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MANOEUVRE [100 records]

Record 1 2026-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection of Life
  • Emergency Management
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
DEF

Activities undertaken to manage the movement of a crowd as a whole.

OBS

Crowd manoeuvering is normally conducted at formation level.

OBS

crowd manoeuvering: designation and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

Key term(s)
  • crowd maneuvering
  • crowd maneuvring

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
DEF

Activités visant à gérer le mouvement d'une foule dans son ensemble.

OBS

La manœuvre de foule est normalement menée au niveau de la formation.

OBS

manœuvre de foule : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • First Aid
OBS

Resuscitation maneuvers include closed cardiac massage, mouth-to-mouth, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Secourisme
OBS

Parmi les manœuvres de réanimation, on compte notamment le massage cardiaque externe, le bouche-à-bouche, etc.

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Exercises
  • Land Forces
DEF

In a live-fire exercise, a sector within which troops can freely manoeuvre.

OBS

manoeuvre box: designation and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

Key term(s)
  • manoeuver box
  • maneuver box

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exercices militaires
  • Forces terrestres
DEF

Dans le contexte des exercices de tir réels, secteur à l'intérieur duquel les troupes sont libres de manœuvrer.

OBS

quadrilatère de manœuvre : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre; désignation uniformisée par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2025-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • laundry laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 5 2025-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Plant and Crop Production
CONT

Field-grown crop farm labourer. Key Responsibilities: Harvesting vegetables in a timely and efficient manner. Performing repetitive tasks while maintaining attention to detail. Handling heavy loads and ensuring proper lifting techniques. Working outdoors in various weather conditions, including wet, dusty, and hot environments. Standing for extended periods and engaging in bending, crouching, and kneeling as needed.

Key term(s)
  • field-grown crop farm laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

Les manœuvres à la récolte aident les autres ouvriers agricoles à planter, à récolter, à trier et à empaqueter les produits. Ils participent à la préparation du sol, à l'irrigation, à la plantation, à la pulvérisation et à l’éclaircissage. Les manœuvres à la récolte travaillent dans des exploitations agricoles spécialisées dans les cultures de plein champ, les cultures fruitières et maraîchères et les cultures spéciales.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Producción vegetal
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Record 6 - external organization data 2025-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 7 - external organization data 2025-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • underground mine laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 8 - external organization data 2025-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • mine laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 9 - external organization data 2025-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • laborer - mining exploration
  • mining exploration labourer
  • mining exploration laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 10 - external organization data 2025-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • underground laborer - mining

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 11 - external organization data 2025-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • forest nursery laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 12 - external organization data 2025-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • nursery laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 13 - external organization data 2025-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • hothouse laborer
  • hot house laborer
  • hot house labourer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 14 - external organization data 2025-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • horticulture laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 15 - external organization data 2025-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • hydroponics laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 16 - external organization data 2025-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • greenhouse laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 17 - external organization data 2025-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • laborer - material handling
  • material handling labourer
  • material handling laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 18 - external organization data 2025-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • laborer - warehousing and storage
  • warehousing and storage labourer
  • warehousing and storage laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 19 - external organization data 2025-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • dredge deck-hand

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 20 2025-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Plant and Crop Production
OBS

Field-grown crop farm labourer, harvesting in Canada. Harvesting labourers and related workers assist other farm workers to plant, harvest, sort and pack crops. They participate in soil preparation, irrigation and crop planting, spraying and thinning. They are employed on fruit, vegetable and specialty crop farms.

Key term(s)
  • crop farm laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

Les manœuvres à la récolte aident les autres ouvriers agricoles à planter, à récolter, à trier et à empaqueter les produits. Ils participent à la préparation du sol, à l'irrigation, à la plantation, à la pulvérisation et à l’éclaircissage. Les manœuvres à la récolte travaillent dans des exploitations agricoles spécialisées dans les cultures de plein champ, les cultures fruitières et maraîchères et les cultures spéciales.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Producción vegetal
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Record 21 2025-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surfing and Water-Skiing
CONT

A cutback is a surfing maneuver with which you change your direction on the rail by going back to the breaking part of the wave. See, when you're at full speed, there's a big chance that you're getting away from the breaking wave and heading towards the flat spots of the shoulder that don't have the intrinsic power to carry you. So, you'll lose speed, and you'll need to get back to the wave to gain as much speed as you can. That's when you should perform a cutback. In that sense, a cutback isn't only an aesthetic move, as it gets you back to the power source of the wave: its curl.

