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WBD [4 records]

Record 1 2024-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Mental Disorders
OBS

The vision of World Bipolar Day (WBD) is to bring world awareness to bipolar conditions and to eliminate social stigma.

OBS

March 30 marks World Bipolar Day.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Troubles mentaux
OBS

Le 30 mars est la Journée mondiale des troubles bipolaires.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
OBS

Expression employée dans les très grandes excursions de fréquence en modulation de fréquence.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Silviculture
DEF

A disease or deformity in a woody plant, typically a tree, where the natural structure of the plant is changed.

OBS

A dense mass of shoots grow from a single point, with the resulting structure resembling a broom or a bird's nest.

OBS

Witch's broom ... can be caused by many different types of organisms, such as fungi, mites, viruses, fungi, mistletoe, insects, and nematodes.

OBS

Symptoms: ... The leaves are small, rounded, often with yellow edges,and young leaves may be puckered or twisted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Sylviculture
CONT

Le symptôme le plus évident de l'infection est la formation d'une masse distordue, touffue et compacte de branches et de rameaux appelée balai de sorcière. La formation des balais [...] résulte d'une stimulation de la croissance au point d'infection.

CONT

Les balais de sorcière parasites et grossissants affectent leurs hôtes en les privant d'éléments nutritifs, en les affaiblissant, en réduisant la qualité du bois et en causant des malformations et des extrémités en épis. À la longue, les arbres parasités finissent par mourir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Silvicultura
DEF

Crecimiento anormal ramoso en ciertas partes del sistema aéreo de las plantas leñosas caracterizado por el acortamiento de los entrenudos y excesiva ramificación y foliación. Es debido al parasitismo de ciertos hongos exoascáceos.

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Record 4 2003-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

The high-resolution, base products (reflectivity, radial velocity, and spectrum width) in polar-coordinate form that are transmitted from the RDA [radar data acquisition] to the RPG [radar product generator] for further processing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

donnée à large bande : terme habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • données à large bande

Spanish

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