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UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES [4 records]

Record 1 2025-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Interplanetary Space Exploration
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
DEF

A phenomenon not readily identifiable to the observer.

CONT

UAP clearly pose a safety of flight issue and may pose a challenge to U.S. national security. Safety concerns primarily center on aviators contending with an increasingly cluttered air domain. UAP would also represent a national security challenge if they are foreign adversary collection platforms or provide evidence [that] a potential adversary has developed either a breakthrough or disruptive technology.

OBS

The terms "UFO"(unidentified flying object) and "UAP"(unidentified aerial phenomena) refer to the same concept but differ in scope and modern usage.... The term "UAP" is broader, covering not just flying objects but also other phenomena, such as unusual atmospheric events, making it more inclusive and less speculative.... while both terms describe unidentified aerial occurrences, "UAP" is considered a more neutral and scientific term, whereas "UFO" carries a historical association with extraterrestrial speculation.

OBS

unidentified aerial phenomenon; unidentified anomalous phenomenon; unexplained aerial phenomenon: The plural forms of the term "phenomenon" are "phenomena" and "phenomenons."

Key term(s)
  • unidentified aerial phenomena
  • unidentified aerial phenomenons
  • unidentified anomalous phenomena
  • unidentified anomalous phenomenons
  • unexplained aerial phenomena
  • unexplained aerial phenomenons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploration interplanétaire
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
OBS

En France, le Centre national d'études spatiales (Cnes) leur préfère d'ailleurs le nom de «PAN» (phénomène aérospatial non identifié), pour tenir compte de la variété des observations qui lui sont rapportées, qui ne renvoient pas toujours à des «objets» qui «volent» [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Exploración interplanetaria
  • Vigilancia, detección y reconocimiento (Militar)
CONT

La NASA [Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y del Espacio] anunció recientemente que intentará explicar científicamente los "fenómenos aéreos no identificados" (UAPs, por sus siglas en inglés) ... Los UAPs hacen referencia a las observaciones de sucesos en el cielo que no pueden identificarse como [...] fenómenos naturales conocidos.

OBS

UAP: por sus siglas en inglés "unidentified aerial phenomena".

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Record 2 2017-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Organization
OBS

The daily reports from the superintendent are a record that provides much essential information on the construction job. From these daily reports, the following information is derived : names of men working and hours worked; cost code amounts; subcontractor operations and description of work being performed; materials received; equipment received or sent; visitors to the job site; other remarks; temperature and weather; accidents or other unusual occurrences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation des chantiers
CONT

Le rapport de chantier journalier. [...] il doit faire ressortir : l'effectif du personnel [...] et le relevé des heures effectuées [...]; les temps d'interruption de travail; les accidents éventuels; la description sommaire des travaux et les temps de travail par ouvrage donné [...]; les besoins consécutifs à la mise à jour du planning; le climat des relations avec le Maître d'Ouvrage ou le Maître d'Œuvre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting
CONT

Gains, losses and provisions for losses resulting from normal business activities which are both abnormal in size and caused by rare or unusual circumstances, have sometimes been considered to be extraordinary items. However, because such items result from occurrences the underlying nature of which is typical of the customary business activities of the enterprise, even though caused by unusual circumstances, they are not extraordinary items.

OBS

Compare with "extraordinary item."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale
DEF

Produit, charge, profit ou perte résultant d'une opération ou d'un fait qui n'est pas tenu pour susceptible de se répéter fréquemment au cours des prochains exercices ou qui, de par sa nature, n'est pas typique des activités normales de l'entité.

OBS

[...] il s'agit d'éléments qui ne réunissent pas toutes les caractéristiques des éléments extraordinaires, mais qui doivent être pris en compte et présentés séparément dans l'état des résultats avant le «bénéfice avant activités abandonnées et éléments extraordinaires».

OBS

Comparer avec «élément extraordinaire».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad general
Key term(s)
  • rubros excepcionales
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Record 4 1996-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

Événements de tous genres que le personnel des postes de soins infirmiers du Nord doivent signaler.

Spanish

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