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Record 1 2024-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
CONT

The end button holds the tail gut and tailpiece firmly in place. The end button is found at the end or bottom of the violin body and is usually made from a hardwood like ebony or rosewood. The tail gut of the modern violin attaches at the end of the tailpiece and loops around the end button so it has a secure anchor point to hold the tailpiece in place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Collaboration with the FAO
CONT

[A tuna] handline is a fishing gear composed of a single vertical line with one barbed hook at the distal point. [The line] must be strong enough to hold the fish and withstand the combined force of its weight, swimming power and determination to escape. Handlines can be set and hauled either manually or by [a] mechanized reel. It is operated by simply dropping the baited hook into the level of the sea where tuna are found abundant.

Key term(s)
  • mechanised reel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
CONT

La ligne à main servant à pêcher le thon est un engin composé d'une seule ligne verticale garnie d'un hameçon à ardillon à son extrémité distale. [...] La ligne doit être suffisamment robuste pour tenir le poisson tout en résistant aux forces combinées de son poids, de sa puissance de nage et de ses efforts pour s'échapper. Les lignes à main peuvent être mises à l'eau et relevées manuellement ou à l'aide d'un moulinet mécanisé. Elles sont opérées en laissant simplement tomber l'hameçon appâté à la hauteur d'eau où les thons abondent.

Spanish

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Record 3 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 4 2023-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
CONT

Exercise Advice : Place a barbell under your chin, resting it securely across the tops of your shoulders. Hold the barbell in place with your hands with elbows elevated so that [they] are parallel to the floor. Your feet should be just beyond shoulder width apart. Begin this exercise by squatting as though you are going to sit down in a chair. Squat to a point to where your thighs become parallel to the floor and then return to the start position. It is very important that you keep your back as straight as possible throughout this movement(one way to help do this is to focus your eyes on a spot high on the wall in front of you throughout the entire exercise).

OBS

This exercise mainly targets the hamstrings and the quadriceps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
OBS

Pour effectuer une flexion des jambes avec barre devant la tête, placez-vous debout, le dos droit, avec une barre au niveau des pectoraux. Accroupissez-vous jusqu'à ce que vos cuisses soient parallèles au sol et retournez ensuite à la position de départ.

OBS

Cet exercice sollicite principalement les ischio-jambiers et les quadriceps.

Spanish

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Record 5 2023-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Clear air with less than maximum water vapour content.

CONT

Unsaturated air can become saturated in three ways—by evaporation of water into the air; by the mixing of two masses of air of different temperatures, both initially unsaturated but saturated as a mixture; or, most commonly, by cooling the air, which reduces its capacity to hold moisture as water vapour sometimes to the point that the water vapour it holds is sufficient for saturation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Air limpide dont le contenu en vapeur d'eau n'est pas maximal [...]

CONT

Lorsque l'on refroidit de l'air non saturé, le taux d'humidité et la pression partielle de vapeur d'eau restent d'abord constants. L'humidité relative augmente toutefois, car l'air froid peut absorber moins d'humidité [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
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Record 6 2021-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
  • Codes (Software)
CONT

The Python global interpreter lock or GIL, in simple words, is a mutex(or a lock) that allows only one thread to hold the control of the Python interpreter. This means that only one thread can be in a state of execution at any point in time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
  • Codes (Logiciels)

Spanish

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Record 7 2021-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
CONT

The coelomic injection [of hormones] is commonly adopted. During injection, a brood fish is placed in a cloth clamp. Let the fish lie laterally in water. Hold the upper half of the fish above the surface. Wipe off the water at the inner side of the basal part of the pectoral fins. Point the syringe needle towards the head at an angle of 45 [degrees] to the body's longitudinal axis, insert the needle through to a depth of about 1. 5 cm, inject the fluid slowly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
Key term(s)
  • injection intracœlomique

Spanish

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Record 8 2020-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Testing and Debugging
  • IT Security
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

The inability of a condition to hold true at some particular point in a program.

