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Record 1 2010-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

To begin with, a pilot should be familiar with the airspeeds and power settings required for level flight climb and descent for his airplane.

OBS

level flight: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
CONT

Vol en palier. [...] Pour qu'un mobile ait une trajectoire rectiligne uniforme (et c'est le cas de l'avion en vol en palier rectiligne, à vitesse constante), il faut que la résultante des forces qui lui sont appliquées soit nulle.

OBS

vol en palier : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

PHR

Vol en palier rectiligne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
OBS

vuelo horizontal: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 2 1994-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Social Psychology
CONT

[In the] "post-crisis" phase [...] the individual [battered wife] comes out of the crisis and resumes normal activities.

OBS

Preliminary data obtained on battered women indicate the existence of a cycle of battering behavior, which is repeated over a period of time. The cycle appears to have 3 phases that vary in time and intensity: (a) the tension building phase, (b) the explosion or acute battering incident, and (c) the calm, loving respite ... [Source: PASCAL database].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Psychologie sociale
CONT

Trois phases de l'agression :[...] une période où les tensions se construisent et où le conflit commence à naître; [...] l'explosion et l'agression; finalement [...] la période d'accalmie après l'agression (« lune de miel »). Ce moment est considéré comme un sursis amoureux, où les regrets émergent.

OBS

À distinguer de « période post-traumatique », ce qui sous-entend la présence d'un traumatisme (ensemble des perturbations résultant d'un violent choc émotionnel), de même que « période de rémission spontanée » , notion encore plus précise selon laquelle le patient a pu s'améliorer sans l'aide d'un professionnel de la santé mentale.

Key term(s)
  • période post-traumatique
  • phase post-traumatique
  • stade post-traumatique
  • période de rémission spontanée
  • phase de rémission spontanée
  • stade de rémission spontanée

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A toxic yellow powder that is insoluble in water, soluble in acids; used as a pigment in paints (artists', automotive, primer), varnishes, linoleum, and epoxy laminates.

CONT

Zinc chromates ... provide excellent protection for steel and all the usual metals ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Les chromates-zinc [...] assurent une excellente protection de l'acier et de tous les métaux usuels [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

The Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region is a 24/7 volunteer based organization offering confidential, emotional mental health support, crisis intervention, information referral and education services.

Key term(s)
  • Distress Centre of Ottawa
  • Distress Centre-Ottawa and Region

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Le Centre de détresse d’Ottawa et la région est un organisme fondé sur le bénévolat qui offre du soutien confidentiel de mieux-être émotionnel et en santé mentale ainsi que des services d’intervention de crise et d’information et d’orientation 24 heures par jour, sept jours par semaine.

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environment
  • Forestry Operations
CONT

Analysis units ... are the result of the spatial intersection of forest conversion strata ... with ecological and administrative boundaries. Forest conversion strata were developed on the basis of expected conversion rates and characteristics.

OBS

forest conversion strata: plural

Key term(s)
  • forest conversion strata

French

Domaine(s)
  • Environnement
  • Exploitation forestière
CONT

[...] les unités analytiques sont le résultat de l’intersection spatiale des strates de conversion des forêts [...] avec les frontières écologiques et administratives. Les strates de conversion des forêts ont été élaborées d’après les taux et les caractéristiques de conversion prévus.

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Concern with architecture of task-specific reasoning as opposed to concern with implementation-level concerns at rule, frame or logic language level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

Lumber whose grade corresponds to the top quality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Bois d'œuvre dont la qualité est la plus élevée.

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cold Storage
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Food Industries
CONT

A roll-in refrigerator is equipped to handle wheeled racks, and, if equipped with front and back doors, it serves as a roll-through refrigerator. This unit often is used in institutions when large numbers of prepared meals must be kept available and cool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entreposage frigorifique
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Chambre réfrigérée à l'intérieur de laquelle peuvent circuler des chariots chargés de denrées.

Spanish

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Record 9 1991-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooking and Gastronomy (General)
CONT

Very rare or almost raw: Sear the steak for about 1 minute on each side. The meat will be browned on the outside, cooked just beneath the surface, and very red in the center.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cuisine et gastronomie (Généralités)
CONT

en gastronomie, bleu se dit d'un bifteck à peine grillé.

CONT

Bleu (...) Saisissement vif; sous la croûte, la viande reste crue et ne manifeste aucune résistance au toucher.

Spanish

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Record 10 2020-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Oceanography
DEF

The water mass formed in the Arctic Ocean by a combination of freezing on the arctic shelf and deep winter convection in the Greenland and Norwegian Seas.

CONT

Freezing increases the salinity under the ice; the dense water sinks to the ocean floor and leaves the arctic basins to enter the Greenland and Norwegian Seas, where it mixes with water that sinks under the influence of surface cooling. The resulting water mass has a salinity of 34.95 psu [practical salinity unit] and a temperature of -0.8° to -0.9° C. It fills the Arctic Ocean at all depths below 800 m, the sill depth to the Atlantic. It enters the Atlantic in bursts, when the passage of atmospheric depressions lifts the thermocline and allows Arctic bottom water to flow over the sill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Océanographie

Spanish

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