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MISE COURANT [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2017-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conferences and Colloquia: Organization
  • Military Training
  • Oral Presentations
DEF

An introductory session for the participants in a game, simulation or other exercise that is used to describe the background to the exercise, assign roles, etc.

CONT

Briefing of participants. ... Briefing is necessary in order to acquaint the role players with their responsibilities. The briefing may be public or private as the situation demands.

CONT

Field trips. ... Thorough briefings are required before the field trip begins so that the learners will be alerted to the kinds of knowledge they are expected to gain ...

CONT

It may be necessary to arrange for the chairman to meet the speakers for a fuller briefing well in advance of the conference.

OBS

briefing: term also used in the context of military training.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation de congrès et de conférences
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Exposés et communications orales
DEF

Acte par lequel on fournit aux participants d'une réunion toute l'information préalable nécessaire à l'accomplissement d'une tâche.

OBS

L'usage du terme «breffage» ne semble pas avoir dépassé les frontières du Canada.

OBS

exposé : terme aussi utilisé dans le contexte de l'instruction militaire.

OBS

briefing n'est plus considéré comme un anglicisme par les dictionnaires de langue générale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización de conferencias y coloquios
  • Instrucción del personal militar
  • Presentaciones orales
DEF

[En una reunión] conjunto de instrucciones breves, escritas u orales, que se dan a los que van a realizar un trabajo.

OBS

resumen: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Parliamentary Language
OBS

Beauchesne's Rules and Forms of the House of Commons of Canada: with Annotations, Comments and Precedents: 6th ed., 1989 and 5th ed., 1978

OBS

Rules and Forms of the House of Commons of Canada, with annotations and an extensive Index: A Compendium of Canadian Parliamentary Practice: 2nd ed., 1927

OBS

Beauchesne's Parliamentary Rules and Forms: Title on spine

Key term(s)
  • Beauchesne's Rules and Forms of the House of Commons of Canada

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
OBS

Jurisprudence parlementaire de Beauchesne : Titre sur le dos du livre de la 5e édition.

OBS

Précis de procédure parlementaire de Beauchesne : Titre sur le dos de la 4e édition, 1964

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de monografías
  • Lenguaje parlamentario
OBS

Obra que trata del procedimiento en la Cámara de los Comunes de Canadá, escrita originalmente por Arthur Beauchesne, Secretario de la Cámara de 1925 a 1949, y revisada y actualizada posteriormente. Esta obra suele ser designada simplemente por el nombre de su autor, Beauchesne.

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Record 3 2003-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Police
Key term(s)
  • briefing officer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Police
Key term(s)
  • chargé de mise au courant

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A controlling circuit which, upon energization, limits the rate of rise of the output current of the rectifier in a proportional manner, irrespective of values of the controlling signal.

CONT

The soft-start function prevents the current surge that would occur on the AC supply if several rectifiers would simultaneously go from no-load to full load.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Circuit de contrôle qui, au démarrage, limite le taux de croissance du courant de sortie du redresseur de façon proportionnelle, sans égard aux valeurs du signal de référence.

CONT

La fonction de mise sous tension sans appel de courant prévient la surcharge de courant qui surviendrait sur l'alimentation CA si plusieurs redresseurs passaient simultanément de inactifs à pleins charge.

Spanish

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Record 5 1985-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électronique

Spanish

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Record 6 1979-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Library Science (General)
OBS

(SDI) (Travail Canada - sources bibliographiques).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bibliothéconomie (Généralités)
OBS

(SDI) (section des Archives et Bibliothèque nationale) Ce service remplace le Selective dissemination of information (SDI).

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tourism

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tourisme

Spanish

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