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SWARMING [3 records]

Record 1 2020-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Social Problems
CONT

May and June so far have seen at least 26 swarmings – a personal robbery where two or more suspects gang up on an individual - which police attribute to warmer weather.

CONT

… a swarming implies at least two suspects being involved in robbing someone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

Un détroussement en groupe, c'est quoi au juste? Simplement dit, c'est un vol en groupe – un vol avec violence – qui implique au moins deux suspects employant la force (ou menaçant d'y recourir) aux dépens d'une victime afin de lui dérober ses biens. Les détroussements en groupe sont parmi les crimes les plus aléatoires auxquels la police fait affaire et parmi les plus compliqués à résoudre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations Research and Management
CONT

[The term] "swarming" [is used to describe a situation] where the entire team ... works together to focus on solving a single, urgent problem or to make fast progress on a particular scenario.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Investigación y gestión operacionales
CONT

Enjambre es el acto de todos los miembros del equipo de desarrollo que trabajan en un único requerimiento a la vez durante el sprint.

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Record 3 2011-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Beekeeping
DEF

The sudden departure of a proportion of the adult worker bees of a colony ... with a queen and sometimes also some drones.

CONT

Swarming is the natural method of propagation of the honey bee colony.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Élevage des abeilles
CONT

L'essaimage est le mode de propagation naturel des abeilles. Il se produit normalement au printemps après une forte pollinée qui a permis un élevage abondant de couvain et l'augmentation très forte de la population.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento animal
  • Cría de abejas
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