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GAL [3 records]

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Record 1 2021-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Supply (Military)
  • Military Materiel Management
CONT

If no stock exists, the requisition will be referred to the local supply manager who will determine what action will be taken next.

OBS

local supply manager; LSM: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Approvisionnement (Militaire)
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
OBS

gérant d'approvisionnement local; GAL : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

A unit of measure of liquid capacity.

OBS

Historically [gallon] has had many different definitions, but there are three definitions in current use. In United States customary units there are the liquid (3.79 L) and the lesser used dry (4.4 L) gallons. There is also the imperial gallon (4.55 L) which is in unofficial use within the United Kingdom and Ireland and is in semi-official use within Canada. The gallon, be it the imperial or U.S. gallon, is sometimes found in other English-speaking countries.

PHR

Imperial, UK, US gallon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Unité de volume anglo-saxonne, utilisée pour mesurer les liquides.

CONT

Le gallon impérial (symbole gal GB ou gal Imp) vaut 160 onces liquides du système d'unité impérial, soit exactement 4,54609 litres. Le gallon US (symbole gal US) est défini comme mesurant 231 pouces cubes du système d'unité américain, exactement 3,785411784 litres; il est divisé en 128 onces liquides US. Le gallon US dry est défini comme 1/8 de boisseau sec ras US (ce dernier est défini comme valant 2 150,42 pouces cubes), soit exactement 4,40488377086 litres.

OBS

Les pompes à essence dans le royaume d'Angleterre vous mesuraient (avant de devenir «metric» et de parler en litres!) la quantité achetée en gallons, c'est-à-dire à coups de 4,546 litres. Attention toutefois, aux USA, le gallon ne fait que 3,715 litres!

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gravity (Physics)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

A unit of acceleration equivalent to one centimeter per second, per second, used especially for values of gravity.

OBS

Named after Galileo.

OBS

gal: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pesanteur (Physique)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Unité d'accélération dans le système C.G.S.

OBS

Le gal (symbole Gal) est une unité CGS d'accélération égale à 1 cm/s² = 0,01 m/s², utilisé pour exprimer l'accélération de la pesanteur en géodésie et en géophysique. Son nom provient de l'astronome et physicien Galilée.

OBS

pluriel : gals.

Spanish

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