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Record 1 1997-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prostheses
CONT

This modular device system may contain a number of alternate tibial plate/stem, femoral head/stem and patellar device designs in various sizes, with appropriate wedges as required for individual patients manufactured from a single material.

CONT

Stems and Wedges: - modular metal wedges have more stability than bone graft or cement; - stem transfers up to 30% of force from bone subtending component to a point more proximal in the femur or more distal in the tibia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prothèses
CONT

En cas de perte de substance osseuse importante on ne peut pas toujours faire une résection à la limite de l'éculement osseux et il faudra alors combler l'espace entre l'os et la prothèse par des greffons osseux, du ciment ou des cales métalliques.

CONT

Efficace par la modularité des cales tibiales, des cales fémorales et des tiges de différentes longueurs. [Relevé sur une page publicitaire parue dans la Revue de chirurgie orthopédique et réparatrice de l'appareil moteur]

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Precision Grinding
CONT

Surface grinding is performed on two basic types of machines. These are the horizontal spindle and vertical spindle surface grinding machines. Either type may be obtained with a reciprocating or a rotary table. As with other types of grinding machines the spindle should run true so that there is a constant pressure between the wheel and the work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rectification (Usinage)
CONT

Rectifieuse horizontale. Ainsi appelée parce que l'axe de l'arbre porte-meule est horizontal. Ces rectifieuses utilisent des meules plates et servent à exécuter la rectification des surfaces planes, d'évidements ou d'arbres cannelés. La meule peut se déplacer de haut en bas [...] Elle peut, en outre, se déplacer parallèlement à son axe, afin de rectifier la pièce sur toute sa longueur. La pièce, au contraire, possède un seul mouvement dans le sens de sa longueur.

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Documentation (Library Science)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documentation (Bibliothéconomie)

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

It is a relation on the set of world states.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commandes de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing (Air Transport)
  • Pricing (Rail Transport)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tarification (Transport aérien)
  • Tarification (Transport par rail)
DEF

billetterie.

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture

Spanish

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Record 8 2024-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fires and Explosions
  • Camping and Caravanning
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

An open-air fire lit in a camp, used to provide heat and light, and often also for cooking, and typically serving as a focal point for social [activities] ...

Key term(s)
  • camp fire

French

Domaine(s)
  • Feux et explosions
  • Camping et caravaning
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Feu en plein air [...] qui est allumé et alimenté uniquement dans le but de faire cuire des aliments, de procurer une source de chaleur ou de servir à des fins récréatives.

Spanish

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Record 9 - external organization data 2009-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Software
  • Compartment - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
OBS

controlling area: term used in Saturn (financial system).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Logiciels
  • Tiroir - Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
OBS

périmètre analytique : terme en usage à Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada.

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Radio Broadcasting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Radiodiffusion

Spanish

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