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Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)
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Term No.Term NameTerm Description
8334X-Y plotterA computer-driven printing mechanism that draws coordinate points in graph form......
8519XENIXA commercial version of Unix for microprocessor-based computers, released by Microsoft in 1980. .....
1243Xérique1 - Se dit d`un milieu aride dépourvu d`eau. 2 – Voir 9368......
9368Xérique1 - Se dit d`un milieu qui exige très peu d’eau. 2 - Voir 1243......
7042Xérophile Variété de plante xérophyte capable de conserver l’eau dans ses tissus......
7040Xérophyte Plante qui vit dans un habitat sec et qui est capable d`endurer une sécheresse prolongée......
1897XérophytesPlantes qui peuvent subsister avec une faible quantité d`humidité, comme c`est le cas pour une plante de désert ou une plante qui subsiste dans des.....
6694Xérosérie ou Succession xérophytiqueSuite des stades d`une succession végétale commençant dans un site sec et évoluant vers des conditions plus humides......
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The Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD) is an e-dictionary of all technical terms related to irrigation, drainage, flood management, environment, river training, and allied disciplines of the water sector. Any term/ definition can be printed/copied with the option to download/updates of terms from the ICID website. The MTD enriches the process of sharing and exchange of experiences and has proven to be highly useful for engineers, researchers, students, professionals, planners, designers, academics and all others related to the field of irrigation and drainage.  It is more helpful for professionals outside the water sector, in simplifying the technical jargon and to understand the sectoral nuances easily. 

As part of ICID's flagship activity, it was first published in English and French languages in 1967, the – 4th  edition of the MTD (English-French) was brought out on CD-ROM in the year 2002. Currently, we are following the 5th  edition released in 2009, which defines 9,370 technical terms in Chinese, Japanese and Russian, besides English and French. This online version of MTD is based on the 5th edition's DVD format. This version includes 9370 technical terms with matching English and French translation. The DVD version also includes terms collected in Chinese, Japanese and Russian languages with the active support received from respective National Committees. However, full integration with online versions has not taken place due to the difference in available translation editions/ versions. National Committees of Iran, China, Japan, Russia, Korea, and India are working on the translation/  updating part to match the present online version.

 

The DVD version of the Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD) is available for download through the 'Members only' section. After installation, please download the MTD 2.0a Update Patch (2002 version) and update the required files as suggested in the Patch before running the application.

 

MTD 2.0a  Update Patch

This update is for the users of MTD 2.0 who are working on a French Windows Operating System.

Please download the .jar file (icidmtd.jar [126 KB]) and replace the existing file installed in your C:\Program Files\icid-mtd\lib folder.

C:>cd\progra~1\icid-mtd\lib
C:\Program Files\ICID-MTD\LIB