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Record 1 2021-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Protective Clothing
  • Occupational Health and Safety
DEF

A loose-fitting, disposable mask that is usually held in place by elastic ear loops.

OBS

surgical mask; surgical face mask: In general language, [these terms are] sometimes used to refer to a procedure mask.

Key term(s)
  • procedure facemask
  • procedural facemask
  • surgical facemask

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Vêtements de protection
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
DEF

Masque souple et jetable qui est habituellement maintenu en place par des bandes élastiques passées derrière les oreilles.

OBS

masque chirurgical : En langue courante, [ce terme] est parfois utilisé pour désigner un masque d'intervention.

OBS

masque de procédure : Le terme «procédure» n'a pas le sens d'intervention médicale en français. Il est utilisé comme synonyme sous l'influence de l'anglais «procedure» et devrait être évité.

OBS

masque d'intervention : terme retenu par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
  • Vestimenta de protección
  • Salud y seguridad en el trabajo
DEF

Máscara [desechable] que cubre la boca y la nariz de su portador para protegerlo de la inhalación y evitar la exhalación de posibles agentes patógenos, tóxicos o nocivos.

CONT

Las mascarillas quirúrgicas también son utilizadas por civiles en espacios públicos ante brotes o epidemias de enfermedades transmitidas por vía respiratoria, o bien, cuando el aire de un determinado lugar está contaminado.

OBS

Este tipo de máscara generalmente se sujeta al rostro mediante dos cintas elásticas que se pasan por detrás de las orejas.

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Record 2 2021-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Aquaculture
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

A project to study the effect of multiple capture/escape episodes on the ... survival of fish escapees from towed gears [took place]. The study required a methodology that enabled the number of passages of individual fish through the trawl to be monitored. The solution put forward was to apply the passive integrated transponder (PIT) technology that has been successfully used for individual tagging of juvenile salmonids ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Aquaculture
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

The rights and powers of a bank in respect of the property covered by security ... do not have priority over an interest or right acquired in, on or in respect of the property unless ... there has been registered ... a caution, caveat or memorial in respect of the rights of the bank; ... [Banks and Banking Law Revision Act, 1980]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
OBS

Loi citée : Loi de 1980 remaniant la législation bancaire

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
DEF

Substance organique soluble dans l'eau, qui possède des propriétés optiques particulières (forte absorption, fluorescence), utilisée pour suivre des mélanges d'eau à petite échelle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioquímica
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Record 5 2022-07-15

English

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

An insect (order Mecoptera) of the family Boreidae.

French

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

Insecte (ordre des mécoptères) de la famille des Boreidae.

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-03-28

English

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

French

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

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

The area between the maximum and minimum water levels in the reservoir.

CONT

On Lake Mohave, there is an annual 15-foot water fluctuation zone between the lake elevations of 630 and 645 feet above mean sea level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Écologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

An antenna producing a major lobe whose transverse cross section has a large ratio of major to minor dimensions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 10 1997-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Informatics

French

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

Procès verbal.

OBS

Source(s) : Santé Canada.

Spanish

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