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INTENSIFICATION [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Housing
DEF

An urban planning and development strategy that increases the number of people or residential units within established urban areas.

OBS

Densification is achieved through planning practices that permit and encourage secondary suites, laneway housing, mixed-use buildings, infill housing and the redevelopment of urban areas requiring renewal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement urbain
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
DEF

Stratégie d'aménagement urbain qui accroît le nombre de personnes ou de logements au sein d'une zone urbaine établie.

OBS

Les moyens déployés pour y parvenir sont les pratiques d'urbanisme qui autorisent et encouragent la réalisation de logements accessoires, de maisons sur ruelle, d'immeubles à usage mixte et d'habitations intercalaires, de même que le réaménagement de secteurs urbains qui ont besoin d'être rénovés.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
DEF

development: Term generally applied in synoptic meteorology to the intensification of depressions or anticyclones.

CONT

Upper-level westerly or southwesterly winds from a tropical cyclone can create a downstream environment to the east that is favorable for the development [formation] or intensification of another tropical cyclone, despite the appearance (on satellite imagery) of strong westerly shear across the downstream tropical cyclone.

CONT

... winds tend to blow into low-pressure areas because air moves from areas of higher pressure into areas of lower pressure. As winds blow into a low, the air can be uplifted. This uplift of air can lead to the development of a depression with clouds and rain.

PHR

Intensification of a cyclone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
DEF

Terme généralement appliqué, en météorologie synoptique, à l'activité et à la force des dépressions ou des anticyclones

CONT

Les images prises par Meteosat dans l'infrarouge se sont avérées particulièrement utiles pour surveiller l'intensification des dépressions du 5 au 9 [...] juillet.

PHR

Intensification des dépressions, des anticyclones.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 4 1980-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
OBS

A chemical process for increasing density and/or contrast in a photographic image.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

Procédé chimique permettant d'augmenter la densité et/ou le contraste d'une image photographique.

Spanish

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