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Record 1 1990-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Types of Aircraft
OBS

wing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Types d'aéronefs

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
OBS

Technique/tactics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball
OBS

Technique/tactique.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Radio Interference

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
  • Perturbations radio

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
DEF

An American bread made of cornmeal [with] a custard-like consistency ...

OBS

[This bread] needs to be eaten with a spoon. Traditionally served with ham.

OBS

Southern dish of corn meal, hominy grits and eggs.

OBS

hominy grits: Bleached hulled corn, coarsely ground.

OBS

Hominy originally come from the American Indians.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiotelephony
OBS

3G: third-generation wireless cell phone systems.

Key term(s)
  • third generation system
  • 3rd-generation system
  • 3rd generation system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiotéléphonie
CONT

La plupart des «systèmes 3G» sont des versions perfectionnées des systèmes de transmission actuels, différentes selon les industriels et selon les pays.

OBS

3G : troisième génération de téléphone.

Key term(s)
  • système de 3e génération

Spanish

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Record 7 2020-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
CONT

To thrive rather than just survive in today's competitive health care marketplace, every medical practice must acknowledge that the recipient of its services is a consumer, one whose rights must be observed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
CONT

Mieux informer le patient consommateur. Le consommateur, qui est aussi patient, doit être plus et mieux informé. Encore faut-il que les organes d'informations soient indépendants et non sous la houlette de l'industrie pharmaceutique [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
DEF

Servicios de salud.

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Record 8 1998-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing Research
  • Statistical Surveys
DEF

Term used particularly in market research to indicate the level of efficiency and reliability of a sample used for a survey. The datum point is that a completely random sample has a design factor of 1.0. If a sample is said to have a design factor of 1.2 this means that the standard error for the resulting survey findings is increased by a factor of 0.2 or 20 per cent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étude du marché
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Switching

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commutation téléphonique

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Crop Protection
OBS

Health Canada, Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Science policy notice, Ottawa, 2003.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Protection des végétaux
OBS

Santé Canada, Agence de réglementation de la lutte antiparasitaire, document de principes, Ottawa, 2003.

Spanish

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