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Record 1 1998-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A toxic yellow powder that is insoluble in water, soluble in acids; used as a pigment in paints (artists', automotive, primer), varnishes, linoleum, and epoxy laminates.

CONT

Zinc chromates ... provide excellent protection for steel and all the usual metals ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Les chromates-zinc [...] assurent une excellente protection de l'acier et de tous les métaux usuels [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

The Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region is a 24/7 volunteer based organization offering confidential, emotional mental health support, crisis intervention, information referral and education services.

Key term(s)
  • Distress Centre of Ottawa
  • Distress Centre-Ottawa and Region

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Le Centre de détresse d’Ottawa et la région est un organisme fondé sur le bénévolat qui offre du soutien confidentiel de mieux-être émotionnel et en santé mentale ainsi que des services d’intervention de crise et d’information et d’orientation 24 heures par jour, sept jours par semaine.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environment
  • Forestry Operations
CONT

Analysis units ... are the result of the spatial intersection of forest conversion strata ... with ecological and administrative boundaries. Forest conversion strata were developed on the basis of expected conversion rates and characteristics.

OBS

forest conversion strata: plural

Key term(s)
  • forest conversion strata

French

Domaine(s)
  • Environnement
  • Exploitation forestière
CONT

[...] les unités analytiques sont le résultat de l’intersection spatiale des strates de conversion des forêts [...] avec les frontières écologiques et administratives. Les strates de conversion des forêts ont été élaborées d’après les taux et les caractéristiques de conversion prévus.

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Concern with architecture of task-specific reasoning as opposed to concern with implementation-level concerns at rule, frame or logic language level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

Lumber whose grade corresponds to the top quality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Bois d'œuvre dont la qualité est la plus élevée.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cold Storage
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Food Industries
CONT

A roll-in refrigerator is equipped to handle wheeled racks, and, if equipped with front and back doors, it serves as a roll-through refrigerator. This unit often is used in institutions when large numbers of prepared meals must be kept available and cool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entreposage frigorifique
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Chambre réfrigérée à l'intérieur de laquelle peuvent circuler des chariots chargés de denrées.

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooking and Gastronomy (General)
CONT

Very rare or almost raw: Sear the steak for about 1 minute on each side. The meat will be browned on the outside, cooked just beneath the surface, and very red in the center.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cuisine et gastronomie (Généralités)
CONT

en gastronomie, bleu se dit d'un bifteck à peine grillé.

CONT

Bleu (...) Saisissement vif; sous la croûte, la viande reste crue et ne manifeste aucune résistance au toucher.

Spanish

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Record 8 2020-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Oceanography
DEF

The water mass formed in the Arctic Ocean by a combination of freezing on the arctic shelf and deep winter convection in the Greenland and Norwegian Seas.

CONT

Freezing increases the salinity under the ice; the dense water sinks to the ocean floor and leaves the arctic basins to enter the Greenland and Norwegian Seas, where it mixes with water that sinks under the influence of surface cooling. The resulting water mass has a salinity of 34.95 psu [practical salinity unit] and a temperature of -0.8° to -0.9° C. It fills the Arctic Ocean at all depths below 800 m, the sill depth to the Atlantic. It enters the Atlantic in bursts, when the passage of atmospheric depressions lifts the thermocline and allows Arctic bottom water to flow over the sill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Océanographie

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.

OBS

The Hector and Corral Creek Formations farther south are lithologically similar to the Miette and Horsethief Creek Groups.

OBS

Located in Western Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.

OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.

OBS

Les formations d'Hector et de Corral Creek, plus au sud, sont de lithologie semblable à celle des groupes de Miette et de Horsethief Creek.

Spanish

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Record 10 1993-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
DEF

A method of depicting the project plan in which activities are represented by arrows and events by circles (or other symbols).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation
DEF

Méthode de représentation du plan d'un projet selon laquelle les activités sont représentées par des flèches et les événements par des cercles.

Spanish

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