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MATERIA PRIMA [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production (Economics)
DEF

The basic products to be used in production.

OBS

raw material: term usually used in the plural.

OBS

raw material: term standardized by ISO and by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Black Carbon Inventory and the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

Key term(s)
  • raw materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production (Économie)
DEF

Objets ou matières auxquels sont appliquées directement les opérations de transformation.

OBS

Par extension, l'expression matières premières désigne tous les objets ou matières susceptibles d'être incorporés aux produits traités ou fabriqués.

OBS

matière première : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

OBS

matière première : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'inventaire de carbone noir et de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Key term(s)
  • matières premières

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción (Economía)
DEF

[...] aquellos recursos naturales, de origen agrícola o mineral, destinados a ser objeto de una transformación [...] dentro de un proceso productivo [...] tal denominación se extiende a un grupo más amplio de productos que, obtenidos como resultado de un proceso de producción, son utilizados a su vez para la elaboración de nuevos productos.

OBS

Son ejemplos de materia prima el acero, el cuero.

OBS

No confundir con materia bruta, que son los recursos naturales antes de cualquier transformación.

Key term(s)
  • materias primas
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Record 2 2004-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management
DEF

Raw material supplied to a machine or processing plant (as pulpwood to a paper mill).

CONT

Although some basic feedstocks were in short supply the company has been able to obtain the raw materials required for its operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de la producción
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