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ESCAPE [13 records]

Record 1 2017-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
OBS

equity structured call and put exposure; ESCAPE: term and abbreviation extracted from the “Glossaire de l’économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
OBS

positions structurées d'achat et de vente d'actions : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Key term(s)
  • position structurée d'achat et de vente d'actions

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

Applies to fish getting out of the net or avoiding capture by the net.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Se dit des poissons passant à travers les mailles du filet ou évitant la capture.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Canals
DEF

An outlet or gate through which water may be released from a canal or hydraulic structure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Canaux
DEF

Canal d'évacuation d'eau construit pour régulariser le niveau des lacs.

CONT

En Italie, l'émissaire du Lac d'Albano.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
  • Horticulture
DEF

In botany, a plant that has escaped from cultivation, and naturalized, more or less permanently.

CONT

Garden escapes. This term is used to describe those plants that were once used as ornamental garden plants but have since escaped or "stretched" their boundaries.

CONT

Cultivation escape. Species may have escaped from gardens, cultivation or both ...

OBS

For example, Queen Anne's lace is an escaped carrot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
  • Horticulture
DEF

Plante cultivée qui s'est propagée hors des jardins.

CONT

Échinocystis. [...] Plante américaine, cultivée partout dans le Québec comme plante de véranda ou de charmille, c'est surtout comme espèce échappée de culture qu'on la rencontre chez nous, bien que certaines stations paraissent indiquer l'indigénat.

CONT

On peut trouver des plantes échappées de cultures, emportées par le vent, les oiseaux [...] ou les fourmis.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
OBS

abscondence. Commissioner's Directive No. 214, May 1975, p. 19.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Administración penitenciaria
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Record 6 2004-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
DEF

Ability of a plant which, in a given population of a species or variety of plants in which a disease is prevalant, remains free from disease although it possesses no natural inherent resistance to the disease.

OBS

Sometimes plants escape attack because of the way they grow; for example, an early-maturing plant escapes late-season diseases. That kind of escape is called klendusity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

United Nations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Coopération et développement économiques
OBS

Nations unies.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
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Record 8 1998-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
CONT

The escape of the [HIV] virus from the host immune defenses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

L'échappement [du VIH] aux défenses immunitaires de l'hôte.

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A function which provides access to implementation-dependent or device-dependent features, not concerned with the generation of graphical output.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
OBS

caractère d'échappement : Caractère de contrôle qui modifie la signification du caractère qui le sait comparable à un caractère de décalage (shift character) temporaire.

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wrestling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lutte

Spanish

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Record 11 - external organization data 1994-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

... in the event of an escape of radioactive material from the premises, provide adequate warning to any person who may reasonably be affected by such escape.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

[...] dans le cas d'une fuite de matière radioactive, donner un avertissement suffisant à toute personne pour qui une telle fuite peut raisonnablement constituer un risque.

Spanish

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Record 12 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing
OBS

trap seal: the vertical distance between the dip and the level of water in the lower section of a trap, preventing (...) odors from escaping through the fixture drain opening.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plomberie
OBS

siphon d'appareil sanitaire: appareil placé sur le tuyau de vidange des éviers, des lavabos, etc., et dans lequel la garde d'eau empêche les mauvaises odeurs de -- dans la maison.

Spanish

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Record 13 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing
OBS

waste trap: in plumbing, a device designed for use in connection with waste pipes, leading from sinks and lavatories, to prevent the -- of sewage gas from the waste pipes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plomberie
OBS

ils [appareils] sont isolés de l'alimentation par une robinetterie et de l'évacuation par un siphon, dont la garde d'eau interdit toute -- d'odeur venant de l'égout et des chutes.

Spanish

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