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IMPROVED PRODUCT [25 records]

Record 1 2025-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intelligence (Military)
  • National and International Security
CONT

An "intelligence product" refers to the final output of the intelligence cycle, which is generated by NSM [network security monitoring] analysts for their own use. It is disseminated to the individual or group who initially identified the intelligence requirement and is constantly evaluated and improved.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
CONT

[Un] produit de renseignements [...] permet de prendre des décisions avisées et de passer à l'action.

Key term(s)
  • produit de renseignement
  • produit du renseignement

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environment
  • The Product (Marketing)
CONT

The product environmental footprint [is] a new and improved method on how companies should measure the environmental performance of any product throughout its [life cycle](taking into account all the upstream supply chain and downstream activities). The PEF is based on the scientific method for measuring environmental footprints called [life cycle assessments].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Environnement
  • Produit (Commercialisation)

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Medicinal Plants
DEF

… a global body that represents the majority of cannabis product developers, distributers, practitioners, medical institutions and universities [and] producers licensed under Health Canada’s Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR).

OBS

[The IMCA’s] mission is to act as the international voice for [its] members in their promotion of medical cannabis standards, and support the development, growth and integrity of the regulated cannabis industry.

OBS

The Association focuses on both user care and improved public health, and is committed to product safety and quality, secure and reliable access and the promotion of the safe and effective use of cannabis.

Key term(s)
  • International Association for Medical Cannabis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Culture des plantes médicinales
Key term(s)
  • International Association for Medical Cannabis

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering
DEF

The various stages that a new or improved product or service goes through from design, through developing, testing, and marketing it.

CONT

Without inclusive design embedded in the product development cycle, people with disabilities must engage in a never-ending process of "catch-up."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ingénierie
CONT

Sans conception inclusive intégrée au cycle de développement des produits, les personnes [en situation de handicap] doivent s'engager dans un interminable processus de «rattrapage».

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

A test that involves observing individuals while they are using a product that was submitted to them, the goal being to determine to what extent the product suits its intended purpose and what aspects of the product could be improved.

OBS

usability test: term standardized by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and by ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
DEF

Test qui consiste à observer des personnes pendant qu'elles utilisent un produit qu'on leur a présenté, le but étant de déterminer dans quelle mesure le produit convient pour l'usage auquel il est destiné et lesquels de ses aspects peuvent être améliorés.

OBS

test d'utilisation : terme normalisé par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA) et par l'ISO et la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Food Industries
CONT

An improved food processing vat including an outer shell, and a vessel to contain a food product, such as curds and whey, is spaced inwardly of the shell and is composed of a pair of generally cylindrical sections which intersect along vertical apices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
CONT

The use of knowledge-based systems for picture compilation, situation assessment and resource allocation has been researched in DERA [Defence Evaluation & Research Agency] over the last ten years. An important product of this research is the combat management integration support environment(CMISE) which forms the test-bed for investigation into new and improved techniques for combat management systems. CMISE is a real-time, multi-user system using a generic rulebased approach to data fusion with interfaces to operational systems enabling operation both in the laboratory and in the field.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
Key term(s)
  • environnement de soutien à l'intégration gestion de combat

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
DEF

filter cloth: The fabric used as a medium for filtration; for example, nylon cloth, blanket cloth, finely woven wire mesh, or finely woven glass thread. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

CONT

... the new bicomponent filament developed by Hoechst Trevira and Hoechst Celanese has improved antistain properties and a better abrasion resistance through the presence of an external layer containing a high proportion of a fluoro-polymer. This Kleenwire II product... is aimed at the fabrics and cords for the paper industry and at filter fabrics.

OBS

filter cloth: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • filtre cloth
  • filtre fabric

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
DEF

Tissu utilisé comme moyen de filtration, par exemple étoffe de nylon, tissu de laine, tissu de fil métallique à mailles fines, fibres de verre finement tissées. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

CONT

[...] le nouveau filament bicomposant mis au point par Celanese possède des propriétés anti-salissures améliorées, en particulier une meilleure tenue de celles-ci à l'abrasion, grâce à la présence d'une couche externe possédant une haute teneur en polymère fluoré. Ce produit, Kleenwire II [...] est destiné au tissus et cordes pour l'industrie papetière et aux tissus pour filtration.

CONT

Comme exemple de filtre à claies, on peut citer le filtre Funda [qui] se compose d'un certain nombre de plateaux circulaires munis d'une toile filtrante ou textile sur leur face supérieure.

