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Record 1 1991-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Escape of gas between the primer cup and primer pocket of a cartridge or shotshell.

OBS

Term and definition officialized by the Small Arms Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Fuite de gaz entre la capsule de l'amorce et la cuvette d'amorçage d'une cartouche.

OBS

Terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Type spécial de tourbillon détaché des méandres d'un courant océanique.

CONT

La variabilité des courants marins se manifeste par la présence de tourbillons de différentes dimensions. Les scientifiques anglo-saxons les appellent eddies et les classent par taille croissante en swirl entre 10 et 100 km, ring entre 100 et 500 km, au-delà en gyre : en français remous, anneau et circulation.

CONT

La trajectoire du centre de chaque «anneau» se compose principalement de boucles cycloniques.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

The most common activity for spectators is reading blogs, with only a small overlap with users who watch peer-generated video on sites like YouTube.

Key term(s)
  • peer generated video

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 4 2000-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A shrub of the family Rosaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Arbuste de la famille des Rosacées.

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glassware
CONT

The term "scuffing" indicates, in packaging circles, the surface changes occurring on glass containers when they successively pass through packaging lines. The combined action of the mechanical shocks and the chemical etch of detergent produces a wearing away of the privileged areas of the container that is visually revealed through whitish marks or rings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets en verre
DEF

Formation d’éraflures à la surface d’objets en verre, qui est due au frottement de ces objets entre eux ou qui se produit au contact des équipements de conditionnement ou de manutention.

OBS

abusage : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 25 avril 2014.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
CONT

All loops or bearings, other than ball or roller bearings, that are used on a [weighing] machine shall be made of hardened steel or other material at least as hard as the pivot, shall have a smooth and true surface in contact with the pivot and shall provide adequate clearance for the proper operation of the machine. [Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 153.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
OBS

anneau : Consolidation des Règlements sur les poids et mesures, mars 1990, art. 253.

Spanish

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Record 8 2013-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insulated Transmission Cabling
OBS

Circuit: The complete part of an electric current including any displacement current by a specified portion of a circuit (external).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canalisations isolées (Électricité)
OBS

Canalisation. Par extens. Ensemble de conducteurs destinés à la distribution de l'énergie électrique

CONT

Pour le transport de l'énergie électrique, on distingue, au point de vue de la tension employée, les canalisations à basse tension.

Spanish

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Record 9 1994-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
OBS

Source(s) : TF 120

Spanish

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Record 10 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

baseball gear: an item in the "Sports Equipment" class of the "Recreational Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

équipement de baseball : objet de la classe «Équipement de sport» de la catégorie «Objets récréatifs».

Spanish

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