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Record 1 2000-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plywood
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
CONT

Mechanical drier; mechanical dryer: A kiln through which material is moved mechanically on conveyors, e.g. between rollers ... A special form is the jet drier for veneers, in which high-velocity air jets are directed on the veneer surfaces.

Key term(s)
  • jet tube drier
  • jet tube dryer
  • nozzle drier

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contreplaqués
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
DEF

[...] séchoir [...] utilisé pour sécher les placages; l'air est violemment projeté sur la surface des placages à l'aide de tuyères.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Measurements of Electricity
DEF

The current which, when flowing in a circular conductor of 1 centimeter radius, produces at the center a field strength of 2 [pi] gauss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Mesures de grandeurs électriques
OBS

Équivalent de 10-1 unité C.G.S. d'intensité électrique.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
DEF

A gradient echo sequence.

CONT

The FLASH gradient echo sequence uses the equilibrium of longitudinal magnetization. The remaining transverse magnetization is eliminated by a strong gradient (spoiler gradient).

OBS

The acronyms are often followed by the word "sequence" to make them transparent.

OBS

FLASH: term used by Siemens.

OBS

SPGR: term used by GE Healthcare.

OBS

FFE-T1: term used by Philips.

PHR

FFE-T1 sequence; FLASH sequence; SPGR sequence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imagerie par résonance magnétique
CONT

Les paramètres des séquences sont optimisés selon un critère défini pour une mesure efficace des variations de température avec des séquences écho de gradient (SPGR).

OBS

Les termes sont souvent précédés du mot «séquence», ce qui permet non seulement de les rendre transparents, mais aussi de lever l'ambiguïté de leur genre.

OBS

FLASH : terme utilisé par la société Siemens.

OBS

SPGR : terme utilisé par la société GE Healthcare.

OBS

FFE-T1 : terme utilisé par la société Philips.

PHR

séquence FFE-T1; séquence FLASH; séquence SPGR.

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Applications of Automation
OBS

Located in Schenectady, New York.

Key term(s)
  • General Electric Research and Development Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Automatisation et applications
Key term(s)
  • General Electric Research and Development Centre

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
DEF

A sub-division of a headquarters' staff.

OBS

branch; br: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
DEF

Subdivision de l'état-major d'un quartier général.

OBS

bureau; bur : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre; désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
DEF

The interest rate at which consumers are willing to forgo present consumption in order to save, presumably for future consumption.

Key term(s)
  • rate-of-pure-time preference

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ahorro y consumo
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Record 7 1992-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

In order to cluster objects into conceptual categories, the notion of similarity must be replaced by a more general notion of conceptual cohesiveness. The conceptual cohesiveness (CC) between two objects A and B depends on the attributes of these objects, the attributes of nearby objects, and the set of concepts available for describing object configurations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Le regroupement conceptuel. (...) on s'intéresse à une proximité conceptuelle entre différentes instances, plutôt qu'à une proximité numérique. De plus, une telle proximité dépend non seulement des instances que l'on veut regrouper en une même classe, mais également des caractéristiques de cette classe et des instances s'y trouvant déjà.

Spanish

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Record 8 1989-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
OBS

"Cathedral ceiling": A ceiling left open to expose the underside of a peaked roof.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
OBS

Sur le modèle de "plafond cathédrale", terme implanté au Québec et attesté dans la source M-92-1F, 1977, p. 57.

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Model and Figure Making (Hobbies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction de maquettes (Passe-temps)

Spanish

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