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IF WHEN THIS HAPPENS [8 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2025-01-02
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Weapon Systems
- Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- squib load
1, record 1, English, squib%20load
correct, noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- squib round 2, record 1, English, squib%20round
correct, noun
- squib 2, record 1, English, squib
correct, noun
- primer pop 3, record 1, English, primer%20pop
noun
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A primer pop(squib load) happens when the cartridge does not contain any gunpowder. The firearm will discharge the primer without the usual noise or recoil. This may have enough force to push the bullet out of the case, but the bullet may lodge in the barrel. If another bullet is fired, the barrel may rupture and cause possible injury. 3, record 1, English, - squib%20load
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Systèmes d'armes
- Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- coup d'amorce
1, record 1, French, coup%20d%27amorce
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Un coup d'amorce [...] survient lorsque la cartouche ne contient aucune poudre. Le coup de feu n'a pas le bruit ou le recul habituel. L'explosion de l'amorce peut avoir suffisamment de puissance pour pousser la balle à l'extérieur de la douille, mais elle peut rester coincée dans le canon. Si une autre cartouche est tirée, le canon peut éclater et cela peut causer des blessures. 1, record 1, French, - coup%20d%27amorce
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2014-02-04
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Scientific Research
- General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- internal validity
1, record 2, English, internal%20validity
correct, standardized
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The ability of a research design to represent the true causal relationship between an intervention and an effect in the particular circumstances of the research. 1, record 2, English, - internal%20validity
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
If the internal organization of a study leads to distortion in the estimation measurement, that measurement lacks internal validity. This is what happens when, for example, a person is weighed using a defective scale. As with a well-calibrated scale, an etiological study must be free of measurement-distorting internal defects. These defects may be encountered at three stages in the study : the subject selection, information-gathering and analysis stages. 1, record 2, English, - internal%20validity
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
internal validity: term and definition standardized by the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary English Editorial Board and the Translation Bureau. 2, record 2, English, - internal%20validity
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Recherche scientifique
- Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- validité interne
1, record 2, French, validit%C3%A9%20interne
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Capacité d’un plan de recherche à représenter la véritable relation de cause à effet entre une intervention et un effet dans les circonstances particulières de cette recherche. 1, record 2, French, - validit%C3%A9%20interne
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Si l’organisation interne d’une étude entraîne une distorsion dans la mesure d’estimation, alors cette mesure manque de validité interne. C’est ce qui se produit, par exemple, lorsqu’on évalue le poids avec un pèse-personne défectueux. Comme le pèse-personne bien calibré, une étude à visée étiologique doit être exempte de défauts internes qui entraînent une distorsion de la mesure. Ces défauts peuvent se rencontrer à trois étapes de l’étude : à l’étape de la sélection des sujets, à celle de la collecte de l’information et à celle de l’analyse. 1, record 2, French, - validit%C3%A9%20interne
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
validité interne : terme et définition normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction. 2, record 2, French, - validit%C3%A9%20interne
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2009-08-12
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Plate Tectonics
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- leading edge
1, record 3, English, leading%20edge
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A convergent or active plate margin. 2, record 3, English, - leading%20edge
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Sometimes an entire plate can disappear if the plates’ leading edge is being consumed in a subduction trench faster than new crust is being added at the ridge on its trailing edge. When this happens, the ridge slowly moves toward the trench and the whole plate is eventually drawn down into the mantle, causing a global rearrangement of other plates and their borders. 3, record 3, English, - leading%20edge
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Contrast with trailing edge. 4, record 3, English, - leading%20edge
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 3 OBS
leading edge: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 5, record 3, English, - leading%20edge
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique des plaques
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- front d'une nappe
1, record 3, French, front%20d%27une%20nappe
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- partie frontale d'une nappe 2, record 3, French, partie%20frontale%20d%27une%20nappe
correct, feminine noun
- bord externe d'une nappe 2, record 3, French, bord%20externe%20d%27une%20nappe
masculine noun
- bordure d'une plaque 3, record 3, French, bordure%20d%27une%20plaque
feminine noun
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Une fosse étroite et profonde existe tout le long de la bordure où une plaque commence à s'enfoncer sous l'autre. 4, record 3, French, - front%20d%27une%20nappe
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
partie frontale d'une nappe; bord externe d'une nappe : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 3, record 3, French, - front%20d%27une%20nappe
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2009-06-10
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
- Vulcanology and Seismology
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- welded ignimbrite
1, record 4, English, welded%20ignimbrite
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
If sufficiently hot when deposited, the particles in an ignimbrite may weld together, and the deposit is transformed into a "welded ignimbrite, "made of eutaxitic lapilli-tuff. When this happens, the pumice lapilli commonly flatten, and these appear on rock surfaces as dark lense-shapes, known as fiamme. Intensely welded ignimbrite may have glassy zones near the base and top, called lower and upper "vitrophyres, "but central parts are microcrystalline("lithoidal"). 2, record 4, English, - welded%20ignimbrite
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Many ignimbrites are loose, unconsolidated deposits, but some exhibit welding, giving the ignimbrite the texture of a solid rock mass, hence the terms commonly used to describe these examples: welded tuff and welded ashflow. 3, record 4, English, - welded%20ignimbrite
