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Record 1 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cold Treatment of Metals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement à froid des métaux

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Ilex integra
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Aquifoliaceae.

Key term(s)
  • mochitree

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Ilex integra
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille Aquifoliaceae.

OBS

Ilex integra : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 3 1980-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Electric Power Distribution
  • Small Electric Tools

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Distribution électrique
  • Petit outillage électrique
OBS

C'est elle [augmentation de température normalisée] qui permet au fabricant d'établir la grosseur de son moteur, de son relais, etc.

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

A convergent or active plate margin.

OBS

Sometimes an entire plate can disappear if the plates' leading edge is being consumed in a subduction trench faster than new crust is being added at the ridge on its trailing edge. When this happens, the ridge slowly moves toward the trench and the whole plate is eventually drawn down into the mantle, causing a global rearrangement of other plates and their borders.

OBS

Contrast with trailing edge.

OBS

leading edge: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
OBS

Une fosse étroite et profonde existe tout le long de la bordure où une plaque commence à s'enfoncer sous l'autre.

OBS

partie frontale d'une nappe; bord externe d'une nappe : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 5 1984-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Administration
OBS

delivery capacity, system, etc. of a gov't.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration publique
OBS

[...], le Pouvoir est jugé sur ses capacités de fournisseur, et les systèmes de gouvernement d'après leur efficacité de distribution. Les gouvernants en sont unanimement convaincus qui [...] se posent tous en inégalables dispensateurs de «bien-être» et de «bonheur».

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport Operations
  • Statutes and Regulations (Rail Transport)
  • Railroad Safety
CONT

Firefighters also moved the electrical breakers inside the locomotive cab to the off position to eliminate a potential ignition source. These actions were in keeping with railway instructions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation (Transport par rail)
  • Législation et réglementation (Transport par rail)
  • Sécurité (Transport par rail)
CONT

Les pompiers avaient aussi placé les disjoncteurs à l’intérieur de la cabine de la locomotive en position ouverte pour éliminer une source possible d’étincelles. Ces mesures étaient conformes aux instructions ferroviaires.

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • The Press (News and Journalism)
OBS

Published by Sulzer Canada Inc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Presse écrite
OBS

Publié par Sulzer Canada Inc. Information obtenue du bureau de Montréal.

Spanish

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Record 8 1990-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

See Documentation and Registration Branch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

Voir Direction de la documentation et de l'enregistrement.

OBS

Source : Nicole Lemieux, adjointe exécutive, Direction générale de la propriété intellectuelle, CSC.

Spanish

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Record 9 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Plastic Arts
DEF

similar to or suggestive of a web.

CONT

Visible mold appears as coloured, furry and weblike matter on the surface of a water colour.

Key term(s)
  • arachnoid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Arts plastiques
DEF

Qui est constitué de filaments (...)

Key term(s)
  • arachnéen

Spanish

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Record 10 1993-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Rolling and Suspension Components (Railroad)
  • Braking Devices (Mechanical Components)
OBS

ABDW control valve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Roulement et suspension (Chemins de fer)
  • Freins (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

distributeur ABDW.

Spanish

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