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TEPEE [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2023-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
DEF

A metal structure, shaped roughly like an Indian wigwam or teepee, in which mill wastes are burned. Although still used in some areas, such burners are being phased out, partly because mill wastes are being utilized to a much greater degree, and partly because such burners are a prime source of air pollution and have been outlawed in some areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Techniques industrielles

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • History of Technology
  • Anthropology
  • Sociology (General)
DEF

An American Indian conical tent used especially by the Plains tribes and consisting of a covering usually of skins spread over a frame of poles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire des techniques
  • Anthropologie
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
CONT

De la Sibérie à l'Alaska, puis en descendant vers le sud [...] on a trouvé des tentes construites sur le principe du «trou à fumée». Il s'agit de former un châssis de trois ou quatre perches réunies à une extrémité ou assemblées par des crochets enchevêtrés et dont l'autre extrémité forme un vaste cercle. Sur ce châssis on tendait des peaux de telle sorte qu'il reste un orifice au sommet. C'est la forme primitive du tipi [...]

Spanish

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