleines est de permettre l'installation du puits d'observation sans avoir à retirer les tarières du sol. L'utilisation des tarières pleines n'est possible que dans les matériaux cohésifs car les parois du forage doivent rester verticales assez longtemps pour mettre en place le puits d'observation, la lanterne de sable et le bouchon d'étanchéité.

CONT

Les tarières creuses sont des tarières continues avec une lumière centrale dans laquelle est introduit un train de tiges dont l'extrémité est munie d'un taillant. Ce taillant permet de forer les sols qui sont remontés en surface par le mouvement ascendant de l'hélicoïde. Si l'on désire prélever un échantillon de sol, le train de tiges est remonté, le taillant est remplacé par un outil de prélèvement de sols (un carottier par exemple) descendu jusqu'au fond du forage.

OBS

tarière : Instrument qui sert à faire des forages, des sondages dans le sol.

Spanish

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Record 66 2008-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
CONT

Fuel is stored in aircraft in three different ways; metal tanks that are manufactured and placed in the cavity(i. e., the Cessna 172), wet wing or integral tanks. This system is utilized in some general aviation aircraft but is more prevalent in commercial aircraft. The cavity is sealed with urethane or polysulfide sealant to hold the fuel in the cavity. Bladders(or fuel cells) have been the staple way to store fuel in general aviation aircraft. The bladder is removable(for repair) and holds the fuel in a collapsible tank in the event of damage to the cavity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
OBS

vessie : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance et Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 67 2008-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A device designed to hold needles for suturing during a surgical operation.

OBS

Needle holders are used to suture deep areas where hands cannot reach comfortably or where high precision and clear visibility is required. The holders may be with or without a catch. All needle holders have a firm grip.

OBS

Needle holders are mainly ring handled instruments similar to hemostats in appearance but with smaller jaws which are shorter and thicker. The purpose of needle holders is to securely hold surgical needles which are attached to sutures. Not all needle holders are ring handled. Spring handled needle holders are used in surgical procedures requiring delicate suturing in tight or poorly exposed areas of the body. Spring handled needle holders provide maximum result with minimum rotation of wrist and hand. Most spring handle holders will have a lock or catch to secure the needle.

OBS

There are many varieties of needle holders, often bearing the name of their inventor: Abbey, Adson, Baumgartner, Carroll, Castroviejo, Collier, Crile-Wood, Derf, Ferris Smith, Finochietto, Heaney, Mayo, Mayo-Hegar needle holder, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Pince articulée qui fixe et maintient une aiguille pour effectuer une suture.

OBS

Le porte-aiguille. Comme son nom l'indique, il porte l'aiguille et le fil qui vont charger et suturer les tissus ou la peau. L'aiguille est pincée perpendiculaire au porte-aiguille et au bout de ses mors; la préhension se fait généralement deux tiers un tiers ou la moitié de la courbure de l'aiguille et pointe à gauche.

OBS

Pluriel : des porte-aiguilles.

Spanish

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Record 68 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

Forceps with loop blades which are also semicircular in sagittal cross-section. Designed to hold a short length of intestine without compressing it

OBS

These forceps [Babcock intestinal tissue forceps] are more delicate than Allis but less directly traumatic. They have broad, flared ends with smooth tips. These forceps are used to atraumatically hold viscera(bladder and bowel).

OBS

Proper Name: Babcock intestinal forceps. ... Features: tip - small half circle (from side); "V" shape (from front to back); horizontal serrations. Uses: Grasping and holding tissue such as stomach. Used frequently in abdominal procedures; this is the instrument of choice for grasping the appendix and fellopian tubes. Sometimes used to clamp over a vessel to isolate it.

OBS

In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as "Babcock’s forceps", often disappears over the years. For that reason, the written forms "Babcock forceps", "Babcock tissue forceps", "Babcock intestinal forceps"and "Babcock clamp"are also found. William Wayne Babcock (1872-1963), American surgeon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Pinces pour l'hémostase pouvant également être utilisées comme pince à tissus, pince de traction et de préhension.

OBS

Avec l'usage, il arrive que le nom de l'inventeur ne soit plus utilisé comme complément de nom, mais soit mis en apposition et se comporte, dès lors, comme un adjectif de relation. On parlera alors de «pince Babcock» et non plus de «pince de Babcock».

