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gadget [5 records]

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Record 1 2011-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Communications (Air Forces)
DEF

Radar or emitter equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Communications aériennes (Forces aériennes)
DEF

Équipement de radar ou d'émetteur.

OBS

Jargon des aviateurs. Il n'existe pas d'équivalent français connu.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
DEF

Ingenious object of little value, often superfluous and used as an accessory, as propaganda or to differentiate products.

OBS

gadget: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation
DEF

Objet original et de faible valeur, parfois employé comme accessoire, souvent superflu et qui est utilisé comme propagande ou pour différencier des produits.

OBS

gadget : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercialización
DEF

En mercadología, objeto ingenioso y de escaso valor, a veces utilizado como accesorio, frecuentemente superfluo y que se utiliza como propaganda o para diferenciar productos.

OBS

chisme: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 3 1998-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

Have gizmo, will travel. Wired workers can't get away from it all. When gizmos no bigger than a cheque book can be taken to a desert island and used to send faxes, E-mails and voice messages almost anywhere in the world, is anybody really out of reach any more? More to the point, does any executive still wish to be?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Dispositif, objet amusant et nouveau.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Card Games
DEF

An artificial bidding device which can be grafted on to standard bidding methods but is not an integral part of any system. The term applies to nearly all the articles listed under artificial bids and slam conventions. (The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, 1971, p. 163).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de cartes
DEF

Convention ingénieuse, portant généralement sur un point de détail et qui vient s'incorporer dans un système d'enchères naturelles.

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

To equip with or as if with gadgets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Installer sur un appareil des accessoires plus ou moins utiles qui permettent de les commercialiser plus longtemps. Terme à éviter puisqu'il est dérivé d'un anglicisme.

Spanish

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