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WOOD [8 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Wood Industries
OBS

Publication of the Canadian Wood Council.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Industrie du bois
OBS

Publication du Conseil canadien du bois.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
CONT

Optical disks can be classified as read-only disk, write-once disk, rewriteable disk, and read-write disk according to the modification ability of the recording material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

The hard compact fibrous substance lying between the bark outside and the pith within.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Tissu rigide des végétaux vasculaires, formé de fibres ligneuses, de parenchyme et de vaisseaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 4 2006-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

An optical disk which is rewritable by nature, but on which writing to or erasing sectors that once has been written is prohibited by software.

DEF

An optical disk in which the data in specified areas can be written only once and read multiple times by an optical beam.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Botany
DEF

A community of trees growing more or less closely together, of smaller extent than a forest and generally larger than a coppice.

OBS

It may or may not constitute a stand, depending on its degree of homogeneity in one or more respects.

OBS

wood: term used in parts of the Commonwealth.

Key term(s)
  • woods

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Botanique
DEF

Ensemble d'arbres poussant plus ou moins près les uns des autres et couvrant un certain espace.

OBS

[...] d'une façon générale un bois couvre une surface de moindre étendue qu'une forêt : il peut ou non comporter un (ou des) peuplement(s) forestier(s) bien défini(s); il peut ou non porter un nom toponymique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecosistemas
  • Botánica
DEF

Formación agrupada de árboles.

OBS

bosque: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 6 2000-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

Facilities/equipment.

OBS

Table tennis term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Terme de tennis de table.

OBS

Installations/matériel.

Spanish

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Record 7 1995-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Canne à tête arrondie.

Spanish

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Record 8 1991-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Quantum Statistics
OBS

A component of the Raw Materials Price Index.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique quantique
OBS

Composante de l'indice des prix des matières brutes.

Spanish

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