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QT [7 records]

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Record 1 2025-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
  • Public Sector Budgeting
CONT

Quantitative tightening ... is a type of monetary policy followed by central banks. It simply means that a central bank reduces the pace of reinvestment of proceeds from maturing government bonds ... Quantitative tightening also means that the central bank may increase interest rates as a tool to curb the money supply in the economy.

Key term(s)
  • balance sheet normalisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques
  • Budget des collectivités publiques

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Personality Development
DEF

Time spent giving all of one's attention to someone who is close, such as one's child.

CONT

Quality time (QT) is an informal reference to time spent with close family, partners or friends that is in some way important, special, productive or profitable to one or everyone involved. It is time that is set aside for paying full and undivided attention to the person or matter at hand. It may also refer to time spent performing some favorite activity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Développement de la personnalité
CONT

Le travail, les tâches ménagères et les activités sociales réduisent souvent le temps passé en famille. Les enfants ont toutefois besoin de passer du temps de qualité avec leurs parents, c'est-à-dire de partager des moments privilégiés d'affection et d'intimité.

OBS

moment de qualité; moment privilégié : désignations utilisées le plus souvent au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • moments de qualité
  • moments privilégiés

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-01-10

English

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

QT: trade specialty qualification code.

Key term(s)
  • CF 188 Hornet Familiarization - Advanced
  • CF 188 Familiarisation - Advanced
  • CF 188 Hornet Familiarization

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires pour les militaires du rang
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
QT
occupation code
OBS

QT : code de qualification de spécialiste (métiers).

Key term(s)
  • CF 188 Hornet - Notions - Niveau avancé

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-01-04

English

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

[A measure of capacity] equal to two pints.

OBS

In the United States, a liquid quart is equal to 0.946 liter ..., while a dry quart is equal to 1.101 liters. In the United Kingdom and Canada, the liquid or dry quart is equal to 1.136 liters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
DEF

Mesure de capacité qui correspond à un quart de gallon, soit à 1,136 litre.

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Air Pollution
OBS

QT.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'air
OBS

(dans le cas d'une bouffée); cahier Chlore, 5.3.1.; JPM.

OBS

Me.

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Air Pollution
Key term(s)
  • vapor release quantity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'air
OBS

(dans le cas d'une bouffée); Enviroguide chlore 5.3.

OBS

Les lettres "t" et "e" des abréviations sont placées en indice.

Spanish

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Record 7 1981-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

(...) the main Qualification Test (QT) [for the new F/A-18] was passed by 30 July 1979, broadly confirming all performance characteristics for production engines (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

L'épreuve principale de qualification s'est achevée le 30 juillet 1979 (...)

Spanish

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