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Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
OBS

Motion picture print made from an assembled reel of negative without the scene-by-scene corrections of printing made in grading and used only as an indication of the action of the film, for sound track preparation, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
OBS

Copie monochrome ou noir et blanc, tirée de la copie de travail, pour faire le montage sonore.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Cartography
  • Cinematography
DEF

A negative film containing the picture and the sound track.

OBS

combined negative: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Cartographie
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Film négatif sur lequel l'image et le son ont été enregistrés en simultané.

OBS

négatif combiné : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Suspension Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Renault R26-mass damper system Not new, but the subject of much controversy in Germany, the damper takes the form of a free-moving mass inside a vertical spring. Its function is to reduce the sensitivity of the car's front end to differing load variations between high-and low-speed sections of the track, and to counteract the negative effects of rebound over kerbs, so as to keep the car perfectly balanced and hence-indirectly-improve its aerodynamic efficiency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Suspension (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

La Fédération internationale de l'automobile (FIA) a jugé [...] que l'utilisation d'un "amortisseur de vibrations" [...], notamment utilisé par Renault, était une infraction au règlement sportif de la Formule 1. «L'utilisation du dispositif qualifié d'AMA (Tuned Mass Damper en anglais) est une infraction à l'article 3.15 du règlement technique de la Formule Un» indique le jugement (de quatre pages) du tribunal d'appel international de la FIA.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Cinematography
  • Photography
DEF

A negative film on which only sound modulations produced through a special photographic process have been recorded.

OBS

"Track negative" is a standard laboratory term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Cinématographie
  • Photographie
DEF

Film négatif sur lequel ne sont enregistrées que des modulations acoustiques obtenues par traitement photographique.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Video Technology
DEF

A negative sound track, recorded "live" by an optical sound camera.

CONT

The original sound negative is the sound negative that is exposed in a film recorder and, after processing is a negative sound image on the film.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

Piste sonore originale enregistrée sur le vif par une caméra à sonorisation optique.

CONT

Le négatif sonore original est le négatif- son exposé dans un enregistreur de films et, après développement, l'image sonore négative du film.

Spanish

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Record 6 1993-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Trade Goods
CONT

... it is important to keep track of failed attempts to source countertrade goods. This negative file can keep an exporter in good standing with his countertrade business partner and forms the basis for claims under any credit clause...

OBS

Source: Countertrade Primer for Can. Exporters

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'objets de commerce
CONT

[...] il est important de préparer un dossier sur tous les efforts infructueux qui ont été fournis. Ce dossier négatif permet à l'exportateur de garder une bonne réputation auprès de son client et supporte toute réclamation fondée sur la clause de crédit [...]

OBS

Source : L'exportateur canadien et le commerce de compensation, Affaires extérieures, octobre 85, page 6

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Cinematography
CONT

in noiseless recording the average density of the resulting negative sound track is at a minimum during silent intervals and increases to a fixed maximum with the level of the signal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Cinématographie
OBS

cette formule (permettant de supprimer le bruit de fond) consiste à éviter l'éclairement de la cellule pendant les silences, et de limiter cet éclairement au minimum [pendant les périodes de bruit].

Spanish

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