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Record 1 2018-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

In church architecture, an upper storey over an aisle, opening on to the nave.

DEF

Upper storey above the aisle of a church, looking through arches to the nave and generally with outer windows.

CONT

The kind of proportion which was chosen in 1062 for the Abbaye aux Hommes at Caen recurs in a number of major English churches : the distinguishing feature is the large gallery above the aisles, often referred to as the "triforium gallery" but better termed the tribune.

OBS

Gallery... Also called a tribune and often, wrongly, a triforium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

Étage supérieur formant une large galerie au-dessus des nefs latérales.

CONT

Au-dessus du premier bas-côté de la nef et du chœur règnent les tribunes, larges, voûtées et bien éclairées.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

An island between Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet, in British Columbia.

OBS

Coordinates: 50° 43’ 45" N, 126° 22’ 41" W (British Columbia).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Île entre le chenal Tribune et l'inlet Knight, en Colombie-Britannique.

OBS

Coordonnées : 50° 43' 45" N, 126° 22' 41" O (Colombie-Britannique).

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

A body of water on the north and east sides Gilford Island, in British Columbia.

OBS

Coordinates: 50° 48’ 19" N, 126° 12’ 58" W (British Columbia).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Étendue d’eau au nord et à l'est de l'île Gilford, en Colombie-Britannique.

OBS

Coordonnées : 50° 48' 19" N, 126° 12' 58" O (Colombie-Britannique).

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

A body of water on the southeast side of Hornby Island, in Nanaimo Land District, in British Columbia.

OBS

Coordinates: 49° 30’ 59’’ N, 124° 37’ 38’’ W (British Columbia).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Étendue d’eau dans le sud-est de l'île Hornby, dans le district territorial de Nanaimo, en Colombie-Britannique.

OBS

Coordonnées : 49° 30' 59'' N, 124° 37' 38'' O (Colombie-Britannique).

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Periodicals
OBS

published by B’nai Brith Canada. Information confirmed by the association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de périodiques
OBS

Renseignement confirmé par B'nai Brith Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Architecture
DEF

A very tall residential or office building.

CONT

The emblem of business, the office building, continued to suffer from demands for unique, distinctive towers.

OBS

In contemporary architecture a skyscraper may be termed a tower, as in Chicago's Tribune and Sears towers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Architecture
DEF

Bâtiment indépendant de grande hauteur, à usage d'habitation ou de bureaux.

CONT

Immeuble de grande hauteur. Tour (gratte-ciel) ou immeuble en bande (barre) à nombreux étages.

OBS

On distingue deux sortes d'IGH (immeubles de grande hauteur, en anglais «high-rise buildings») : les immeubles-tours et les immeubles-barres (en anglais «strip buildings»).

OBS

tour : Ce mot tend à remplacer «gratte-ciel» et «building».

OBS

gratte-ciel : Le mot à la mode jusqu'en 1940-45, a reculé depuis que les bâtiments à nombreux étages sont devenus communs en France [...]; il s'emploie surtout en parlant des États-Unis et des pays anglophones.

OBS

Pluriel : les gratte-ciel ou les gratte-ciels.

OBS

gratte-ciels (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de construcciones
  • Arquitectura
DEF

Edificio de muchos pisos.

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Record 7 1999-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mirrors
DEF

Glass constructed to react to the presence of bright light, high temperature, or other stimuli by darkening or clearing, used especially in eyeglasses.

CONT

Smart glass would selectively use the sun's rays at different outside temperatures.(The Chicago Tribune, April 12, 1988, p. 5).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaces et miroiterie
OBS

Par analogie avec la nombreuse famille d'objets «intelligents» : maison intelligente, ordinateur intelligent, etc., en attendant mieux.

Spanish

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Record 8 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Demography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Démographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Demografía
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Record 9 1997-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Periodicals
OBS

Since 1967, Paris. Information found in UTLAS.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de périodiques
OBS

Existe depuis 1967, Paris. Information trouvée dans UTLAS.

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
Key term(s)
  • International Women's Tribune Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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Record 11 1996-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Governmental Provincial Honorary Distinctions
  • Contests (Recreation)
OBS

Created in 1982 and under the responsibility of the Salon du livre de l’Estrie.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations provinciaux non gouv.
  • Concours (Loisirs)
OBS

Créé en 1982 et sous la responsabilité du Salon du livre de l'Estrie.

Spanish

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Record 12 1994-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

a gallery or open space forming an upper story to the aisle of a church and typically constituting an arcaded story between the nave arches and clerestory.

OBS

Plural: triforia.

OBS

The term is often wrongly applied to a TRIBUNE or GALLERY.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Galerie pourtournant le vaisseau des églises médiévales, au-dessus des grandes baies vitrées.

Spanish

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Record 13 1992-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Facilities (Recreation)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Loisirs)

Spanish

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Record 14 1990-05-22

English

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

United Nations.

French

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

Nations Unies.

Spanish

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Record 15 1988-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

Published in Toronto. Information found in DOBIS.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Renseignement retrouvé dans DOBIS.

Spanish

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Record 16 1986-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
OBS

A "blackguard" now a highly unparliamentary term, was not always meant as such. A guard, in the days of the Tudors, was merely an inferior servant of the Crown, who was dressed in black. "Evolution of words", in Winnipeg Tribune.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 17 1986-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • The Press (News and Journalism)
OBS

Journal published 6 days/week in Welland, Ontario. Information confirmed with the Administration of the journal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Presse écrite
OBS

Information vérifiée auprès du journal.

Spanish

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Record 18 1983-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a vault shaped as a quarter of a circle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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