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Record 1 2021-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • School and School-Related Administration
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Collaboration with the OQLF
DEF

A series of learning activities in which college or university students participate from a location other than their educational institution, usually their home.

OBS

Remote studies are most often done online, i.e., via the Internet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Collaboration avec l'OQLF
DEF

Ensemble des activités d'apprentissage auxquelles participent les étudiants à partir d'un lieu autre que leur établissement d'enseignement collégial ou universitaire, généralement leur domicile.

OBS

Les études à distance se déroulent généralement en ligne, c'est-à-dire par l'intermédiaire d'Internet.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • School and School-Related Administration
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Collaboration with the OQLF
DEF

A series of learning activities in which school-aged children participate from a location other than their elementary or secondary school, usually their home.

OBS

Distance schooling generally takes place online, i.e., via the Internet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Collaboration avec l'OQLF
DEF

Ensemble des activités d'apprentissage auxquelles participent les enfants d'âge scolaire à partir d'un lieu autre que leur école primaire ou secondaire, généralement leur domicile.

OBS

La scolarisation à distance se déroule généralement en ligne, c'est-à-dire par l'intermédiaire d'Internet.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
CONT

... an air defense crew at its home site is presented with a series of problems which are simulated on the crew's own radar scopes, with detailed flight plans, etc. After the problem, a careful record is available of all relevant interactions, and the crew holds a debriefing session in which members analyze their faults and attempt to make necessary corrections.

CONT

The Government of Canada carried out a thorough results-based evaluation of the 2002 event, including a debrief session which has provided the NAIG [North American Indigenous Games] Council and the Aboriginal Sport Council (ASC) with solid data to assist with decision-making around the future of the event.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
CONT

Le gouvernement du Canada a effectué une évaluation complète fondée sur l'événement de 2002, y compris une séance de compte rendu qui a permis au Conseil des JAAN [Jeux autochtones de l'Amérique du Nord] et au Cercle sportif autochtone (ASC) d'obtenir des données solides aidant à la prise de décision entourant l'avenir des Jeux.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Spacecraft
CONT

StratSat provides a geo-stationary platform at 20 km altitude capable of remaining on-station for up to five years. Payloads include high speed Internet services, direct broadcast TV, mobile telecommunication, etc. The envelope operates as a super-pressure hull(i. e. with no ballonet pressure control system). The hull will be of laminated fabric construction with Tedlar/Teflon, helium/weather barrier developed from AT-10/04. Multiple catenary curtain system supporting a payload module enclosed completely by the envelope. [The] payload module... comprises a single structural module with an externally mounted payload/mission system. The payload module provides a home for all of the airship's primary systems except for the propulsion system. The systems are close packed within the highly insulated module ensuring efficient heat and energy management. The payload module is pendulum stabilised within the envelope. The solar array provides the sole source of renewable energy for the airship. The array is placed over the upper quarter of the hull and extends over approximately three-quarters of the length of the craft. The array can be realigned to the daily sun location/angle by the roll rotation of the whole airship. The energy collected by the solar array is stored for use during the night in the series of batteries. Located in the stored for use during the night in a series of batteries. Located in the payload module, the batteries run the propulsion system, airship services and provide power to the mission system for up to 14 hours(during winter). The airship is propelled and steered by means of a ’Contra-Rotating Coned Rotor’ mounted on a tailcone at the rear of the envelope, as a part of a compound propulsion system. The unit provides longitudinal thrust(to counter the prevailing stratospheric winds) and lateral force(for manoeuvering) to enable the airship to hold station within a 1 km cube. The airship will be equipped with a multi-channel Flight Control Sy

OBS

StratSat® is a registered trademark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

[...] le dirigeable géostationnaire britannique StratSat®, conçu par ATG (Advanced Technology Group) [est un] dirigeable souple d'environ 200 m de long pour 48 m de diamètre, [qui] devrait faire ses premiers vols vers 2005/2006 [...] Il pourra emporter 2 t de charge utile à 20 km d'altitude, avec une autonomie allant jusqu'à 5 ans. Pouvant se maintenir à poste avec une précision d'1 km³, il couvrira une surface au sol de 115 km de rayon.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
DEF

A heating system for a building in which the heat-conveying medium is hot water, and the heat-emitting means are radiators, convectors, or panel coils.

CONT

Hydronic heating maintains comfort in the home by circulating hot water to the secondary heat exchanger. This system basically consists of a boiler, a pump, a secondary heat exchanger, and a series of piping.

