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Record 1 1999-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
CONT

"... figures out amount of material and acrofix needed to make an item..."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
CONT

«... calcule la quantité de matériaux et d'agents de polymérisation nécessaire pour fabriquer un article...»

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • School and School-Related Administration
  • Textile Industries
OBS

Community college program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
  • Industries du textile
OBS

Cours collégial.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Motors
CONT

To appreciate the role which this motor [squirrel-cage induction motor] plays in modern industry it is necessary to concentrate attention on the salient points of its real advantages ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs électriques

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

A linear succession of species arranged in a sequence from ancestor to descendant.

CONT

Like Saint-Seine, he finds that three separate teleostean lineages can be traced back to L. Jurassic haleocostomes, one line leading from a form like Leptolepis coryphaenoides to the Clupeidae, one from near Pholidophorus bechei ... and one from the precursors of Ph. similis ...

CONT

In addition to disclosing the order of lineage branching, molecular trees contain information about times of divergence among lineages.

CONT

... several lineages decreased in size after the Eocene.

OBS

... The reasons for an increase in size being advantageous to animals undoubtedly vary among lineages... (Cope's Rule).

OBS

Principles of Paleontology, p. 277.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

La lignée prend, pour le généticien, la signification de succession au cours d'un temps donné de populations infertiles. Pour le paléontologiste la lignée s'étendra plus largement dans le temps, mais elle devrait conserver son sens général.

CONT

Il faudra attendre Gosline (1960) pour trouver un essai détaillé de classement en quatre lignées des complexes d'un grand groupe de Téléostéens (...)

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Sources (Journalism)
  • Communication (Public Relations)
DEF

An announcement that is broadcast through media outlets free of charge to disseminate important information to large segments of the population or to promote the programs, activities or services of governments and non-governmental organizations.

OBS

public service announcement; PSA: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by the Translation Bureau and the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sources d'information (Journalisme)
  • Communications (Relations publiques)
DEF

Message diffusé gratuitement par l'entremise des médias, qui sert à communiquer de l'information importante à de larges segments de la population ou encore à promouvoir les programmes, les activités ou les services des gouvernements et des organisations non gouvernementales.

OBS

message d'intérêt public : terme et définition normalisés par le Bureau de la traduction et le Bureau de la protection des infrastructures essentielles et de la protection civile (BPIEPC).

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Plywood
CONT

The Contoured Steam Heated Nosebar ... is replacing rollor bars in many mills of British Columbia. Presently used to peel softwood and poplar, the bar overcomes many disadvantages of the flat (fixed) and roller nosebars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Contreplaqués
CONT

Barre Convexe Chauffée à la Vapeur. Cette barre est utilisée pour dérouler des résineux et du peuplier. [Le] but était de trouver une barre qui n'ait pas les désavantages des deux autres : la barre plate et la barre roulante.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

The early jawless fishes, the agnathans, are first known from late Cambrian fossils.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Les écoles divergent pour la classification du groupe des Agnathes; certaines les considèrent comme les premiers Poissons sans mâchoires; d'autres les datent du Cambrien supérieur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
DEF

Vertebrados pisciformes de la clase Agnatha que se caracterizan por carecer de mandíbulas, con arcos branquiales indiferenciados, y de extremidades pares.

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Record 9 2006-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

parmi les nombreux porte-empreinte destinés à la prothèse complète, trois séries peuvent être retenues. [Dans] la série orthoforme [...] le profil du manche est conçu de [...] sorte que la lèvre ne subisse [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
  • Vocabulario técnico y científico general
PHR

mango adaptable

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Record 10 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
  • Silviculture
DEF

A flame generating device (e.g. a fount containing diesel oil or kerosene and a wick; or a backpack pump serving a flame-jet) used for many purposes, e.g. scorching seed-beds, paths etc. to reduce weed growth or for starting slash-disposal fires, counterfires (when termed a backfire torch USA) or any prescribed burning operations.

OBS

According to Terminology of Forest Science, Technology Practice and Products, "burning torch" is used in the Commonwealth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
  • Incendies de végétation
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Lance-flamme employé pour allumer la végétation forestière à l'occasion d'interventions de brûlage contrôlé ou pour le déclenchement de contrefeux.

Spanish

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