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Record 1 2024-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect of the family Anthomyiidae.

Key term(s)
  • inconspicuous root maggot fly

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte de la famille des Anthomyiidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Pyrochroidae.

Key term(s)
  • inconspicuous fire-colored beetle
  • inconspicuous fire coloured beetle
  • inconspicuous fire colored beetle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Pyrochroidae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A caddisfly of the family Leptoceridae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Trichoptère de la famille des Leptoceridae.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Ephemeroptera) of the family Heptageniidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des éphéméroptères) de la famille des Heptageniidae.

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Chrysomelidae.

Key term(s)
  • inconspicuous fleabeetle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Chrysomelidae.

Spanish

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Record 6 2020-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
CONT

Among the fish there are two essentially different habits; those that live near the bottom are called demersal fish, and those that have no connection with the bottom are called pelagic. Demersal fish may look much like pelagic fish or they might have specific physical adaptations to bottom living. In either case the type of bottom sediment, its texture and composition, may be important to demersal fish, who generally feed and lay their eggs on the bottom.

CONT

Included in the Gadidae are cod, haddock, ling, and whiting.... Some species of demersal fish can change their color and markings drastically to camouflage themselves. This, along with their ability to partially bury themselves in shallow sand, makes them quite inconspicuous on the ocean floor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
DEF

Espèce que l'on trouve normalement sur ou près des fonds marins.

CONT

Le nectobenthos, catégorie biologique très mal connue, intermédiaire entre les peuplements benthiques et les peuplements pélagiques, comporte en particulier les populations juvéniles de poissons démersaux, groupées en bancs très mobiles dans le domaine côtier et le domaine lagunaire [...]

CONT

[La] plie est un poisson démersal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
Key term(s)
  • pez bentónico
  • pez de fondo
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Record 7 2018-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychoses
  • Clinical Psychology
Universal entry(ies)
F20.0
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Paranoid schizophrenia is dominated by relatively stable, often paranoid delusions, usually accompanied by hallucinations, particularly of the auditory variety, and perceptual disturbances. Disturbances of affect, volition and speech, and catatonic symptoms, are either absent or relatively inconspicuous.

OBS

F20.0: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychoses
  • Psychologie clinique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
F20.0
classification system code, see observation
CONT

La schizophrénie paranoïde se caractérise essentiellement par la présence d'idées délirantes relativement stables, souvent de persécution, habituellement accompagnées d'hallucinations, en particulier auditives, et de perturbations des perceptions. Les perturbations des affects, de la volonté et du langage, de même que les symptômes catatoniques, sont soit absents, soit relativement discrets.

OBS

F20.0 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicosis
  • Psicología clínica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
F20.0
classification system code, see observation
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Record 8 2017-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A mollusc of the family Tellinidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque de la famille des Tellinidae.

Spanish

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Record 9 2016-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Common name for the genus Fraxinus of the olive family (Oleaceae), comprising 70 species of Northern Hemisphere trees, many valuable for their timber and beauty.

OBS

The leaves are opposite, usually deciduous, and compound with an odd number of leaflets, rarely one. The one-seeded fruits are winged... The flowers usually are inconspicuous, but some species have petalled blooms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Arbre forestier à feuilles opposées et pennées, à bourgeons noirs ou brun jaunâtre, à écorce grisâtre et assez lisse, à fleurs uni- ou bisexuées en panicules paraissant avant les feuilles et dont les fruits sont des samares. (Famille des oléacées.)

CONT

[...] Fraxinus, le Frêne (60 esp., hémisphère Nord) [...] Utilisations. -Deux plantes de grande importance économique : l'une fruitière et oléagineuse l'Olivier, Olea europaea, l'autre le Frêne, Fraxinus comme arbre de parcs et comme producteur de bois.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 10 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

"Adder's-mouth orchid". Rare in Canada. This inconspicuous boreal orchid is generally extremely rare throughout North America.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Malaxis paludosa (L.) Ktze

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
  • Finance
CONT

Boston Brahmins are wealthy Yankee families characterized by a highly discreet and inconspicuous life style. Based in and around Boston, they form an integral part of the historic core of the East Coast establishment. They are associated with the distinctive Boston Brahmin accent, and with Harvard University. The term Brahmin refers to the highest caste in the caste system in India. In the United States it has been applied to the old, upper crust New England families of British Protestant origin that were extremely influential in the development and leadership of arts, culture, science, politics, trade, and academia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
  • Finances

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía
  • Finanzas
CONT

El capitalismo moderno ha emulado este sistema de castas. Sus brahmanes son los directivos y consejeros de las grandes corporaciones. Gozan de privilegios y prebendas por doquier: sueldos estratosféricos, planes de incentivos, vacaciones, jet privados y club de campo a costa de la empresa. Y no tienen casi ninguna responsabilidad.

