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Record 1 2011-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Non-commissionned Members
Universal entry(ies)
SM
occupation code
OBS

SM: occupation specialty qualification code for NCM's.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires pour les militaires du rang
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
SM
occupation code
OBS

SM : code de qualification de spécialiste pour les MR.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

Pertains to the Year 2000 date exposures that are not functionally critical to the software application.

OBS

Dates which are used only for display purposes, dates that are used in the pre-printed reports, etc., are considered low-impact exposures.

OBS

Term related to Year 2000 compliance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Se rapporte aux expositions aux problèmes entourant l'an 2000 mais qui ne sont pas cruciales aux applications du logiciel.

OBS

Les dates qui ne servent qu'à afficher, les dates utilisées dans les rapports pré-imprimés, etc., sont considérées comme ayant un impact peu important.

OBS

Terme relatif au passage de l'an 2000.

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freezing and Refrigerating

French

Domaine(s)
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A software protocol by which programs may access SNA or other networks and which gives the remote terminal users access to applications programs and provides resource sharing, a technique for using a network efficiently to reduce transmission costs.

OBS

virtual telecommunications access method, VTAM: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
OBS

méthode d'accès pour télétraitement en mode virtuel : terme uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
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Record 5 1986-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
  • Public Service
CONT

Authorized complement of EX and SM positions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
  • Fonction publique
CONT

Contingent de postes d'EX et de SM.

Spanish

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Record 6 2021-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Fish
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Aerobic scope represents an animal's capacity to increase its aerobic metabolic rate above maintenance levels (i.e. the difference between standard ... and maximum ... metabolic rates).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Poissons
  • Aquaculture
DEF

[...] différence entre [le taux métabolique maximal et le taux métabolique standard], représentant l'énergie totale dont dispose l'organisme pour réaliser l'ensemble de ses activités.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
  • Peces
  • Acuicultura
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Record 7 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A language of unknown affinities, spoken by the Elamites in the ancient country of Elam as late as the 1st century B.C., written c3500 c2500 B.C. in a linear script (old Elamite) and thereafter on a cuneiform script (New Elamite).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue sans parenté connue parlée par les Élamites et utilisée pendant l'Antiquité dans le pays d'Élam.

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weed Science
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Sonchus oleraceus
Latin
CONT

A common weed of cultivated crops, annual sow thistle acts as a host to aphids, several viral diseases, and nematodes. Rapid germination combined with wind dispersal of seeds allows annual sow thistle to invade both native plant communities and disturbed sites quickly.

OBS

[The] leaves ... usually have a mild agreeable flavour especially in the spring. They can be added to salads, cooked like spinach or used in soups, etc.

OBS

annual sow-thistle: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural weeds (2003).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mauvaises herbes
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Sonchus oleraceus
Latin
CONT

Le laiteron des maraîchers est une plante annuelle de 30 à 100 cm de hauteur, à la tige dressée, cannelée, creuse et peu ramifiée. Les feuilles caulinaires sont sessiles, ovales-allongées et divisées en segments dentés-épineux non piquants. Elles embrassent la tige par deux oreillettes aiguës et étalées.

OBS

Cette plante est très commune dans les endroits cultivés et dans les décombres et c'est une «mauvaise herbe» très répandue dans les jardins.

OBS

Les feuilles sont consommées cuites ou en salade.

OBS

laiteron potager : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Malas hierbas
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Sonchus oleraceus
Latin
DEF

Hierba anual con tallos débiles, que exuda látex si se la hiere. Hojas de forma variable, generalmente con los bordes recortados. Flores amarillas, agrupadas en capítulos de unos 2 cm de diámetro.

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Record 9 2019-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Ceramics
  • Natural Construction Materials
CONT

Typical structural clay products are building brick, paving brick, terra-cotta facing tile, roofing tile, and drainage pipe. These objects are made from commonly occurring natural materials, which are mixed with water, formed into the desired shape, and fired in a kiln in order to give the clay mixture a permanent bond.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Céramiques industrielles
  • Matériaux de construction naturels

Spanish

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Record 10 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Investment
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Investissements et placements
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

Agence de promotion économique du Canada atlantique.

Spanish

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