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Record 1 1997-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Facilities
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
OBS

Term used by Parks Canada.

Key term(s)
  • low power radio station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de télécommunications
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
OBS

Terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
DEF

Box with or without strike plate located in door jamb to receive the latch from the door.

OBS

Sometimes used to designate the whole of the strike (comprising striking box and strike plate).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
DEF

Cassette dans le dormant d'une porte qui reçoit la gâche d'une serrure.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec empênage qui désigne une mortaise qui reçoit le pêne d'une serrure.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Metals Mining
Universal entry(ies)
NiAs
formula
DEF

A pale copper-red hexagonal mineral which consists of a natural arsenide of nickel.

CONT

South Range ores are characterized by higher arsenic content, expressed as the arsenides niccolite and maucherite, and the sulpharsenides gersdorffite and cobaltite.

OBS

[Nickeline is] one of the main ore of nickel.

OBS

Name derived from "Kupfernickel," an older German name for the mineral.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Mines métalliques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
NiAs
formula
DEF

Minéral de couleur rouge cuivré pâle, constitué d'arséniure naturel de nickel.

CONT

Les minerais du flanc sud sont caractérisés par une teneur plus élevée en arsenic, ce qui se traduit par la présence d'arséniures (nickélite et mauchérite) et de sulfoarséniures (gersdorffite et cobaltite).

OBS

[La nickéline est] l'un des principaux minerais de nickel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
  • Minas metálicas
Entrada(s) universal(es)
NiAs
formula
OBS

Mineral de níquel rojo cobrizo. Soluble en ácido nítrico concentrado. La inhalación del polvo es tóxica.

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Record 4 1993-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Sociology (General)
OBS

Main title reproduced from the document "United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions", with the authorization of UNESCO.

Key term(s)
  • International Federation of Social Science Organisations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
OBS

Vedette principale extraite du document intitulé «United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions», avec l'autorisation de l'UNESCO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Sociología (Generalidades)
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Record 6 1981-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

Driven by the new Pratt & Whitney PT7A turboprop, [the] new glass fibre Hamilton Standard 14RF propeller will equip the Embraer EMB-120 (...). Other manufacturers are also developing propeller-gearbox packs with the aim of improving the efficiency of the new turboprops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Cette nouvelle hélice Hamilton Standard 14RF à pales en fibres de verre, entraînée par le nouveau propulseur Pratt & Whitney PT7A, équipera l'EmbraerEMB 120 (...). Comme Hamilton Standard, d'autres fabricants lancent le développement d'ensembles hélices - réducteurs dans le but d'améliorer encore le rendement des nouveaux turbopropulseurs.

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Atrophy of the cerebellum.

CONT

Rebound nystagmus occurs in patients with cerebellar atrophy and focal structural lesions of the cerebellum ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Atrophie du cervelet.

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
OBS

This physiological disorder was initially named "black midrib tissue" (Becker 1971) but is now simply called "black midrite (Bérard et al. 1985e).

OBS

black midrib is a storage disorder of cabbage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

Where different pressure and inflow characteristics of two or more pools could adversely affect recovery of oil and gas from any of those pools, the operator of a development well that enters any of those pools shall operate the well ... as a single pool well.

Key term(s)
  • single-pool well

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

Lorsqu'un puits de développement traverse deux ou plusieurs gisements dont la différence de pression et de débit risque d'être préjudiciable à la récupération du pétrole et du gaz de l'un quelconque de ces gisements, l'exploitant exploite ce puits [...] comme un puits à équipement simple [...]

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

en Septembre 1943, on présente au chancelier le nouveau chasseur Messerschmitt Me 262 propulsé par réaction et tout prêt à sortir en grande série, Hitler s'enthousiasme à juste titre des performances de cette remarquable machine [...]

Spanish

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