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INDIRECT ROUTE [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roads
  • Road Networks
  • Tourism
DEF

A(frequently indirect or circuitous) route that offers good landscape views...

OBS

scenic drive: designation used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies de circulation
  • Réseaux routiers
  • Tourisme
OBS

panoramique : [...] qui permet d'embrasser l'ensemble d'un paysage.

OBS

route panoramique : désignation en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Networks
DEF

A strip of land set apart for passage, public or private, especially of vehicles.

OBS

In current usage, "road" is applied as a general term for all broad main ways that have a smoothed or paved surface. A road in a city is usually called a "street. "The English word "route" is more specific than "road. "It usually refers to an indirect way of reaching a certain point or to a course taken to reach a destination, thus a "route" can include many roads. Vehicular ways of secondary importance in rural areas are often called "roads, "while those of primary importance are called "highways. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réseaux routiers
DEF

Voie spécialement aménagée dans la campagne (par opposition à rue) pour permettre d'aller sans difficulté d'un lieu à l'autre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes viales
OBS

camino: Término utilizado por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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Record 3 2007-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

To take an indirect route around.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
DEF

Faire le tour de, passer autour.

OBS

contourner : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
CONT

An alternative to introspection and Watsonian behaviorism was Gestalt psychology in which thought was seen as an organizational process by which a problem was reorganized or solved. Solfgang Köehler's use of the "Unweg" or detour problem is an example. In it, an animal or child must secure a desirable object by taking an indirect route, the direct route having been blocked.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
  • Rail Transport Operations
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
DEF

In Car Service terminology, a car intended for and belonging to a railroad with which the handling carrier does not have an interchange. In the case of box cars of indirect ownership mechanically designated as "XM", there exists a short routing plan(CSD-90 or SCO-90) established and controlled by the A. A. R., which allows each railroad to dispose of these cars when empty to certain railroads and at specified junction points without regard to prior inbound route of loaded movement of the cars. In the case of gondolas and flats of indirect ownership with a specified mechanical designation, short routing plan SCO-100 is used.

OBS

indirect connection car; indirect ownership car: Terms officially approved by Canadian Pacific Ltd.

OBS

Non-direct connection car: term used in the centralized management of CN freight traffic called TRACS (Traffic Reporting and Controlling System).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
  • Exploitation (Transport par rail)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
DEF

Dans la terminologie du service des wagons, wagon appartenant à un chemin de fer auquel le réseau utilisateur n'est par raccordé directement. Dans le cas de wagons couverts appartenant à des réseaux non contigus et portant la désignation mécanique "XM", l'A.A.R. a établi un plan d'acheminement (CSD-90 ou SCO-90) par l'itinéraire le plus court, qui permet à chaque chemin de fer de remettre ces wagons, quand ils sont vides, à certains réseaux et à des points de jonction déterminés sans égard à leur parcours antérieur en charge. Dans le cas des tombereaux appartenant à des réseaux non contigus et portant une désignation mécanique précise, on utilise le plan SCO-100.

OBS

wagon pour échange indirect: Terme uniformisé par Canadien Pacifique Ltée.

OBS

Wagon en échange indirect : terme utilisé dans le système de gestion centralisée du trafic marchandises du CN appelé système TRACS.

Spanish

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Record 6 1980-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Passenger Service (Rail Transport)
OBS

voyageurs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic voyageurs (Transport par rail)
OBS

T-310-4, circ. 185; juin 1971.

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
OBS

glossaire du trafic

Spanish

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