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Record 1 2017-09-15

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Rivière d'Allemagne, affluent du Rhin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
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Record 2 2017-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Distribution (Water Supply)
  • Public Utilities (Civil Engineering)
CONT

The [water distribution] network is composed of transmission or feeder mains, usually 12 in. (30 cm) or more in diameter, and lateral mains along each street, or in some cities along alleys between the streets. The mains are installed in grids so that lateral mains can be fed from both ends where possible.

OBS

water main; main: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distribution de l'eau
  • Services d'utilité publique (Génie civil)
DEF

Conduite sous pression émanant directement du réservoir et alimentant les dérivations constituant la distribution.

CONT

Lorsque la canalisation maîtresse assure à la fois les secours d'incendie et les besoins journaliers, les conduites d'incendie doivent être indépendantes de celles du service journalier à partir de leur entrée dans le bâtiment à défendre.

OBS

conduite maîtresse; conduite principale; canalisation principale: termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Sports (General)
DEF

A match or contest of gamecocks usually heeled with metal gaffs and set at each other in a cockpit.

CONT

The mains usually consist of contests between an agreed number of pairs of birds, the majority of victories deciding the main. Some fights last until one or the other cock is killed; some permit the handler to withdraw a badly hurt cock at any time; in still others a time limit is fixed.

CONT

The most common type of cockfight in West Virginia is the derby, where several birds are entered and fight in pairs until one triumphs over all the others. The bouts are closely organized, with competing cocks weighed and carefully matched. If a bout drags on inconclusively, the weakening birds may be rotated to a secondary pit while a fresh pair are started in the main cockpit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de combat (Généralités)
CONT

Les deux combattants, dûment sélectionnés, les ergots armés d'un éperon d'acier, luttent dans un parc grillagé et surélevé, entouré de gradins. La victoire appartient au coq qui peut rester debout trois minutes après le combat. Les mises des propriétaires constituent les enjeux. Prohibé officiellement en Grande-Bretagne, en Belgique, le combat de coqs est interdit en France [...]

CONT

Lors d’un combat de coqs illégal organisé dans le comté de Tulare, un spectateur est mortellement blessé par un des combattants, qui avait une lame attachée à sa patte.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Water (Water Supply)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
DEF

A conduit designed to convey water from a source to a point, usually a reservoir, where distribution begins.

CONT

The major supply conduits, or feeders, from the source to the distribution system are called mains or aqueducts.

OBS

"Aqueduct" is the only term which refers strictly to the mains that feed into the distribution reservoir. The other terms refer equally to pre- and post-reservoir conduits, and therefore to elements of either the waterworks or distribution system.

Key term(s)
  • supply conduit
  • water supply conduit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Adduction d'eau (Alimentation en eau)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
DEF

Conduite entre les captages et les réservoirs.

CONT

L'eau brute est captée et envoyée par gravité, ou relevée par pompage, dans les conduites d'adduction vers les réservoirs de distribution.

OBS

amenée : Action d'amener l'eau.

Key term(s)
  • conduite d'aqueduc

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte de agua (Abastecimiento de agua)
  • Drenaje y riego (Agricultura)
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Record 5 2004-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

One of 8 facets on either the crown or the pavilion of a round brilliant.

CONT

Crossworkers: establish the mains, crown and pavilion facets to specific angles and indices in two steps: 1. blocking the diamond by: establishing the initial 17 main facets, including the: - table; - 8 pavilion mains, to specific angles and indices: 4 corners; 4 pavilions; - 8 crown mains, to specific angles and indices: 4 corners; 4 bezels. 2. lapping the diamond ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

[Une] des huit facettes, soit sur la couronne, soit sur la culasse [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Principal ou de plus grande dimension.

CONT

Grand mât, grand foc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte por agua
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 7 1992-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insulated Transmission Cabling
OBS

(on each feeder).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canalisations isolées (Électricité)
OBS

(sur chaque artère)

Spanish

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