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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Bioengineering
  • Blood
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Technique biologique
  • Sang
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Training
  • Ship's Aircraft (Military)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Aéronefs embarqués (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Fences and Enclosures
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

A ditch full of water traditionally used as a landscape hazard.

OBS

Originally a defensive feature, moats came to be valued for ornamental reasons. A canal placed round a garden for decorative reasons can also be described as a moat.

OBS

moat: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Enceintes et clôtures
  • Architecture paysagère
DEF

Fosse creusée en long pour délimiter des parcelles de terrain, pour faciliter l'écoulement des eaux, ou pour servir de défense, de rempart.

OBS

fossé : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection of Life
  • Site Development
  • Construction Engineering (Military)
DEF

The ditch surrounding a castle or fortification, generally filled with water, to deter besieging forces from access to the walls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Aménagement du terrain
  • Génie construction (Militaire)
DEF

Fossé entourant un château, une tour, une fortification.

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The crescent-shaped, often ephemeral, body of standing water situated by the side of a stream in the abandoned channel (oxbow) of a meander after the stream formed a neck cutoff and the ends of the original bend were silted up.

OBS

Examples are common along the banks of the Mississippi River, where they are often known as bayous.

OBS

oxbow lake; crescentic lake: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Bras mort d'un fleuve du domaine tropical ou subtropical.

CONT

L'agrandissement [des méandres] et leur migration vers l'aval entraînent leur recoupement, qui se traduit par des méandres abandonnés, des lacs en croissant, et aboutit à un élargissement du lit fluvial.

OBS

Le bayou est typique de la Louisiane et du bas Mississippi, le marigot est propre à l'Amazonie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Lago con figura de arco que se forma por el cierre o estrangulamiento de un meandro.

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