OBS

Babcock, William Wayne, chirurgien américain de Philadelphie (1872-1963)

Spanish

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Record 69 2008-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

The ISF is projected as a pressurized... cylinder, allowing the manufacturing facilities aboard to be tended at intervals by human operators working in a "shirtsleeve" environment. Between visits, the ISF would operate automatically, or by remote control. It will be accessed via a docking tunnel(probably flexible) leading from the Shuttle mid-deck, but the module itself will not be docked in the cargo bay for tending. In addition to the basic "workshop" module, the ISF will have a 3 m long supply module, to hold the raw materials and finished products. This could be detached and replaced by the Shuttle manipulator arm, at relatively frequent intervals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale

Spanish

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Record 70 2008-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Services
CONT

If you have activated the call waiting feature [on] your mobile device, you can answer another call during a call by pressing [the appropriate key]. The first call is put on hold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services téléphoniques
CONT

La fonction d'appel en attente vous permet de prendre un appel important même si un autre appel est déjà en cours. Vous recevez un signal vous avertissant que vous avez un autre appel.

Spanish

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Record 71 2008-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Aircraft Systems
  • Helicopters (Military)
CONT

Press and hold depressurization valve on APU [auxiliary power unit] start module until accumulators have discharged completely.

PHR

Depressurization valve nozzle.

PHR

Hydraulic system, nose gear steering depressurization valve.

PHR

Electrical, manual depressurization valve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
OBS

robinet de mise hors pression : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance et Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 72 2008-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prostheses
DEF

An artificial breast form worn in a bra to simulate the shape and weight of a natural breast.

CONT

Choosing an external breast prosthesis after a mastectomy is one option for women who either elect to wait to have breast reconstruction or who choose not to have the additional surgery. An external breast prosthesis is an artificial breast form that can be worn after a mastectomy to help balance the body and anchor the bra on the side of the mastectomy from riding up, which helps prevent back and neck pain and a sagging shoulder. Breast prostheses are custom-made for most women and are made from several different types of material(such as silicone gel, foam, and fiberfill) that feel similar to natural breast tissue and are usually weighted so they feel the same as the remaining breast. Some prostheses adhere directly to the chest area and others fit into pockets of postmastectomy bras, which are fitted with pockets on the inside to hold the device in place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prothèses
CONT

Une prothèse mammaire externe est constituée d'un noyau en silicone pouvant être de plusieurs densités enfermé par une membrane en plastique anallergique. [...] Elle se porte dans un soutien-gorge normal dans lequel on place une poche en tissu ou dans un soutien-gorge adapté qui contient une poche. Il existe aussi des prothèses adhésives que l'on porte directement à même la peau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prótesis
CONT

El peso total de una prótesis mamaria externa está siendo sustentado virtualmente por el sostén. Este [...] a su vez transfiere el mismo peso directamente a los hombros de la usuaria.

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Record 73 2008-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
CONT

Dense wood tends to be stronger, stiffer, better able to hold fasterners, and more wear resistant and impact absorbent. In any given volume, it will have more wood material and less void space than a less dense sample...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Bois dont les couches sont très rapprochées les unes des autres.

Spanish

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Record 74 2008-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
  • Cultural Practices (Agriculture)
  • Horticulture
CONT

Pruning-knives may have straight or curved blades carried to a point, either fixed in a strong handle and provided with a sheath to hold them when not in use, or made to shut in the ordinary way... Not only is the pruning knife of value in the removal of shoots but also in paring round the edges of wounds made by the saw...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
  • Soin des cultures (Agriculture)
  • Horticulture
DEF

Petite serpe servant à tailler les arbres fruitiers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aperos agrícolas e implementos de horticultura
  • Cuidado de los cultivos (Agricultura)
  • Horticultura
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Record 75 2007-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
CONT

Many Aboriginal people hold strongly to a belief that the tax system should not apply to them. These views have resulted in a history of tax disputes with the CRA [Canada Revenue Agency] over the scope of the Indian Act tax provisions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
CONT

De nombreux Autochtones croient fermement que le régime fiscal ne devrait pas s'appliquer à eux. Ces opinions ont entraîné une série de litiges fiscaux visant l'ARC [Agence du revenu du Canada] et la portée des dispositions fiscales de la Loi sur les Indiens.

