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FMF [8 records]

Record 1 2024-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Units (Regular Force, Armed Forces)
  • Naval Forces
OBS

Located within Her Majesty's Canadian Dockyard Halifax, the Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott is the largest military industrial complex in Canada. The team is comprised of combined military and civilian personnel who support the Commander of Maritime Forces Atlantic by providing effective and efficient engineering and maintenance services toward the 15 vessels that form the Canadian Atlantic Fleet.

OBS

The Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott replaces the Canadian Forces Ship Repair Unit (Atlantic) (CFSRU(A), the Fleet Maintenance Group (Atlantic) (FMG(A) and the Naval Engineering Unit (Atlantic) (NEU(A)) that were disbanded on 1 April 1996. Cape Scott refers to a former mobile repair ship based on the East Coast.

OBS

Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott; FMF Cape Scott: designations to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces.

Key term(s)
  • Fleet Maintenance Facility - Cape Scott

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités (régulières, Forces armées)
  • Forces navales
OBS

Située dans l'enceinte de l'arsenal canadien de Sa Majesté à Halifax, l'Installation de maintenance de la Flotte Cape Scott (IMF Cape Scott) est le complexe militaire industriel le plus vaste du Canada. L'équipe comprend à la fois du personnel militaire et civil qui appuient le commandant des Forces maritimes de l'Atlantique, en offrant des services de génie et de maintenance efficaces et rentables aux 15 bâtiments que compte la Flotte canadienne de l'Atlantique.

OBS

L'Installation de maintenance de la Flotte Cape Scott remplace l'Unité de radoub des Forces canadiennes (Atlantique) (URFC (Atlantique)), le Groupe de maintenance de la Flotte (Atlantique) (GMF(A)) et l'Unité de génie naval (Atlantique) (UGN(A)) qui ont été abolis le 1er avril 1996. Cape Scott est le nom d'un bâtiment mobile de radoub qui était basé sur la côte Est.

OBS

Installation de maintenance de la Flotte Cape Scott; IMF Cape Scott : désignations d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et des Forces armées canadiennes.

Key term(s)
  • Installation de maintenance de la Flotte - Cape Scott

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Naval Equipment Maintenance
CONT

The fleet maintenance facility is a DND [Department of National Defence] owned-and-operated facility that provides comprehensive maintenance and repair services for all Canadian naval vessels.

OBS

fleet maintenance facility; FMF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maintenance du matériel naval
OBS

installation de maintenance de la flotte; IMF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Environmental Management
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
OBS

The Fundy Model Forest is a partnership that works to advance sustainable forest management in New Brunswick Forests.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
OBS

La Forêt modèle de Fundy (FMF) est un partenariat qui œuvre pour l'avancement de la gestion durable des forêts au Nouveau-Brunswick.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
  • Music (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
  • Musique (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
  • Music (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
  • Musique (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Units (Regular Force, Armed Forces)
OBS

UD-1 1994: U.S. Department of National Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. Includes U.S. acronyms and abbreviations and NATO terms (English only).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités (régulières, Forces armées)

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Units (Regular Force, Armed Forces)
  • Naval Forces
OBS

The Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Breton replaces the Canadian Forces Ship Repair Unit (Pacific) (CFSRU(P), the Fleet Maintenance Group (Pacific) (FMG(P) and the Naval Engineering Unit (Pacific) (NEU(P) that were disbanded on 1 April 1996. Cape Breton refers to a former mobile repair ship based on the West Coast.

OBS

Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Breton; FMF Cape Breton: terms to be used by the Department of National Defence.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Forces Ship Repair Unit (Pacific)
  • CFSRU(P)
  • Fleet Maintenance Group (Pacific)
  • FMG(P)
  • Naval Engineering Unit (Pacific)
  • NEU(A)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités (régulières, Forces armées)
  • Forces navales
OBS

L'Installation de maintenance de la Flotte Cape Breton remplace l'Unité de radoub des Forces canadiennes (Pacifique) (URFC(P), le Groupe de maintenance de la Flotte (Pacifique) (GMF(P)) et l'Unité de génie naval (Pacifique) qui ont été abolis le 1er avril 1996. Cape Breton est le nom d'un bâtiment mobile de radoub qui était basé sur la côte Ouest.

OBS

Installation de maintenance de la Flotte Cape Breton; IMF Cape Breton : termes d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale.

Key term(s)
  • Unité de radoub des Forces canadiennes (Pacifique)
  • URFC(A)
  • Groupe de maintenance de la Flotte (Pacifique)
  • GMF(A)
  • Unité de génie naval (Pacifique)
  • UGN(P)

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

An inherited, recurrent inflammatory disease of unknown cause. The disease is characterized by acute self-limited attacks of fever and peritonitis, sometimes accompanied by pleuritis, arthritis, and erythematous skin lesions. Among affected individuals in the Middle East and Europe,

OBS

Familial Mediterranean fever has been given a number of other names: familial paroxysmal polyserositis, benign paroxysmal peritonitis, periodic peritonitis, and periodic disease. The first of these is descriptively accurate and an appropriate alternative name for the disease; the other terms, however, are misleading.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Maladie héréditaire chronique à transmission autosomique récessive caractérisée par des crises paroxystiques associant de manière variable une fièvre élevée, des douleurs abdominales, articulaires et thoraciques.

OBS

La maladie périodique fut dans sa forme abdominale isolée en 1945 par Siegal à New York sous le nom de "péritonite paroxystique bénigne". LA FMF touche avec prédilection certaines populations du bassin méditerranéen, en particulier, les populations arméniennes, turques, juives séfarades et arabes.

Spanish

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