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Record 1 1987-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
  • Water Pollution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
  • Pollution de l'eau

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Applications of Automation
DEF

The capability of an information processing unit or system to acquire, process and interpret visual information.

OBS

computer vision; artificial vision: designations standardized by ISO in collaboration with the International Electrotechnical Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Automatisation et applications
DEF

Capacité d'une unité ou d'un système de traitement d'information à acquérir, à traiter et à interpréter de l'information visuelle.

OBS

vision par ordinateur; vision artificielle : désignations normalisées par l'ISO en collaboration avec la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
DEF

Aplicaciones industriales y no industriales en las que una combinación de hardware y software brindan una guía operativa a dispositivos en la ejecución de sus funciones en base a la captura y el procesamiento de imágenes.

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Record 3 - external organization data 2022-12-06

English

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

French

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

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Medication
OBS

Health Canada, Therapeutic Products Programme, Bureau of Licensed Product Assessment.

Key term(s)
  • CAD

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Médicaments
OBS

Bureau de la surveillance des médicaments, Santé Canada.

Key term(s)
  • DEC

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
DEF

Carious decay on smooth enamel surfaces; earliest visible changes are usually manifested as a loss of transparency, resulting in an opaque chalky region ("white spot").

CONT

The small lesion of enamel caries is positioned deep to a well-mineralized surface layer and has been shown to consist of four well-recognized histological zones when examined with the polarizing microscope. [Silverstone 1973]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

A galvanometer-type instrument for testing continuity in detonators and blasting circuits.

OBS

[A Nobel blastometer] has a special dry cell insufficient to fire a detonator and further reduced within the instrument by resistances to 10 milliamps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
DEF

The characteristic instantaneous rise in pressure, followed by a sudden decrease, that results from [the brief and rapid movement of air or other fluid away from a center of outward pressure, as in an explosion.]

OBS

blast: term standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique
OBS

souffle : terme normalisé par l'OTAN et uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 8 1984-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fuel Cells (Electr.)
  • Spacecraft

French

Domaine(s)
  • Piles à combustible (Électricité)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 9 2013-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

A lease of lands which may last without limitation as to time. (Black, 5th, p. 801)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

bail à perpétuité; bail perpétuel : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 10 1992-11-19

English

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

French

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

Service correctionnel du Canada

Spanish

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