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Record 1 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
  • Silviculture
DEF

A flame generating device (e.g. a fount containing diesel oil or kerosene and a wick; or a backpack pump serving a flame-jet) used for many purposes, e.g. scorching seed-beds, paths etc. to reduce weed growth or for starting slash-disposal fires, counterfires (when termed a backfire torch USA) or any prescribed burning operations.

OBS

According to Terminology of Forest Science, Technology Practice and Products, "burning torch" is used in the Commonwealth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
  • Incendies de végétation
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Lance-flamme employé pour allumer la végétation forestière à l'occasion d'interventions de brûlage contrôlé ou pour le déclenchement de contrefeux.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Administration (Indigenous Peoples)
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

NCR: National Capital Region.

Key term(s)
  • National Capital Region Sectoral Summary of Aboriginal Employment Statistics
  • Sectoral Summary of Aboriginal Employment Statistics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Administration (Peuples Autochtones)
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

Document des RH [Ressources humaines] du MAINC [ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien].

OBS

RCN : région de la capitale nationale.

Key term(s)
  • Sommaire sectoriel des statistiques sur l'emploi des Autochtones dans la région de la capitale nationale

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
DEF

World Bank loan for emergency reconstruction after natural disaster.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Préstamos
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Record 4 - external organization data 2022-10-27

English

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

French

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

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

The conjugal rights ... are those which both husband and wife have to each other's society and marital intercourse; and the remedy of restitution, instituted originally [by] the ecclesiastical courts of England ... was intended ... to be invoked where one of two married persons had, without lawful case, withdrawn from living with the other. What remedy was in the form of a decree requiring the errant [spouse] to return to cohabitation, and to render in presumably in-hearted fashion the conjugal duties incumbent on him or her.

Key term(s)
  • conjugal duty

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

devoirs conjugaux : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Key term(s)
  • devoir conjugal

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • mutton-grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Baby and Child Care
Key term(s)
  • child-care service planner
  • child care service planner

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Soins du bébé et puériculture

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Aircraft)
DEF

An apparatus which, by emission of a signal (generally radio or light) assists the recognition and location of a person in a survival situation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et sauvetages (Aviation)
DEF

Appareil qui, par émission d'un signal (généralement radio ou lumineux) contribue à la découverte et à la localisation d'une personne dans une situation de survie.

Spanish

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Record 9 2013-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

An event-handler invokes a script when a certain event occurs (e.g, the mouse moves, a key is pressed, the document is loaded, etc.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
CONT

Un programme de traitement d'événements appelle un script lorsqu'un certain événement se produit (p. ex., déplacement de la souris, pression d'une touche, chargement du document, etc.).

OBS

évènement : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
CONT

Dry Separator. Air stream separation, and in the case of material fractions of different density, connected to vibrating conveying technology. Additional separation of fine particles and dust.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Séparateurs en voie sèche. [...] La plupart des sociétés minières sont amenées à traiter des minerais dont la teneur et la maille de libération deviennent de plus en plus faibles, ce qui nécessite de les broyer de plus en plus finement pour obtenir la concentration des différents constituants. Or, si la séparation en voie sèche peut donner de bons résultats pour des granulométries fines [...] il n'en demeure pas moins qu'elle reste limitée à 40 [mu]m [...]

Spanish

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