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Record 1 1996-12-23

English

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

French

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

Volet roulant. Tablier composé de lattes de bois ou de profilés plastiques ou métalliques articulés, qui s'enroule sur un tambour ou arbre horizontal, derrière ou sous le linteau; il se déplace entre deux guides latéraux (les coulisses) fixés sur les tableaux ou sur des tapées, ou faisant partie d'un cadre à projection.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
DEF

An enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes the transfer of the g-glutamyl group from glutathione to an amino acid to form a glutamyl-amino acid and the dipeptide cysteinyl-glycine.

OBS

Deficiency of the enzyme, an autosomal recessive trait, results in g-glutamyl transpeptidase deficiency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
CONT

Les phosphatases alcalines (PA) la gammaglutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), la lactase déshydrogénase (LDH), l'aspartate aminotransférase (AST) ainsi que l'échographie sont actuellement les examens les plus facilement réalisables et les moins onéreux pour le diagnostic des métastases hépatiques.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
OBS

Agricultural Stabilization Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
OBS

Loi sur la stabilisation des prix agricoles.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
DEF

A focusing collector using many flat reflecting elements to concentrate sunlight at a point or along a line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
OBS

Des absorbeurs à réflexions multiples.

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

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Record 6 1980-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Stations
  • Shunting Operations (Railroads)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gares ferroviaires
  • Triage (Chemins de fer)

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
  • Physics
CONT

This produces a compressive force by the base material that squeezes the shank of the fastener and provides its holding strength.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Physique
CONT

Au cours de cette pénétration, le matériau support engendre une certaine force de compression qui serre la tige de l'attache et lui attribue sa force d'ancrage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Resistencia de los materiales
  • Física
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Record 8 2007-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Technology (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

The monitoring and controlling of components of a computer network, including the configuration of the network, and the allocation of resources across the network.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technologie de l'information (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Surveillance et commande des composants d'un réseau d'ordinateurs, y compris la configuration du réseau et l'affectation des ressources à travers le réseau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tecnología de la información (Informática)
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Término genérico que describe sistemas o acciones que ayudan a mantener, caracterizar o arreglar una red. Es un tópico importante en el campo más general de las redes.

OBS

administración de red; gestión de red: términos extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 9 2001-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

Letterpress ink made for moisture-set in-line curing which consists of water-insoluble pigments and a vehicle of a water-insoluble binder dissolved in a hydrophillic solvent of glycols.

OBS

Moisture setting is done by the moisture in the air or the substrate, or by adding a spray of water or stream. Such ink is relatively odourless so it is often used in food package printing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)

Spanish

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Record 10 2022-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Ophraella arctica
Latin
OBS

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Chrysomelidae.

Key term(s)
  • arctic fleabeetle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Ophraella arctica
Latin
OBS

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Chrysomelidae.

Spanish

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