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Record 1 2019-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Safety
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Scientific Research Methods
CONT

Anodic stripping voltammetry is a method to demonstrate the presence of multiple metals in water. This method is usually applied to investigate the water quality of surface or drinking water or sewage.

CONT

Anodic stripping voltammetry(ASV) is the most common of a class of techniques known as stripping electroanalytical methods(SEAM). The defining characteristic of these methods is the preconcentration of analyte at the electrode surface in order to lower the detection limit for that analyte.... Usually a mercury drop or mercury thin-film electrode is employed under forced convective conditions(stirred solution). The preconcentration step is followed by a short time period in which the solution is allowed to quiet(no stirring), following which a potential scan is initiated from the deposition potential in the anodic direction. ASV is well-suited for the determination of trace amounts of many metal contaminants. “Stripping” refers to the characteristic sharp voltammetric waves that occur for metals as they are oxidized out of mercury, in which many metals form amalgams.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salubrité alimentaire
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Méthodes de recherche scientifique

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Radioactive Ores (Mining)
Universal entry(ies)
(Th,U)SiO4
formula, see observation
(Th,Fe,Y,P,Ca)SiO4
formula, see observation
DEF

A radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate.

CONT

The radioactivity of thorite often brings it to a state of metamiction, in which its crystal structure becomes unstable thereby causing the crystal edges to become smooth and rounded. When this happens, the thorite may gain hydroxyl (OH) molecules in place of the silica (SiO4) molecules and transform into a different mineral, thorogummite.

OBS

Thorite is currently an important ore of uranium. A variety of thorite often called "uranothorite" is particularly rich in uranium... Other varieties of thorite include "orangite, "an orange variety; "calciothorite" an impure variety with trace amounts of calcium and "freyalite" actually a discredited variety containing cerium([which] turned out to be an altered form of the mineral melanocerite).

OBS

Chemical formulas: (Th,U)SiO4 or (Th,Fe,Y,P,Ca)SiO4

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Minerais radioactifs (Mines métalliques)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
(Th,U)SiO4
formula, see observation
(Th,Fe,Y,P,Ca)SiO4
formula, see observation
DEF

Silicate naturel de thorium, du système cristallin quadratique [pouvant] contenir jusqu'à 25 % d'uranium.

OBS

La variété orangite possède une couleur jaune-orangé [...] Il existe une variété uranifère, l'uranothorite.

OBS

Formules chimiques : (Th,U)SiO4 ou (Th,Fe,Y,P,Ca)SiO4

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
OBS

Analysis of the constituents in small quantities in a sample by using techniques such as polarography and spectroscopy.

CONT

X-ray microscopy has already begun to branch out beyond the life sciences toward surface science and trace element analysis.

OBS

Compare with the closely-related concept of "ultratrace analysis."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Analyse de traces et d'ultratraces d'éléments. [...] L'analyse d'éléments à l'état de traces concerne des secteurs d'activité aussi variés que les technologies de pointe (alliages, semi-conducteurs, nucléaire...), les domaines de la santé (produits de consommation alimentaire, fluides biologiques, atmosphères de travail...), de l'environnement (air, eaux, sols, sédiments...) ou de la géochimie (roches, sédiments...).

OBS

Pour procéder à l'analyse des traces, plusieurs techniques sont utilisées : l'extraction par solvant, la spectrographie, la spectrophotométrie de flamme, la chromatographie, la colorimétrie et la radioactivité.

CONT

Ensemble intégré GC/MS à piégeage d'ions pour analyse de traces.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química analítica
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
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Record 4 2011-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Climate Change
  • Air Pollution
OBS

Biomass burning has only recently been recognized as a major source of important trace gases and aerosol particles. Through burning, the chemical elements in vegetation are cycled back to the atmosphere and to soils in chemical and physical forms and proportions which make biomass burning an important biogeochemical process. Before the advent of humans, fire was ignited naturally by lightning strikes in dry vegetated regions. Today, however, the process is driven almost exclusively by human activity which includes the burning of forested areas to facilitate land clearing, the burning of harvest debris to maintain cleared land, the extensive burning of natural grasslands and savannas to sustain nomadic agriculture, and the burning of biomass as fuel for cooking and heating. The importance of biomass burning is well recognized in International Global Atmospheric Chemistry and this activity, Biomass Burning Experiment : Impact on the Atmosphere and Biosphere(BIBEX), was established to address this phenomenon. It is being carried out by a multi-national science team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Économie environnementale
  • Changements climatiques
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas provinciales gubernamentales (Canadá)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
  • Cambio climático
  • Contaminación del aire
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Record 5 2010-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Techniques
  • Food Preservation and Canning
CONT

Altering the composition of the gaseous environment which a food product contacts reduces the rate of microbiological growth and enzymatic action, reduces the rate of oxidation, and also retards the loss of product water content through respiration of differential water-vapor pressure.... Controlled atmosphere packaging(CAP) means actually controlling the total gaseous environment the product experiences. In commercial practice, it usually means lowering the oxygen and raising the CO2 and assuring that O2 does not diminish to extinction while the respiratory gases are swept out. Controlled atmosphere packaging implies constant control over all gases : O2, CO2, H2O, and ethylene and other trace gases.

