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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
DEF

Unusable or unwanted material remaining after something has been made or used.

OBS

The terms "waste" and "waste matter" are considered to be uncountable nouns. However, they are found in the plural form (wastes and waste matters), particularly when speaking of different types of waste.

OBS

waste: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

OBS

waste: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

Key term(s)
  • wastes
  • waste product
  • waste matters
  • waste material
  • SUSTAGRIDUR2025

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
DEF

Matières inutilisables ou indésirables qui subsistent après la fabrication ou l'utilisation de quelque chose.

OBS

déchets : terme au singulier (déchet) uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

OBS

déchets : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Key term(s)
  • déchet

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
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Record 2 2021-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Textile Industries
OBS

a screen is used to enclose [the underportion of the card cylinder] which permits dirt, dust and short fibers to drop out. The material collected under [it] is called --

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Industries du textile
OBS

ce [grand tambour de la carde] possède à sa périphérie inférieure une grille qui laisse échapper les --.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tobacco Industry
DEF

The third classification of scrap produced in the manufacture of cigars. (No 1 scrap, No 2 scrap, siftings and dust). Siftings include very fine particles of scrap not usable in pipe tobaccos or for scrap filler. Siftings are sold for fertilizers and chemicals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du tabac
CONT

La poussière du tabac, ainsi qu'une petite quantité des déchets non-utilisables ailleurs, [...] sont employés pour fabriquer un extrait de nicotine, qui sert de désinfectant.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cutting and Trimming (Machine-Tooling)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

The coinage scrap resulting from rolling and blanking operations is simultaneously delivered by conveyor to the makeup section and deposited in its appropriate overhead bin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Découpage et taillage (Usinage)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
CONT

Préparation du métal, cisailles, lingots, déchets, pièces démonétisées, etc.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Anything on the ice, even the smallest object, that could hinder the intended gliding of the rock.

OBS

It can also be a particle of ice or a loose pebble that hinders the rock from its intended path.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Toute saleté, si petite soit-elle, qui peut se retrouver sur la piste et obstruer la trajectoire impartie à la pierre.

OBS

Ce peut aussi être une particule de glace ou un piton détaché qui entrave la trajectoire de la pierre.

OBS

déchet; déchet de glace : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • déchets de glace
  • déchets

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coal-Derived Fuels
  • Mining of Organic Materials
DEF

Waste material in the raw coal which it is the object of cleaning to remove.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles dérivés des charbons
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
DEF

Matière perdue dans le charbon brut, que le nettoyage est destiné à écarter.

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
DEF

Damaged, heavily discounted, distressed or sub-specification material.

OBS

...anything judged to be worth little or nothing.

CONT

Finished goods in commercial quantities (lots of junk).

PHR

junk-centric business.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
OBS

Tout ce qui est considéré comme bon à jeter.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
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Record 8 2003-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industrias textiles
  • Vocabulario general
DEF

Desperdicio inutilizable.

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Record 9 1998-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

The sheets ruined or damaged during printing and binding, and which must be discarded.

Key term(s)
  • waste sheet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Feuilles gâtées lors de l'impression et de la reliure.

Key term(s)
  • déchet

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
OBS

(art. 208, Excise Act / Loi sur l'accise)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise

Spanish

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Record 11 - external organization data 1994-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioactive Ores (Mining)
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Renewal of an operating licence in respect of a facility for extracting or recovering uranium or thorium from by-product or waste materials ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais radioactifs (Mines métalliques)
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Renouvellement de permis d'exploitation d'installation d'extraction ou de récupération d'uranium ou de thorium des sous-produits ou des déchets [...]

Spanish

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Record 12 1992-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cork
DEF

Corkwood scraps remaining after the manufacture of cork or its transformation by cutting.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Liège
DEF

Chutes résultant de la préparation du liège ou de sa transformation par taille.

OBS

Terme et définitions normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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