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Record 1 2021-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
DEF

The time when all scheduled training and administrative work stops.

OBS

close of business; cob: designations standardized by NATO.

PHR

at close of business, at the close of business, by the close of business

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
OBS

en fin de journée de travail; cob : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

cob: an item in the "Exchange Media" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

cob : objet de la classe «Support d'échange» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Type of horse or pony with a big body and short legs.

CONT

A type of horse, rather than a breed, a cob is a horse of stocky appearance, well-adapted to carrying heavyweight riders in all circumstances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Race de cheval robuste et trapu.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ground Installations (Air Forces)
DEF

An airfield designated for use by aircraft of another nation.

OBS

collocated operating base: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations au sol (Forces aériennes)
OBS

base d'opérations co-implantée : terme tiré du Lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Key term(s)
  • base opérationnelle co-implantée
  • base d'opérations coimplantée

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Oceanography
  • Climate Change
  • Air Pollution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Océanographie
  • Changements climatiques
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
OBS

IC technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 8 1989-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

An African water antelope of the genus Kobus, represented by several distinct species ....

OBS

Koba: ... by earlier naturalists often taken as the name of a distinct species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
DEF

Antilope africaine de grande taille, à cornes en lyre, et dont les formes sont robustes et trapues.

CONT

Les Kobs. Les Antilopes du genre Kob (Kobus) constituent un groupe homogène caractérisé par : (...) une attirance marquée pour l'eau, qui les a fait surnommer "Antilopes d'eau".

Spanish

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