OBS

When a condition does not hold true, execution of the program is interrupted, and a dialog box or message may appear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Test et débogage
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prueba y depuración
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
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Record 9 2017-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Zarya control module, also known by the technical term Functional Cargo Block and the Russian acronym FGB, was the first component launched for the International Space Station and provides the station's initial propulsion and power.... The U. S.-funded and Russian-built Zarya, which means Sunrise when translated to English, is a U. S. component of the station although it was built and launched by Russia.... The Zarya module is 41. 2 feet long and 13. 5 feet wide at its widest point. It has an operational lifetime of at least 15 years. Its solar arrays and six nickel-cadmium batteries can provide an average of 3 kilowatts of electrical power. Using the Russian Kurs system, the Zarya will perform an automated and remotely piloted rendezvous and docking with the Service Module in orbit. Its docking power will accommodate Russian Soyuz piloted spacecraft and unpiloted Progress resupply spacecraft. Each of the two solar arrays is 35 feet long and 11 feet wide. The module's 16 fuel tanks combined can hold more than 6 tons of propellant. The attitude control system for the module includes 24 large steering jets and 12 small steering jets. Two large engines are available for reboosting the spacecraft and making major orbital changes.

CONT

The Zarya module now provides orientation control, communications and electrical power attached to the passive Unity module while the station awaits launch of the third component, a Russian-provided crew living quarters and early station core known as the Service Module ... The Service Module will enhance or replace many functions of the Zarya. Later in the station’s assembly sequence, the Zarya module will be used primarily for its storage capacity and external fuel tanks.

OBS

Zarya control module; FGB: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

PHR

Zarya -Y nadir port

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

[...] Zarya [«lever de soleil»] est un remorqueur, un véhicule orbital autonome qui contient les systèmes initiaux de propulsion, de guidage, d'orientation, de communications, d'alimentation électrique et de thermorégulation nécessaires au maintien de la Station spatiale internationale pendant ses premiers mois dans l'espace. Au fil des mois, le module Zarya est devenu ni plus ni moins qu'un couloir menant la station, un port d'amarrage et un réservoir de carburant. Construit par la Russie dans le cadre d'un marché américain, Zarya appartient aux États-Unis.

CONT

Le module russe Zarya et le nœud américain Unity sont reliés par l'Adaptateur 1 [...] Ce module, jadis appelé FGB, est la salle des machines de la station et assure les fonctions de propulsion, d'alimentation électrique et d'orientation du futur complexe spatial.

OBS

module de contrôle Zarya; FGB : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

PHR

système de photopiles du module russe Zarya

Spanish

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Record 10 2017-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
CONT

The soda-acid extinguisher is recharged with a soda-acid kit. To operate, take the hose in one hand, point it to the top of the extinguisher and hold top ring handle in the same hand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
CONT

[L'extincteur au bicarbonate de sodium] doit être rechargé à intervalles réguliers. Pour le faire fonctionner, saisir d'une main l'ajutage et l'anneau de manœuvre sur le dessus, et de l'autre, retourner l'extincteur et saisir la poignée située sur l'autre extrémité.

Spanish

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Record 11 2017-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
  • Hats and Millinery
DEF

A heart-shaped head-dress worn by ladies in the sixteenth century. The front edges were wired to hold the shape which dipped to a point over the forehead and curved up and back in an arc on either side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
  • Chapellerie
DEF

Coiffe formant une pointe sur le front entre deux arceaux encadrant le visage dans la forme d'un cœur, durant la deuxième moitié du XVIème siècle. Fut au XVIIème siècle la coiffure des veuves.

OBS

Terme concernant les ornements de coiffure (Moyen-Âge et Renaissance).

Spanish

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Record 12 2015-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A point that, if won, wins the match.

OBS

When a player requires one point to win the match, he is said to hold "match point;" if, say, he leads 40-15, he has two match points [or "double match point"].

PHR

Double match point, triple match point.

PHR

Hold a match point, save a match point, squander a match point, stave off a match point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Point qui, s'il est remporté, permet de gagner la manche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
DEF

Punto que determina al vencedor de un partido.

OBS

match point: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda que los extranjerismos se escriban en cursiva o entrecomillados.

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Record 13 2015-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Martial Arts
DEF

The maximum score awarded to a judoka which results in an immediate end to the contest.

CONT

Ippon means full point. It is the highest score in a match. A score of ippon wins the match. When an opponent is thrown full or mostly on their back, with force, and control, the score is ippon. In groundwork a hold down of 25 seconds receives the score ippon. Ippon may also be awarded if the opponent gives up to an [armlock or strangle technique].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts martiaux
DEF

Point maximal accordé à un judoka et qui met fin immédiatement à l’affrontement.

CONT

Toutefois, le combat peut ne durer que quelques secondes si un judoka réussit un ippon (10 points) en utilisant une technique appropriée. [...] Un combattant réussit un ippon (victoire immédiate) en projetant au sol son adversaire avec contrôle, force et vitesse; l’adversaire doit tomber sur le dos.

