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Record 1 2002-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
DEF

Work concerned with the systematic collection, description, processing, and presentation of concepts and their designations, for the purpose of documenting and promoting correct usage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lexicología, lexicografía y terminología
DEF

Trabajo consistente en la recopilación, descripción, tratamiento y presentación sistemática de conceptos y sus designaciones con objeto de documentar y promover su uso correcto.

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Record 2 2004-01-14

English

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

Title and abbreviation confirmed by the association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Sports d'équipe
OBS

Appellation et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Tidal Power Stations
  • Wave-Energy Power Plants
DEF

... a wave rectifier in which a structure composed of a series of high level and low level reservoirs is exposed to waves.

OBS

Developed by the Hydraulics Research Station, Wallingford, Oxfordshire.

Key term(s)
  • Hydraulic Research Station Rectifier

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Centrales marémotrices
  • Centrales houlomotrices

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacology
DEF

A preparation (used medicinally and as a sweetmeat) made from the evaporated juice of the rhizome of the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra, commonly sold in black cylindrical sticks.

OBS

Licorice extract is obtained by boiling the coarsely ground roots, filtering the mixture, and concentrating it by evaporation.

Key term(s)
  • licorice extract
  • extract of licorice
  • stick licorice
  • Spanish licorice

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacologie
DEF

Préparation se présentant sous la forme d'une masse molle brune, à saveur sucrée, soluble dans l'eau, obtenue par macération du bois de réglisse dans l'eau, utilisée comme thérapeutique (édulcorant).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Farmacología
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Record 5 2015-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire

Spanish

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Record 6 1981-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 7 1987-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airfields
CONT

... an airport master plan "presents the planner's conception of the ultimate development of a specific airport. It ... presents the research and logic from which the plan was evolved and artfully displays the plan in a graphic and written report. Master plans are applied to the modernization and expansion of existing airports and to the construction of new airports ...." ... an airport master plan is only a guide ... for 1) the development of physical facilities of an airport - aviation and non-aviation use, 2) development of land uses for areas surrounding an airport, 3) determining the environmental effects of airport construction and operation, and 4) establishing access requirements of the airport.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérodromes

Spanish

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Record 8 2019-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Fish
DEF

[An] agonistic display behavior in which a fish faces another fish and flares its gill covers (opercula) and opens its mouth wide.

CONT

In 'frontal display', the fish orients with its head pointed towards another fish, the dorsal surface of the fish is slightly convex with the head lower than the tail, the mouth is open, and the floor of the mouth is slightly depressed.

OBS

This behavior may indicate aggression, territoriality or self defense (by making it appear too large to attack or eat).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Poissons
DEF

... comportement agonostique stéréotypé adopté par certains poissons, dont les salmonidés, pour intimider l'adversaire [et qui consiste] à présenter une taille exagérée [...] de face (frontale) grâce à la contraction de muscles particuliers aboutissant à la courbure du corps, [l']érection des nageoires, l'écartement des opercules ou l'abaissement du plancher buccal.

Spanish

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Record 9 1987-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bankruptcy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Faillites

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
DEF

A province whose legislature, for example, has expressed by resolution its refusal to ratify a constitutional amendment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
DEF

Province, par exemple, dont l'assemblée législative a exprimé son désaccord avec une modification de la constitution par résolution.

Spanish

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