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Record 1 - external organization data 2001-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Radioactive Contamination
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Engineered barriers may ... limit the amount of waste that can become available to the environment by keeping migration-causing agents, such as water, from contacting the waste.

CONT

... the concept of "long-term storage" ..., a modified form of disposal, would involve placing wastes in a facility in such a way that ... any migration of wastes from the facility could be monitored ...

CONT

Radionuclide migration ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution par radioactivité
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

[...] évaluer le comportement à long terme des diverses barrières ouvragées devant s'opposer à la migration de la radioactivité vers l'homme [...]

CONT

On devra [...] solidifier les déchets et [...] utiliser [...] une ou plusieurs enveloppes constituant des barrières empêchant toute migration de la radioactivité [...]

CONT

[...] migration des radionucléides dans les divers types de sols [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
  • Contaminación por radioactividad
  • Compartimiento - Comisión Canadiense de Seguridad Nuclear
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Record 2 2022-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Air Defence
OBS

division air defence commander; DADC: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • division air defense commander

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Défense aérienne
OBS

commandant de l'artillerie antiaérienne divisionnaire; CAAAD : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
  • Solar Energy
DEF

Determination of energy levels of trapping centers from, usually, the temperature dependence of the rate of decay of the capacitance of a pn or MOS capacitor made on the semiconductor under study, following a step change in the bias voltage across the capacitor.

Key term(s)
  • deep level transient spectroscopy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
  • Énergie solaire
OBS

Les niveaux profonds d'impuretés peuvent [...] s'analyser par DTSL (Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy). Cette méthode fondée sur un principe de mesure capacitive consiste à étudier la décroissance de la capacité de transition après excitation par une impulsion électrique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

A common kind of hemacytometer; a device used in manual blood counts, consisting of a microscopic slide with a depression whose base is marked in grids, and into which a measured volume of a sample of blood or bacterial culture is placed and covered with a cover glass.

OBS

The number of cells and formed blood elements in the squares is counted under a microscope and used as a representative sample for calculating the unit volume.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
OBS

Appareil constitué d'une lame creuse et d'un couvre-lame; il sert à la numération des cellules sanguines.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Social Services and Social Work
PHR

community-based approach, community-based initiative, community-based response

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
PHR

approche communautaire, initiative communautaire, réponse de la collectivité

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Traducción (Generalidades)
  • Servicios sociales y trabajo social
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Record 6 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A southward-facing mountain or hill slope (northern hemisphere) favourable to [the] settlement because of the high amount of sunshine received, and associated heat concentration.

OBS

adret: designation used chiefly of the Alps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Versant de montagne exposé au soleil, le versant sud dans l'hémisphère nord.

OBS

endroit : désignation utilisée dans les Alpes.

OBS

soulane : désignation utilisée dans les Pyrénées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 7 1997-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Taux exprimant le nombre ou le poids de poissons récoltés par rapport au nombre ou au poids de poissons déversés (rendement net).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acuicultura
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