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Record 1 2000-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
  • Time-Controlled Automated Systems
DEF

An actuator which moves a damper or valve to either of only 2 positions-ON or OFF (open or closed), or HIGH or LOW.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
  • Automatismes à programme chronométrique
OBS

two-position valve / vanne à deux positions.

OBS

actuator / actionneur; actuateur; dispositif de commande.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modern Mathematics
CONT

The compact space coordinate system is needed in order to realize the primary benefit of asymptotically retarded time-the description of waves by regular functions on a compact manifold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques modernes
CONT

[...] par définition, la variété M a un volume minimal nul. Un point essentiel de notre article est de constater que la même propriété subsiste si [phi] est un flot riemannien sur une variété compacte M ayant g comme métrique quasi-fibrée (c.-à-d. la métrique induite par g sur l'espace orthogonal à [phi] est invariante par [phi]).

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toiletries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles de toilette

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
OBS

Les lois de Saskatchewan ne sont pas traduites.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-03-29

English

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

A plant of the family Malvaceae.

Key term(s)
  • stream-bank globe-mallow
  • stream-bank wild hollyhock

French

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

Plante de la famille des Malvaceae.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Labour Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Relations du travail
OBS

Au pluriel, on écrit «taux de rémunération associés aux codes indicatifs d'unités de négociation».

OBS

Renseignements : Secteur de la rémunération - TPSGC.

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Leadership Techniques (Meetings)
OBS

charrette: the intense final effort made by architectural students to complete a given architectural problem is an allotted time or the period in which such an effort is made.

OBS

Charrette: an intensive, concentrated and deadline oriented group confrontation and discussion technique applied to identify, analyze, evaluate and solve educational, organizational and community problems and needs.

OBS

From French, cart (in the phrase "en charrette" in a cart), perhaps originally so called in allusion to the practice of French architecture students of working hastily on their design drawings in carts which took them to their school.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'animation des réunions
OBS

charrette : Dans les métiers graphiques, période de travail intensif permettant de mener à bien un projet particulièrement urgent par allusion aux élèves architectes qui le jour de l'exposition, transportaient leurs travaux dans une charrette.

Spanish

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Record 8 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
OBS

the slides containing the records are arranged in series one above the other in visible card cabinets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
OBS

dans un classeur à fiches visibles, les fiches débordent les unes sur les autres à la façon des ardoises sur un toit.

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A continuation of the dura mater below the caudal end of the spinal chord, surrounding a wide subarachnoid space containing the cauda equina and filum terminale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Portion de la dure-mère rachidienne descendant au-dessous du cône médullaire terminal qui forme un cul-de-sac protègeant les racines nerveuses de la queue de cheval.

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Equipment
DEF

A yellowish green colour of service matériel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel militaire
DEF

Couleur jaune verdâtre du matériel militaire.

OBS

Définition et terme uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre (CDTAT).

Spanish

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