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UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2014-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Security Devices
DEF

A reflective square patch located in the upper left-hand corner of the Birds of Canada series high-denomination bank notes($20, $50, and $100).

OBS

This patch changes colour (from gold to green and back again) when a genuine note is tilted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
DEF

Carré de pellicule réfléchissante situé dans le coin supérieur gauche des grosses coupures (20 $, 50 $ et 100 $) de la série Les oiseaux du Canada.

OBS

Lorsqu'on incline un billet authentique, ce carré passe du vert au doré.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

A key on the keyboard that moves the cursor to the starting point of the screen, usually the upper left-hand corner.

CONT

The HOME key moves the cursor to the Home position (usually the upper left corner of the screen). F "HOME" clears the screen and homes the cursor as well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
DEF

Touche de retour à la position initiale.

OBS

Le curseur se place, se positionne, sur la colonne 1 de la ligne 1.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ofimática
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
DEF

Tecla del cursor que lo dirige hacia la base "home" (esquina superior izquierda de la pantalla). También puede hacer que el cursor vaya hacia la posición más a la izquierda del renglón actual.

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Record 3 2000-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Coins and Bank Notes
DEF

A thin film of optically variable material which shifts color from gold to green when tilted and which is used in the production of bank notes.

OBS

It is applied in the upper left-hand corner of the $20, $50, $100, and $1, 000 notes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
DEF

Pellicule très mince composée de matériau réfléchissant dont la couleur passe de l'or au vert lorsqu'on l'incline et qui est utilisée dans la fabrication de billets de banque.

OBS

Il est appliqué dans le coin supérieur gauche des billets de 20, de 50, de 100 et de 1 000 dollars.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
OBS

Bendy sinister, with the lines drawn from the left-hand upper or sinister corner of the shield, is rarely found.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
CONT

À partir du XVe siècle, la barre ou cotice en barre s'impose de plus en plus comme marque de bâtardise.

OBS

cotice : bande diminuée de largeur.

Key term(s)
  • barre

Spanish

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Record 5 1987-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Display Technology
DEF

To place the cursor at the start of the first line(usually, at the upper left-hand corner).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
DEF

Amener le curseur sur la colonne 1 de la ligne 1 (normalement, au coin supérieur gauche).

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Workplace Organization

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation du travail et équipements

Spanish

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Record 7 1980-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

The upper right-hand corner [of the product-process matrix] characterizes a commodity product produced by a job-shop process(...).(...) the lower left-hand corner represents a one-of-a-kind product that is made by continuous or very specific processus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
OBS

Le coin en haut à droite [de la matrice produit-processus] représente un produit de masse fabriqué à l'unité (...). (...) le coin en bas à gauche représente un produit individualisé qui serait fabriqué en processus continu.

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
OBS

dissolve(holding one camera in the lower left-hand corner and the second camera image in the upper right-hand corner, and dissolving them in on the air at half-lap. Same as oblique dissolve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
OBS

télévision - Terminologie française de télévision.

Spanish

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