OBS

La plupart des termes japonais en judo s'emploient au masculin, mais il y a des exceptions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Artes marciales
DEF

Puntuación máxima otorgada a un judoca y que resulta en el final inmediato del combate.

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Record 14 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 15 2013-03-15

English

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

The essential difference between legal and equitable rights is best understood by comparing absolute ownership with trusts....(A) t this point it is only necessary to appreciate that trusts were unenforceable at common law. If land was conveyed to A in fee simple upon trust for B in fee simple, the common law courts regarded A as absolute owner and would not recognise any rights in B. But the Chancellor would enforce trusts, as matters of conscience, and compel A to hold the land on B's behalf and to allow B to enjoy it. In such a case A is the "legal owner", B is the "equitable owner". The land is vested in A, but since he is trustee of it he is not the beneficial owner : he has only the "bare legal estate", and the beneficial interest belongs to B. Now legal ownership confers rights "in rem", rights of property in the land itself, which can be enforced against anyone. Equitable ownership conferred at first only a right "in personam", a right to compel the trustee personally to perform his trust.(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 113).

French

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

propriété en common law : 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 16 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 17 2012-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
CONT

A land and hold short operation clearance should be accepted by the pilot only if he is confident that he can bring the aircraft to a full stop before the intersection or can exit the runway at the convenient taxiway before reaching the hold short point. A LAHSO clearance once accepted must be adhered to. Controllers require a full read back of a LAHSO clearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
CONT

Une autorisation d'atterrissage et d'attente à l'écart [...] sera acceptée seulement par le pilote confiant d'être en mesure d'effectuer un arrêt complet avant l'intersection ou de libérer la piste à la voie de circulation convenable avant d'atteindre le point d'attente requis. Une fois acceptée, l'autorisation doit être respectée. Les contrôleurs exigent une relecture complète de l'autorisation.

Spanish

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Record 18 2011-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Potentially, the last point of a game being won by the receiver. If the receiver wins it, he breaks. If the server wins it, he prolongs the game and may eventually pull out a victory.

OBS

Obviously, a critical point. The following are break points (with the server’s score given first): 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 advantage receiver. The term is also said of the point won in this situation.

PHR

Double, triple break point.

PHR

Break point conversion.

PHR

To come back from, convert, flight off, hold, save, stave off, survive a break point.

Key term(s)
  • breakpoint

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

L'Américain a mené 4-1 dans ce dernier set, mais a été rejoint et a même dû sauver ensuite plusieurs balles de break avant d'arracher la qualification sur le service adverse.

OBS

balle de bris d'égalité : Terme utilisé par Radio-Canada.

PHR

Avoir, laisser échapper, utiliser une balle de bris d'égalité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
PHR

(punto de) break realizado.

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Record 19 2008-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Vegetable Crop Production
DEF

[A] disease condition caused by a variety of factors, including attack by fungal (Pythium, Phytophthora and Fusarium spp.) and bacterial (Erwinia spp.) pathogens, alone or in combination with adverse environmental conditions (i.e., chilling injury or heat stress).

CONT

Fusarium is the principle cause of seed piece decay, as it is present in almost all soils, in storage and on handling equipment. Seed pieces can be affected when the soil is too dry or too wet. Seed cutting allows for a point of entry for the pathogens that cause the disease. The entry of Fusarium allows other pathogens, such as Erwinia, to gain a foot hold.

OBS

Symptoms: A dry or slimy rot of the tubers. Poor stands in the field also are a result of this disease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Production légumière
CONT

Fusarium est la cause principale de la pourriture du planton, car il est présent dans presque tous les sols, dans les entrepôts et sur l'équipement de manutention. Les plantons peuvent être affectés quand le sol est trop sec ou trop humide. Le tranchage des plantons crée un point d'entrée pour les agents pathogènes qui causent la maladie. L'entrée de Fusarium permet l'introduction d'autres agents pathogènes, tels que ceux du genre Erwinia.

OBS

De la pomme de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Producción hortícola
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Record 20 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 21 - external organization data 2004-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

CNSC staff, therefore, recommended that the licence include a hold point such that the shield wall plug may not be removed and the beamlines may not be inserted without the prior written authorization of the CNSC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Le personnel de la CCSN a donc recommandé d'assortir le permis d'une condition relative au point d'arrêt afin que le bouchon du mur de blindage ne puisse être retiré et que les lignes de faisceaux ne puissent être insérées sans l'autorisation préalable écrite de la CCSN.

