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Record 1 1984-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
  • Political Science
Key term(s)
  • The Dominion Plebiscite Act

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
  • Sciences politiques
Key term(s)
  • Loi sur le plébiscite fédéral

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
CONT

The fire protection system is separated into two categories: detection and extinguishing. Detection systems are installed in the engine; wheel well, APU [auxiliary power unit], and lavatory areas. Fire extinguishing capability is available for all engines, the APU, and the lavatories. ... The fire shutoff handles are located in the pilot's overhead panel. Upon activation of an engine fire detection systems a red warning light in the fire shutoff handle comes on, a master FIRE WARN light on the glareshield in front of each pilot comes on. and a bell sounds in the cockpit. Pressing the bell cutout button near the fire shutoff handles can silence the bell. On some aircraft also by pressing either FIRE WARN cap on the glareshield, or using the RESET switch on the FE's auxiliary panel. The lights in the fire shutoff handles remain illuminated until the high temperature condition no longer exists or the fire detection system is destroyed.

CONT

Fire shutoff lever to SELECT AGENT position (full forward).

PHR

Engine fire shutoff handle.

PHR

Pull the fire shutoff handle.

PHR

Engine emergency fire control "T" handle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
CONT

Système de détection incendie du moteur 2. [...] Le voyant de la poignée coupe-feu du moteur 2 et le voyant FUEL sont alimentés par le bus batterie de 28 V c.c. par l'intermédiaire du disjoncteur B1-644, situé en B-20 sur le tableau de distribution supérieur.

OBS

poignée coupe-feu; FSOL : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Biology
Key term(s)
  • embryo-sac

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie animale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología animal
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Record 5 1984-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
OBS

emergency signal, urgency signal signal d'urgence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences
OBS

OACI Aéro

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-10-21

English

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

Associate of Air Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Air Maple

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Transport aérien
OBS

Société affiliée à Air Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Air Maple

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
DEF

A formation in which its subdivisions are placed one behind another, with a lateral and even spacing to the same side.

OBS

echelon: term and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

echelon; ech: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
DEF

Dispositif dans lequel les divers éléments d'une unité sont placés l'un derrière l'autre, et décalés d'une même distance et dans le même sens l'un par rapport à l'autre.

OBS

en échelon : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN et uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Militar (Generalidades)
DEF

Formación de una unidad en la que las Unidades Subordinadas están colocadas una tras otra, y desplazadas lateralmente en una cierta distancia y en el mismo sentido.

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Record 8 1982-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Underground Mining
CONT

Brining and vacuum-pan evaporation. Underground brining is accomplished by injecting water into a salt deposit to dissolve the salt, then pumping the resulting saturated salt solution to the surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière souterraine
CONT

Extraction par voie de solution et évaporation sous vide. Pour extraire le sel par voie de solution, on injecte de l'eau dans un gisement pour en dissoudre le sel, puis on pompe la solution saturée de sel à la surface.

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
CONT

Linen is also a technical fibre ... It also has very interesting ... mechanical properties which open new markets in the technical textiles sector as composite reinforcement material ... Belgalin, a Belgian company, has just signed a contract with a German car manufacturer for the supply of a linen/polypropylene based composite designed for door trimming.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
CONT

Le lin est aussi une fibre technique [...] Le lin possède [...] des propriétés mécaniques très séduisantes, qui lui ouvrent des marchés dans le secteur des textiles techniques comme renfort de composites [...] Belgalin, une société belge, vient de conclure un contrat avec un fabricant [...] d'automobiles pour la fourniture de composites à base de lin/polypropylène destiné à l'habillage de portières.

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boxing
DEF

Someone employed to fight with a boxer during training; a partner with whom one can argue amicably to sharpen one's wits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boxe
DEF

Boxeur servant, à l'entraînement, d'adversaire à un boxeur qui prépare un match.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Boxeo
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