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TWELFTH [19 records]

Record 1 2020-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • International Relations
  • War and Peace (International Law)
OBS

United Nations.

Key term(s)
  • Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Relations internationales
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
OBS

Nations Unies.

Key term(s)
  • Document de clôture de la 12e session extraordinaire de l'Assemblée générale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de documentos y obras
  • Relaciones internacionales
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
OBS

Naciones Unidas.

Key term(s)
  • Documento de Clausura del 12 período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General
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Record 2 2006-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Christian Theology
OBS

Twelfth Night is a holiday marked by some branches of Christianity, marking the 12th and final night of the christmas season, namely the eve before twelfth day or January 6, the Epiphany celebration to commemorate the adoration of the Magi. After Twelfth Night the Carnival season starts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Théologies chrétiennes

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

The hypoglossal nerve [is] the motor nerve of the tongue.

Key term(s)
  • XII nerve
  • nerve XII
  • cranial XII
  • XII cranial

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

[...] paire de nerfs crâniens innervant les muscles de la langue et rattachés à l'encéphale.

CONT

Les nerfs moteurs de la langue sont le nerf vaque, ou le nerf crânien X et le nerf hypoglosse, ou nerf crânien XII.

Key term(s)
  • nerf crânien 12
  • nerf crânien douze
  • nerf crânien 12e
  • nerf crânien douzième
  • nerf crânien 12ième
  • nerf crânien 12ème

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diving
OBS

Rules/refereeing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plongeon
OBS

Règlements/arbitrage.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
OBS

Christine Labelle, Science and Technology Division. Ottawa, Library of Parliament, 1999. Series: In Brief. Ottawa. HTML, number 99-6E. The twelfth annual conference of the Association de la maîtrise en environnement de l'Université de Sherbrooke (AMEUS) was held on 12 March 1999 in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Key term(s)
  • On The Eve of the Year 2000
  • The Future of Environmental Studies
  • AMEUS Conference

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
OBS

Ottawa, Bibliothèque du Parlement, 1999. Collection : En bref.

Key term(s)
  • À l'aube de l'an 2000
  • Vision d'avenir en environnement
  • Colloque de l'AMEUS

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

Centre for Resource Studies (CRS).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Renseignement vérifié auprès de l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Labour Relations
OBS

Published by the Public Service Staff Relations Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Relations du travail
OBS

Publié par la Commission des relations de travail dans la fonction publique.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • History
OBS

The objectives of this organization, which is established in Ottawa, Ontario, are to stimulate interest in the Renaissance; to organize workshops and formal and informal gatherings; to recreate the court life of Queen Elizabeth 1 of England and Mary, Queen of Scots.

Key term(s)
  • Ottawa the Twelfth Night Society
  • Society of the Twelfth Night of Ottawa
  • Ottawa Society of the Twelfth Night

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Histoire
OBS

Organisme établi à Ottawa (Ontario).

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
OBS

Interim supply

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
CONT

... les députés légalisent leur propre carence par le biais des douzièmes provisoires, votés de mois en mois.

OBS

Crédits provisoires.

Spanish

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Record 10 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
OBS

US-based Non-Governmental Organization that seeks to promote awareness and respect for human rights instruments and to gather information on abuses in developing countries, especially in Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
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Record 11 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
OBS

Adopted at Fez; 9 September 1982

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de leyes y reglamentos
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Record 12 1997-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

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Record 13 1990-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

United Nations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

Nations Unies.

Spanish

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Record 14 1987-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
  • Research and Development (Petroleum Tech.)
OBS

Houston, USA, April 26 - May 1, 1987. The official language of the Congress are English & French.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
  • Recherche et développement (Technol. pétrol.)
OBS

Houston, 26 avril au 1 mai 1987. Les langues officielles du Congrès sont l'anglais et le français.

Spanish

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Record 15 1987-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Research and Development (Petroleum Tech.)
OBS

C/O First American Bank, Washington, DC

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Recherche et développement (Technol. pétrol.)

Spanish

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Record 16 1986-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
Key term(s)
  • Conference of American States members of the International Labour Organization

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques
OBS

OIT Ottawa

Key term(s)
  • Conférence des Etats d'Amérique membres de l'Organisation internationale du travail

Spanish

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Record 17 1986-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blood

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sang
OBS

statistique mars 1969 classification internationale des maladies

Spanish

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Record 18 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
OBS

(...) the overblowing does not produce the octave, but causes a subdivision of the air-column (...) thus producing the twelfth or fifth above the octave.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
OBS

(...) la première note produite en augmentant la pression n'est (...) pas l'octave, (...) mais la douzième ou quinte de l'octave.

Spanish

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Record 19 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
OBS

--a mutation stop, pitched at the interval of a twelfth above the unison. Its function (...) is to bind the fifteenth to the principal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
OBS

--jeu de mutation de l'orgue, à son flûté, qui sert au renforcement de la quinte.

Spanish

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