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NON SIGNIFICATIF [7 records]

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Record 1 2010-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • Financial Accounting
  • Auditing (Accounting)
DEF

Of so little importance or relevance as to have no significant impact on an outcome.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Comptabilité générale
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
DEF

Se dit d'un élément qui importe peu, qui a peu de conséquence.

OBS

L'utilisation du mot «immatériel» en ce sens est à proscrire, étant source de confusion. En effet, en comptabilité, le mot qualifie ce qui n'est pas formé de matière et est synonyme d'incorporel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad
  • Contabilidad general
  • Verificación (Contabilidad)
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Record 3 2010-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
CONT

Terrestrial organic deposits, chiefly tundra vegetation preserved in peat deposits, have yielded finite and infinite 14C dates > 30 ka ... [Context taken from the Decade of North American Geology, Volume 1, Chapter 6.]

CONT

Wood was found at only one location in the sand, and its non-finite age indicates that it may have been redeposited from older sediments. ... Two radiocarbon determinations on willow wood and peat from the inclined beds indicate a non-finite age of >40,000 yr B.P. for the deposit.

CONT

Shells from Etolin Point and Halfmoon Bay were analyzed for radiocarbon and yielded nonfinite ages ...

OBS

infinite date: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Non-finite radiocarbon age.

PHR

Nonfinite radiocarbon date.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
  • Physique radiologique et applications
CONT

Un événement radioactif prend place durant 30 000 ans et peut se mesurer avec une marge d'erreur assez large. Quand l'événement prend fin, la possibilité de le mesurer prend aussi fin. On peut donc dire que les dépôts organiques subissant cet événement ont au moins 30 000 ans ou un âge non fini. [Renseignement donné par une chargée de recherches au Centre national de la recherche scientifique de France.]

OBS

âge non significatif : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Documentation (Library Science)
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

An insignificant word, such as the, and, or be which is ignored during indexing; ...

DEF

A word which cannot be used as a search term on a particular database.

CONT

A stop word list (also sometimes called a noise word list or negative dictionary) is a list of words which are so frequent and/or content-free that the search engine ignores them. In English, "the" and "a" are often stop words.

OBS

stop list: a list of words or terms, or roots of words, which are considered to be meaningless or non-significant for purposes of information retrieval, and which are excluded from indexing.

OBS

The noise word list is different for each language.

Key term(s)
  • negative dictionary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documentation (Bibliothéconomie)
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Mot ou unité de langage qui n'est pas pris en considération par un langage documentaire.

OBS

Une seule liste de mots vides (stopwords) peut être définie par base de données; par contre cette liste est éditable et on peut spécifier à quels champs elle doit s'appliquer. (N.B. : Liste de mots vides = Antidictionnaire.).

Key term(s)
  • antidictionnaire

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
DEF

Cero, usado como carácter de relleno, que aparece como el dígito de mayor significado (más a la izquierda) en un valor numérico visualizado en un medio legible por el hombre.

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Record 6 2001-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

negligible: term used in the context of military training.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Se dit de quelque chose qui importe peu, qui a peu de conséquence.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 7 1986-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telegraphy
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télégraphie
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences

Spanish

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