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INDIRECT CAUSE [9 records]

Record 1 2023-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Risks and Threats (Security)
  • Philosophy (General)
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
CONT

In a black sky event, an unprotected grid would cause an extended duration power outage and precipitate cascading, direct and indirect failures of other critical societal infrastructures. These other infrastructures include oil, gas, transportation, water, wastewater and so on.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Risques et menaces (Sécurité)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

cause indirecte : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Finance
CONT

... the offence cause, or resulted in, substantial direct or indirect economic loss...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Finances

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Fluctuations
  • Banking
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

Inflation measured by the core CPI [consumer price index], thus excluding transitory fluctuations in the prices of most volatile components as well as the effect of changes in indirect taxes on the remaining components.

OBS

Since, in the short run, the prices of the more volatile components of the CPI [consumer price index], as well as changes in indirect taxes, cause a good deal of temporary movement in the total CPI, the Bank of Canada finds it very helpful to use the core measure on inflation as an operational guide to policy.

Key term(s)
  • core consumer price index inflation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fluctuations économiques
  • Banque
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
DEF

Inflation mesurée de façon à exclure les variations attribuables aux fluctuations passagères des prix de composantes les plus volatiles de l'indice des prix à la consommation ainsi que l'effet des modifications des impôts indirects sur les autres composantes.

OBS

Puisque, à court terme, les composantes les plus volatiles et l'effet des impôts indirects sont la source d'une bonne part des mouvements temporaires de l'IPCdes prix à la consommation global, la Banque du Canada juge très utile de se servir de l'indice de référence pour guider ses interventions en matière de politique monétaire.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollution (General)
DEF

Any unfavourable alteration of the physical, thermal, biological or radioactive properties of any part of our surroundings, wholly or largely as a by-product of man's action, through direct or indirect changes in energy patterns, radiation levels, chemical and physical constitution, and abundance of organisms, by discharging, emitting or depositing wastes or substances so as to affect any beneficial use adversely, to cause a condition which is hazardous or potentially hazardous to public health, safety or welfare, or to animals, birds, wildlife, fish or aquatic life, or to plants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution (Généralités)
DEF

Dégradation d'un milieu par l'introduction, directe ou indirecte, d'une substance ou d'un facteur physique, chimique ou biologique qui entraîne une nuisance ou une altération de l'environnement de ce milieu.

PHR

Pollution de l'air, pollution des eaux, pollution des sols.

PHR

Pollution atomique, pollution atmosphérique, pollution nucléaire, pollution thermique.

PHR

Lutte contre la pollution.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación (Generalidades)
DEF

Presencia de sustancias ajenas a los componentes normales del medio ambiente.

OBS

polución: término de origen inglés-americano-francés para expresar la contaminación ambiental.

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Record 6 2003-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Security
  • Psychological Warfare
CONT

Terrorism, unlike guerrilla warfare, does not attack military or government centers with the desire to take power. Rather terrorism targets unsuspecting victims to publicize their cause and create panic among the strong. The terrorist hopes that by randomly attacking "off limit" targets, it will create a fear so intolerable that despite power the victim will surrender to the terrorists’ demands. Thus, terrorism is an indirect strategy to accomplish direct and specific goals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
  • Guerre psychologique
CONT

La stratégie indirecte consiste à [...] ne pas affronter l'ennemi dans une épreuve de force directe, mais à ne l'aborder qu'après l'avoir inquiété, surpris et déséquilibré par une approche imprévue, effectuée par des directions détournées.

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Soil Science
CONT

The method by which incident radiation interacts with the medium to cause ionization may be direct or indirect. Electromagnetic radiations(X rays and gamma photons) are indirectly ionizing; that is, they give up their energy in various interactions with cellular molecules, and the energy is then utilized to produce a fast-moving charged particle such as an electron. It is the electron that then secondarily may react with a target molecule. Charged particles, in contrast, strike the tissue or medium and directly react with target molecules, such as oxygen or water. These particulate radiations are directly ionizing radiations.

CONT

The third step is to fuse two tritium nuclei into one helium and two proton products. The end result of fusing four hydrogen nuclei (protons) is one helium nucleus, and two gamma ray photons, and two electron neutrinos, and kinetic heat energy.

OBS

Gamma rays: A very penetrating electromagnetic radiation emitted from a nucleus of an atom during radioactive decay. Radiation: An emission of energy in the form of photons (gamma, x-rays) or particles (alpha, beta, positron, neutron radiation). Photon: A type of radiation in the form of an electromagnetic wave, having zero mass and zero charge.

Key term(s)
  • gamma photon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
  • Science du sol
CONT

Les photons gamma très pénétrants permettent de réaliser de véritables radiographies des matériaux les plus denses. Cette technique [gammamétrie] est appliquée depuis quelques années à la détermination de la densité et de l'humidité des sols.

Spanish

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Record 8 1992-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
  • Strength of Materials
CONT

An action is : a set of concentrated or distributed forces acting on the structure(direct actions), or the cause of imposed or constrained deformations in the structure(indirect actions.)

OBS

The term "load" may be used with essentially the same meaning as "action". It is often used to describe direct actions only. The term "action" was introduced to cover also the effects due to imposed deformations.

OBS

[Indirect action] Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
  • Résistance des matériaux
CONT

Une action est: un ensemble de forces concentrées ou réparties agissant sur la structure (action directe), ou la cause de déformations imposées ou entravées dans la structure (action indirecte).

OBS

Le terme "charge" peut être utilisé comme ayant essentiellement la même signification que le terme "action". Il est généralement employé pour désigner uniquement les actions directes. Le terme "action" a été introduit pour traduire également les effets dus aux déformations imposées.

OBS

[Action indirecte] Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 9 1992-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
  • Strength of Materials
CONT

An action is : a set of concentrated or distributed forces acting on the structure(direct actions), or the cause of imposed or constrained deformations in the structure(indirect actions.)

OBS

The term "load" may be used with essentially the same meaning as "action". It is often used to describe direct actions only. The term "action" was introduced to cover also the effects due to imposed deformations.

OBS

[Action] Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
  • Résistance des matériaux
CONT

Une action est: un ensemble de forces concentrées ou réparties agissant sur la structure (action directe), ou la cause de déformations imposées ou entravées dans la structure (action indirecte).

OBS

Le terme "charge" peut être utilisé comme ayant essentiellement la même signification que le terme "action". Il est généralement employé pour désigner uniquement les actions directes. Le terme "action" a été introduit pour traduire également les effets dus aux déformations imposées.

OBS

[Action] Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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