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FLAGPOLE [4 records]

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Record 1 2022-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Customs and Excise
CONT

Flagpoling occurs when temporary residents in Canada cross the border for the sole purpose of turning around to receive immediate immigration services at a port of entry. It's a completely legal and much quicker way of getting their documents processed.

Key term(s)
  • flag poling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Douanes et accise
CONT

Le tour du poteau [...] consiste à sortir du territoire canadien dans le seul but de repasser la frontière et d'obtenir un nouveau statut migratoire. Cette pratique est légale même si elle sert essentiellement à court-circuiter les démarches régulières, souvent trop longues.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2017-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

flagpole: an item in the "Site Features" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

mât de drapeau : objet de la classe «Articles d'aménagement» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
Key term(s)
  • flag-pole
  • flag pole

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

Dans le cyclohexane, ou dans les autres cycles saturés à six chaînons se trouvant en conformation en bateau, liaison exocyclique issue de l'un des deux atomes se trouvant hors du plan renfermant les quatre autres et qui [n'est pas parallèle à ce plan.]

OBS

liaison de type mât; liaison mât : termes et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 18 avril 2001.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

A single staff or pole rising from the ground and on which flags or other signals are displayed.

CONT

Now metal flagpoles are made not only of aluminum and steel but also of bronze and stainless steel. And let us not forget the most recent introduction of fiberglass. All these poles are tapered, but the architect does have a choice of two forms. One is the traditional straight-line conical taper, the other a parabolic curved "entasis" taper resembling the classic Greek columns that were designed and constructed 2500 years ago.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
DEF

Longue pièce de bois, de métal ou de béton armé, fiché dans le sol et au sommet de laquelle on hisse un drapeau.

CONT

À l'ouest de la route vers Aix-la-Chapelle s'étend une vaste esplanade qui domine le site. Il s'y dresse un mât porte-drapeau. Deux bâtiments constituent le mémorial.

Spanish

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