OBS

Low-temperature water heating system. Some authors use indifferently "hot water system" or "low-temperature water heating system" to designate a heating system having hot water at a temperature lower than 250 °F.

OBS

hot(-)water heating; hydronic heating. Some authors often use the term "heating" to designate a "heating system". The term "System" is then omitted.

OBS

Technically, a "hydronic system" may be either a "hot water system" or a "steam system", as confirmed in the source AMERI. However, many sources define a "hydronic system" as a "hot water system".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
CONT

Le principe de base du système à eau chaude est bien connu: l'eau contenue dans une chaudière ("fournaise") est d'abord chauffée par un appareil fonctionnant au mazout, au gaz, ou à l'électricité; circulant ensuite dans des canalisations, elle alimente des radiateurs ou des convecteurs, installés dans chacune des pièces de la maison. Au bout de sa course, l'eau revient à l'appareil pour être chauffée de nouveau avant d'entreprendre un autre cycle, et ainsi de suite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Calefacción
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Record 6 2011-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Tectonics
  • Oceanography
CONT

The Pacific Ring of Fire(or sometimes just the Ring of Fire) is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40, 000 km(25, 000 mi) horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes.

CONT

The circumpacific and the Indonesian belts of volcanoes correspond with zones of active orogeny, in which the earth’s crust has been crumpled and heaved up into mountains during recent geologic time. ... The continental United States is commonly thought of as immune from volcanic activity, but actually the Cascade Range in the northwestern part of the country is part of the circumpacific "ring of fire" and contains many recently extinct volcanoes and several that should be considered active.

Key term(s)
  • circum-Pacific belt of volcanoes
  • circum-Pacific ring of fire
  • circumpacific volcano belt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Tectonique
  • Océanographie
CONT

La ceinture de feu du Pacifique est un alignement de volcans qui borde l'océan Pacifique sur la majorité de son pourtour, soit environ 40 000 kilomètres. Cet alignement de volcans coïncide avec un ensemble de limites de plaques tectoniques et de failles. Ces limites sont également marquées par les principales fosses océaniques de la planète. La ceinture de feu compte 452 volcans, soit 75 % des volcans émergés actifs ou éteints de la planète. Cette concentration s'explique par la subduction de plaques océaniques […]

CONT

Un volcanisme intense, très explosif, souligne les zones de tension liées aux sillons océaniques et aux arcs orogéniques («ceinture de feu» du Pacifique, Indonésie, Antilles, etc.).

CONT

Près de 75 % des volcans actifs de la planète se trouvent sur le pourtour du plus grand océan du globe, formant ce qu’on appelle le cercle (ou la ceinture) de feu du Pacifique.

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Finance
OBS

In 1985, [The Royal Bank of Canada] launched a new series of consumer information booklets known as "Your Money Matters". Designed to provide Canadians with a basic knowledge of budgeting, buying a home, investment and retirement planning, the four booklets have received an enthusiastic response from the media and the public.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Finances
OBS

En 1985, [La Banque Royale du Canada a] commencé à diffuser une nouvelle série de livrets d'information à l'intention des consommateurs sous le titre «Affaires d'argent». Ces quatre ouvrages, conçus pour communiquer aux Canadiens des connaissances de base sur les budgets, l'achat d'une maison, l'investissement et la planification de la retraite, ont été accueillis avec enthousiasme par les médias et par le public.

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
OBS

Since 1997, the Celtic Colours International Festival has featured hundreds of musicians from all over the Celtic world and attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Cape Breton Island. For nine days in October, Cape Breton Island is home to a unique celebration of music and culture as the Celtic Colours International Festival presents dozens of concerts all over the island, an equally extensive line-up of workshops, a schools program aimed at Elementary and Junior High students, a visual art series of exhibitions, and a nightly Festival Club. Over the years, artists have travelled from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, Brittany, Spain, Denmark and Germany as well as from across the United States and Canada to join the finest of Cape Breton's musicians, singers, dancers, storytellers and tradition-bearers for the annual Autumn celebration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
Key term(s)
  • Festival celtique internaitonal des couleurs

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
Key term(s)
  • home and home series

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
OBS

Pluriel : des matchs ou des matches.

OBS

matchs (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • série de matchs aller-retour

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Richards, who is second in the NASCAR Winston West Series championship standings, hopes to close ground on the leader when the series visits Evergreen Speedway on Sunday, July 16, for the Coors Light 200 presented by Albertsons, State Fair Corn Dogs and Lowes Home Improvement Centers.