OBS

toile filtrante : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industrias textiles
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Record 9 2006-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

The Multi-look fine beam modes image in the same swath locations as the fine beam modes with approximately the same spatial resolution. However, with multiple looks, the multi-look fine beam mode product has improved radiometric resolution. The high data rate capacity of the recorders means that the multi-look data can be obtained without a reduction in swath width. As with the fine beam modes, beams image in the incidence angle range of 30 to 50 degrees. Multi-look fine beam mode images are generated in a single polarization.

OBS

multi-look fine beam mode: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

Key term(s)
  • multilook fine beam mode
  • multi look fine beam mode

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
OBS

Parmi les améliorations obtenues en mode de visée à résolution fine, mentionnons la résolution radiométrique et le maintien de la largeur de fauchée liées aux capacités de traitement accrues des enregistreurs de données. L'angle d'incidence des faisceaux imageurs se situe entre 30 et 50 degrés. Les images ainsi générées, le sont en polarisation simple.

OBS

mode multivisée à résolution fine : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging
CONT

Inspired by consumers’ preference for clear packaging in order that they can see the product, Shanghai Kerry went one step further to introduce a form of improved packaging that is clear and protects the Vitamin A from damage by ultra violets rays, by using a transparent anti-UV material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages
DEF

Matériau souple tel que OPP [polypropylène orienté], PA [polyamide] ou PET [polyéthylène téréphtalate] imprimé ou non qui sert à envelopper des denrées alimentaires, produits pharmaceutiques et articles divers tout en permettant de les voir.

OBS

Terme et définition tirés du Vocabulaire de la flexographie de France Brodeur. Reproduction autorisée par l'Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Fatty Substances (Food)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
DEF

Thermal polymerisation process whereby drying and semi-drying oils are heated at temperatures around 290ºC to give a product having an increased viscosity, improved flow and pigment wetting properties, reduced after yellowing and good weather resistance of the dried film.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Corps gras (Ind. de l'aliment.)
  • Minoterie et céréales
DEF

Procédé de polymérisation thermique par lequel les huiles siccatives et semi-siccatives sont chauffées à des températures de l'ordre de 290°C pour augmenter leur viscosité, leur capacité d'écoulement et le mouillage de leurs pigments, diminuer leur jaunissement et conférer au film sec une bonne résistance aux intempéries.

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Optics
CONT

Ultra High Resolution Spectrometer(UHRS).... Laser spectroscopy has stimulated the development of spectrometers with improved performance and has led SOPRA to develop a new line of monochromators with ultra-high resolution. SOPRA has designed the mechanical parts in the most careful way to take the best advantage of the newest diffraction gratings. The instrument function of a monochromator is defined by the product : Resolution X Luminosity/Noise=RL/N. The resolution R directly depends on the diffraction grating and the focal length. The luminosity L depends on the area, on the efficiency of the grating, and on the slits. The noise N is essentially caused by the light scattered by the grating through the output slit and it diminishes when the focal length is increased. Another crucial quality factor of a monochromator is the ease to use it, i. e. its stability and reproducibility with regard to resolution and luminosity, and its tuning characteristics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Optique
CONT

Nous disposons d'un spectromètre à ultra-haute résolution dans le domaine spectral de 10 mm, dont nous améliorons régulièrement les performances, et qui nous a permis des travaux originaux en physique moléculaire et en métrologie des fréquences.

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

UASB [Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket] is a process used for the biological treatment of effluents. It is based on the principle of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digester... Main advantages :-Sludge blanket improves contact between waste water and biomass, therefore efficiency of decomposition process-Improved product quality-Increased biomass concentration in reactor by formation of pellet sludge-Direct reuse of biogas calorific value is possible-No generation of secondary waste or concentrate streams.

CONT

Water Treatment Plants and Operations. Improvement of the Turbidity Removal by Internal Pellet Recirculation in a Pelletisation Process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Traitement des eaux usées
DEF

Forme particulière de floc.

OBS

Ce support (le support des microorganismes de lits fluidisés) peut être : - des particules fines (sable) - des microparticules - ou les microorganismes eux-mêmes sous forme de «pellets». (Le traitement des rejets par voie anaérobie, 1980, p. 14).