OBS

The package acts as a barrier to prevent gas from entering or leaving the container system.

OBS

The term "gas flush packaging" is sometimes used as a synonym for controlled atmosphere packaging.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'emballage
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie
DEF

Mode de conditionnement des denrées alimentaires, telles que les fruits et légumes, permettant de contrôler le phénomène de respiration de ceux-ci, grâce à des ajustements permanents en gaz.

OBS

À la différence de l'atmosphère modifiée au départ, l'atmosphère contrôlée reste identique à elle-même, tout au long du stockage quels que soient les phénomènes de respiration [...]

OBS

Dans ce cas, des appareils appropriés maintiennent les mélanges gazeux dans les proportions d'origine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas de embalaje
  • Conservación de los alimentos y elaboración de conservas
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Record 6 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronics
  • Police
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Telecommunications
DEF

A device that records or decodes electronic or other impulses that identify the numbers dialed or otherwise transmitted on the telephone line to which such device is attached, ...

CONT

... if your child has been kidnapped, the FBI will put a trap and trace on your phone in hopes of discovering the telephone number of the kidnappers. There is a similar feature known as a "pen-register" that tracks all outbound telephone numbers dialed. If you are a suspected drug dealer, the FBI might perform a virtual stake out where they put a trap-and-trace plus pen-register on your phone in order to discover everyone you call, and everyone who calls you.

Key term(s)
  • pen register device
  • pen-register device

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électronique
  • Police
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Télécommunications
DEF

Dispositif d'écoute téléphonique qui enregistre les numéros de téléphone composés de l'appelant.

OBS

enregistreur de numéros de téléphone; ENT : Ce terme est déconseillé, car il est générique; en fait, il existe deux types d'enregistreurs de numéros de téléphone utilisés comme systèmes de surveillance, l'enregistreur de numéros composés et l'enregistreur de numéros reçus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electrónica
  • Policía
  • Telefonía y tecnología de microondas
  • Telecomunicaciones
CONT

Constituye dicha técnica conocida con las denominaciones de tarifador, o en terminología anglosajona pen-register o comptage, una modalidad mínimamente agresiva del secreto de las comunicaciones por virtud de la cual puede obtenerse información, sin duda valiosa, sobre la identidad de los números de teléfono de quienes emiten o reciben llamadas respecto del Terminal telefónico objeto de investigación, duración de las llamadas y hora de las mismas.

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Record 7 2009-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Human Geography
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
  • Radiation Protection
CONT

Beginning in the late 1970s there were unconfirmed reports of an event in the Urals that resulted in widespread contamination of the environs. We now know that this was a chemical explosion in a high level waste storage tank in 1957. This chemical explosion resulted in 20 MCi of radioactive material thrown out from the tank and 2 MCi were dispersed downwind as a plume. This plume contaminated about 23, 000 square kilometers and became known as the "Eastern Urals Radioactive Trace(EURT) ". About 270, 000 persons were exposed and 8, 000 were relocated within periods ranging from 10 to 670 days after the explosion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Géographie humaine
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
  • Radioprotection
CONT

L'accident secret du 29 septembre 1957 [...] Le 29 septembre 1957, à 16 h 20 min heure locale, eût lieu dans l'usine radiochimique produisant du plutonium l'explosion d'une des cuves de stockage de déchets de haute activité. [...] ll en est résulté un nuage radioactif qui se déplaça vers le nord-est et qui contamina une partie des territoires des régions administratives de Tchéliabinsk, Sverdlovsk et Tioumen. Les territoires contaminés reçurent, par la suite, le nom de Traînée radioactive Oural-Est.

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Patterns
CONT

Some pattern pieces are printed on large pieces of tissue paper. Others are printed on sturdy pieces of white paper called master patterns. To preserve the master pattern for reuse, simply trace the size you need onto a piece of pattern tracing material.... This way, you can trace off another view or cut out a project for someone else who is a different size without destroying the master pattern.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patrons (Couture)

Spanish

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Record 9 2008-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronics
  • Telecommunications
  • Police
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
DEF

A device that captures the incoming electronic or other impulses that identify the originating number of an instrument or device from which a wire or electronic communication was transmitted.

DEF

A method used by the FBI and some step offices that forces a voltage through the line and traces simultaneously ...

CONT

... if your child has been kidnapped, the FBI will put a trap and trace on your phone in hopes of discovering the telephone number of the kidnappers. There is a similar feature known as a "pen-register" that tracks all outbound telephone numbers dialed. If you are a suspected drug dealer, the FBI might perform a virtual stake out where they put a trap-and-trace plus pen-register on your phone in order to discover everyone you call, and everyone who calls you.

Key term(s)
  • lock in trace
  • trap-and-trace

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électronique
  • Télécommunications
  • Police
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
DEF

Dispositif utilisé lors d'une écoute électronique permettant d'intercepter des impulsions électroniques d'une communication entrante afin d'identifier le numéro d'origine d'une communication électronique ou par fil.

