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COMPANION [6 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2023-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

The watertight cover of a companionway.

OBS

booby hatch: designation and definition standardized by the Marine Terminology Approval Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Couverture étanche d'une écoutille de descente.

OBS

panneau de descente; capot d'échelle : désignations et définition normalisées par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie maritime.

OBS

capot de descente; capot d'échelle : désignations uniformisées par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Social Services and Social Work

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conferences and Colloquia: Organization
DEF

One that accompanies or is in the company of another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation de congrès et de conférences
CONT

[...] offrez donc à vos délégués et à leurs «personnes accompagnantes» un spectacle d'opéra, un concert, un ballet [...] ou encore un spectacle «son et lumière» [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización de conferencias y coloquios
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Record 5 2003-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • The Stars (Astronomy)
DEF

The smaller body in a co-orbiting star or planet binary.

CONT

During the course of its evolution the primary expands, and its atmosphere may be gravitationally attracted to the secondary, the gas streaming from one star to the other. ... So much gas may flow from the primary to the secondary that the secondary eventually becomes the new primary. Sirius, which has a companion that has evolved into a white dwarf, has now reached this state.

OBS

"Partner" and "mate" may be encountered as stylistic variants of the more technical term "companion".

Key term(s)
  • partner
  • mate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Étoiles (Astronomie)
DEF

Le plus petit élément d'une étoile double.

CONT

[...] alors que l'évolution des étoiles simples a lieu sans contrainte, l'expansion d'une des composantes des étoiles doubles serrées est gênée par son compagnon, au point que ce voisin gourmand peut pendant cette expansion s'approprier une fraction de la masse qui appartenait à son partenaire.

OBS

Le terme technique "compagnon" peut se remplacer parfois par la variante stylistique "partenaire".

Key term(s)
  • partenaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Astronomía
  • Astrofísica y cosmografía
  • Estrellas (Astronomía)
DEF

Astro oscuro o insuficientemente brillante cuya presencia en torno de una estrella nos es revelada por métodos indirectos y no por su observación telescópica.

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Record 6 1999-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant Biology
DEF

companions: Species equally abundant in other vegetation unit concerned ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Se dit d'une plante qui se rencontre là par hasard ou qui n'est caractéristique d'aucun groupement végétal parce qu'elle peut se trouver dans les plus différents.

Spanish

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