Spanish

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Record 14 2001-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Museums
  • Grain Growing
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

Early milling tools were small implements used exclusively in the home to provide for one family's needs. It wasn’t until about 3, 000 years ago that people began to make larger saddlestones with increased output. The improved equipment meant that one person was able to produce more than their own family's needs; thus the professional miller was born. The first commercial establishments were combination mill-bakeries, the end product being leavened bread, for by this time the use of fermenting agents to aerate the flat clay-like cakes had also been discovered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muséologie
  • Culture des céréales
  • Minoterie et céréales
CONT

Les premiers outils de meunerie étaient de petites dimensions et réservés exclusivement à l'usage familial. Ce n'est guère avant 1 000 ans av. J.-C. qu'on se mit à fabriquer de plus grandes pierres en dos d'âne d'un rendement supérieur qui devaient permettre de produire plus de farine que n'en pouvait consommer une famille. Ainsi apparurent les premiers meuniers professionnels. Les premier établissements commerciaux étaient à la fois meunerie et boulangerie; on y produisait un pain levé car, à cette époque, on avait déjà découvert l'utilisation d'agents de fermentation pour aérer les galettes plates, trop sèches et trop cassantes.

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Record 15 2001-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Product (Marketing)
  • Production Management
  • Engineering
DEF

... the total process from the development of ideas to successful marketing of a new product.

CONT

Not all products begin in R&D; some start in marketing, and flow to design engineering for product development.

OBS

Strictly speaking, "product development" is more general than "new product development" for it can refer as well to the development of an improved product.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produit (Commercialisation)
  • Gestion de la production
  • Ingénierie
DEF

Ensemble des activités qui permettent de renouveler la gamme de produits d'une entreprise grâce aux innovations technologiques, aux suggestions des clients et à l'apparition de nouvelles nécessités.

CONT

Cette vie de produit [...] inclut : la promotion du projet de produit [...] la conception du produit lui-même et de tous ses services associés [...], la conception de sa fabrication (industrialisation) [et] la conception de sa vente (commercialisation). L'ensemble de ces quatre activités est ce que nous appellerons le développement de produit au sens le plus large du terme.

OBS

Le terme «développement de produit» traduit bien «product development» dans le sens donné sur cette fiche. C'est le sens le plus large du terme. «Développement» a aussi deux sens plus restreints : il peut vouloir dire «conception» mais normalement «développement» signifie tout ce qui concerne la réalisation du prototype. Dans ce sens le développement suit la conception et précède l'industrialisation.

OBS

développement de nouveaux produits : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producto (Comercialización)
  • Gestión de la producción
  • Ingeniería
DEF

Conjunto de actividades que permiten renovar la cartera de productos de una empresa, a partir de innovaciones tecnológicas, sugerencias de los clientes o aparición de nuevas necesidades.

OBS

[...] selección de ideas, evaluación técnica y mercadológica, desarrollo del producto y del proceso de fabricación, pruebas de mercado y lanzamiento.

OBS

desarrollo de nuevos productos: término,definición y observación extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 16 2001-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
CONT

A new business with an untried product should undertake at least one test survey before making final decisions... Depending on the market response, a product may need to be improved and test-marketed a number of times before production begins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation
CONT

Une nouvelle entreprise désireuse de commercialiser un nouveau produit devrait réaliser au moins un marché-test avant de prendre des décisions définitives [...] Peut-être décidera-t-elle, en fonction de la réaction du marché, d'améliorer le produit et de le soumettre à plusieurs autres marchés-tests avant d'entamer la production.

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Record 17 1996-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Chemistry)
CONT

Bimetallic catalysts show increased activity, improved resistance to poisoning by coke accumulation or deposition, and optimize product selectivity, eg, dehydrocyclization and aromatic hydrogenation are possible with a minimum of cracking reactions(hydrogenolysis) while maintaining very high hydrogenation activity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Chimie)

Spanish

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Record 18 1996-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Industries - General
CONT

... the new bicomponent filament developed by Hoechst Trevira and Hoechst Celanese has improved antistain properties and a better abrasion resistance through the presence of an external layer containing a high proportion of a fluoro-polymer. This Kleenwire II product... is aimed at the fabrics and cords for the paper industry and at filter fabrics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Industries - Généralités
CONT

[...] le nouveau filament bicomposant mis au point par Celanese possède des propriétés anti-salissures améliorées, en particulier une meilleure tenue de celles-ci à l'abrasion, grâce à la présence d'une couche externe possédant une haute teneur en polymère fluoré. Ce produit, Kleenwire II [...] est destiné au tissus et cordes pour l'industrie papetière et aux tissus pour filtration.

