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Record 1 1999-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Committees and Boards (Admin.)
Key term(s)
  • Coordinating Committee of Co Chairs
  • Co-ordinating Committee of Co-Chairs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Comités et commissions (Admin.)

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Standardization
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

Terminology related to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiating process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Normalisation industrielle
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Terminologie du processus d'établissement de la Zone de libre-échange des Amériques (ZLEA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Normalización industrial
  • Comercio exterior
OBS

Terminología relacionada con el proceso de negociación del Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA).

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Record 3 2010-03-15

English

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

A curve in which the cumulative volume of flow is plotted against time. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

OBS

cumulative volume curve; mass discharge curve: terms standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • flow mass curve
  • mass flow curve
  • discharge mass curve
  • mass-discharge curve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Courbe représentant les débits cumulés en fonction du temps. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

courbe des débits cumulés : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • courbe de débit cumulé

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prostheses
  • Orthopedic Surgery
CONT

Although rare, the revision operation for a fractured ceramic component carries a high risk of failure. The splintered fragments of the ceramic device are hard and sharp. If left in the wound these fragments would destroy the new total hip.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prothèses
  • Chirurgie orthopédique

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

A portion of the net earnings that is distributed periodically to each member in proportion to the value of his or her purchases from the cooperative during the period since the last dividend.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
DEF

Somme remise, en fin d'exercice, aux membres d'une coopérative proportionnellement au chiffre d'affaires de chacun.

PHR

Recevoir, toucher, verser une ristourne.

PHR

Ristourne collective, individuelle. Partage de la ristourne, type de ristourne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad general
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
DEF

Dividendo repartido por una cooperativa de consumo.

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Record 6 2023-11-17

English

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

[A] country-level city in the southwest of Guangdong province, China.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

[Ville-district] côtière de la province chinoise du Guangdong[.]

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
  • Real Estate
CONT

... naturally inaccessible facilities in remote locations ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
  • Immobilier
CONT

(...) les installations naturellement inaccessibles dans des endroits éloignés (...)

OBS

Terme tiré du Manuel du Conseil du Trésor, Gestion des biens immobiliers

Spanish

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Record 8 1992-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation

Spanish

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Record 9 2021-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Environment
DEF

The activities intended to achieve an environment conducive to human health, comfort, safety, and well-being.

CONT

"Environmental health" ... include[s] the coordination or provision of education, regulation, and consultation related to food protection, hazardous substances and product safety, water supply sanitation, waste disposal, environmental pollution control, occupational health and safety, public health nuisance control, institutional sanitation, recreational sanitation including swimming pool sanitation and safety, and housing code enforcement for health and safety purposes.

OBS

environmental health; EH: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Environnement
DEF

Ensemble des mesures qui ont pour objet de créer les conditions de l'environnement les plus favorables à la santé.

OBS

hygiène du milieu; EH : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Higiene y Salud
  • Medio ambiente
DEF

[Conjunto de actividades destinadas a] mantener las condiciones sanitarias del entorno para evitar que éste afecte la salud de las personas.

CONT

La higiene ambiental [...] implica el cuidado de los factores químicos, físicos y biológicos externos a la persona. Se trata de factores que podrían incidir en la salud: por lo tanto, el objetivo de la higiene ambiental es prevenir las enfermedades a partir de la creación de ambientes saludables.

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Record 10 1993-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Flux d'alimentation et de sortie d'un réacteur, qui circulent en sens inverse de part et d'autre de la membrane.

Spanish

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