Spanish

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Record 76 2007-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Furniture (Various)
  • Numismatics
  • Coins and Bank Notes
DEF

An upright piece of furniture consisting of a number of shallow trays which can be pulled out like drawers and where coins, tokens, or medals are stored. The trays are lined with felt and may or may not have been slotted to hold the coins. Until about the time of World War I, the wooden cabinet was the traditional method of storing coins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilier divers
  • Numismatique
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
DEF

Meuble ou petite armoire à tiroirs plats divisés en compartiments où l'on range les pièces de monnaie, jetons ou médailles que l'on collectionne; un type de porte-pièces. Il peut s'agir également de plateaux séparés à empiler ou de plateaux que l'on dépose dans un coffret.

Spanish

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Record 77 2007-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Viticulture
  • Horticulture
DEF

An implement designed especially for use in grafting that combines a handle, a blade for making the cut for a cleft graft and a wedge for holding it open while the scions are being inserted.

CONT

Grafting tool. Specially designed tools have been developed for grafting. The most common one is used for cleft grafting. It has a blade used to split the stub and a wedge to hold the split open while the scions are inserted.

CONT

With the cleft graft, a special cleft grafting tool is used ... for splitting the stocks.

OBS

According to two sources consulted, there exist other grafting tools than the one described above, and therefore it may be preferable to use the term "cleft grafting tool" in certain circumstances even though the definition given in the Webster Dictionary is unequivocal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Viticulture
  • Horticulture
OBS

[Il] est de fer, long d'un pied, le manche compris, épais de trois lignes : il a par-dessous un taillant de sept à huit pouces de long, et de trois de large, et au bout par-dessus une espèce de coin élevé d'un demi-pouce de large en bas, et d'un pouce et demi de haut pour tenir la fente ouverte, afin d'y insérer la greffe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aperos agrícolas e implementos de horticultura
  • Fruticultura
  • Viticultura
  • Horticultura
DEF

Instrumento cortante que sirve para efectuar injertos.

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Record 78 2007-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Air Pollution
  • Climate Change
CONT

Porous rock formations that hold or(as in the case of depleted oil and gas reservoirs) have previously held fluids, such as natural gas, oil or brines, are potential candidates for CO2 storage.

OBS

Not to be confused with "carbon storage" which refers to the long term sequestration of all forms of carbon in forests, soils, oceans as well as in geological formations.

OBS

CO2.

Key term(s)
  • carbon dioxide storage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Changements climatiques
CONT

Il est démontré que le stockage du CO2 dans des formations géologiques profondes situées sous terre ou sous la mer [...] est économiquement réalisable dans des conditions précises pour les champs de pétrole et de gaz naturel et les formations salines, mais pas encore pour les couches de houille inexploitables.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «stockage de carbone» qui fait référence à la séquestration à plus long terme du carbone sous toutes ses formes dans les forêts, les sols, les océans ainsi que les formations géologiques.

OBS

CO2.

Key term(s)
  • stockage de dioxyde de carbone

Spanish

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Record 79 2006-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Property Law (civil law)
DEF

... a legal procedure for claiming the right to have personal property returned from the possession of one who had less right to hold it than the plaintiff.

CONT

replevin: A legal remedy by which one party can take specific property from another party pending a decision as to who has the right to possess it. The party thus getting possession must post a bond. The party from whom the property was replevied can in some states get it back by a counter action in replevin plus a bond. The action does not decide who owns the property, but merely who has the right to possession.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
OBS

action mobilière ou immobilière en recouvrement de la possession, exercée par le possesseur évincé sans droit, par violence ou par voies de fait [...]

Spanish

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Record 80 2006-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Aboriginal Law
OBS

In 1991, the federal government established the Indian Claims Commission. It was based on a model proposed during consultations with First Nation organizations, and was created as an independent advisory body with authority to hold public inquiries into specific claims that have been rejected by the government. The Commission was also mandated to provide mediation to help First Nations and government, at any stage in negotiations, reach claim settlements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Droit autochtone
OBS

En 1991, le gouvernement fédéral met sur pied la Commission des revendications des Indiens, fondée sur un modèle proposé durant les consultations menées auprès des associations autochtones. Le nouvel organisme consultatif, et indépendant, avait pour mandat de faire enquête sur les revendications particulières qui ont été rejetées, ainsi que d'offrir sa médiation de manière à aider les Premières nations requérantes et le gouvernement, à n'importe quelle étape du processus, à s'entendre sur un règlement.

Spanish

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Record 81 2006-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Metal
DEF

A beverage can to which a non-standard shape is given for marketing purposes.