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Record 19 1996-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Industries - General
CONT

... the new bicomponent filament developed by Hoechst Trevira and Hoechst Celanese has improved antistain properties and a better abrasion resistance through the presence of an external layer containing a high proportion of a fluoro-polymer. This Kleenwire II product... is aimed at the fabrics and cords for the paper industry and at filter fabrics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Industries - Généralités
CONT

[...] le nouveau filament bicomposant mis au point par Celanese possède des propriétés anti-salissures améliorées, en particulier une meilleure tenue de celles-ci à l'abrasion, grâce à la présence d'une couche externe possédant une haute teneur en polymère fluoré. Ce produit, Kleenwire II [...] est destiné au tissus et cordes pour l'industrie papetière et aux tissus pour filtration.

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Record 20 1994-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
DEF

A dry wafer made of rye flour dough and used esp. among Scandinavian peoples.

CONT

Improved milling techniques(from the introduction of water mills) and the availability of larger amounts of wheat and flour. Thin bread was produced in larger quantities, and the dry, crisp product was stored for longer periods. This required large bread irons to produce flatbrod which is still widespread in western Scandinavia.(Bread Around the World).

OBS

Flatbread is a translation of the Norwegian flatbrød.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

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Record 21 1993-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
CONT

Fabrics with improved bending or draping properties can be produced. A high quality product is obtained when putting inserts into shaped or moulded articles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)

Spanish

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Record 22 1991-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
CONT

Design is the conversion of an idea into a finished product of some type. Sometimes the new or improved product is well defined, with... tentative specifications, making the design quite straightforward. At other times, the proposed product idea is as tenuous and fragile as a soap bubble....

CONT

The creative phase of the project is the time when all ideas are good.... There are a number of ways to develop this flow of ideas. ... In brainstorming, an overview of each idea is needed, not the small ideas of the concept.

OBS

"Idea" is frequently encountered in the sense of "product idea". An idea may be a process idea; see the record for this term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
CONT

[...] le produit évolue au cours de son existence. [...] il est façonné par les êtres humains. Cette existence commence à l'état d'embryon, sous forme d'idée de produit, apparaissant dans le subconscient d'un individu placé dans un contexte stratégique de développement industriel. Le démarrage effectif d'un projet de produit nouveau est nécessairement flou.

CONT

L'idée d'un produit est abstraite, [...], très vague [...] relativement simpliste; elle ne porte que sur quelques aspects de l'éventuel produit qui en découlera.

OBS

Les idées peuvent aussi être des idées de procédés [...]

OBS

Voir aussi la fiche pour "projet de produit".

Spanish

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Record 23 1991-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
CONT

To manage design effectively, it is essential that new or improved products are allowed to appear only after careful planning has confirmed a need for them.

OBS

... the genesis of a product ... [may be] Invention ... Innovation ... A mature design with incremental innovation.... All products move from invention through to maturity, revitalized or otherwise.

OBS

Substantial discounts were obtained in the past year for Lotus upgrades, powerbase, smartlink, and PC focus.

OBS

successive upgrades of a model (T-48-17E, 1987).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
DEF

nouvelle version d'un produit existant.

Spanish

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Record 24 1991-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering
CONT

There is usually no shortage of potential products to be considered for further development and production. The problem is one of preselection or screening of many projects to determine which are most promising.... this means the product : fills a need that is presently not served, or is served inadequately; [or]... has a differentiating advantage over existing products such as improved features, better performance, or lower price.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ingénierie
CONT

(...) le produit évolue au cours de son existence. (...) il est façonné par les êtres humains (...) Cette existence commence à l'état d'embryon, sous forme d'idée de produit, apparaissant dans le subconscient d'un individu placé dans un contexte stratégique de développement industriel. Le démarrage effectif d'un projet de produit nouveau est nécessairement flou.

OBS

Voir aussi la fiche pour "idée de produit".

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Record 25 1987-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Equipment (Agriculture)
CONT

Saskatchewan Dehydrators Association contribution to conduct research and development design to improve efficiency of processing alfalfa. The Association will develop improved "dryer feeding and pelletizing mechanisms" which are intended to increase production efficiency and improve product durability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines de récolte (Agriculture)

Spanish

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