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Record 12 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

In doubles play, an inconspicuous gesture by which a tennis player informs his or her partner what tactic(e. g. poaching) to use for the next point.

PHR

Prearranged signal.

PHR

To get one’s signals mixed up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Geste d'un partenaire en double à l'intention de son co-équipier pour lui signifier la tactique ou la technique à laquelle recourir au cours du jeu suivant.

CONT

Peut-on disqualifier un joueur, après l'avoir averti, s'il reçoit des signaux d'une manière discrète?

Spanish

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Record 13 2011-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
  • The Genitals
DEF

A rare malignant tumor of the female genital tract, resembling a renal cell carcinoma and containing tubules or small cysts with some cells that are hobnail-shaped and others whose cytoplasm is clear, containing abundant glycogen and inconspicuous stroma.

OBS

Clear cell adenocarcinoma may occur in the ovary, uterus, cervix or vagina.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
  • Organes génitaux

Spanish

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Record 14 2011-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
  • Corporate Security
  • Protection of Property
  • Security
DEF

an inconspicuous hold-up alarm operated by foot action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Sécurité des biens
  • Sécurité

Spanish

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Record 15 2011-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
  • Corporate Security
  • Protection of Property
  • Security
OBS

an inconspicuous alarm device activated by foot pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Sécurité des biens
  • Sécurité

Spanish

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Record 16 2010-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Agricultural Economics
DEF

... any seed, which is difficult to distinguish from a [given] seed.

OBS

Term and abbreviation used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Économie agricole
OBS

Terme et abréviation en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Economía agrícola
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Record 17 2007-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
OBS

In most processes, the air that expands the parison against the mold cavity must enter through blow pin tooling, which is available in four basic styles : simple tube, needle, ram down or calibrated prefinish, and pull-up prefinish.... With the needle style, a hypodermic-shaped needle is pierced through the parison from some remote position in the mold after the mold has closed. The location of the hole on the part is usually inconspicuous or hidden from view.

Key term(s)
  • needle blow pin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
CONT

[...] un dispositif de soufflage constitué soit d'une aiguille qui traverse la paroi du moule et qui permet le gonflage de la paraison dans l'empreinte pour obtenir des objets tels que des jouets, des arrosoirs de jardin, des contenants de grand volume..., soit d'une canne qui est introduite dans l'orifice supérieur de la bouteille ou du flacon à mouler.

Spanish

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Record 18 2005-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Restaurants
CONT

This is a small and inconspicuous noodle shop which sells simple dishes like cold noodles, sesame paste noodles, stuffed dumpling noodles, pig blood soup and fish ball soup.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Catégories de restaurants
CONT

De retour à la ville, je me suis installée dans une boutique de nouilles pour observer le va et vient de la foule tout en appréciant un délicieux bol de nouilles sèches, spécialité locale.

Spanish

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Record 19 2003-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A cliff or slope produced by wave erosion, situated at the seaward edge of the coast or the landward side of the wave-cut platform, and marking the inner limit of beach erosion.

OBS

It may vary from an inconspicuous slope to a high, steep escarpment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Abrupt vertical ou à pente forte visible sur une certaine longueur et dû à l'action de la mer.

CONT

Les falaises, de plusieurs dizaines de mètres de haut, s'étendent sur plusieurs centaines de mètres de long et se poursuivent latéralement par des pentes raides, sur le flanc des principales crêtes.

