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Record 1 2011-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
  • Scientific Research Equipment
  • Equipment (Chemistry)
OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
  • Équipement (Chimie)
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-09-18

English

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

the ratio of the return received from clutter to what would have been received from a perfectly conducting isotropic radiator of the same physical area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
Key term(s)
  • pipe soil

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canalisations à grande distance
Key term(s)
  • conduite sol

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Official Documents
OBS

faulty passport: terminology used by Passport Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents officiels
OBS

passeport défectueux : terminologie en usage à Passeport Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos oficiales
OBS

Comparar con pasaporte modificado, dañado, estropeado y mutilado.

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Record 5 1995-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Audio-Visual Documents
OBS

Video produced in 1991 by the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Toronto, Ontario. A documentary about a women's theatre troupe called VOICE (Violence Overcome In Creative Ensemble) whose members have written and produced a play about their experiences as survivors of violence. The play describes how women overcome violence alone and within the sisterhoods of women's shelters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents audio-visuels
OBS

Vidéo produit en 1991 par le Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Toronto (Ontario).

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Adaptive authentication is ... a method for selecting the right authentication factors depending on a user's risk profile and tendencies - for adapting the type of authentication to the situation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

L'authentification adaptative permet de tenir compte de données, telles que les adresses [de protocole Internet (IP)], la géolocalisation, la distance parcourue ou les empreintes comportementales, pour attribuer un niveau de risque qui détermine si le client doit faire l'objet d'une demande d'authentification complémentaire.

Spanish

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Record 7 2019-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Mines
  • Demolition (Military)
DEF

A device intended to protect a mine and which is part of, linked to, attached to or placed under the mine and which activates the mine when an attempt is made to tamper with or otherwise intentionally disturb the mine.

OBS

Anti-lift or anti-handling devices, when attached to a mine, will detonate it or another charge nearby if the mine is lifted or pulled out of its hole.

OBS

antihandling device: designation and definition standardized by NATO in 2002.

Key term(s)
  • anti-lift device
  • antihandling mechanism
  • antiremoval device
  • antiremoval mechanism
  • anticlearance device
  • anticlearance mechanism

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines terrestres
  • Destruction (Militaire)
DEF

Dispositif destiné à protéger une mine en étant incorporé, relié ou fixé à celle-ci, ou placé sous elle, et qui se déclenche et initie celle-ci quand on essaie de la manipuler ou de la perturber intentionnellement.

CONT

Si un dispositif antimanipulation explose malencontreusement au cours d'une opération de déminage, c'est généralement la mort assurée pour le démineur, étant donné que ce dispositif a pour but de faire exploser la mine principale (généralement une mine antichar) [...]

OBS

dispositif antimanipulation : désignation et définition normalisées par l'OTAN en 2002.

OBS

dispositif antirelevage : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN en 1995.

Key term(s)
  • dispositif anti-manipulation
  • dispositif anti-relevage
  • mécanisme anti-manipulation
  • dispositif antidéplacement
  • mécanisme antidéplacement

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
  • Guns (Land Forces)
Key term(s)
  • face of a breech block
  • face of a breechblock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
  • Canons (Forces terrestres)
CONT

tranche antérieure du bloc-culasse; tranche postérieure du bloc-culasse.

Spanish

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Record 9 2022-07-19

English

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

An insect (order Plecoptera) of the family Perlidae.

French

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

Insecte (ordre des plécoptères) de la famille des Perlidae.

Spanish

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Record 10 1991-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
  • Optical Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
  • Télécommunications optiques

Spanish

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