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Record 1 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 2 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 3 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 4 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 5 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 6 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 7 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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Record 8 2003-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Cycling
CONT

The first rider to cross the finish line is the winner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Cyclisme
CONT

Le coureur doit parcourir une distance donnée le plus rapidement possible, son objectif principal étant de franchir la ligne d'arrivée devant les autres concurrents.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
  • Ciclismo
CONT

El corredor puede franquear la línea de llegada a pie, con la condición de que lleve o empuje su bicicleta.

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Record 9 2011-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering
OBS

The term rate-limiting does not imply that such a step imposes an upper limit on the rate of reaction (as under conditions of saturation in Michaellis-Menten kinetics). For this reason, the synonym rate-controlling step, although not widely used at present, is preferable where there is a possibility of such confusion.

Key term(s)
  • rate determining step
  • rate controlling step
  • rate limiting step

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Génie chimique
DEF

Étape la plus lente d'une réaction chimique comportant plusieurs étapes et qui limite [...] la vitesse de la réaction globale.

OBS

étape cinétiquement limitante; étape cinétiquement déterminante : termes et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 18 avril 2001.

Spanish

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Record 10 1988-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • Financial and Budgetary Management

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
CONT

[La] politique de recours à l'endettement a laissé des traces. Il en résulte en effet pour certaines entreprises une double fragilité : - des difficultés pour assurer le service de la dette, - des problèmes de structure de bilan.

Spanish

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