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Record 1 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

For a delivered rock, to roll on the sheet to a position behind a guard after having hit another rock on the play.

OBS

roll (verb): For a delivered rock, to move while turning on itself after having hit a stationary rock in play.

OBS

guard (noun): A rock positioned between the hog line and the house, often to protect another rock behind, and that blocks the path of a rock to deliver.

OBS

Nearly synonyms of "hit and roll behind a guard," "hit and roll behind cover.".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Pour une pierre lancée, rouler jusqu'à s'immobiliser derrière une garde après avoir frappé une autre pierre en jeu.

OBS

rouler (verbe) : Pour une pierre lancée, se déplacer en tournant sur elle-même après avoir frappé une pierre stationnaire.

OBS

garde : Pierre immobilisée entre la ligne de jeu et la maison, souvent pour en protéger une autre derrière, et qui bloque la trajectoire d'une pierre à lancer.

OBS

Quasi-synonymes de «frapper et rouler derrière une garde», «frapper et rouler à couvert».

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
OBS

voile

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Physics
OBS

If we position ourselves high above the north pole, we should see that the earth orbits the sun in a counterclockwise motion, coming to the same position among the stars every 365.26 earth days.

OBS

counterclockwise: Direction of movement, usually rotary, which is opposite in direction to movement of hands on the face of a clock. Principles of Automotive vehicles, U.S. Army Department, DM-9-8000 Y.R. 21-2-75

OBS

A clockwise motion is one that proceeds "like the clock's hands": from the top to the right, then down and then to the left, and back to the top. The opposite sense of rotation is anti-clockwise (UK) and counterclockwise (US).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Physique

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

A Field Facility Licence is required for activity related to the construction and operation of an oil and gas facility such as a battery, an oil treater, a pumping station, a waste disposal facility or a compressor station.

CONT

Where a Field Facility Licence has been issued, no amendment shall be made to the field facility unless it is approved by the Chief Operations Officer on submission of a revised application ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

Aucune modification ne peut être apportée à une installation de champ pour laquelle une licence d'installation de champ a déjà été délivrée, à moins que cette modification ne soit autorisée par le délégué aux opérations après la soumission d'une demande [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
OBS

Quartier général du district de l'Alberta; QGD Alta : termes adoptés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 6 - external organization data 2023-04-04

English

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

French

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

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
OBS

Source: Helfet, Arthur J. and David M. Gruebel Lee. Disorders of the Lumpar Spine. Toronto: J.B. Lippincott, 1978, p. 13.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations

Spanish

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Record 8 2020-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Pericopsis elata
Latin
Afrormosia elata
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Fabaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Pericopsis elata
Latin
Afrormosia elata
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Fabaceae.

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
OBS

In use at the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
OBS

En usage au ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien.

Spanish

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Record 10 2001-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour Law
OBS

employee and servant: Terms reproduced from Law Terminology with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit du travail
OBS

agent et préposé : Termes reproduits de Law Terminology avec l'autorisation du Bureau des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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