CONT

Shaped cans are increasingly being used to market products, and in some cases have made the can more pleasant to hold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en métal
DEF

Canette à laquelle on a donné une forme particulière pour la rendre attrayante aux yeux du consommateur.

CONT

Comme pour les boîtes de conserve, les boîtes-boisson [...] souffrent de l'absence de refermabilité et surtout d'une banalisation de la forme. Pour y remédier, les fournisseurs ont développé des boîtes de forme depuis une dizaine d'années. Satisfait du résultat commercial, Heineken les a adoptées pour l'ensemble de sa production en canette. Réalisées par Crown, ces boîtes sont déformées par le soufflage d'air à haute pression.

Spanish

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Record 82 2006-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Phobias
  • Sexology
OBS

Homophobia is an insidious phenomenon that has succeeded in taking hold in a subtle, discreet and often invisible manner. Nobody is really immune from hostile manifestations toward homosexuality. And, suprisingly, some homosexual persons are adopting homophobic behaviour to shield themselves from negative reactions that others might have. The National Day Against Homophobia will try to reach out to everybody regardless of sexual orientation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Phobies
  • Sexologie
OBS

L'homophobie est un phénomène insidieux qui a su se frayer des chemins subtils, discrets et habituellement invisibles. Il n'y a personne à l'abri de manifestations hostiles envers l'homosexualité. Et, fort surprenant, certaines personnes homosexuelles elles-mêmes adoptent des comportements homophobes pour se mettre à l'abri de réactions dont elles pourraient être l'objectif de la part de leur entourage. Une Journée nationale de lutte contre l'homophobie cherchera à rejoindre toutes les clientèles indépendamment de leur orientation sexuelle.

Spanish

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Record 83 2006-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Usually when lands is held in severalty, it is divided so that each of the owners has a part to himself, but they may agree that one shall have the land for one part of the year, another for another, and so on, and in this case also they are said to hold in severalty.

OBS

severalty: the state or condition of being separate or distinct.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

répartie : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Key term(s)
  • terre repartie en parts individuelles

Spanish

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Record 84 2006-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

In addition to the permanent resident visa required of a foreign national seeking to become a permanent resident at a port of entry, a foreign national seeking to become a permanent resident must hold an identity or travel document that was issued by a country to non-national residents, refugees or stateless persons who are unable to obtain a passport or other travel document from their country of citizenship or nationality or who have no country of citizenship or nationality.

OBS

non-national resident: term found in the Immigration and Regufee Protection Regulations, 2002.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

En plus du visa de résident permanent que doit détenir l'étranger qui cherche à devenir résident permanent à un point d'entrée, l'étranger qui entend devenir résident permanent doit détenir l'un des documents suivants : un titre de voyage ou une pièce d'identité délivré par un pays aux résidents non-ressortissants, aux réfugiés au sens de la Convention ou aux apatrides qui sont dans l'impossibilité d'obtenir un passeport ou autre titre de voyage auprès de leur pays de citoyenneté ou de nationalité, ou qui n'ont pas de pays de citoyenneté ou de nationalité.

OBS

résident non-ressortissant : terme tiré du Règlement sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, 2002.

Key term(s)
  • résident non ressortissant

Spanish

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Record 85 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
  • Constitutional Law
OBS

The Charlottetown Accord was a package of constitutional amendments, proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. It was submitted to a public referendum on October 26 of that year, and was defeated. Unlike the Meech Lake Accord, the Charlottetown Accord's ratification process provided for a national referendum. Three provinces--British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec--had recently passed legislation requiring that constitutional amendments be submitted to a public referendum. As well, Quebec premier Robert Bourassa had pledged, contingent on the results of the Charlottetown negotiations, to hold a referendum that year on either Quebec independence or a new constitutional agreement. British Columbia and Alberta agreed to participate in the federal referendum, but Quebec opted to conduct its own separate vote.(For that reason, Quebeckers "temporarily" living outside the province could have two votes, since they were enumerated to the voters’ list based on federal rules, but people relatively new to Quebec could not vote at all because they had not established residency.) The Accord had to be approved not only by a majority of voters nationally, but also by a majority of voters in each province. If it failed in just one province, the accord would not pass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
  • Droit constitutionnel
OBS