OBS

Ces dispositifs d'écoute ne devraient pas être utilisés pour enregistrer le contenu des communications (par exemple, l'information contenue dans les courriels). Il existe toute une controverse entourant l'utilisation de ces appareils et la confidentialité dans les communications.

OBS

Par opposition à un enregistreur de numéros composés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electrónica
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Policía
  • Telefonía y tecnología de microondas
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Record 10 2008-02-19

English

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

These are small, hamless animals living on insects, wild fruit, small rodents and reptiles. They use their large ears to trace sounds of insect activity underground, after which the prey is dug out and eaten.

OBS

A mammal of the family Canidae.

French

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

Mammifère de la famille des Canidae.

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Camping and Caravanning
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

A camping mode which relies on the following principles: being clean in outdoor manners, being careful with fire, being considerate in the outdoors, being conservation-minded.

CONT

Low impact camping.... The instructors’ goal is to teach you "leave no trace" camping. "Leave No Trace" means bury your human waste, fill your hole if you dig a fire pit, everything you bring in, bring it out.

OBS

The Leave No Trace Principles of outdoor ethics [are the following]: 1. Plan Ahead and Prepare. 2. Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces. 3. Dispose of Waste Properly. 4. Leave What You Find. 5. Minimize Campfire Impacts. 6. Respect Wildlife. 7. Be Considerate of Other Visitors.

OBS

no-trace camping; low-impact camping: terms used by Parks Canada.

Key term(s)
  • leave-no-trace camping

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camping et caravaning
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Camping pratiqué selon des principes écologiques pour ne pas perturber le milieu naturel.

OBS

Le camping écologique repose sur les mesures suivantes : se servir d'un réchaud portatif plutôt que de faire un feu de camp; si on doit allumer un feu, le faire sur du sable ou du gravier, dans un secteur dénué de végétation, et démonter le foyer en toute sécurité avant de partir; monter sa tente dans un endroit dénué de végétation; ne pas couper de végétation pour aménager un abri; jeter l'eau de vaisselle (après en avoir filtré les restes de nourriture) dans le sol, loin des plans d'eau; faire ses besoins à l'écart, loin des sentiers et des points d'eau, enfouir les excréments et, si possible, brûler le papier hygiénique avant de couvrir le trou avec de la terre; éviter de marcher dans des endroits fragiles; nettoyer les lieux avant de quitter, en remportant tout ce qu'on y avait apporté.

OBS

camping écologique : terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Campamento y caravaning
  • Parques y jardines botánicos
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
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Record 12 2002-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

Monitoring of performance characteristics carried out at a certain time in order to confirm whether the item is in operation or not, to confirm the functioning state in service, to detect the deterioration tendency, to confirm the location where failure or defect occurs, to make records in the course of failure, and to trace them.

OBS

Term standardized by ISO.

OBS

Earth-moving machinery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
DEF

Surveillance des caractéristiques de performance afin de confirmer si l'élément en question fonctionne ou pas, de confirmer l'état de fonctionnement, de déceler la tendance à la détérioration, de confirmer l'endroit où apparaît la défaillance ou le défaut, de prendre des relevés au cours de la défaillance et de les reporter graphiquement.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

Engins de terrassement.

Spanish

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Record 13 1997-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Interior Decorations
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

Make gingerbread ornaments for the Christmas tree. Use the hole punch to make a hole for a string or ribbon hanger near the top ... Also, cut a length of string (or ribbon) to use as a hanger.

CONT

Homemade Decorations. Take those holiday greeting cards and make ornaments out of them. Use cookie cutters to trace a design, then cut it out. Use a hole punch to allow for a ribbon hanger.

CONT

Herb Christmas tree balls ... You may choose to ignore the ribbon hanger and just pile the balls in bowl of greenery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décoration intérieure
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 14 1997-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
OBS

As part of its publications programme, World Health Organization brought out in 1996 a second edition of the highly successful guidelines on Cancer pain relief and an interagency report on trace elements in human nutrition and health.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
OBS

Dans le cadre de son programme de publications, l'Organisation mondiale de la santé a fait paraître en 1996 la deuxième édition de son ouvrage sur le Traitement de la douleur cancéreuse, qui connaît un franc succès, un rapport interinstitutions sur les Aspects sanitaires et nutritionnels des oligo-éléments et des éléments en traces.

Spanish

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Record 15 1997-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
OBS

As part of its publications programme World Health Organization brought out in 1996 a second edition of the highly successful guidelines on Cancer pain relief and an interagency report on Trace elements in human nutrition and health.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
OBS

Dans le cadre de son programme de publications, l'Organisation mondiale de la santé a fait paraître en 1996 la deuxième édition de son ouvrage sur le Traitement de la douleur cancéreuse, qui connaît un franc succès, un rapport interinstitutions sur les Aspects sanitaires et nutritionnels des oligo-éléments et des éléments en traces.

Spanish

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Record 16 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronics
OBS

a picture; TV

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électronique
OBS

une image; OLF Électronique 11.74

Spanish

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