Spanish

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Record 22 2004-04-01

English

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

... if you are downwind or "short" of your opening point, you can expect to hold for a large part of the descent.

OBS

Since the exit point is always upwind of the landing area it is very unlikely for a jumper to be at the downwind side of a runway where you would be landing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

Point de largage. Le concurrent choisit son point de largage après le travers cible. Tout largage avant le passage travers cible sera pénalisé par la cotation maximale.

Spanish

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Record 23 - external organization data 2004-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
  • Radiation Protection
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

CNSC staff, therefore, recommended that the licence include a hold point such that the shield wall plug may not be removed and the beamlines may not be inserted without the prior written authorization of the CNSC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
  • Radioprotection
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Le personnel de la CCSN a donc recommandé d'assortir le permis d'une condition relative au point d'arrêt afin que le bouchon du mur de blindage ne puisse être retiré et que les lignes de faisceaux ne puissent être insérées sans l'autorisation préalable écrite de la CCSN.

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Record 24 2003-07-10

English

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

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

CONT

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

CONT

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

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • hand-held station

French

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

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

CONT

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

OBS

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

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

Spanish

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Record 25 2003-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Geological Research and Exploration
DEF

Conical-shaped cloth device used in cementing a drill column through perforations and preventing the cement from falling any lower.

CONT

... a cement basket is a funnel shaped rubber bucket which is provided with spring type fingers to hold the upper rim against the well wall. A basket is run on a string of casing... when it is desirable, for reasons such as protecting a formation from contamination, to cement the casing only above the point at which the basket is set.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
DEF

Écran conique en toile employé dans la cimentation d'une colonne de forage à travers les perforations, et empêchant le ciment de descendre au-dessous de son point de sortie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
  • Investigaciones y prospecciones geológicas
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Record 26 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 27 2001-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry
CONT

Normally, integrity testing of the filter is performed after the filter unit is assembled and sterilized prior to use. More importantly, however, such testing should be conducted after the filter is used in order to detect any filter leaks of perforations that may have occurred during the filtration. Forward flow, bubble point and pressure hold tests are acceptable integrity tests.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
  • Biochimie
CONT

Les résultats de ces tests réalisés sont correlés à des valeurs de tests d'intégrité permettant de s'assurer in situ de la fiabilité du processus de filtration.

Spanish

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Record 28 2000-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

Antonym: supination.

CONT

[Sampras] has generated tremendous wrist snap and forearm pronation... To learn pronation, hold the racquet with just your thumb and index finger. As you swing the racquet from the backscratching position up to the contact point, try to square the strings up to the ball. You have to pronate to do it....

OBS

pronation: term aslo used in badminton.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[...] l'épaule est projetée vers le haut en premier, suivie du coude et du poignet à la toute fin dans un mouvement de pronation qui permet une grande vitesse de la tête de raquette [...] L'action de pronation pour attaquer, la balle est [...] si forte que la fin de geste du bras se termine à la droite du joueur. Auparavant les fins de gestes se faisaient de l'autre côté du corps.

CONT

À la frappe, le haut du corps a complètement tourné; il y a transfert de poids et la pronation du poignet est à son maximum sans qu'aucune vitesse ne soit perdue par un effet quelconque.

OBS

pronation : terme employé aussi au badminton.

Spanish

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Record 29 2000-02-09

English

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

A method used to determine how much of a frozen pipe is free. When the fishing spear is jarred, the casing vibrates if the spear has taken hold above the point where the pipe is frozen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
DEF

En forage, désigne une technique acoustique appliquée pour juger de la longueur libre d'un tube bloqué.

Spanish

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Record 30 1999-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

While delivering, the moment the curler opens his or her hand and lets the rock go, the fingers no longer having a grip on the handle.

OBS

The point of release is part of a delivery, the exact moment where the hand of a curler stops having a hold on the handle of a rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

En lançant une pierre, le moment où le curleur, la curleuse, ouvre la main pour laisser la pierre glisser sur le jeu, ses doigts cessant d'avoir prise sur la poignée.

OBS

Le moment du lâcher est partie du lancer, celui où cesse le contact entre la poignée de la pierre et la main du curleur, de la curleuse.

Spanish

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Record 31 1998-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Heritage
OBS

The objectives of this organization, which is established in Toronto, Ontario, are to provide a focal point for people of English sympathies; to hold up English institutions and traditions; to host functions, the financial proceeds of which fund a range of educational and benevolent traditions.