L'Accord de Charlottetown était un projet de réforme constitutionnelle proposé par le gouvernement fédéral canadien et les gouvernements provinciaux en 1992. Le projet a été rejeté par les Canadiens par voie de référendum le 26 octobre 1992. Contrairement à l'Accord du lac Meech, le processus de l'Accord de Charlottetown était un référendum national. Trois provinces, la Colombie-Britannique, l'Alberta et le Québec, avaient récemment adopté des lois obligeant tous les amendements constitutionnels à être soumis par référendum. De plus, suite aux négociations de Charlottetown, le premier ministre du Québec d'alors, Robert Bourassa, a affirmé qu'il tiendra un référendum soit sur un nouvel accord constitutionnel ou soit sur un Québec indépendant. La Colombie-Britannique et l'Alberta ont accepté de participer au référendum fédéral, mais le Québec a choisi de faire son propre vote séparé. (Pour cette raison, les Québécois vivant temporairement à l'extérieur du Québec avaient la possibilité de voter deux fois et ce légalement.) L'accord ne devait pas seulement être approuvé par une majorité de citoyens, mais aussi par la majorité de voteurs de chaque province. Si une seule province n'obtenait pas le fameux «50 % + 1 vote» pour Charlottetown, l'accord ne serait pas adopté.

Spanish

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Record 86 2005-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A dop which holds a diamond in place while its table is being polished.

CONT

There are dops especially for polishing tables, the so-called soap dops. They have a soft copper stalk and on the sides of the head a clamp to hold the small hollow metal pots. Nowadays the soap is replaced by special products, either pastes which stay soft or liquids which harden when the stone is heated while running on the wheel.

CONT

... choose a tang appropriate for the desired finished shape and the facets being applied: a) for the table, use: a crab claw table tang; a tang with a hollow pot table dop ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Dop spécialement conçu pour fixer le diamant dont on taille la table.

OBS

Ainsi, il y a des dops spécialement conçus pour la taille des tables. Ils sont munis d'une tige en cuivre mou et possèdent sur le côté un système de blocage servant à fixer les petits pots en métal creux qu'on appelle, en flamand, «zeepdop» (pot à savon). Autrefois, en effet, on les remplissait de savon à barbe pour fixer les pierres. Maintenant, on les remplace par des produits spéciaux, soit des pâtes qui restent molles, soit des liquides qui durcissent lors de l'échauffement de la pierre frottant sur le disque.

Spanish

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Record 87 2004-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
CONT

The sod webworm is an off-white or tan-coloured caterpillar, about 2 cm long, that lives in the thatch layer of grass. Depending upon the species, it may have rows of darker spots along its back. If you have noticed small, whitish-brown moths flying above the lawn in the summer, you may have seen the adult stage of the sod webworm, the lawn moth. The adults are about 1 cm long with a wingspan of 2 cm. When at rest, they hold their wings close to their bodies. Two horns, forming a shape like a snout, protrude from their heads.

OBS

The first signs of sod webworm injury are small patches of yellow or brown grass on the lawn. If the infestation worsens, the brown patches join together, producing large, irregular areas of dying grass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures

Spanish

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Record 88 2004-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
  • Political Institutions
CONT

Canada's democratic tradition has enabled the development of a modern, open, and multicultural society that many countries now hold up as an example. Much like other established democracies, however, Canadians’ faith and participation in the democratic process have declined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
  • Institutions politiques
CONT

La tradition démocratique au Canada a permis l'édification d'une société moderne, ouverte et multiculturelle que de nombreux pays prennent en exemple. Mais comme pour bien d'autres pays de tradition démocratique, la confiance et la participation des Canadiennes et Canadiens aux processus politiques sont en baisse.

Spanish

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Record 89 2004-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Polar Geography
  • Glaciology
DEF

[A] natural or built into a slope [obstacle] which stabilizes the snow on the slope, or inhibits snow glide.

CONT

Anchors. Trees and rocks that stick up through the snowpack can help to hold the snowpack in place. But the anchors need to be quite thick to be effective. For instance a thick, mature grove of evergreen trees anchor the slab quite effectively while a sparse grove of aspen trees have very little effect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie du froid
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Obstacle (arbre, rocher...) qui ancre le manteau neigeux, en freinant localement sa reptation.

OBS

reptation : Déplacement gravitaire de l'ensemble du manteau neigeux le long du sol.