Key term(s)
  • cut-back

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski nautique et surfing
DEF

Manœuvre horizontale qui consiste, pour un surfeur, à s'élancer sur l'épaule de la vague pour revenir, après un demi-tour, dans le cœur de celle-ci.

OBS

manœuvre de retour; retour : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 15 décembre 2022.

Spanish

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Record 22 2025-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Astronautics
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

A self-toss maneuver is defined as a vehicle using an on-board actuation mechanism, such as a robotic manipulator, to launch itself from a given object or surface, followed thereafter by free-flyer coast.

OBS

self-toss maneuver; self-toss: designations validated by a Canadian subject-matter expert from Polytechnique Montréal.

Key term(s)
  • self toss maneuver
  • self toss manoeuvre
  • self-toss manoeuvre
  • self toss
  • SearchOnlyKey1

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Astronautique
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
OBS

manœuvre d'autocatapultage : désignation validée par un spécialiste canadien de Polytechnique Montréal.

Key term(s)
  • manœuvre d’auto-catapultage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Astronáutica
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
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Record 23 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • cooperage laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 24 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • shoe manufacturing laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 25 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • laborer - printing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 26 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • leather processing laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 27 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • general laborer - manufacturing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 28 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • shipyard laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 29 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • general laborer - electrical equipment assembly

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 30 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • dipping laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 31 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • drapery making laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 32 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • furniture manufacturing laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 33 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • bindery laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 34 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • general laborer - light-fixture assembly

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 35 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • laborer - shoe manufacturing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 36 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • laborer - packaging company

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 37 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • garment factory laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 38 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • packaging company laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 39 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • factory laborer - manufacturing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 40 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • hide and pelt processing laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 41 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • assembly line general laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 42 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • footwear manufacturing laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 43 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • padding laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 44 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • boat assembly laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 45 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • clothing plant laborer
  • garment plant laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 46 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • laborer - packaging

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 47 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • candle manufacturing laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 48 - external organization data 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • electrical products laborer
  • electrical products manufacturing laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 49 2025-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

A manual worker, especially one carrying out unskilled work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Travail et emploi
DEF

Ouvrier qui exécute des travaux [manuels] n'exigeant aucune qualification professionnelle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Trabajo y empleo
DEF

Trabajador manual asalariado[, sin especialización].

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Record 50 - external organization data 2025-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • box factory laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 51 - external organization data 2024-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • fish processing laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 52 - external organization data 2024-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • fish processing plant laborer
  • fish-processing plant laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 53 - external organization data 2024-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • cannery laborer - fish processing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 54 - external organization data 2024-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • cannery laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 55 - external organization data 2024-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • shellfish processing laborer
  • shell fish processing labourer
  • shell fish processing laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 56 - external organization data 2024-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • woollen mill laborer
  • woollen goods mill labourer
  • woollen goods mill laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 57 2024-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

In some firearms, the part into which the bolt or breechblock is inserted.

OBS

bolt carrier; carrier; operating slide; slide: designations and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Dans certaines armes, pièce portant le verrou ou le bloc-culasse.

OBS

glissière; masse additionnelle; pièce de manœuvre; porte-culasse : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre; désignations uniformisées par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 58 2024-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

air combat manoeuvring instrumentation; ACMI: designations standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • air combat manoeuvering instrumentation
  • air combat maneuvering instrumentation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

instrumentation de manœuvre de combat aérien : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 59 2024-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physiotherapy
CONT

The Epley maneuver is a highly effective, safe, canalith repositioning treatment of posterior canal BPPV [benign paroxysmal positional vertigo] ... This procedure consists of a series of head position changes that essentially settle the loose otoconia from the semicircular canal into the utricle, where they can no longer trigger vertigo attacks.

OBS

The Epley maneuver is one of several canalith repositioning maneuvers used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physiothérapie
CONT

Les manœuvres de repositionnement des canalithes (le plus souvent la manœuvre d'Epley [...]) consistent à mobiliser la tête selon une série de positions spécifiques destinées à ramener les débris otoconiaux (canalithes) vers l'utricule.

