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SCOTS [3 records]

Record 1 2021-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Culture (General)
  • Organized Recreation (General)
OBS

[The Scots Society of Colchester's mission is] to revive [and] maintain an appreciation for Scottish music, dance, history, sport [and] literature, to contribute to the story of Scotland in the 21ˢᵗ century, [and] to reinforce Scottish culture's influence in the fabric of Nova Scotia [and] Canada at large.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Culture (Généralités)
  • Loisirs organisés (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Astronautics
OBS

RCA is developing a Shuttle Compatible Orbital Transfer Subsystem (SCOTS) for delivering communications satellites in a transfer orbit from the Space Shuttle parking orbit. SCOTS includes guidance and control equipment, a solid-rocket motor, and a reusable cradle assembly in the shuttle cargo bay. Separation from the bay is accomplished by a simple spring mechanism to eject the spacecraft into a nonspinning, free-float mode.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

The English language of Scotland.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Dialecte anglais des Lowlands [de l'Écosse]. (Il a été illustré sur le plan littéraire par les poèmes de Robert Burns.

OBS

«écossais»: On utilise ce vocable pour désigner également la langue celte qu'on parle en Écosse.

Spanish

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