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Record 1 1995-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

See "dangerous occurrence".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

Dans certaines expressions rattachées à la lutte contre la pollution et empruntées aux vocabulaires des incendies, de la police, etc. Exemples : a) incident summary : statistique sommaire des interventions (incendie); b) incident room : salle des interventions; salle des opérations (police).

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
OBS

in the Turbo (commercial designation of CN’s --), passenger accommodation is divided into two categories (or "classes") turboclub and turboluxe.

Key term(s)
  • CN’s Turbo
  • CN’s turbotrain
  • jet train

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
OBS

train propulsé par un turbomoteur.

OBS

Dans le Turbo (appellation commerciale du turbotrain du CN) les voyageurs ont le choix entre deux types de places (ou «classes») : turboclub et turboluxe.

OBS

N'existe plus. Renseignements confirmés par le Service de terminologie du Canadien National (CN).

Key term(s)
  • Turbo du CN
  • turbotrain du CN

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
  • Water Pollution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
  • Pollution de l'eau

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Applications of Automation
DEF

The capability of an information processing unit or system to acquire, process and interpret visual information.

OBS

computer vision; artificial vision: designations standardized by ISO in collaboration with the International Electrotechnical Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Automatisation et applications
DEF

Capacité d'une unité ou d'un système de traitement d'information à acquérir, à traiter et à interpréter de l'information visuelle.

OBS

vision par ordinateur; vision artificielle : désignations normalisées par l'ISO en collaboration avec la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
DEF

Aplicaciones industriales y no industriales en las que una combinación de hardware y software brindan una guía operativa a dispositivos en la ejecución de sus funciones en base a la captura y el procesamiento de imágenes.

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Record 5 - external organization data 2022-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Medication
OBS

Health Canada, Therapeutic Products Programme, Bureau of Licensed Product Assessment.

Key term(s)
  • CAD

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Médicaments
OBS

Bureau de la surveillance des médicaments, Santé Canada.

Key term(s)
  • DEC

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
DEF

Carious decay on smooth enamel surfaces; earliest visible changes are usually manifested as a loss of transparency, resulting in an opaque chalky region ("white spot").

CONT

The small lesion of enamel caries is positioned deep to a well-mineralized surface layer and has been shown to consist of four well-recognized histological zones when examined with the polarizing microscope. [Silverstone 1973]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

A galvanometer-type instrument for testing continuity in detonators and blasting circuits.

OBS

[A Nobel blastometer] has a special dry cell insufficient to fire a detonator and further reduced within the instrument by resistances to 10 milliamps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
DEF

The characteristic instantaneous rise in pressure, followed by a sudden decrease, that results from [the brief and rapid movement of air or other fluid away from a center of outward pressure, as in an explosion.]

OBS

blast: term standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique
OBS

souffle : terme normalisé par l'OTAN et uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 10 1984-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fuel Cells (Electr.)
  • Spacecraft

French

Domaine(s)
  • Piles à combustible (Électricité)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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