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MIRA [9 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Pisaurina mira
Latin
OBS

A spider of the family Pisauridae.

Key term(s)
  • common nursery-web spider

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Pisaurina mira
Latin
OBS

Araignée de la famille des Pisauridae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
Scolopax mira
Latin
OBS

A bird of the family Scolopacidae.

OBS

In English scientific usage, all elements of names of bird species require capital letters except for hyphenated adjectives where the second word is not capitalized, for example, Black-crowned Night Heron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Scolopax mira
Latin
OBS

Oiseau de la famille des Scolopacidae.

OBS

bécasse d'Amami : nom français uniformisé par la Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.

OBS

En français, les noms des espèces d'oiseaux acquièrent une valeur de nom propre; tous les substantifs génériques de même que tous les qualificatifs spécifiques qui précèdent le substantif générique doivent prendre la majuscule, par exemple : Pétrel minime, Petit Butor.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-10-20

English

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

A body of water on Cape Breton Island, in Nova Scotia.

OBS

Coordinates: 46° 2' 0" N, 59° 53' 23" W (Nova Scotia).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Étendue d'eau sur l'île du Cap-Breton, en Nouvelle-Écosse.

OBS

Coordonnées : 46° 2' 0" N, 59° 53' 23" O (Nouvelle-Écosse).

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
OBS

Financial Administration Act

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
OBS

Loi sur l'administration financière

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
DEF

Langage graphique constituant une extension de PASCAL qui permet de programmer des graphiques de manière structurée et claire.

Spanish

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Record 7 1989-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guns (Land Forces)
OBS

A 155 mm shell made by Bofors Ordnance, from Sweden.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canons (Forces terrestres)
OBS

Obus de 155 mm fabriqué par la société suédoise Bofors.

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • School Equipment
OBS

A device containing a mirror which can be positioned relative to a surface or pattern in order to produce different geometric patterns, lines, etc. "Mira" is a trademark.

OBS

Information given by Moyer The Teachers' Store, Ottawa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement scolaires

Spanish

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Record 9 1977-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
OBS

These are variable in cycles of from 3 months to more than 2 years, and most commonly around 10 months. Their periods and ranges in brightness have an approach to regularity which is remindful of the cycles of sunspot numbers. The range in their light variations averages 5 magnitudes (...) The spectra are mainly of type M, but S, R, and N are represented as well. They contain the dark lines and bands characteristic of red stars, and also bright lines, particularly of hydrogen, which have been the means of discovering many of these variable stars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
OBS

Au-dessous [des variables irrégulières] se trouvent les étoiles aux raies d'émission des classes spectrales Me, Re, Ne et Se qui changent elles aussi irrégulièrement mais progressivement leur éclat en de très grands intervalles de temps (70 à 1300 jours) et dans de très grandes limites (...). Une de leurs représentantes remarquables est o Baleine ou Mira Ceti (...) C'est pourquoi toute cette classe s'appelle "variables à longue période du type Mira Ceti". Les spectres de ces étoiles comportent toujours des raies d'émission de l'hydrogène (au maximum) ou des métaux (avant le minimum). Leur période varie autour de la moyenne de 10% dans les deux sens.

Spanish

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