Key term(s)
  • Toronto St. George’s Society
  • Toronto Society of St. George
  • Society of St. George of Toronto

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Patrimoine
OBS

Organisme établi à Toronto (Ontario).

Key term(s)
  • Société St. George de Toronto

Spanish

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Record 32 1998-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Quality Control (Management)
DEF

Point defined in an appropriate document, beyond which an activity must not proceed without the approval of a designated organization or authority.

OBS

The approval to proceed beyond a hold point is given usually in written form, but it may be given by any other agreed system of authorization.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de la qualité (Gestion)
DEF

Point défini dans un document approprié, au-delà duquel une activité ne doit pas se poursuivre sans l'accord d'un organisme ou d'une autorité désignés.

OBS

L'accord pour poursuivre une activité après un point d'arrêt est donné généralement par écrit, mais il peut également être donné par tout autre système d'autorisation agréé.

OBS

point d'arrêt : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO. Il est de rigueur d'employer ce terme dans le cadre des travaux de rédaction ou de traduction des documents de l'ONGC.

Spanish

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Record 33 1998-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
  • Regulations and Standards (Food)
CONT

In addition to my role as chair of the federal task force, the other job I hold is working with the provinces. What we’re doing is creating a piece of model legislation. It's called the Model Food Act at this point. We hope to have it on the Ministers of Agriculture agenda in July, when they meet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Alimentation)
CONT

En plus de mon rôle de président du groupe de travail fédéral, je travaille avec les provinces. Nous sommes en train de mettre au point une loi modèle. Pour l'instant nous l'appelons la Loi modèle sur les aliments. Nous espérons qu'elle sera à l'ordre du jour de la réunion des ministres de l'Agriculture du mois de juillet prochain (1998).

Spanish

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Record 34 1996-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

To hold the ball in play on one's racket, a penalty situation resulting in the loss of the point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette

Spanish

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Record 35 1996-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

[Sampras] has generated tremendous wrist snap and forearm pronation... To learn pronation, hold the racquet with just your thumb and index finger. As you swing the racquet from the backscratching position up to the contact point, try to square the strings up to the ball. You have to pronate to do it....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Phraséologie connexe : amener la raquette dans le dos, raquette préparée dans le dos.

CONT

Portez votre raquette en position arrière

CONT

Amener la raquette en position «armé» en levant directement le bras droit [...] Avant l'impact, laisser tomber la raquette dans le dos et effectuer une boucle semblable à celle du service.

Key term(s)
  • raquette dans le dos
  • raquette préparée dans le dos

Spanish

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Record 36 1996-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

Compare with "point of impact".

CONT

[Sampras] has generated tremendous wrist snap and forearm pronation... To learn pronation, hold the racquet with just your thumb and index finger. As you swing the racquet from the backscratching position up to the contact point, try to square the strings up to the ball. You have to pronate to do it....

CONT

Your point of contact on the serve has gone lower and lower.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Comme pour les autres coups, le point de contact avec la balle est très important lors du service. Un mauvais contact avec la balle et le service est raté [...] Le contact avec la balle se fait à droite et devant vous. Au moment critique de l'impact, bras, poignet et raquette se trouvent sur une même ligne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
OBS

Término relacionado: momento de la pegada.

CONT

Punto de ataque ideal: En la cima del bote, o justo después, a la altura de la cintura, a nivel del hombro derecho para el revés [...]

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Record 37 1994-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying
DEF

A command term utilized by the tapeman to indicate a correct position when measuring distances and marking measuring points.

DEF

good: A call used when simultaneous observations are being made, to indicate to the second person the moment a reading is to be made, as when the time of a celestial observation is to be noted; or the moment a reading is a prescribed value.

CONT

When the head tapeman applies the tension, the rear plumb bob may be pulled a short distance off the point. The rear tapeman must pull the tape back at once with a smooth notion. He or she must try to hold the tape stationary and, as soon as it is in the correct position, call "mark". He or she should continue to call "mark" while it is in correct position and stop calling if it goes off. He or she stops calling "mark" when the head tapeman relieves the tension.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arpentage
DEF

Dans la mesure des distances, mot d'ordre utilisé par le chaîneur pour indiquer ou marquer une portée de chaîne.

CONT

L'opérateur aligne l'aide sur la ligne d'opération, celui-ci tend la chaîne [...], le chaîneur vérifie la coïncidence de l'origine avec le repère et annonce bon, l'aide marque l'autre extrémité avec un trait à la craie ou une fiche et annonce à son tour bon puis relâche la tension.

