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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Navigation Aids
  • Meteorology
DEF

Description of the main climatic features of concern to aviation for an area or an air route.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ICAO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
  • Météorologie
DEF

Description des principales caractéristiques climatiques qui intéressent l'aviation, pour une région ou une route aérienne.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'OACI.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ayuda para la navegación aérea
  • Meteorología
DEF

Descripción de las principales características meteorológicas, de interés aeronáutico, para un área o una ruta aérea.

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Record 2 2015-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil and Gas Distribution Facilities
DEF

An installation built at intervals along an oil pipeline containing storage tanks, pumps and other equipment for routing and maintaining the flow of oil.

CONT

Every applicant for a licence or an order for the export of ethylene shall furnish to the Board [National Energy Board]... where the ethylene is to be exported by pipeline, a description of the route, design and capacity of the pipeline, including(i) compressor and pump stations...

OBS

See Consolidated Regulations of Canada (C.R.C.), 1978, chapter 1056, 20(4)(h).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Install. de distrib. (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
CONT

Le coût de fonctionnement d'un pipe-line est constitué, pour une très grande part, de frais d'entretien et d'énergie pour l'exploitation des stations de pompage de l'huile ou de compression du gaz échelonnées le long de l'ouvrage, et le diamètre retenu doit permettre une augmentation de capacité ultérieure grâce à l'adjonction de stations intermédiaires nouvelles.

OBS

Voir la Codification des règlements du Canada (C.R.C.), 1978, chapitre 1056, 20(4)(h).

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Air Traffic Control
DEF

The unambiguous delineation of a route in terms of an ordered sequence of ATS [air traffic services] route designators and/or significant points.

OBS

route description : term standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee; term and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
DEF

Définition non équivoque sous forme d'une séquence ordonnée d'indicatifs de route ATS [Services de circulation aérienne] et(ou) de points importants.

OBS

description de route : terme normalisé par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne; terme et définition uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
  • Control de tránsito aéreo
DEF

Delineación de una ruta, mediante una sucesión ordenada de designadores ATS [servicio de tránsito aéreo] de ruta, puntos característicos, o una combinación de ambos. [Definición aceptada oficialmente por la OACI.]

OBS

descripción de ruta: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 4 2006-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
  • Transport of Oil and Natural Gas
CONT

... details concerning the route, design and capacity of the applicant's pipeline [include] a brief description of... connecting pipeline facilities beyond the international boundary...

OBS

See Consolidated Regulations of Canada (C.R.C.), 1978, chapter 1056, 4(2)(1).

OBS

facilities: term rarely used in the singular (facility).

Key term(s)
  • connecting pipeline facility

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canalisations à grande distance
  • Transport du pétrole et du gaz naturel
OBS

dispositif de raccordement de pipe-line : Voir la Codification des règlements du Canada (C.R.C.), 1978, chapitre 1056, 4(2)(1).

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2002-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Official Documents
  • Transport of Goods
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Licence to Transport while in Transit. An application for a licence to transport a nuclear substance while in transit shall contain the following information :(a) the name, address and telephone number of the consignor;(b) a description of the nuclear substance, including its quantity;(c) the country of origin of the nuclear substance;(d) the name and address of each consignee;(e) the reason for selecting a route through Canada;(f) the name of every carrier;(g) the route and schedule;(h) the dates, times and locations of arrival into and departure from Canada...

OBS

Regulation cited: Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Documents officiels
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Permis de transport en transit. La demande de permis de transport d'une substance nucléaire en transit comprend les renseignements suivants : a) les nom, adresse et numéro de téléphone de l'expéditeur; b) une description de la substance, y compris la quantité; c) le pays d'origine de la substance; d) les nom et adresse de chaque destinataire; e) la raison du choix d'un itinéraire passant par le Canada; f) le nom de chaque transporteur; g) l'itinéraire et le calendrier; h) les date, heure et endroit de l'arrivée au Canada et du départ du Canada [...]

OBS

Règlement cité : Règlement sur l'emballage et le transport des substances nucléaires.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
DEF

... a point on a route which is generally more distant from the territory of the route recipient than the territory of the granting State... and wich forms a part of a route description.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Control de tránsito aéreo
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Record 7 2000-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Aviation
DEF

... traffic enplaned and deplaned on flight sectors between foreign countries that are "blind" only in the sense that they are not otherwise authorized by the agreed route description and the corresponding licence or permits granted by that state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aviation commerciale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aviación comercial
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Record 8 1998-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation Law
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

a document containing a list of goods and shipping instructions relative to a shipment, prepared and transported by a common carrier.

DEF

A document made out by the carrier at the point of origin which shows the point of origin, destination, route, consignor, consignee, description of shipment, and freight charge.

OBS

waybill and W/B : Officially approved by Canadian Pacific Ltd.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des transports
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
  • Camionnage
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

document délivré par le transporteur (chemin de fer ou camion) comprenant la description officielle d'un envoi. Ce document sert d'attestation pour les assurances en cas de sinistre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de transporte
  • Servicio de carga (Transporte ferroviario)
  • Transporte por camión
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Es el documento que contiene la misma información que el conocimiento de embarque, pero que no representa un contrato de transporte.

OBS

No debe confundirse con carta de porte, puesto que esta última es documento fehaciente de la existencia de un contrato de transporte.

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Record 9 1990-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Map analogous to a procedural concept which stores route information in terms of the operators required to traverse those routes and refers to a local map in its state description.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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