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Record 1 2000-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Helicopters (Military)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 2 1982-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

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Record 3 1978-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooking Appliances

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de cuisson des aliments
OBS

Fig. 11-1 Réglage traditionnel de la puissance des éléments chauffants (E.D.F.) (...) Chauffage fort (...) Chauffage moyen (...) Chauffage doux (...)

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Transmission
Key term(s)
  • three-letter code

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission de données
Key term(s)
  • code à trois lettres

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Courts
  • Legal System
CONT

Estoppel by convention may arise where the parties to a transaction have acted on an agreed assumption that a state of facts can, for the purpose of that transaction, be regarded as true. Its effects are similar to those of estoppel by representation in that estoppel by convention precludes the parties from denying the truth of the assumed facts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Tribunaux
  • Théorie du droit

Spanish

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Record 6 2022-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Ericaceae.

OBS

broom crowberry: common name also used to refer to the genus Corema.

OBS

povertygrass: common name also used to refer to the species Danthonia spicata and to the species Eremochloa bimaculata.

Key term(s)
  • broom crow-berry
  • poverty grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Ericaceae.

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

Originally, [a] glue-sized rag paper used for printing bonds and certificates.

Key term(s)
  • deed paper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
DEF

Autrefois, papier de chiffons collé à la colle animale, servant à l'impression d'obligations et de certificats.

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
Key term(s)
  • Environmental Law Society

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
Key term(s)
  • Environmental Law Society

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
CONT

J.J. Thomson later showed that the velocity of electrons in high electrical fields was slower than predicted by the classical Newtonian physics. These contradictions in 19th century physics were resolved by the special theory of relativity. The old physics was unable to explain the phenomenon of radioactivity. Einstein explained this as the release of a tiny part of the enormous amount of energy trapped in "inert" matter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques

Spanish

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Record 10 2021-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Exercises
  • Combined Forces (Military)
OBS

combined exercise; COMBEX: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exercices militaires
  • Interarmées
DEF

Exercice s'adressant à deux ou plusieurs forces ou à des organismes de deux ou de plusieurs pays.

OBS

exercice multinational; COMBEX : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ejercicios militares
  • Fuerzas conjuntas (Militar)
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