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Record 1 2007-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Track and Field
DEF

Wooden or metal apparatus nailed or fastened to the ground with two adjustable blocks used to give the sprinter a firm base for the push-off.

OBS

Their purpose is to expedite the carrying through of programmes, to protect the tracks, and to position the competitors on their marks at the assembly line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Athlétisme
DEF

Appareil en bois ou en métal qui est cloué ou fixé au sol et qui est utilisé pour obtenir une poussée de départ plus efficace.

OBS

Il est constitué de deux sabots ou cales adaptables qui donnent de la résistance au pied au départ de la course. Leur but est d'accélérer le déroulement du programme et de protéger les pistes, et de placer les concurrents à leurs marques à la ligne de départ.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Atletismo
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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2022-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
DEF

A plan to be prepared by all custodial departments and outlining a program of work, roles and responsibilities and financial commitments in order to request funding to assess or remediate contaminated sites under the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan.

Key term(s)
  • contaminated site management plan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
DEF

Plan que doit élaborer tout ministère ayant un site contaminé sous sa garde afin de solliciter les fonds nécessaires pour évaluer ou assainir les sites contaminés dans le cadre du Plan d'action sur les sites fédéraux contaminés.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
  • Air Transport
OBS

ICAO [International Civil Aviation Organization].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reuniones
  • Transporte aéreo
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Record 5 2002-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

A device that assists in loop formation on circular-knitting machines equipped with spring needles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)

Spanish

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Record 6 - external organization data 2023-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
DEF

Music in which a composer pulls his melodies and rhythmic structure from an amalgam of different styles from around the world. A single world-beat song could contain such disparate forms as salsa, reggae, Mexican themes, 12-tone sections and Old World symphonic forms. Pop composers Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel and more highbrow composers like Philip Glass are good examples of worldbeaters. (US News and World Report, January 1st, 1991, p.85).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
OBS

-7- A.P.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances

Spanish

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Record 9 1984-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography
OBS

B.T. FAO, no 265, oct 72 (UNTEB)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique
OBS

RA

Spanish

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Record 10 2021-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
EG-JS
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A governorate of Egypt.

OBS

EG-JS: code recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
EG-JS
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Gouvernorat d'Égypte.

OBS

EG-JS : code reconnu par l'ISO.

Spanish

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