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PHRASE [5 records]

Record 1 2018-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
CONT

... the typical musical phrase consists of an initial downbeat, a period of motion, and a point of arrival marked by a cadential downbeat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
DEF

Suite non interrompue de chant ou d'harmonie, de sons simples ou d'accords, qui forme un sens plus ou moins achevé et qui se termine sur un repos.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
OBS

phrase: term standardized by ANSI.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
DEF

Ensemble ordonné d'une ou de plusieurs chaînes-de-caractères cobol consécutives qui forment une partie d'instruction de traitement ou de clause cobol.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje de programación
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Record 3 2001-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing
DEF

phrase or phrase d'armes: a period of continuous fencing which may consist of many actions by one or both fencers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime
CONT

Tout coup atteignant l'un des tireurs en un point quelconque du corps [...] suffit à arrêter la phrase d'armes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esgrima
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Record 4 1995-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dance
DEF

A sequence of movement expressing a single thought; a movement sentence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Danse
DEF

C'est un mouvement ou un ensemble de mouvements dont je fixe l'ordre une fois pour toutes.

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grammar
OBS

"Phrase": concerning a phrase, such as in "phrase constituent", "phrase final position", etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grammaire
OBS

Relatif à un syntagme ou groupe de mots. Voir DULIN 1984, pp. 479ff. "Syntagmatique" prend aussi un autre sens, qui se trouve dans "rapports syntagmatiques" et "structure syntagmatique".

Spanish

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