Spanish

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Record 90 2004-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Insect Habitat (IH) was designed to support a variety of insect species. However, during the initial flight increments, it will be dedicated to experiments using Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit flies. The Insect Habitat will enable studies of the fruit fly to learn how microgravity affects development, nervous system function, movement and behavior, growth, reproduction, aging, gene expression, mutagenesis from radiation and circadian rhythms or sleep/wake cycles.

CONT

The IH will support single-and multi-generation experiments that have approximate external dimensions of 13. 5 cm(L) x 2. 25 cm(D) x 7. 0 cm(H) each. The flies will live in two chevron-shaped container elements. These containers can be divided into two parts using the internal food cylinders; this yields two 55 ml containers that can support up to 100 Drosophila through to egg-laying. Alternatively, the containers can be left undivided, which yields a single 110 ml volume that supports up to 200 Drosophila.... The two insect containers reside in the science element portion of the IH. The science element consists of two environmentally controlled "drawers. "Each drawer contains a centrifuge that can provide up to 2G. Each centrifuge will hold six insect containers. Typically, one drawer will have a microgravity environment and the other drawer will have a defined gravity environment, although the precise gravity regimen for each centrifuge can be determined by the researcher.

CONT

Insect Habitat (IH) for Space Station - The Insect Habitat System consists of a Transport Element, Science Element and an Insect Container Element.

OBS

Habitats in the Space Station Fundamental Biology Research Facility (SSFBRF) enable studies on a variety of organisms across multiple science disciplines. They allow scientists to conduct experiments in habitats that are similar in design to those that have been used in labs for ground studies. Each habitat provides life support, environmental control, and monitoring systems and can be housed in one or more of the three major host systems: the Centrifuge, Life Sciences Glovebox, and Habitat Holding Rack. This hardware was designed to automate as much as possible, thus providing maximizing science return while requiring minimal crew time.

OBS

insect habitat; IH: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

[...] le Compartiment canadien pour insectes devant être lancé à destination de l'ISS en 2004.

CONT

Le laboratoire pour insectes (Insect Habitat Facility) subira quant à lui des essais rigoureux ici sur Terre en vue de son lancement à bord de l'ISS [International Space Station] au milieu de 2005.

OBS

compartiment canadien pour insectes; IH : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 91 2003-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

The evaporation tank shall have enough surface area to evaporate in one month the volume of pesticide rinse water discharged to it that month and sufficient volume to hold one month's discharge of pesticide rinse water plus fifty percent. This volume shall be calculated using only the space above the media layer in the tank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Traitement des eaux usées
DEF

Entité dans laquelle on introduit de l'eau qui n'a pas un chemin hydraulique bien défini d'un point amont vers un point aval.

CONT

[...] traitement des effluents. [...] Mais parmi les nombreuses technologies proposées, laquelle choisir ? «Il y a trois grandes familles, la première étant le système d'épandage qui utilise la capacité du sol à éliminer les effluents. On peut aussi se servir des traitements biologiques qui s'appuient sur les fonctions épuratrices des bactéries et enfin les systèmes d'évaporation en bassin. C'est cette dernière technique que l'on utilise de plus en plus dans le Midi puisque on joue sur notre ensoleillement important». Patrick Oboul cite à titre d'exemple la dernière réalisation dont il s'est occupé : la cave d'Aramon dans le Gard qui produit 25 000 hectolitres et qui vient d'installer un bassin d'évaporation pour traiter ses effluents.

OBS

L'expression bassin d'évaporation est à utiliser de préférence aux deux autres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alcantarillas y drenaje
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
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Record 92 2003-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Medical Staff
OBS

The Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons represents thoracic surgeons in Canada. We provide subspeciality clinical care for patients with a wide range of pulmonary, esophageal, and mediastinal diseases. Our patients suffer from complex benigh and malignant diseases, and our training is therefore very broad. We educate students and residents. Our success in postgraduate surgical education is well know. Canadian trained thoracic surgeons have a world-wide reputation for clinical excellence and many of our former trainees hold thoracic surgical leadership positions throughout the world. The association is actively involved in clinical and laboratory research. We are also involved in health care planning issues such as thoracic surgical manpower, standards of practice, and delivery of thoracic surgical oncology services.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Personnel médical

Spanish

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Record 93 2003-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Goods
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
DEF

The condition in which too much cargo has been accepted for a given vessel sailing.

OBS

It is not necessary that all the cargo be delivered to the pier, merely that too many bookings, or space allocations, have been issued. The customary carrier response is to hold some of the cargo, usually the late arrivals, for a subsequent sailing.

