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Record 1 2022-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
LY
classification system code, see observation
LBY
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A country in northern Africa bordering on the Mediterranean Sea ...

OBS

Capital: Tripoli.

OBS

Inhabitant: Libyan.

OBS

Libya: common name of the country.

OBS

LY; LBY: codes recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
LY
classification system code, see observation
LBY
classification system code, see observation
OBS

État d'Afrique, sur la Méditerranée.

OBS

Capitale : Tripoli.

OBS

Habitant : Libyen, Libyenne.

OBS

Libye : nom usuel du pays.

OBS

LY; LBY : codes reconnus par l'ISO.

PHR

aller en Libye, visiter la Libye

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
LY
classification system code, see observation
LBY
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Estado de África, junto al Mediterráneo.

OBS

Capital: Trípoli.

OBS

Habitante: libio, libia.

OBS

Libia: nombre usual del país.

OBS

LY; LBY: códigos reconocidos por la ISO.

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Record 2 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles
  • Military Occupational Codes - Non-commissionned Members
Universal entry(ies)
LY
occupation code
OBS

LY: trade specialty qualification code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes
  • Groupes professionnels militaires pour les militaires du rang
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
LY
occupation code
OBS

LY : code de qualification de spécialiste (métiers).

Key term(s)
  • AN/FYC-502(V) - Maintenance de sous-système de contrôle des transmissions

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blood
  • Immunology
DEF

Any of the colorless weakly motile cells originating from stem cells and differentiating in lymphoid tissue (as of the thymus or bone marrow) [the T and B lymphocytes] that are the typical cellular elements of lymph, include the cellular mediators of immunity, and constitute 20 to 30 percent of the white blood cells of normal human blood.

Key term(s)
  • Ly

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sang
  • Immunologie
DEF

Globule blanc de la catégorie des cellules mononucléées, que l'on retrouve dans la circulation sanguine, dans la lymphe et dans les organes lymphoïdes (moelle, rate, ganglions lymphatiques ... ).

OBS

Les leucocytes sont divisés en deux grandes familles, les lymphocytes B et les lymphocytes T [...]

Key term(s)
  • Ly

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sangre
  • Inmunología
DEF

Glóbulos blancos responsables de proporcionar protección específica contra los antígenos.

OBS

Se dividen en dos tipos: linfocitos B y linfocitos T. Los linfocitos B proporcionan la respuesta humoral, es decir, crean anticuerpos, que son proteínas elaboradas para neutralizar una sustancia o partícula que el organismo reconoce como extraña y que llamamos antígeno. Los linfocitos T son responsables de la inmunidad celular, actuando directamente contra el antígeno, produciendo sustancias que lo destruyan o estimulado a otras células para que lo hagan, lo que constituye la respuesta inmune adquirida.

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Record 4 2003-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

Unit of radiant energy per unit area equal to 1 gram-calorie per cm².

CONT

The intensity of insolation or shortwave solar radiation is normally expressed in langleys (cal/sq.cm) per unit of time (min., hr., or day).

OBS

Named for Samuel P. Langley (1834-1906), a pioneering solar energy researcher at the Smithsonian Institution ...

OBS

Langley (L): Now obsolete.

OBS

Modern meteorologists tend to use the mks unit W m².

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Unité d'énergie rayonnante par unité de surface égale à l calorie-gramme par cm².

CONT

L'intensité de l'insolation ou rayonnement solaire de courte longueur d'onde est normalement exprimée en «Langleys» (cal/cm²) par unité de temps (minutes, heures ou jours).

CONT

274 langleys (ly), soit 274 petites calories par centimètre carré de surface horizontale par jour moyen ou 2637 Kilowatts (kW) par hectare, en ne comptant que les heures de jour.

OBS

langley, Ly : CGS - 1 cal/cm². Étymologie : vient du savant Samuel Langley.

OBS

[...] symbole lg.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
DEF

Unidad de energía radiante igual a 1 caloría-gramo por cm².

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