OBS

The example is in the context of race-car driving.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Kelvin Jupp demanda un premier effort à Coronation Cup au poteau des 1200 m afin de se rapprocher du meneur.

OBS

L'exemple est tiré du domaine de l'hippisme.

Spanish

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Record 11 2004-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
CONT

The manual sausage filler is a suitable and a simple home item for the manufacturing of sausages. These models belong to a series of items, several sizes from 3 to 15 litres and different features, for satisfying not only a domestic use but any other professional requirements...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie

Spanish

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Record 12 2004-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
OBS

Describes the motion of a cursor(a lighted position indicator, indicated by a blinking underline or a reversed character). Most systems employ a series of arrow keys for up, down, left, and right movement. Some systems use a Home key to position the cursor at the upper-left corner of the screen. A few systems also offer a Reverse Home to move the cursor to the lower-right corner of the screen. Some systems use a code key plus alphanumeric or function keys for cursor movement. A number of systems only permit cursor movement horizontally, along a fixed line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ofimática
  • Equipo y artículos de oficina
DEF

Acción mediante la cual se posiciona el cursor en la pantalla de visualización.

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Record 13 2004-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Internet and Telematics
OBS

By the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), 2003. "The English version of this specification is the only normative version".

OBS

This document is a glossary of terms used in other documents produced by the Device Independence Working Group(DIWG). Details of the entire series of documents can be found on the W3C Device Independence Activity home page.

Key term(s)
  • Device Independence Glossary of Terms

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

Par le consortium W3C, 2003. «Ceci est une traduction ... Seul le document original en anglais a valeur de norme».

OBS

Ce document est un glossaire des termes employés dans d'autres documents produits par le groupe de travail Indépendance par rapport aux appareils (DIWG). On peut voir le détail de cette série entière de documents sur la page d'accueil de l'activité Indépendance par rapport aux appareils du W3C.

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
DEF

A series or network of tubes filled with refrigerant, normally located outside the home, that removes heat from the hot, gaseous refrigerant so that the refrigerant becomes liquid again.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
CONT

Passez l'aspirateur sur le compartiment arrière du congélateur pour y enlever la poussière accumulée. Assurez-vous également que l'air circule librement autour du serpentin du condenseur.

Spanish

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Record 15 1999-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Finances
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
CONT

"Whether it was children saving 16 25-cent Victory stamps on a card to buy a $4 bond (which would pay $5 in 7 1/2 years), or a Toronto racetrack which paid off winners with certificates, or giving the bonds as Christmas gifts, Canadians contributed an astonishing $8.8 billion to the war effort."

OBS

Source(s) : The Home Front in the Second World War, by D. B. Scott, published by Canadian Heritage, 1995, p. 22.(About Canada Series).

Key term(s)
  • Victory stamps

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances militaires
  • Timbres et oblitération
CONT

«Qu'il s'agisse d'enfants qui épargnaient 16 timbres de la Victoire sur une carte pour acheter une obligation de 4 $ (qui au bout de 7 1/2 ans rapportait 5 $) ou d'une piste de course de Toronto qui payait les gagnants en certificats, ou encore des généreux donateurs qui remplissaient les bas de Noël d'obligations, les Canadiens versèrent la somme fabuleuse de 8,8 milliards de dollars pour l'effort de guerre.»

OBS

Source(s) : L'effort de guerre au pays, p. 25.

Key term(s)
  • timbres de la Victoire

Spanish

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Record 16 1985-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
CONT

Tube grate : This device consists of a series of curved, hollow steel tubes welded onto a fire grate. Heat from the fire is conducted into the tubes and natural convection pushes heated air out of the tubes and into the home. Some tube grates come with an electric blower.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)

Spanish

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Record 17 1978-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

When(...) strata were accumulating, northern Texas was a series of deltas(...) These forested deltas were the home of both amphibians and reptiles. Some of the former(...) such as "Eryops", were thick-bodied creatures 5 to 7 feet long. "Eryops" himself had a broad, flattened head, a barrel-shaped body, and a tail about twice as long as his skull.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

"Eryops" (Permien inférieur du Texas) est un "Rachitome typique". Il avait un crâne (...) assez plat (...) Les vertèbres portent de hautes épines neurales; aussi le corps n'était-il pas aplati. Il était couvert d'"écailles" (...) Les membres et leurs ceintures sont massifs et bien ossifiés.

Spanish

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