Key term(s)
  • over booking

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)

Spanish

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Record 94 2002-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
CONT

Although computer-to-plate seems to hold the greatest promise in simplifying the process, some of the most dramatic gains in productivity have come from producing imposed film...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Film contenant plusieurs pages dans l'ordre d'imposition.

Spanish

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Record 95 2002-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Security Devices
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
CONT

There are three ways to tell whether gaffs are sharpened properly. Step 1 : Three ways to maintain climbers : 1. 1. Gauging. This method checks the gaff's length, width, and thickness and the profile of its point.... 1. 2. Plane test. This method may be used with the gauge or independently if the gaffs are sharpened by machine. The test is made by using a soft board to tell whether proper sharpness has been reached. Place the climber with the gaff side down and parallel to the board without applying downward pressure above the gaff. Push the climber along the board. If the gaff is properly contoured and sharpened, it will dig into the wood and hold within approximately one inch. If the climber continues to glide along the board for more than one inch, it needs more honing. 1. 3. Pole cutout. After the climbers have been machine sharpened or gauged(and as often as required thereafter), the gaffs may be tested on a pole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)

Spanish

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Record 96 2002-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Service
CONT

Be deemed to have been appointed to hold office during pleasure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonction publique
CONT

Être réputé avoir été nommé à titre amovible.

Spanish

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Record 97 2002-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Fabric Nomenclature
  • Clothing (General)
CONT

Our braided mohair tape is manufactured from the long silky hair of the Angora goat... Mohair fabrics are inherently cool to the touch, resistant to dust and moisture, and have a firm, lustrous hand. Durability in all conditions adds to the usefulness of this attractively ridged tape, which holds up well in the wash, with less "fuzzing out"... The braid structure contains straight warp threads for stability, causing it to hold its width... and imparting the corduroy look. Our natural white is the hue of goats’wool after being bleached...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Nomenclature des tissus
  • Vêtements (Généralités)
CONT

[...] Les vêtements avec les poches en dessous de la taille, ou avec une bande côtelée enserrant la taille [...] ne sont pas considérés comme des chemises [...]

Spanish

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Record 98 2002-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Clothing (General)
CONT

Our braided mohair tape is manufactured from the long silky hair of the Angora goat... Mohair fabrics are inherently cool to the touch, resistant to dust and moisture, and have a firm, lustrous hand. Durability in all conditions adds to the usefulness of this attractively ridged tape, which holds up well in the wash, with less "fuzzing out"... The braid structure contains straight warp threads for stability, causing it to hold its width... and imparting the corduroy look. Our natural white is the hue of goats’wool after being bleached...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Vêtements (Généralités)
CONT

[...] Les vêtements avec les poches en dessous de la taille, ou avec une bande côtelée enserrant la taille [...] ne sont pas considérés comme des chemises [...]

Spanish

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Record 99 2002-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

The urine collector for males is simply an adaptation of a device used y people who have kidney problems. It is a pouch with a roll-on connector cuff that can contain approximately one quart of liquid. The device for females consists of multilayered shorts that hold a highly absorptive powder. This system is also capable of containing about one quart of liquid.

OBS

urine collector: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
CONT

Les collecteurs d'urine sont des matériaux absorbant ou emmagasinant l'urine durant l'EVA [Extra-Vehicular Activity]. Les astronautes mâles portent une poche appelée «dispositif de collecte d'urine» [...]

OBS

dispositif de collecte d'urine : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 100 2001-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
CONT

Sara Lee's portfolio shift solidifies its mission to build leadership brands in markets around the world and underscores its focus on products and businesses that : Are global, or have the potential to expand globally. Hold leading brand positions(No. 1 et No. 2). Reach consumers through multiple distribution channels. Benefit from innovative product development efforts. Can achieve "breakthrough economics", which is defined as a cost structure that is not easily matched by the competition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Le SIAL a accueilli cette année encore des nouveautés qui créent l'événement : Le village de la restauration hors domicile. Il s'agit d'un marché qui est doté d'un espace exclusif au SIAL. Un colloque international sur la sécurité des aliments. Un espace tendances/innovations pour explorer les tendances alimentaires et repérer les produits innovants. Un espace SIAL d'or, qui représente un tour du monde des grands succès commerciaux, et pour la première fois, fut élu le global SIAL d'or, couronné par la presse de 25 pays.

Spanish

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