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS
welded ignimbrite: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 4, record 4, English, - welded%20ignimbrite
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
- Volcanologie et sismologie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- ignimbrite soudée
1, record 4, French, ignimbrite%20soud%C3%A9e
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Ignimbrites soudées en conditions sous-aquatiques : l'exemple du Viséen des Vosges du Sud (France). 2, record 4, French, - ignimbrite%20soud%C3%A9e
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
ignimbrite soudée : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 3, record 4, French, - ignimbrite%20soud%C3%A9e
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2005-01-25
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Electronic Defects and Failures
- Electronic Circuits Technology
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- framing error
1, record 5, English, framing%20error
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
- FE 2, record 5, English, FE
correct
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A framing error occurs when an incorrect stop bit is found, or if there are too few stop bits. This happens most often when the baud rates between the communicating devices differ. The data will have a tendency to become skewed. 3, record 5, English, - framing%20error
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Défectuosités et pannes (Électronique)
- Technologie des circuits électroniques
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- erreur de trame
1, record 5, French, erreur%20de%20trame
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
- erreur de cadrage 2, record 5, French, erreur%20de%20cadrage
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Defectos y fallas electrónicos
- Tecnología de los circuitos electrónicos
Record 5, Main entry term, Spanish
- error de selección de grupos
1, record 5, Spanish, error%20de%20selecci%C3%B3n%20de%20grupos
masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 5, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Error motivado por el fallo de un dispositivo receptor para identificar correctamente los bits que constituyen un carácter. 1, record 5, Spanish, - error%20de%20selecci%C3%B3n%20de%20grupos
Record 6 - internal organization data 2003-11-13
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
- Cinematography
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- automatic loop setter
1, record 6, English, automatic%20loop%20setter
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Automatic Loop Setter. If your film has a torn perforation or a poor splice, it may cause your projector to lose its loop. When this happens you will hear a noticeable clicking sound and your picture will flutter on the screen. Simply press down the Upper Loop Former and immediately release, this will automatically reset the loop without stopping the projector or interrupting your show. 1, record 6, English, - automatic%20loop%20setter
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
- Cinématographie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- forme-boucle automatique
1, record 6, French, forme%2Dboucle%20automatique
masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2001-04-18
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Atomic Physics
- Physics
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- Heisenberg uncertainty principle
1, record 7, English, Heisenberg%20uncertainty%20principle
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
- HUP 2, record 7, English, HUP
correct
Record 7, Synonyms, English
- indeterminacy principle 3, record 7, English, indeterminacy%20principle
correct
- uncertainty principle 4, record 7, English, uncertainty%20principle
correct
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. An odd aspect of Quantum Mechanics is contained in the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle(HUP). The HUP can be stated in different ways, let me first talk in terms of momentum and position. If there is a particle, such as an electron, moving through space, I can characterize its motion by telling you where it is(its position) and what its velocity is(more precisely, its momentum). Now, let me say something strange about what happens when I try to measure its positions and momentum. In the Quantum Mechanical world, the idea that we can measure things exactly breaks down. Let me state this notion more precisely. Suppose a particle has momentum p and a position x. In a Quantum Mechanical world, I would not be able to measure p and x precisely. There is an uncertainty associated with each measurement, e. g. there is some dp and dx, which I can never get rid of even in a perfect experiment!!!. This is due to the fact that whenever I make a measurement, I must disturb the system.(In order for me to know something is there, I must bump into it.) The size of the uncertainties are not independent, they are related... 2, record 7, English, - Heisenberg%20uncertainty%20principle
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Physique atomique
- Physique
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- principe d'incertitude d'Eisenberg
1, record 7, French, principe%20d%27incertitude%20d%27Eisenberg
correct, masculine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
- principe d'incertitude 2, record 7, French, principe%20d%27incertitude
correct, masculine noun
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Commençons par le principe d'incertitude d'Eisenberg : Il affirme qu'on ne peut pas connaître avec précision à la fois la position et la vitesse d'une particule. [...] Si l'on ne peut pas connaître sa position et sa vitesse, c'est parce que qu'une particule quantique n'étant pas ponctuelle, n'a pas à la fois une position et une vitesse définies (c'est un autre univers). Les objets quantiques admettent tout un spectre de valeurs pour la position et la vitesse. Cette limite ne porte pas sur la précision des mesures; elle porte sur la validité des concepts classiques pour une particule quantique. 1, record 7, French, - principe%20d%27incertitude%20d%27Eisenberg
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Física atómica
- Física
Record 7, Main entry term, Spanish
- principio de indeterminación de Heisenberg
1, record 7, Spanish, principio%20de%20indeterminaci%C3%B3n%20de%20Heisenberg
masculine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 7, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Estipula el principio de indeterminación de Heisenberg que, cuanto más corta sea la duración de un estado, más incierta será su energía. 1, record 7, Spanish, - principio%20de%20indeterminaci%C3%B3n%20de%20Heisenberg
Record 8 - internal organization data 1976-06-19
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Translation
- Language Problems
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- if and when this happens 1, record 8, English, if%20and%20when%20this%20happens
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Traduction
- Problèmes de langue
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- si cela arrivait 1, record 8, French, si%20cela%20arrivait
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Guide du traducteur (p. 34) 1, record 8, French, - si%20cela%20arrivait
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
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