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Record 1 2011-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Storage Facilities
  • Materials Handling
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
DEF

A conveyor usually placed flush on the ground to receive and convey material from a self-unloading wagon, dump truck, etc.

Key term(s)
  • receiving bin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entreposage des récoltes
  • Manutention
  • Minoterie et céréales

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Almacenamiento de las cosechas
  • Manipulación de materiales
  • Molinería y cereales
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Record 3 1998-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
DEF

A ceiling covered with or built of material with special acoustical properties.

CONT

The sound transmission loss through an acoustical ceiling ... when the ceiling is used as a continuous membrane is often an important rating.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
DEF

Plafond en général suspendu, dont les panneaux formant parement sont constitués d'éléments absorbants phoniques, soit par la nature fibreuse du matériau qui les compose, soit par leurs perforations étudiées pour jouer le rôle de pièges à sons.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A bird of the family Psittacidae.

OBS

In English scientific usage, all elements of names of bird species require capital letters except for hyphenated adjectives where the second word is not capitalized, for example, Black-crowned Night Heron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Oiseau de la famille des Psittacidae.

OBS

amazone mercenaire : nom français uniformisé par la Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.

OBS

En français, les noms des espèces d'oiseaux acquièrent une valeur de nom propre; tous les substantifs génériques de même que tous les qualificatifs spécifiques qui précèdent le substantif générique doivent prendre la majuscule, par exemple : Pétrel minime, Petit Butor.

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Shipping and Delivery
  • Customs and Excise

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Expédition et livraison
  • Douanes et accise

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

Ballots shall have a counterfoil and a stub, with a line of perforations between the ballot and the counterfoil and between the counterfoil and the stub.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

Le bulletin de vote comporte un talon et une souche avec ligne perforée entre le bulletin de vote proprement dit et le talon et entre le talon et la souche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
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Record 8 2016-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque

Spanish

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Record 9 2022-07-27

English

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

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Cantharidae.

French

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

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Cantharidae.

Spanish

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Record 10 2013-06-17

English

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

Rents are also termed "variable" where the "quantum" reserved is fixed by reference to a factor (usually in relation to the tenant's trade, such as his turnover, his net profits, his gross profits, etc.), which itself is likely to vary from one rental period to another. (Evans, 1974, pp. 111-2)

French

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

loyer variable : terme normalisé 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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