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Record 1 1997-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

Safety device which automatically shuts down the engine when the engine coolant overheats or when the oil pressure falls below a given level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camionnage
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

Dispositif de sécurité qui provoque l'arrêt automatique du moteur en cas de surchauffe du liquide de refroidissement ou d'une baisse anormale de la pression d'huile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte por camión
  • Motores (Vehículos automotores)
DEF

Mecanismo de seguridad que apaga automáticamente el motor cuando el líquido de enfriamiento se calienta o cuando hay una baja anormal de la presión de aceite.

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Record 2 2006-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

A source country is a country where persons are in refugee-like situations as a result of civil war or armed conflict or because their fundamental human rights are not respected.

OBS

source country: term found in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, 2002.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

Est un pays source celui qui répond aux critères suivants : une guerre civile, un conflit armé ou le ne non respect des droits fondamentaux de la personne font en sorte que les personnes qui s'y trouvent sont dans une situation assimilable à celle de réfugiés au sens de la Convention.

CONT

La Chine est devenue en 1998 le principal pays source d'immigrants à destination du Canada.

OBS

pays source : terme tiré du Règlement sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, 2002.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
  • Anthropology
CONT

Mirror imaging is a technique designed to help people see how their approach to conflict looks to others. [It] simply requires that they put aside their prejudices and stereotypes and, at least temporarily, look at the world from the perspective of others. This technique helps people understand why proposals that may seem perfectly reasonable to them are viewed as unacceptably selfish by others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Anthropologie
Key term(s)
  • technique de l'image miroir

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2022-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

Name of an online service designed to help people find the human services that they need. Formerly known as HSIS (Human Services Information System) and before that as THIS (Toronto Human Services Information System).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 6 2023-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Security
OBS

Examples of physical security safeguards that are used to protect personal information include locked storage rooms and locked filing cabinets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Sécurité
OBS

Un local de rangement fermé à clé et un classeur fermé à clé sont des exemples de mesures de protection physiques qui sont utilisées pour protéger les renseignements personnels.

Spanish

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Record 7 2018-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
Key term(s)
  • hand book writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
Key term(s)
  • rédacteur de guide et de manuel
  • rédactrice de guide et de manuel

Spanish

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Record 8 2015-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
  • Stators and Rotors (Electrical Components)
  • Electric Rotary Machines
DEF

A yoke which provides the mechanical supports for rotating salient poles.

OBS

rotor yoke; hub: terms and definition standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 1996.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
  • Stators et rotors (Composants électrotechniques)
  • Machines tournantes électriques
DEF

Culasse servant de support mécanique à des pôles saillants tournants.

OBS

culasse rotor : terme et définition normalisés par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI) en 1996.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Componentes mecánicos
  • Estatores y rotores (Componentes eléctricos)
  • Máquinas rotativas eléctricas
DEF

Culata que sirve de soporte mecánico a polos salientes giratorios.

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Record 9 2016-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
Metabolus rugensis
Latin
OBS

A bird of the family Monarchidae.

OBS

In English scientific usage, all elements of names of bird species require capital letters except for hyphenated adjectives where the second word is not capitalized, for example, Black-crowned Night Heron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Metabolus rugensis
Latin
OBS

Oiseau de la famille des Monarchidae.

OBS

monarque de Truk : nom français uniformisé par la Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.

OBS

En français, les noms des espèces d'oiseaux acquièrent une valeur de nom propre; tous les substantifs génériques de même que tous les qualificatifs spécifiques qui précèdent le substantif générique doivent prendre la majuscule, par exemple : Pétrel minime, Petit Butor.

Spanish

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Record 10 1992-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Environmental Management
Key term(s)
  • Improvement in Management Practices and Controls Co-ordination

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Gestion environnementale
OBS

Source(s) : Lexique des appellations de la section Environnement.

Spanish

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