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Record 1 2022-07-21

English

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

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Buprestidae.

Key term(s)
  • orange-band jewel beetle

French

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

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

Spanish

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Record 2 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

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Trachyrhynchus murrayi
Latin
OBS

A fish of the family Macrouridae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Trachyrhynchus murrayi
Latin
OBS

Poisson de la famille des Macrouridae.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

... the process of filling a predefined area on a display screen with a selected pattern.

OBS

This is a method that is primarily used on systems that don't have shading capabilities. ... Patterns are used to fill in an area; they consist of lines at regular intervals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
  • Government Accounting
DEF

The lower boundary of the range within which the true, but unknown population value or condition should fall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Limite inférieure de la fourchette à l'intérieur de laquelle la valeur réelle, mais inconnue, de la population devrait s'inscrire.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)
CONT

The Cessna 750 has a yaw control system provided by a lower rudder and an upper rudder. Each rudder surface has an independent full-time control system, except that they share mechanical input at the rudder pedals. The lower surface is controlled by mechanical input to hydraulically-powered actuators. The upper surface is electronically controlled. The lower rudder is positioned by two identical power control units (PCUs) installed one above the other, in parallel, in the vertical fin.

French

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

gouvernail inférieur de direction; gouverne inférieure de direction : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
CONT

Chuck arm pot roast, chuck shoulder pot roast, chuck shoulder steak, chuck eye steak, chuck top blade steak, chuck mock tender steak, chuck blade steak, chuck 7-bone pot roast, chuck short ribs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
CONT

Morceaux à braiser allongés du paleron, morceaux à braiser de l'épaule, steak d'épaule, tranche de noix, tranche du haut de palette, morceau style jumeau à bifteck, tranche de palette, morceaux à braiser de 7 os, travers courts.

OBS

Entre le cou et l'épaule

Spanish

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Record 8 1981-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Structure (Trade)
OBS

If laissez-faire were abandoned in favor of an ethically proper distribution of wealth and opportunity, then perfect-competition equilibrium could be used to attain optimally efficient and equitable organization of society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie des marchés (Commerce)

Spanish

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Record 9 1980-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

terme d'usage obligatoire au Bureau des Traductions.

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stairs and Stairways
DEF

A series of steps between floors of a building; a single flight of stairs may be broken into two flights by means of a landing.

DEF

A series of steps extending from floor to floor, or from a floor to an intermediate landing or platform.

OBS

flight: Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escaliers
DEF

Suite ininterrompue de marches entre deux paliers.

DEF

Portion d'escalier comprise entre deux paliers consécutifs; une volée est constituée d'un ensemble de marches de même hauteur (éventuellement, les marches de départ et d'arrivée peuvent être de hauteur légèrement différente (écart maximum de 16 mm).

OBS

volée : Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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