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Record 1 1995-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles
OBS

Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

The piece of land in respect of which an easement is enjoyed is called the dominant tenement, and that over which the right is exercised is called the servient tenement, and the expressions dominant owner and servient owner bear corresponding meanings. ... As regards the owner of the dominant tenement, an easement involves an enhancement of his ordinary rights; as regards the owner of the servient tenement it involves a corresponding diminution in his ordinary rights. (Halsbury, 3rd ed., Vol. 12, p. 520).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

propriétaire de fonds servant : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Aviation
  • Air Traffic Control
CONT

In the 1940s London, New York, Los Angeles ... Paris, and other cities moved commercial air traffic to larger airports usually located more remotely than the previous airports.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aviation commerciale
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
CONT

[...] l'accroissement important et continu du trafic commercial aérien.

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
OBS

(...) dans le vocabulaire de l'assurance aux États-Unis, on emploie couramment carrier pour assureur. C'est ainsi qu'on dira stock carrier et mutual carrier pour rendre la même idée. Dans le premier cas, il s'agit d'un assureur à prime fixe et, dans l'autre, d'une société mutuelle.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Medical Staff

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Personnel médical

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Personal médico
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Record 6 2001-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

Prepared for Canada Fisheries and Oceans, by Gordon Gislason, Edna Lam, Ellen Battle of the GSGislason & Associates Ltd. September 21, 1998.

OBS

"A synthesis of this report has been published under the title «Fishing Communities in Transition, The Gislason Review".

Key term(s)
  • Gislason Report
  • Gislason Report on Communities in Transition

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Pêche commerciale
Key term(s)
  • Rapport Gislason

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

A means used by controllers to separate aircraft operating in visual meteorological conditions (VMC).

OBS

(a) VFR - The controller, having determined that a potential conflict exists, issues clearances, instructions and/or information as necessary to aid aircraft in establishing visual contact with each other or to assist aircraft in avoiding other aircraft. (b) IFR or CVFR - Following a pilot's report that the traffic is in sight, the controller issues the clearance and instructs the pilot to provide his or her own separation by manoeuvring the aircraft as necessary to avoid or follow the traffic.

OBS

visual separation: term and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Pratique employée par les contrôleurs pour espacer les aéronefs évoluant dans des conditions météorologiques de vol à vue (VMC).

OBS

a) VFR - Le contrôleur, après avoir établi l'existence possible d'un conflit, délivre des autorisations, donne des instructions ou communique des renseignements, selon le cas, pour aider les aéronefs à établir le contact visuel entre eux, ou pour aider les aéronefs à éviter d'autres aéronefs. b) IFR ou CVFR - Après qu'un pilote signale avoir le trafic en vue, le contrôleur délivre des autorisations et lui demande d'assurer son propre espacement en manœuvrant son aéronef au besoin afin d'éviter ou de suivre le trafic.

OBS

espacement visuel : terme et définition normalisés par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landing Gear (Aeroindustry)
DEF

A device for locking retractable landing gear in the down or extended position.

OBS

down lock: term and definition standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • downlock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Atterrisseur (Constructions aéronautiques)
DEF

Dispositif de blocage en position basse ou sortie d'un train d'atterrissage rétractable.

OBS

verrou train sorti: terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

verrou train sorti : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tren de aterrizaje (Industria aeronáutica)
DEF

Dispositivo para fijar un tren de aterrizaje que es retráctil en su posición extendida.

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Record 9 2013-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Armour
PHR

Non-uniformity correction calibration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Arme blindée
PHR

Étalonnage de correction de non-uniformité.

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Helicopters (Military)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

A mechanical differential pressure indicator is provided with each ... installation kit. It provides a means for the ground crew to determine if the system requires servicing and allows tracking of filter assembly performance as an "on-condition" component. The indicator is located for easy access for the ground crew to visually check filter condition.

OBS

differential pressure indicator; DPI: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee (ATSC) - Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

indicateur de pression différentielle : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Hélicoptères et Maintenance.

Spanish

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