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HOM [6 records]

Record 1 2012-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

For the purpose of the policy and guidelines, the Head of Mission is the senior officer having charge of the mission as defined by the Heads of Post Directives.

CONT

The HOM [head of mission] will be provided annually with sufficient funds, allocated by the appropriate bureaus, to meet the reasonable costs of providing official hospitality in support of government programs abroad.

OBS

Occupation at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Diplomatie
CONT

Aux fins du présent chapitre, le chef de mission est le cadre supérieur assumant la responsabilité de la mission ou, en son absence, son suppléant, selon la définition donnée dans les Directives concernant les chefs de mission.

CONT

Le CDM [chef de mission] se voit affecter chaque année, par les directions générales concernées, des fonds suffisants pour payer les dépenses admissibles raisonnables liées aux activités d'accueil officiel qui appuient les programmes du gouvernement à l'étranger.

OBS

Poste à Affaires étrangères et Commerce international Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Cartography
DEF

Standard mercator projection in which the central meridian is inclined obliquely to meridians of latitude and longitude.

OBS

This projection forms a useful base for rectifying environmental satellite data where the projection meridian is the satellite track defined at the scene centre.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Cartographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teledetección
  • Cartografía
CONT

Hotine, geodesta británico, publicó en 1946 un estudio sobre la proyección conforme del elipsoide y es la base de la proyección Oblicua Mercator.

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Record 3 2004-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Diplomacy
  • Military Organization
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
DEF

head of mission: The person charged by the sending State with the duty of acting in that capacity.

OBS

head of mission: Expression used in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1966 to designate the head of a diplomatic mission.

DEF

chief of mission: The ranking officer in an embassy, permanent mission, legation, consulate general or consulate (i.e. an ambassador always, and a minister, consul general, or consul when no more senior officer is assigned to the post).

OBS

A "chief of mission" can also be the head of a special and temporary diplomatic mission, but the term is usually reserved for the earlier listed examples.

OBS

The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1974, used the expression "head of a consular post" when it referred to the head of a consulate, vice-consulate, consulate-general or consular agency.

OBS

head of the mission: Expression reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Diplomatie
  • Organisation militaire
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
DEF

chef de mission : La personne chargée par l'État accréditant d'agir en cette qualité.

OBS

chef de mission : Expression employée dans la Convention de Vienne sur les relations diplomatiques, 1966, pour désigner le chef d'une mission diplomatique.

OBS

La convention [de Vienne sur les relations diplomatiques] de 1961 englobe dans l'expression «membres de la mission», le «chef de mission» que le langage courant désigne aussi par l'expression «chef de poste» et les autres «membres du personnel de la mission».

OBS

La Convention de Vienne sur les relations consulaires, 1974, désigne le chef d'un consulat-général, consulat, vice-consulat et d'une agence consulaire par l'expression «chef de poste consulaire».

Key term(s)
  • chef de poste

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Diplomacia
  • Organización militar
  • Operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz
DEF

jefe de misión: Persona encargada por el Estado acreditante de actuar con carácter de tal.

OBS

[Término empleado en la] Convención de Viena sobre Relaciones Diplomáticas.

OBS

jefe de misión: Expresión, definición y observación reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 4 2000-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gymnastics and Trampoline
OBS

Artistic gymnastics term.

OBS

Technique/tactics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gymnastique et trampoline
OBS

Terme de gymnastique artistique.

OBS

Technique/tactics.

Spanish

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Record 5 1990-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Real Estate
OBS

Your housing options, p. 4.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Immobilier
OBS

L'aide à l'habitation, p. 4.

OBS

Source : Traduction des débats, Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick.

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
CONT

An HOS machine. A machine could be built to execute the JOIN, INCLUDE and OR primitives. It would thus have a much narrower instruction set than today’s computers. The code generated would relate directly to the machine [and] because the machine has a narrow instruction set it could be made much faster.

DEF

a machine designed specifically for Higher Order Software. The hardware and controlled software should be one integrated design, built together with control maps which represent both hardware and software design and allow trade-offs between them to be explored.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique

Spanish

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