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ambulatory [4 records]

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Record 1 2018-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

Aisle at the east end of a chancel, sometimes surrounding an apse and therefore semicircular or polygonal in plan.

DEF

A passageway around the chair in the apse or chancel or a cathedral ...

CONT

... the east end of a cathedral was ... apsidal, the main apse being surrounded at a lower level by a processional path known as the ambulatory, which linked the eastern ends of the north and south aisles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

Partie tournante des bas-côtés autour de l'abside.

DEF

Galerie courbe qui fait le tour du chœur [...]

CONT

[...] autour de la galerie de circulation entourant le chœur (déambulatoire), une série de chapelles secondaires dont l'axe de chacune rayonne au centre du chœur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura
DEF

Pasillo circular que, en las iglesias, rodea el altar mayor por detrás.

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Record 2 2012-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

Taking effect not from when it was made but from the death of the testator. Thus descriptions of property bequeathed or of beneficiaries are taken to refer to property or persons existing at that time and the will is revocable until death. (A Concise Dictionary of Law, 1986, p.18)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

Se dit d'un testament.

OBS

ambulatoire : terme normalisé 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 3 2012-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

Of or relating to a patient not confined to bed, but requiring medical care.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
DEF

Relatif à un malade qui n'est pas hospitalisé.

OBS

Qualifie tout ce qui, au cours d'un état pathologique, permet au malade de continuer à aller et venir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
DEF

[Dícese del] paciente que está en capacidad de acudir por su propio pie a las consultas médicas porque no requiere hospitalización o permanecer encamado.

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Record 4 1992-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

Any covered or sheltered place for walking ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Les larges allées découvertes des régions septentrionales deviennent, sous les climats méridionaux, des promenoirs à l'ombre des grands arbres.

CONT

On n'ignorait pas (...) l'art de plier des essences comme le tilleul, à former des allées couvertes et des promenoirs de verdure.

Spanish

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