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Record 1 - external organization data 2023-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

[An eye doctor who] provides comprehensive eye examinations that determine both quality of vision and the overall health of your eyes.

OBS

[An optometrist] is the primary care provider offering a convenient one-stop destination for all things eye health related, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, health information and eyewear products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Spécialiste de la correction des troubles de la réflexion oculaire [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
DEF

The right eye.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Œil droit.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-12-10

English

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

The outer diameter of a pipe, including the wall thickness ... usually measured with calipers.

CONT

Casing, tubing, and drill pipe are designated by external diameter. ... the external diameter is the same for all weights of the same size pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
CONT

Le diamètre extérieur du tuyau doit respecter les tolérances précisées dans le cahier des charges.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Tuberías y accesorios
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Record 6 2016-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Posology
  • Toxicology
DEF

[The presence of] a dangerously large dose of medicine [or] drug [in the body].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Posologie
  • Toxicologie
DEF

Présence dans l'organisme d'une quantité excessive de médicaments ou de drogues menaçant l'intégrité physique de la personne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
  • Posología
  • Toxicología
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Record 7 2016-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Posology
  • Toxicology
DEF

The administering or taking of too large a dose of medicine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Posologie
  • Toxicologie
DEF

Prise ou administration d'une dose excessive de médicament.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Posología
  • Toxicología
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Record 8 2015-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations
DEF

A strategic plan to implement planned procedures that will develop and change the organisation, so that it will have greater efficiency, be more competitive and be more profitable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion
DEF

Processus systématique et planifié de changement et d'évolution à long terme visant l'amélioration des modes de fonctionnement de l'organisation et des personnes qui y travaillent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones de la gestión
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Record 9 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Surveying
DEF

Standard reference level used by the Ordnance Survey for land survey in the UK [United Kingdom], based on mean sea level at Newlyn, Cornwall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Arpentage
CONT

[…] le niveau géodésique […] définit sans ambiguïté une position sur la Terre à partir des coordonnées.

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position and Functional Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Military Administration
OBS

1 Cdn Air Div/CANR HQ [1 Canadian Air Division/Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters] position titles were established based on their area of responsibility.

OBS

Position title and abbreviation may be followed by a number.

OBS

Organizational Development; OD: title and abbreviation to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces (Air Command, Winnipeg).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes et fonctions (Forces armées)
  • Administration militaire
OBS

Les titres de postes du QG 1 DAC/RC NORAD [Quartier général de la 1re Division aérienne du Canada/Région canadienne du NORAD] ont été établis en fonction de leur domaine de responsabilité.

OBS

Le titre de poste et l'abréviation peuvent être suivis d'un numéro.

OBS

Développement organisationnel; DO : titre et abréviation d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes (Commandement aérien, Winnipeg).

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

A quantity that characterizes the transparency of an optical element and that is expressed by the common logarithm of opacity.

CONT

Blank filters were also bleached and re-filtered using the same procedure. Care was taken to ensure that both sample and blank filters did not dry out since dry filters adversely affect the optical density of the sample.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
DEF

Grandeur qui caractérise la transparence d'un élément optique et s'exprime par le logarithme décimal de l'opacité.

CONT

Bidois a constaté qu'à partir d'une densité optique à 270 nm d'environ 1, il se dégage une relation significative entre les densités optiques à 210 et 270 nm [...] Par ailleurs si elle développe une densité optique à 270 nm supérieure à 1, cela indique qu'elle a séjourné longtemps au contact du sol de la zone humide.

Spanish

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Record 12 2003-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

A measure of the light absorption of a photographic image. Optical density equals the logarithm to the base 10 of opacity and is usually referred to simply as density.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-12-04

English

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

The degree of opacity of a translucent medium expressed by log Io/I, where Io is the intensity of the incident ray, and I is the intensity of the transmitted ray.

CONT

If one medium has a greater refractive index than another for light of a given wavelength, then it has the greater optical density for that wavelength.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Logarithme décimal de l'inverse du facteur de transmission (densité optique par transmission) ou du facteur de réflexion (densité optique par réflexion) d'un milieu.

OBS

La densité n'est pas une grandeur intrinsèque, sa valeur dépend des conditions de mesure.

OBS

densité optique : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Óptica
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
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Record 14 1998-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Drying
DEF

Of wood dried to constant weight in a ventilated oven at a temperature above the boiling point of water, generally 103 [+ or -] 2C°.

CONT

... wood is said to be bone dry when it ceases to lose weight after drying in an oven at 100°C.

OBS

bone dry: According to the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources in its publication: "Tree Power. An Assessment of the Energy Potential of Forest Biomass in Canada", 1978, p. 35, oven-dry wood has a higher moisture content (8%) than bone dry wood (0%).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Séchage du bois
DEF

Qualifie le bois qui a été séché au four à 103° [+ ou -] 2 °C (207° [+ ou -] 4 °F) jusqu'à ce que son poids reste constant.

Spanish

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Record 15 1996-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Equipment
DEF

A yellowish green colour of service matériel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel militaire
DEF

Couleur jaune verdâtre du matériel militaire.

OBS

Définition et terme uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre (CDTAT).

Spanish

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Record 16 1993-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)

Spanish

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Record 17 1991-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Lasers and Masers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Masers et lasers

Spanish

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