OBS

La manœuvre d'Epley commence par l'allongement sur le dos de la personne atteinte, avec la tête dans le vide et tournée du côté affecté. La personne fait une rotation lente de la tête vers côté sain jusqu'à ce que la tête soit presque face au sol. Enfin, elle se relève en position assise avec la tête tournée du côté sain avant de revenir à une position normale.

OBS

La manœuvre d'Epley est l'une des nombreuses manœuvres de repositionnement des canalithes utilisées pour le traitement du vertige paroxystique positionnel bénin.

Spanish

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Record 60 2024-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physiotherapy
DEF

A test used to diagnose benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) that consists of a series of head, neck, and body movements that reproduce the vertigo sensation.

CONT

The Dix-Hallpike test is typically performed in a doctor's office. The doctor will ask you to sit upright on an exam table with your legs stretched out in front of you and your head turned to one side. They will then ask you to lower your head and torso back so that you end up lying with your head stretched off the edge of the exam table, turned with one ear down at a 45-degree angle. If there are misplaced calcium deposits (also called canaliths) in the posterior canal of your inner ear, this will trigger vertigo symptoms.

OBS

Benign positional paroxysmal vertigo (BPPV) is one of the most common causes of vertigo. The Dix-Hallpike maneuver is the gold standard test used to diagnose BPPV, which is crucial in confirming posterior canal BPPV.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physiothérapie
DEF

Manœuvre clinique qui vise à confirmer le diagnostic du vertige paroxystique positionnel bénin (VPPB) en reproduisant le vertige par l'entremise d'une série de mouvements de la tête, du cou et du corps.

CONT

Le diagnostic sera confirmé par la manœuvre de Dix et Hallpike, qui consiste à reproduire le vertige en basculant le patient vers le côté déclenchant (le sujet, assis jambes pendantes au milieu de la table d'examen, est rapidement couché par l'examinateur vers le côté supposé atteint). La manœuvre est positive lorsqu'elle provoque un vertige et/ou des mouvements des yeux (appelés nystagmus) que le médecin va observer.

Spanish

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Record 61 2024-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
CONT

The anterior drawer test is performed with the knee flexed at 90°. The examiner sits on the patient's foot and grasps behind the proximal tibia with the thumbs palpating the tibial plateau and index fingers palpating the tendons of the hamstring muscle group medially and laterally. The anterior tibial force is then applied by the examiner. ... a positive test for a torn ACL [anterior cruciate ligament] is indicated by greater anterior tibial displacement on the affected side when compared to the unaffected side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
CONT

Test du tiroir antérieur [...] Cette manœuvre s'exécute en décubitus dorsal avec une flexion de la hanche et du genou de 45° et 90° respectivement. L'examinateur doit s'asseoir sur le pied du patient et empoigner le tibia proximal de ses mains en positionnant ses pouces sur les interlignes articulaires antérieurs pour être en mesure d'apprécier correctement le glissement du tibia sur les condyles fémoraux. [...] L'examinateur exerce ensuite une traction antérieure [...] à la recherche d'une mobilité accrue par rapport au côté sain, d'un arrêt mou ou d'une douleur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 62 2024-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
CONT

The posterior drawer test is performed with the knee in 90° flexion. The examiner palpates the hamstrings posteriorly to make sure they are relaxed. The thumbs are placed in the anterior joint line to palpate posterior translation of the tibia when a posterior force is applied.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
CONT

Test du tiroir postérieur [...] Le positionnement est le même que pour le tiroir antérieur, mais la poussée ou la pression antéro-postérieure est appliquée sur le tibia proximal vers la région antérieure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 63 - external organization data 2024-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • electric power and wire communications laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 64 - external organization data 2024-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • laborer - tannery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 65 2024-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
DEF

A control area normally established at the confluence of air traffic service [ATS] routes in the vicinity of one or more major aerodromes.

OBS

terminal control area: term standardized by NATO.

OBS

terminal control area; TMA: term, abbreviation and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

OBS

terminal control area; TCA: term and abbreviation standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

Key term(s)
  • terminal manoeuvring area
  • terminal manoeuvering area

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
DEF

Région de contrôle établie, en principe, au carrefour de routes ATS [services de la circulation aérienne] aux environs d'un ou de plusieurs aérodromes importants.

