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MADRE [7 records]

Record 1 2025-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
PE-MDD
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A region of Peru.

OBS

PE-MDD: code recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
PE-MDD
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Région du Pérou.

OBS

PE-MDD : code reconnu par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
PE-MDD
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Departamento del Perú.

OBS

PE-MDD: código reconocido por ISO.

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Record 2 2004-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
  • Vulcanology and Seismology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
  • Volcanologie et sismologie

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

Wood in which the fibers are distorted so that they have a curled appearance, as in "birdseye" wood. The areas showing curly grain may vary up to several inches in diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Bois dont les éléments sont irrégulièrement sinueux et enchevêtrés caractérisé par l'alternance de bandes claires et foncées.

OBS

bois madré; bois ronceux : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

OBS

bois madré : terme retenu par le Comité technique de la terminologie française du bois de l'Association canadienne de normalisation.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Problems
OBS

Project of the Women's Peace Network. Seeks to: draw public attention to common needs of children in Central America and the U.S.; end U.S. intervention in Central America; build bonds of peace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Problèmes sociaux

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Rights and Freedoms
DEF

MADRE is an international women's human rights organization that works in partnership with women's community-based groups worldwide to address issues of health, economic development and other human rights.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Droits et libertés

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Maple-Sugar Industry
CONT

Curly grain: Grain occurring in markedly irregular curves ... Hence such terms as curly Birch, curly Maple ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Industrie de l'érable
DEF

Érable dont le grain présente un fil tourmenté en raison d'une croissance particulière du bois.

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Industries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du bois
CONT

Les boiseries intérieures étaient en "bois madré" (autrement dit veiné). (La Revue Technique, p. 426)

Spanish

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