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COMET [6 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2022-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Key term(s)
  • Criminal Organizations Marihuana Enforcement Team
  • Criminal Organisation Marihuana Enforcement Team
  • Criminal Organisations Marihuana Enforcement Team

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Toxicology
OBS

ComET [gives a] quantitative plausible maximum age-specific estimates of environmental and consumer exposure for individuals based on use scenario (sentinel products), physical/chemical properties & bioavailability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Toxicologie
OBS

ComET [fournit une] estimation quantitative de la limite maximale plausible d'exposition en fonction des groupes d'âge pour l'exposition environnementale et l'exposition par le biais des produits de consommation, basée sur le scénario d'utilisation (produits sentinelles), les propriétés physiques/chimiques et la biodisponibilité.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

A village south of Windsor, at the western end of Lake Erie, in Ontario.

OBS

Coordinates: 42° 0' 48" N, 82° 59' 9" W (Ontario).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Village au sud de Windsor, à l'extrémité ouest du lac Érié, en Ontario.

OBS

Coordonnées : 42° 0' 48" N, 82° 59' 9" O (Ontario).

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

A mount south of Mount Carleton Provincial Park, in New Brunswick.

OBS

Coordinates: 47° 6' 55" N, 66° 38' 34" W (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Mont au sud du parc provincial Mont-Carleton, au Nouveau-Brunswick.

OBS

Coordonnées : 47° 6' 55" N, 66° 38' 34" O (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Planets
  • Astronomy
OBS

The mission was born in Zurich on 22 May 1985, when it was accepted as a Cornerstone science project by the ESA Space Science Advisory Committee. It was then known as the Comet Nucleus Sample Return mission (CNSR) and was envisaged as a collaboration with NASA. After a few years NASA's priorities changed, so the highly ambitious sample return mission evolved into a slightly less complex ESA-only mission dedicated to a comet rendezvous and two asteroid flybys.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Planètes
  • Astronomie
Key term(s)
  • Mission vers une comète avec prélèvement d’un échantillon de noyau cométaire

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Space Physics
DEF

The Boeing 707 KC-135 that flies parabolic arcs to create short periods of weightlessness, used by the NASA to train pilots and astronauts and so named for the effect its near-zero gravity environment has on its crew.

CONT

NASA normally uses the Vomit Comet to train astronauts, test equipment and carry out experiments. The fun starts when the plane noses over into a steep dive, creating a free fall that simulates the weightlessness of outer space. But the price for 30 seconds of floating fun is sudden, equal doses of two Gs, or a doubling of Earth's gravity. It's the sudden reversal that causes many passengers to lose their lunch.

OBS

Commonly known as the "Vomit Comet" or "Weightless Wonder" this particular plane, a Boeing 707, started out life in 1959 as an Air Force aerial tanker, but was used in the space agency's microgravity experiments from 1973 to 1995.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Physique spatiale
DEF

Boeing 707 modifié KC-135 utilisé pour l'entraînement des pilotes et des astronautes en stimulant l'apesanteur et connu pour provoquer des nausées.

CONT

En route pour le vomitorium. La piscine ne simule que jusqu'à un certain point les conditions de l'espace. Dans une piscine, les astronautes ont beau flotter, leur circulation sanguine ne se fait pas comme dans l'espace où il n'y a ni haut, ni bas. On doit donc leur faire goûter au véritable «zéro gravité». Et pour cela, rien de tel qu'un vol à bord du KC-135, surnommé «the Vomit Comet». Cet avion, qui monte et descend en flèche, n'arrive à reproduire l'apesanteur que pour des périodes de 25 à 30 secondes. Périodes néanmoins suffisantes à certains pour voir remonter à la surface les restes de leurs repas des 24 dernières heures.

OBS

comète nauséeuse : proposition de traduction adoptée par l'Agence spatiale canadienne.

OBS

comète à vomir : terme mal formé.

OBS

nauséeux : Qui provoque des nausées. [P. ex. :] Odeur nauséeuse, goût nauséeux.

Spanish

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