OBS

région de contrôle terminale; TMA : terme, abréviation et définition uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

région de contrôle terminale; TMA; TCA : terme et abréviations uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

région de contrôle terminale; TCA : terme et abréviation normalisés par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

OBS

zone de contrôle terminale : terme normalisé par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Control de tránsito aéreo
DEF

Área de control establecida generalmente en la confluencia de rutas ATS en las inmediaciones de uno o más aeródromos principales. [Definición aceptada oficialmente por la OACI.]

OBS

área de control terminal; TMA: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 66 2024-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Maneuvers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs

Spanish

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Record 67 2024-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
  • Air Navigation Aids
DEF

A manoeuvre initiated by the pilot to align the aircraft with a runway for landing when a straight-in landing from an instrument approach is not possible or is not desirable.

OBS

circling procedure; circling approach procedure; circling manoeuvre: designation and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

Key term(s)
  • circling maneuver
  • circling maneuvre
  • circling manoeuver

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
DEF

Manœuvre entreprise par le pilote, à l'issue d'une approche aux instruments, pour aligner l'aéronef avec une piste lorsqu'il n'est pas possible ni souhaitable d'effectuer un atterrissage direct.

OBS

procédure d'approche indirecte; manœuvre d'approche indirecte; virage d'alignement; procédure de virage d'alignement : désignations et définition normalisées par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

Spanish

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Record 68 2024-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Switchgear (Rail Transport)
DEF

A switch connected to the main track used to route equipment or a track unit to or from the main track.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de voie (Transport par rail)
DEF

Aiguillage rattaché à une voie principale utilisé pour orienter du matériel roulant ou un véhicule d'entretien en direction ou en provenance de la voie principale.

Spanish

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Record 69 2024-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Switchgear (Rail Transport)
DEF

A switch used to route equipment or a track unit within non-main track territory.

Key term(s)
  • non main track hand operated switch

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de voie (Transport par rail)
DEF

Aiguillage servant à orienter un matériel roulant ou un véhicule d'entretien en territoire à voie non principale.

Spanish

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Record 70 2024-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
CONT

The contemporary operating environment (COE) for the [Canadian Forces] has changed dramatically over the last five years.

OBS

contemporary operating environment; COE: designations standardized by NATO and to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
OBS

environnement de manœuvre actuel; COE : désignations d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

environnement de manœuvre actuel : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 71 2023-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems (Land Forces)
  • Armour
DEF

A lever that works in conjunction with the breech mechanism lever and breech spring to allow the breech to be opened.

OBS

operating lever: designation and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces terrestres)
  • Arme blindée
DEF

Levier qui, actionné en combinaison avec le levier du mécanisme de culasse et le ressort de verrouillage, permet d'ouvrir la culasse.

OBS

bras de commande; levier de manœuvre : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 72 2023-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

A boat-operated falling net is a cone- or pyramid-shaped net with weights and a drawstring on its perimeter that falls from the boat to catch fish underneath it. This type of falling net is usually large in scale and operated in deep waters. It is usually operated at night with the use of lights to attract target species ...

Key term(s)
  • boat operated falling net

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
CONT

Un filet retombant manœuvré du bateau est un filet en forme de cône ou de pyramide dont le contour est muni de poids et d'un cordon de serrage, qui est lâché d'un bateau pour attraper les poissons situés en dessous. Ce type de filet retombant, souvent de grande taille, est manœuvré en eaux profondes. Il est généralement manœuvré de nuit, en employant des lumières qui attirent les espèces ciblées.

Spanish

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Record 73 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • laborer - sanitary service

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 74 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • railway track maintenance laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 75 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • motor transport laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 76 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • railway track laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 77 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 78 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • municipal general laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 79 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • general laborer - public works

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 80 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • railway yard laborer
  • yard laborer - railway transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 81 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • maintenance laborer - public works

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 82 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • municipal laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 83 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • public works laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 84 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • section laborer - railway

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 85 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 86 - external organization data 2023-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • railway laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 87 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • asphalt plant laborer - construction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 88 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 89 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • quarry laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 90 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • manœuvre brides-construction

Spanish

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Record 91 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • paving operations laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 92 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • construction laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 93 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • underground laborer - construction
  • under-ground labourer - construction
  • under ground labourer - construction
  • under-ground laborer - construction
  • under ground laborer - construction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 94 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • pipeline laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 95 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • shore dredging laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 96 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 97 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 98 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • construction craft laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 99 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 100 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • bituminous paving laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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