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CHECKERBOARD [12 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
  • Road Design
  • Road Networks
DEF

[An urban street plan] in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid.

Key term(s)
  • grid-iron plan
  • grid iron plan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Conception des voies de circulation
  • Réseaux routiers
DEF

Plan de voies urbaines où celles-ci sont toutes perpendiculaires les unes aux autres.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Scientific Research Equipment
  • Bioengineering
DEF

A flat plate with multiple wells used as small test tubes.

CONT

Assays of biochemical systems are carried out on a large scale in both industry and academia, so it is desirable to have an apparatus that allows these assays to be performed in a convenient and inexpensive fashion. Because they are relatively easy to handle and low in cost, microplates are often used for such studies. Microplates typically consist of a plurality of individual wells formed of polymeric materials. Each well includes sidewalls and a bottom so that an aliquot of a sample may be placed within each well. The wells may be arranged in relatively close proximity in a matrix pattern, allowing samples to be studied individually or as a group. Common sizes for microplates include matrices having dimensions of 4x6 (24 wells) or 8x12 (96 wells), although larger microplates are also used that may include matrices of hundreds or even thousands of wells.

PHR

96-well, allergen-coated microtitration plate.

PHR

Microplate holder, reader.

Key term(s)
  • micro-plate
  • micro plate
  • micro-titre plate
  • micro titre plate
  • micro titer plate
  • micro-titration plate
  • micro titration plate
  • microtitter plate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
  • Technique biologique
CONT

Les tests sont réalisés à partir de kit standard dont l'élément de base est la plaque de microtitrage, en plastique transparent, qui comprend 96 petites cavités, qu'on appelle «cupules» ou «puits».

CONT

Plaque de microtitrage stérile à 96 cupules (à fond plat ou en U).

OBS

[Par exemple :] Plaque en polystyrène comportant 96 alvéoles, utilisée dans le test ELISA.

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

checkerboard: an item in the "Game Equipment" class of the "Recreational Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

damier : objet de la classe «Équipement de jeu» de la catégorie «Objets récréatifs».

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
CONT

In a checkerboard cut, a faceter cuts the gem with square facets, so its crown and table resemble a checkerboard. This cut is often used on translucent stones.

Key term(s)
  • checker board cut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
OBS

Les pierres taillées [en damier] sont couvertes de multiples facettes carrées qui sont dispersées de manière uniforme autour de la surface. Les carrés créent un effet lumineux de «damier» étincelant de lumières claires et foncées lorsqu'on déplace la pierre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2019-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
  • Technical Textiles
DEF

[A] structural fabric [design that is] created in [various fabrics including] braided twill [weave], high and low luster satin, checked broken twill [ribs], fancy figured pointed twill, double twill effect [weave], etc.

Key term(s)
  • checkerboard weave

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
  • Textiles techniques

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Applications of Concrete
DEF

A surface of concrete paving blocks with open sections in which grass can be grown, in order to create an overall checkerboard pattern.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Utilisation du béton

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura paisajista
  • Utilización del hormigón
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Record 7 2010-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (civil law)
CONT

By checkerboarding (...) Homex conveyed to a series of third parties (...) so many lots are mere necessary to produce a situation in which neither Homex nor any other single registered owner (...) held contiguous lots on this plan of subdivision.

DEF

for "checkerboard system" : This term with reference to entries on land, means one entry built on another, and a third on the second.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
OBS

Ce terme désigne un procédé de vente ou de lotissement à plusieurs personnes interposées (au moins quatre) de manière qu'aucune d'elles ne soit propriétaire de deux lots contigus.

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Silviculture
DEF

Removal of the crop in blocks in one or more operations, generally for wildlife management purposes, encouraging regeneration, or protecting fragile sites.

OBS

[Block cutting is] considered in Ontario to be a variation of clearcutting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Coupe à blanc des arbres par blocs, en plusieurs opérations pour les besoins de l'aménagement faunique, pour encourager la régénération ou la protection des stations vulnérables, des paysages et de l'eau.

OBS

[La coupe à blanc par blocs est considérée] en Ontario comme une variante de la coupe à blanc.

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
DEF

A loose pattern of lease purchases that seeks a protective position in a general trend or area of possible production.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
DEF

Permis portant sur différentes fractions d'une zone.

Spanish

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Record 10 1992-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Policies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politiques nationales

Spanish

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Record 11 1987-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Media
DEF

A type of layout in magazines in which advertisements are placed in diagonal half or quarter pages, alternating with editorial matter, thus allowing the advertisement to dominate without buying a whole page or spread unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports publicitaires

Spanish

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Record 12 1984-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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