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Record 1 2025-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Transportation
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Airborne Forces
DEF

A system designed to deliver personnel and materiel by air without landing the aircraft.

OBS

aerial-delivery system; air-delivery system: designations and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport militaire
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Forces aéroportées
DEF

Système conçu pour livrer du personnel et du matériel par air sans que l'aéronef atterrisse.

OBS

système de livraison par air : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées; désignation uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du soutien au combat.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

... a 25-item scale, with a 12-month time frame covering alcohol withdrawal symptoms, impaired control over drinking, awareness of compulsion to drink, tolerance to alcohol, and salience of drink-seeking behavior.

Key term(s)
  • Alcohol Dependency Scale

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
OBS

échelle d'évaluation de la dépendance à l'alcool : traduction non officielle donnée à titre d'information seulement.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Navigation Aids
  • Telecommunications
DEF

A surveillance technique in which aircraft automatically provide, via a data link, data derived from on-board navigation and position-fixing systems, including aircraft identification, four-dimensional position, and additional data as appropriate.

OBS

automatic dependent surveillance; ADS: term, abbreviation and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
  • Télécommunications
DEF

Technique de surveillance dans le cadre de laquelle les aéronefs transmettent automatiquement, sur liaison de données, des données fournies par les systèmes embarqués de navigation et de détermination de la position, y compris l'identification de l'aéronef, une indication de position en quatre dimensions et d'autres données, selon les besoins.

OBS

Système mis en place par la FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) permettant le suivi permanent des avions survolant les zones océaniques, par la transmission de leurs données de vol par l'intermédiaire de satellites.

OBS

surveillance dépendante automatique; ADS : terme, abréviation et définition uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ayuda para la navegación aérea
  • Telecomunicaciones
DEF

Técnica de vigilancia que permite a las aeronaves proporcionar automáticamente, mediante enlace de datos, aquellos datos extraídos de sus sistemas de navegación y determinación de la posición instalados a bordo, lo que incluye la identificación de la aeronave, su posición en cuatro dimensiones y otros datos adicionales, de ser apropiado.

OBS

vigilancia dependiente automática; ADS: término, abreviatura y definición aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 4 - external organization data 2022-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2022-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Key term(s)
  • Active Documents System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
OBS

Système des documents actifs : proposition fournie à titre d'information.

Key term(s)
  • Active Documents System

Spanish

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Record 6 2021-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
CONT

Aerodynamic decelerators play a key role in the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) of planetary exploration vehicles. Among the functions performed by aerodynamic decelerators for such vehicles [is] deceleration (often from supersonic to subsonic speeds) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
DEF

Dispositif destiné à ralentir un engin aérospatial par freinage atmosphérique.

OBS

décélérateur aérodynamique : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 31 décembre 2005.

Spanish

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Record 7 2021-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diving (Naval Forces)
DEF

A self-contained, single-person submersible that can handle depths up to 2,000 feet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plongée (Forces navales)
OBS

système de plongée atmosphérique : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 8 2021-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bombs and Grenades
Key term(s)
  • area denial sub-munition

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bombes et grenades

Spanish

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Record 9 2020-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Tactics
DEF

An advanced, long-range non-lethal, directed energy, counter-personnel capability that projects a man-sized (1.5 m) beam of millimeter waves (not microwaves) at a range up to 1,000 meters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tactique militaire
OBS

On dirait mieux «système d'interdiction actif».

Spanish

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Record 10 2018-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Control Systems (Motor Vehicles)
  • Driving (Road Vehicles)
DEF

The hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task (DDT) on a sustained basis ...

CONT

The SAE [Society of Automotive Engineers] classification divides vehicle automation into six levels that focus on the human driver who is monitoring the driving environment versus the "automated driving system" that monitors the driving environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de commande (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Conduite automobile
DEF

[Matériel et logiciels] capables d'exécuter l'ensemble de la tâche de conduite dynamique (TCD) [de façon constante].

Spanish

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Record 11 2017-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Field Artillery
OBS

artillery data system; ADS: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Artillerie de campagne
OBS

système de données d'artillerie; SDA : désignations uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre et par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 12 2017-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
OBS

air dispatch service; ADS: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
OBS

service du courrier aérien; SCA : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 13 2017-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
OBS

American Depositary Share; ADS: term and abbreviation extracted from the “Glossaire de l’économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
OBS

titre représenté par un certificat américain de dépôt d'actions étrangères : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 14 2016-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

An alternate data stream (ADS) is a file's set of attributes. [The] NTFS [New Technology File System] allows files to have multiple data streams that can be viewed only by accessing the master file table.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

Le système de fichiers NTFS [New Technology File System] permet de créer des flux de données additionnels (alternate data streams) associés ou non à un fichier.

