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Record 1 2014-12-01

English

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

An unincorporated area on the south shore of the island of Newfoundland.

OBS

Coordinates: 47° 21' 5" N, 54° 35' 33" W (Newfoundland and Labrador).

OBS

Usually, in Canada, the name of an inhabited place has only one form in English and French, which is listed in the gazetteer of the corresponding province or territory according to the incorporation act of the entity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Lieu non organisé sur la côte sud de l'île de Terre-Neuve.

OBS

Coordonnées : 47° 21' 5" N, 54° 35' 33" O (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador).

OBS

Habituellement, au Canada, le nom d'un lieu habité n'a qu'une forme en français et en anglais, celle consignée au répertoire de la province ou du territoire correspondant et qui tient de l'acte d'incorporation de l'entité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Ship's Organization (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
OBS

naval fire support forward observer; NFSFO: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Organisation du navire (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
OBS

observateur avancé de l'appui-feu naval; OAAFN : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Military (General)
Key term(s)
  • Defence and Armaments Committee

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
OBS

Source(s) : Glossaire des associations parlementaires, Service de traduction des députés, décembre 1984.

OBS

CANATO.

Key term(s)
  • Commission de défense et des armements

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)
CONT

Toy revolver with loader to insert separately sold caps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
CONT

Revolver-jouet avec chargeur pour insérer des amorces qui sont vendues séparément.

OBS

révolver : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Key term(s)
  • révolver-jouet

Spanish

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Record 5 1997-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
OBS

Voir terminal lourd.

Spanish

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Record 6 2021-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
LV-107
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A municipality of Latvia.

OBS

LV-107: code recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
LV-107
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Municipalité de la Lettonie.

OBS

LV-107 : code reconnu par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying
DEF

An operation in land-measuring to ascertain the horizontal area of a sloping or uneven surface.

OBS

... the measuring line is held horizontally above the surface and a weighted "arrow" (originally a knife) dropped to stick in the ground at a point vertically beneath its extremity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arpentage
DEF

Procédé de chaînage, en terrain en pente, consistant à porter des longueurs de ruban tendu horizontalement par ressauts successifs à l'aide d'un fil à plomb.

OBS

[S'effectue] par portées successives horizontales [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2015-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Training

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Environment
OBS

Organization which is established in Sechelt, British Columbia.

Key term(s)
  • Environmental Protection Project of Sunshine Coast
  • Sunshine Coast Project of Environmental Protection
  • Project of Environmental Protection of Sunshine Coast

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Environnement
OBS

Organisme établi à Sechelt (Colombie-Britannique).

Key term(s)
  • Projet pour la protection environnementale de Sunshine Coast

Spanish

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Record 10 2011-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
(C6H5)2CH2O
formula, see observation
91-01-0
CAS number
DEF

A chemical product in the form of colorless crystals resembling needles which is slightly soluble in water, is easily soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform, and carbon disulfide, is combustible, is obtained by reducing benzophenone with magnesium or zinc dust and which is used in the preparation of certain antihistamines and as an insecticide.

OBS

Chemical formula: (C6H5)2CH2O

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
(C6H5)2CH2O
formula, see observation
91-01-0
CAS number
OBS

Formule chimique : (C6H5)2CH2O

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
(C6H5)2CH2O
formula, see observation
91-01-0
CAS number
DEF

Cristales incoloros, ligeramente solubles en agua, alcohol y éter. Combustible. Toxicidad desconocida.

OBS

Fórmula química : (C6H5)2CH2O

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