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PBO [10 records]

Record 1 2025-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Parliamentary Language
OBS

The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer supports the Parliamentary Budget Officer by providing independent, non-partisan financial and economic analysis to help parliamentarians oversee government spending and fiscal policy.

Key term(s)
  • Parliamentary Budget Office
  • PBO

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
OBS

Le Bureau du directeur parlementaire du budget appuie le directeur parlementaire du budget en fournissant des analyses financières et économiques indépendantes et non partisanes afin d'aider les parlementaires à surveiller les dépenses gouvernementales et la politique budgétaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
Universal entry(ies)
PbO2
formula, see observation
DEF

A native lead dioxide ... crystallizing in the tetragonal system and occurring as black crystals or black-brown masses.

OBS

Chemical formula :PbO2</sub>

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
PbO2
formula, see observation
DEF

Minéral (oxyde) du système cristallin quadratique, du groupe du rutile, se présentant en cristaux aciculaires noirs ou en masses nodulaires noir brunâtre à noir fer.

OBS

Le minerai est opaque, à éclat métallique brillant, à trait brun. C'est un produit d'altération d'autres minéraux plombifères.

OBS

Formule chimique : PbO2

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
Entrada(s) universal(es)
PbO2
formula, see observation
DEF

Bióxido de plomo, de color negro [que] cristaliza en el sistema tetragonal.

OBS

Fórmula química: PbO2

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Record 3 2016-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Parliamentary Language
OBS

An officer of the Library of Parliament appointed to hold office during pleasure for a renewable term of not more than five years.

OBS

The PBO’s mandate is to provide independent and objective analysis to Parliament on the state of the nation’s finances, the government’s estimates and trends in the Canadian economy; and upon request from a committee or parliamentarian, to estimate the financial cost of any proposal for matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
OBS

Membre du personnel de la Bibliothèque du Parlement nommé à titre amovible pour un mandat renouvelable d'au plus cinq ans.

OBS

Le DPB a pour mandat de fournir au Parlement, de façon indépendante et objective, des analyses de la situation financière du pays, des prévisions budgétaires du gouvernement et des tendances de l'économie canadienne, et, à la demande de tout comité ou parlementaire, d'évaluer le coût financier de toute mesure proposée relevant des domaines de compétence du Parlement.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

... var. of allophane... A silica-alumina gel containing PbO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Allophane contenant du plomb, Monteveccio, Sardaigne.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Finances
CONT

When the PBO [property book officer] issues items to an individual for his or her use or to a supervisor for a subordinate to use, the person receiving the property from the PBO signs a receipt for the property... The person who signs for the property from the PBO is called the primary hand receipt holder(PHRH) and by his or her signature has indicated that he or she has received the property and accepts responsibility for it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances militaires

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

An oxide of lead made by controlled heating of metallic lead having the formula PbO or OPb, appearing under the form of yellow crystals, insoluble in water, soluble in acids and alkalies, used chiefly in making plates for lead-lead acid cells, in compounding rubber, in glass, glazes, paints, varnishes and vitreous enamels, and in the manufacture of other lead compounds.

OBS

Commercial grades are yellow to reddish, depending on treatment and purity.

OBS

Not to be confused with "massicot" (q.v.), which refers to the natural lead monoxide (lead ocher).

OBS

litharge: This term is sometimes used broadly as a synonym for lead monoxide, but it refers specifically to lead monoxide obtained in flake or powdered form by processes carried out at temperatures above the melting point of the oxide.

OBS

lead monoxide: obsolete form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le monoxyde [de plomb] PbO [ou OPb], préparé par chauffage du métal à l'air, est appelé, suivant son aspect, «massicot» ou «litharge»; c'est un oxyde basique [...]

OBS

monoxyde de plomb : forme vieillie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Sólido cristalino amarillo, insoluble en agua, soluble en ácidos y álcalis. Tóxico por ingestión e inhalación.

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Record 7 2011-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
PbO2
formula, see observation
O2Pb
formula, see observation
1309-60-0
CAS number
DEF

A chemical compound ... which appears under the form of poisonous, brown hexagonal crystals that decompose when heated, is insoluble in water and alcohol, soluble in glacial acetic acid, is derived by adding bleaching powder to an alkaline solution of lead hydroxide, and is used as an oxidizing agent, in electrodes, lead-acid storage batteries, matches and explosives, as a textile mordant, in dye manufacture, and as an analytical reagent.

OBS

Chemical formula :PbO2</sub> or O2Pb

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
PbO2
formula, see observation
O2Pb
formula, see observation
1309-60-0
CAS number
OBS

Formule chimique : PbO2 ou O2Pb

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
PbO2
formula, see observation
O2Pb
formula, see observation
1309-60-0
CAS number
OBS

Sólido cristalino de color pardo. Soluble en ácido acético glacial, insoluble en agua y alcohol. Oxidante. Tóxico.

OBS

Fórmula química: PbO2 o O2Pb

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Record 8 2011-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
Universal entry(ies)
PbSO4·PbO
formula, see observation
OBS

dilead oxide sulfate: form recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

OBS

Chemical formula : PbSO4sub>·PbO

OBS

basic lead sulfate; basic sulfate white lead; sublimed white lead: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
PbSO4·PbO
formula, see observation
OBS

oxyde sulfate de diplomb : forme recommandée par l'Union internationale de chimie pure et appliquée (UICPA).

OBS

Formule chimique : PbSO4·PbO

OBS

sulfate basique de plomb : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-01-24

English

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

A yellow, orthorhombic mineral.

French

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

Oxyde naturel de plomb [...], de système orthorhombique, de couleur jaune à rouge.

OBS

Le massicot a les mêmes propriétés chimiques que la litharge.

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

UNESCO

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

UNESCO

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
OBS

UNESCO.

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