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TVA [5 records]

Record 1 2023-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
  • Target Acquisition
DEF

A method of identifying and prioritizing high value (HVT) and high payoff targets (HPT) to determine which should be attacked to achieve the greatest benefit for the resources expended.

OBS

target value analysis; TVA: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
  • Acquisition d'objectif
OBS

analyse de l'importance des cibles : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Religion (General)
OBS

A small local organization overseen by Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Religion (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
  • Target Acquisition
OBS

target validation authority; TVA: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
  • Acquisition d'objectif
OBS

autorité de validation des cibles; AVC : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A U.S. government agency established in 1933 to control floods, improve navigation, improve living standards of farmers, and produce electrical power along the Tennessee River and its tributaries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Le Tennessee [la rivière Tennessee] doit ses hautes eaux d'hiver et de printemps aux pluies et neiges de la partie appalachienne de son bassin. Il aggravait l'irrégularité du régime de l'Ohio [la rivière Ohio] avant son aménagement entrepris au temps du New Deal par la Tennessee Valley Authority. La vallée a été transformée en un escalier de lacs par une trentaine de barrages, à la fois centrales et écluses qui produisent plus de 20 TWh et permettent à la navigation de remonter jusqu'à Knoxville [...].

Key term(s)
  • Commission de la vallée du Tennessee

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Philosophy and Religion
OBS

The objective of this organization, which is established in Toronto, Ontario, is to help Torontonians adopt and maintain a healthy, ethical and ecological vegetarian lifestyle.

Key term(s)
  • Vegetarian Association of Toronto

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Philosophie et religion
OBS

Organisme établi à Toronto (Ontario).

Key term(s)
  • Association des végétariens de Toronto

Spanish

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