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MMA [9 records]

Record 1 2022-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Operations (Air Forces)
CONT

A multi-mission aircraft can be defined as general aviation aircraft utilized, modified, or adapted with specialized equipment or systems to accomplish a specific task for hire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
CONT

[...] l'acquisition d'un aéronef multimission destiné aux missions [de commandement, contrôle, communications, informatique, renseignement, surveillance et reconnaissance] devrait rester une grande priorité militaire pour le Canada.

Key term(s)
  • aéronef multi-mission
  • aéronef multi-missions

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Martial Arts
DEF

... a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, made up from various combat sports and martial arts from around the world.

OBS

mixed martial arts; MMA: designations used with a singular verb.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts martiaux
OBS

Sport de combat associant pugilat et lutte au corps à corps.

OBS

arts martiaux mixtes; AMM : désignations inusitées au singulier.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Military Administration
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Administration militaire
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Bodies and Committees
  • Medical Staff
OBS

Doctors Manitoba is the voluntary, professional association that represents the economic, health policy and health promotion interests of the province’s medical doctors ("physicians"). [It was] founded in 1908 as the Manitoba Medical Association and retained that name until the end of [its] centennial year.

OBS

[Its mission is to] serve and unite the physicians of Manitoba and to advocate the highest standards of health care for the people of Manitoba.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités professionnels
  • Personnel médical

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Rail Transport
OBS

MMA declared bankruptcy in 2013. A new railway company, Central Maine & Quebec Railway, now operates the former MMA rail lines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Transport par rail
OBS

L'entreprise a déclaré faillite en 2013. Une nouvelle compagnie ferroviaire, le chemin de fer Central Maine & Québec, exploite désormais le réseau qui appartenait à la MMA.

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The Microgravity Measurement Assembly (MMA) is a microgravity monitoring system capable of providing investigators and the on-board crew with real-time display of accelerations detected by up to seven sensor heads.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Provincial Administration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Administration provinciale

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-04-20

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 9 1991-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
DEF

a syndrome which occurs in sows that have farrowed for 12 to 48 hours .... It is manifested by an indeterminate set of signs including anorexia, lethargy, fever, agalactia, swelling of mammary glands, constipation and a marked disinterest in the piglets. There is always a mastitis, most often caused by Escherichia coli, but a variety of gram-negative organisms can be involved. Metritis is a rare occurrence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
OBS

Chez la truie

Spanish

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