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BIENS PUBLICS MOBILIERS [1 record]

Record 1 2018-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Equipment
DEF

All public property, other than real property, immovables and money, provided for the Canadian Forces or for any other purpose under the National Defence Act.

OBS

[The materiel] includes any vessel, vehicle, aircraft, animal, missile, arms, ammunition, clothing, stores, provisions or equipment.

OBS

matériel: designation with accent is now obsolete.

OBS

materiel; mat: designations officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel and by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

materiel: designation standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • material

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel militaire
DEF

[Ensemble des] biens publics mobiliers ou personnels, à l'exclusion de toute somme d’argent, fournis pour les Forces canadiennes ou à toute autre fin dans le cadre de la Loi sur la défense nationale.

OBS

[Le matériel comprend :] les navires, [les] véhicules, [les] aéronefs, [les] animaux, [les] missiles, [les] armes, [les] munitions, [les] provisions, [les]équipements, [les] effets ou [les] vivres.

OBS

matériel : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l’Armée de terre et par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du soutien au combat.

OBS

matériel; mat : désignations uniformisées par le Groupe d’experts en terminologie de l’Armée de terre.

OBS

matériel : désignation normalisée par l’OTAN.

Key term(s)
  • matériels

Spanish

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