Spanish

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Record 38 1993-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing
DEF

An ornamental straight pin often with a jeweled head and a sheath for the point that is used to hold the ends of a necktie in place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie
DEF

«bijou en forme d'épingle avec tête ornée» qui sert à fixer les deux pans d'une cravate sur une chemise.

Spanish

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Record 39 1992-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Needle Embroidery
DEF

[This stitch] must be worked evenly and closely, with no loose top edge. Work from right to left and bring the thread through at right end of the upper line, pass it to the left and hold down with the left thumb. Insert the needle into the upper line a short distance from where it first emerged and bring it out on the lower line with the thread under the needle point. Draw the needle throught the loop and, using the head of the needle, pass it under the top edge of the stitch.(A Complete Guide to Embroidery, P. Dawson, 1976, p. 43).

CONT

The Rosette Chain is a decorative line stitch, based on the Twisted Chain. Its texture is good for edging curved geometrical shapes such as a circle, or for outlining small flower shapes. It is attractive in white thread on a colored background and is useful for decorative purposes on objects that do not have to be laundered. (The Stitches of Creative Embroidery, J. Enthoven, 1964, p. 142).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Broderie à l'aiguille
DEF

[Pour exécuter ce point], travailler sur deux lignes parallèles. Sortir l'aiguille sur la ligne supérieure à droite, passer le fil du côté gauche et le maintenir avec le pouce gauche. Piquer dans la ligne supérieure tout près de l'endroit où le fil est sorti et sortir juste au-dessus de la ligne du bas, en passant le fil sous la pointe de l'aiguille (...) Tirer l'aiguille au travers et la passer sous le fil du dessus (...) sans prendre un seul brin du tissu.

CONT

Rosette en point de chaînette : Fournitures. Pour ce motif décoratif, utiliser de la soie de moyenne grosseur ou du coton perlé. De la laine à broder donnera un effet de galon rustique. Suggestions. Ce motif répété ornera des vêtements ou du linge. (Broderie : techniques et points, D. Hall, 1981, p. 37).

Spanish

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Record 40 1989-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
CONT

Cable-Reel Shuttle Cars... were introduced in 1939, the year following the first(battery) shuttle car. Practically all present shuttle cars are powered through cable reels. Reels usually hold 500 ft of cable and, therefore, the maximum haul distance should be kept under 400 ft whenever possible. Cable-reel cars are either standard-hand or opposite-standard-hand models. Standard-hand control means that the seats for the operator, together with the controls, are located on the left front or discharge end of the car similar to the operator's position in an American car or truck. An opposite-hand-control car would have the operator sitting on the right-hand side of the car facing forward when traveling to the discharge point. The cable reel always is located on the side opposite the operator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

[Les] camions-navettes [...] sont électriques, quelquefois à accus, et bien plus souvent à alimentation par câble, avec tambour enrouleur, en courant continu. Des shuttle-cars Diesel électriques qui suppriment la sujétion gênante du câble à traîner derrière soi, se répandent dans le fer lorrain.

Spanish

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Record 41 1988-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skating
OBS

Forward outside figure eight. This is the continuation of the forward outside edges.... instead of changing feet... you hold the right outside edge until you arrive back at the starting point...... step forward on to the left outside edge and complete the second full circle...

OBS

one of the 4 basic figure eights

OBS

Figure skating term(s)

Key term(s)
  • forward outside eight

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patinage
OBS

Huit extérieur avant. Cette figure est la suite des courbes extérieures avant. (...) au lieu de changer de pied (...), il faut demeurer sur la carre extérieure droite jusqu'au retour au point de départ (...). (...) faire un pas vers l'avant sur la carre extérieure gauche et compléter un deuxième cercle complet. (...)

OBS

Une des 4 figures de base

OBS

Ces termes appartiennent au patinage artistique.

Spanish

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Record 42 1980-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Goods
OBS

transport - mess. T-1005-63 (--) any point where express is held on instructions of owner or his representative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport de marchandises
OBS

T-1005-63 cm1 03.79.

Spanish

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Record 43 1980-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production (Economics)
OBS

Often [the law of diminishing returns] will hold only after you have added a considerable number of equal doses of the varying factor.(...) Before such a point the varying factors might be yielding increasing extra returns, since until then we might find that adding extra varying inputs to a fixed input leads to increasing rather than diminishing extra outputs(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production (Économie)

Spanish

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