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Record 1 2001-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
OBS

Competitive horseback riding term.

Key term(s)
  • obstacle course

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
OBS

Terme d'équitation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 2 1993-08-26

English

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

Energy Administration Act

French

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

Loi sur l'administration de l'énergie

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Criminology
Key term(s)
  • Quebec Bureau of Research on Organized Crime

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Criminologie

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

Winged orders - grasshoppers, crickets, dragonflies, leaf hoppers, bugs, and many others - are similar to the adult but lack the wings and reproductive system, which gradually develop during the course of subsequent instars. This type of development is called gradual, or incomplete (hemimetabolous development) etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
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Record 5 2013-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

An annular vessel located just peripheral to and concentric with the posterior corneoscleral junction, anterior to the scleral spur, which receives aqueous humor from the meshwork of the angle of the anterior chamber and transmits it to the aqueous veins, deep scleral plexus, and efferent ciliary veins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Sinus veineux circulaire situé à la jonction cornéo-sclérale en avant de l'éperon scléral.

OBS

Il draine l'humeur aqueuse de la chambre antérieure vers les veines ciliaires antérieures et les veines aqueuses.

Key term(s)
  • sinus circulaire de l'iris
  • canal scléral

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 6 2010-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reprography
  • Photography
DEF

A chemical solution that "fixes" the photographic image on negatives or photographic paper making it permanent.

CONT

the fixing bath contains a chemical (sodium thiosulfate) that converts the silver halide into soluble, complex silver salts that dissolve in the fixer. ... The fixer also contains a weak acid ... and hardening agent

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reprographie
  • Photographie
DEF

Solution de thiosulfate de sodium ou de tout autre solvant d'halogénure d'argent que l'on utilise, lors des traitements des matériaux photosensibles, pour rendre les images permanentes.

CONT

l'intervention de deux agents extérieurs esr [indispensable : un agent «révélateur»] et un agent fixateur, dont l'effet sera de supprimer la sensibilité à la lumière de l'image ainsi obtenue.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Winemaking
  • Agriculture - General
OBS

Agriculture Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Industrie vinicole
  • Agriculture - Généralités
OBS

Agriculture Canada.

Spanish

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Record 8 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cutlery Manufacture
  • Cutting and Thrusting Weapons
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

A large heavy knife with a broad blade, used as a weapon and an implement for cutting vegetation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coutellerie
  • Armes blanches
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
DEF

Grand coutelas des régions tropicales, à lame épaisse, à poignée courte, utilisé à la volée et servant à la fois d'outil et d'arme.

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Orbital Stations
Key term(s)
  • Columbus free flying laboratory
  • Columbus free-flying lab
  • Columbus free flying lab

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Stations orbitales

Spanish

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Record 10 2017-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fine Arts (General)
  • Exhibition Themes (Museums and Heritage)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Beaux-arts (Généralités)
  • Thèmes d'expositions (Muséologie et Patrimoine)

Spanish

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