Spanish

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Record 15 2016-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Language
OBS

The American Dialect Society, founded in 1889, is dedicated to the study of the English language in North America, and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Linguistique

Spanish

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Record 16 2014-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Citizenship and Immigration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration

Spanish

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Record 17 2012-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diving (Naval Forces)
  • Underwater Diving (Sports)
DEF

... a person-shaped, articulated submersible that allows the "diver" to function at one atmosphere of pressure at any depth.

CONT

Atmospheric diving suits ... They can be used for very deep dives, 600 metres / 2000 feet, for many hours without the normal hazards of depth, such as the decompression sickness or nitrogen narcosis. They look like suits of armour, with elaborate pressure joints to allow articulation while resisting the large difference between the inside and outside pressure. They are often constructed from aluminium, weigh around 250 kg / 500 pounds and have propellors allowing them to move in water. Often they are lowered from a support vessel, which supplies breathing gas, electric power and communications to the suit through an umbilical cable. The suit may incorporate a rebreather-type breathing system in the event of an emergency where the umbilical supply fails.

CONT

An American from Chicago named Lodner D. Phillips designed the first completely enclosed atmospheric diving suit in 1856. His design consisted of a barrel-shaped upper torso with domed ends and was the first to incorporate ball and socket type joints in the articulated arms and legs. No record exists to indicate the Phillips suit was ever built, but many features of the design can be seen in similar more successful suits over a half century later.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plongée (Forces navales)
  • Plongée sous-marine (Sports)

Spanish

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Record 18 2012-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids
OBS

Marine Acronym.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime
OBS

Acronyme spécifique à la marine.

Spanish

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Record 19 2012-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
OBS

Relais (d'accessoires) à vitesse constante

Key term(s)
  • relais d'accessoires à vitesse constante

Spanish

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Record 20 2010-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
DEF

A nuclear installation comprising a sub-critical reactor and a proton accelerator that are coupled using a spallation target.

Key term(s)
  • accelerator based system
  • accelerator driven reactor
  • accelerator driven system
  • accelerator driven subcritical reactor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
DEF

Installation nucléaire constituée d'un réacteur sous-critique et d'un accélérateur de protons couplés par l'intermédiaire d'une cible de spallation.

Spanish

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Record 21 2006-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Air Transport
  • Military (General)
OBS

Environment Canada.

Key term(s)
  • ADS

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Transport aérien
  • Militaire (Généralités)
OBS

Environnement Canada.

Key term(s)
  • SAD

Spanish

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Record 22 2005-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
Key term(s)
  • active defense system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)

Spanish

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Record 23 2003-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sonar and Underwater Detection (Military)
CONT

The active dipping sonar is one of the ASW helicopter's primary sensors for detecting submarines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sonar et détection sous-marine (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 24 2002-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Equipment
  • Data Banks and Databases

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
  • Banques et bases de données

Spanish

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Record 25 2002-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
OBS

Dissolved.

OBS

List of ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) Bodies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
OBS

Répertoire des organes de l'OACI (Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Personal y servicios (Transporte aéreo)
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Record 26 2000-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

[UNDP]. United Nations Development Programme.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

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Record 27 2000-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

The Hughes Intercommunication Set Test Bench Set automatically checks the audio distribution system (ADS) on the E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.

PHR

Multiplex digital audio distribution system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)

Spanish

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Record 28 2000-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • International Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Relations internationales
DEF

Programme de la Chine pour permettre les voyages à l'étranger de ses ressortissants. Aux pays qui remplissent certains critères, les autorités chinoises accordent le statut de destination approuvée. Ce statut donne aux pays en question le droit de faire notamment de la publicité en Chine pour attirer des touristes ou gens d'affaires.

Spanish

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Record 29 1999-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Aboriginal Law
  • The Pancreas

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Droit autochtone
  • Pancréas

Spanish

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Record 30 1998-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
OBS

No official abbreviation according to the organization.

Key term(s)
  • ADS

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Dentisterie prothétique
OBS

Renseignement confirmé par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 31 1993-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens

Spanish

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Record 32 1993-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens

Spanish

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Record 33 1988-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
DEF

Product which provides audio share and forward message handling that is intended for direct support of a large group of business people on a single system in their day to day communication activities (IBM).

OBS

The abbreviation used to stand for Audio Distribution Service. Since "Service" has now been replaced by "System" it would now be redundant to speak of an ADS System.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
OBS

Renseignement obtenu du service de consultation terminologique d'IBM (874-6136).

Spanish

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