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Record 1 2000-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A status word that indicates a deletion of information by a remote computing system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

En transmission des données, caractère de commande émis pour indiquer que l'information qui lui est associée est erronée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 2 2002-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
DEF

Grids constructed to common map scales used for determination of map coordinates.

OBS

roamer: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
DEF

Quadrillage construit pour les échelles des cartes usuelles et utilisé pour la lecture des coordonnées.

OBS

rapporteur de coordonnées : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cartografía
DEF

Parrillas construidas en las escalas normales de los planos que se usan para leer las coordenadas en un plano.

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Record 3 2016-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Law
  • Provincial Laws and Legal Docs. (Exc. Quebec)
CONT

If a firm of attorneys refers to a field or area of practice in the letterhead of the practice or in any publicity material or in a law directory or law list, such reference will be deemed to be a reference to specialisation in that field or area of the law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit professionnel
  • Documents jurid. provinciaux autres que québécois

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
  • Inventory and Material Management
  • Government Accounting
DEF

An agreement between a contracting authority and entity of the Crown (e.g. Crown Corporations, provincial governments or municipalities) to provide a good, perform a service, construct a work or to lease real property for appropriate consideration.

OBS

These types of agreements are not contracts in the true sense but are still subject to certain limits or constraints imposed by the Treasury Board.

OBS

Materiel Asset Lexicon, 1992, Supply and Services Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Accord conclu entre une autorité contractante et une entité de la Couronne (par ex. une société d'État, un gouvernement provincial ou une municipalité) en vue de fournir un bien ou un service, d'exécuter un travail ou de louer un bien immobilier en retour d'une contrepartie équitable.

OBS

Ces types d'accords ne sont pas véritablement des marchés, mais ils font toutefois l'objet de certaines contraintes ou de certaines limites imposées par le Conseil du Trésor.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pensions and Annuities
  • Annuities (Insurance)
CONT

An orphan's pension is payable commencing with the month following the month in which the contributor died or, in the case of a child born viable within the 300 days following the death of the contributor, commencing with the month following his birth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pensions et rentes
  • Rentes (Assurances)
CONT

La rente d'orphelin est payable à compter du mois qui suit celui du décès du cotisant ou, dans le cas d'un enfant né viable dans les 300 jours du décès du cotisant, à compter du mois qui suit celui de sa naissance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pensiones y rentas
  • Anualidades (Seguros)
DEF

Pensión mensual a que tienen derecho los hijos de los imponentes que hayan fallecido.

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Record 6 2001-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Tort theory was of little help to the injured consumer, even where negligence in manufacture was established, until the early part of this century. To win recovery from a producer of defective goods privity of contract was generally necessary.

OBS

Term usually used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Ce n'est qu'au début de ce siècle que le consommateur ayant subi un préjudice a pu avoir recours aux règles de la responsabilité délictuelle. Il fallait habituellement, même lorsque la négligence du fabricant était établie, la présence d'un lien contractuel pour être dédommagé par le fabricant d'un objet vicié.

OBS

Terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Spanish

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Record 7 1995-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

An archaic Semitic language.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue sémitique ancienne.

Spanish

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Record 8 2023-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Some applications automatically switch to offline mode when losing their Internet or network connection, and notify the user when that connection is lost. For some apps on mobile devices, you can also enable offline mode through the settings menu to save on cellular data.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 9 2006-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Geology
  • Mining Operations
CONT

Subeconomic resources are those that have been identified but are not recoverable under current economic conditions and technology. In Antarctica, identified fresh water (ice), coal, and iron ore deposits would be classified as subeconomic.

CONT

... near-economic lamproites ...

OBS

Deposits are divided into economic and subeconomic depending on whether it is economically feasible to extract ore from them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Exploitation minière
DEF

Se dit de ressources minérales dont l'exploitation atteint presque le seuil de rentabilité.

CONT

En France, d'importantes concentrations sub-économiques en fluorine [...] sont connues tout autour du Morvan [...]

OBS

par(a)-, du grec para, près de, à côté de, entre dans la composition de nombreux mots avec le sens de [...] «presque» [...]

OBS

sub-, du latin sub, sous, entre dans la composition de nombreux mots pour exprimer [...] l'approximation [...]

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense

Spanish

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