OBS

Le type morphologique falaise [...] n'est pas exclusivement une forme d'érosion marine [...] Le rôle de la mer est, le plus souvent, de rafraîchir le pied de la falaise favorisant un recul ultérieur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 20 2001-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Safety
OBS

The risk of such sensors as police devices depends to a great extent on how easy it is to instrument locations in the roadway without the driver being aware of it. The grime-proof channel would be read from below, and a car would have to pass directly over the reader, so it wouldn’t work on the open road, where cars could easily dodge the sensor. US style bar codes are easily covered, but when exposed, can be read from an inconspicuous roadside scanner. Aircraft style IFF devices would allow actual tracking of cars from a distance without fixed scanners.

Key term(s)
  • road side scanner
  • road-side scanner

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité routière

Spanish

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Record 21 2001-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Flowers and Ornamentals (Horticulture)
  • Plant Biology
CONT

Flowers that are described as solitary and without perianth have no petals or sepals and are therefore quite inconspicuous. They may be single sex flowers or bisexual. In either case the only parts to the flower are the male and female sex organs.

CONT

Piperaceae is a natural order of herbs and shrubs of wide geographical distribution. They bear small flowers, usually without perianth, followed by small capsular or baccate fruit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Floriculture
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Se dit d'une fleur sans périanthe.

Spanish

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Record 22 2000-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plywood
DEF

The inconspicuous repair of an open defect in a panel with matching wood veneers.

OBS

sliver patch; sliver patching: terms and definition reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder, CSA International, 178 Rexdale Blvd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9W 1R3. However, CSA International shall not be responsible for the manner in which the information is presented, nor for any interpretations thereof. This CSA International material may not have been updated to reflect amendments subsequently made to the original content. For further information, contact CSA International.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contreplaqués
OBS

flipot : Pièce de placage de forme étroite et allongée destinée au rapiéçage, notamment des fentes.

Spanish

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Record 23 2000-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prostheses
OBS

The canal aid is appropriate for persons with a mild to moderate hearing loss. This is the smallest aid available. It fits in the canal portion of the ear and very inconspicuous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prothèses
DEF

Prothèse intra-auriculaire logée dans le conduit auditif, plus loin que la dépression centrale du pavillon.

Spanish

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Record 24 1994-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
  • Electronic Warfare
CONT

This makes for inconspicuous system deployment, and aids storage and transport logistics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
  • Guerre électronique
CONT

Cette installation est discrète et elle simplifie les problèmes logistiques de transport et de stockage.

Spanish

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Record 25 1992-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees(family Oleaceae) with inconspicuous bisexual flowers, sometimes foliage resembling holly, and a drupaceous fruit with a hard woody endocarp....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Petit arbre ou arbuste à fleurs odorantes d'Amérique du Nord, d'Asie orientale et d'Océanie. (Famille des oléacées).

CONT

Les osmanthus sont des arbres à feuilles ovales ou lancéolées, coriaces, persistantes. Les fleurs, petites, blanches, sont axillaires, terminales. Les Chinois emploient leurs fleurs pour parfumer le thé. En France, Osmanthus aquifolium peut croître en pleine terre; les autres espèces se tiennent en orangerie.

Spanish

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Record 26 1991-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
DEF

An unobtrusive, barely noticeable, presence, or concealed, inconspicuous activity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
CONT

Le voyage de M. Mitterand au Brésil et en Colombie. Une visite en creux. (Billet anonyme, Le monde, 22.10.85)

Spanish

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Record 27 1986-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
OBS

pipes shall be run as inconspicuous a manner as possible

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
OBS

les tuyaux seront établis de façon à être le moins en évidence possible.

Spanish

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Record 28 1980-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
OBS

Wheel-shaped; descriptive of a gamopetalous corolla or gamosepalous calyx widely spreading, without a contracted tube or with only a short and inconspicuous tube.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

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Record 29 1977-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Brachiopods of the] subfamily Rensselandiinae(...) [are] moderate-sized to large, symmetrical; [the] deltidial plates [are] discrete; [the] ventral palintrope and beak [are] relatively inconspicuous; [the] cardinal process and median septa [are] absent; hinge plates [are] discrete and(...) unsupported by crural plates. "M. Dev. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Brachiopodes de la] sous-famille des Rensselandiinae (...) [sont] symétriques; [Les] plaques de Hidiales [sont] séparées à tous les âges; [ils n'ont] pas de septa médians.

Spanish

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