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Record 1 2007-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
  • Bombs and Grenades
OBS

mortar bombing report; MORTREP: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
  • Bombes et grenades
OBS

compte rendu de bombardement de mortiers; MORTREP : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
CONT

The amount added to the preferred earning amount (PEA) account (income taxed at the low corporate tax rate less income taxes) each year would be increased.

Key term(s)
  • preferred earning amount

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Rubber
DEF

An elastomer consisting of a terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and a diene, e.g. dicyclopentadiene.

OBS

EPDM: The preferred systematic abbreviation for what is commonly designated EPT. The use of EPR [ethylene-propylene rubber] for a copolymer of ethylene and propylene, and the use of EPT for a terpolymer of these monomers with a small amount of a diene to provide double bonds is common but is not recommended.

OBS

ethylene-propylene-diene monomer; ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer; EPDM: terms and abbreviation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • ethylene propylene diene monomer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Caoutchouc
CONT

[...] l'E.P.D.M. [est] un terpolymère d'éthylène-propylène-diène, contenant une faible proportion de diène (3 à 8 %) placé sur une chaîne latérale, ce qui permet la vulcanisation au soufre. Cet élastomère est recommandé pour la tenue aux intempéries, à l'ozone et aux agents oxydants.

OBS

terpolymère d'éthylène-propylène-diène; EPDM : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • terpolymère d'éthylène et de propylène

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A shallow body of water whose basin is produced by collapse of the ground following thawing of ground ice in regions underlain by permafrost; a lake occupying a thaw depression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

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Record 5 1985-06-18

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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