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GAMBLE [9 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

Tolerance(the need for more and more of a substance to get the same effect) can... be physiological and psychological. Physiological tolerance results from the repeated effects on the brain from daily doses of drugs such as alcohol, methamphetamines, nicotine opioids. Brain neural circuitry involving dopamine neurons adapts to the addition of the drug and reduces the responsiveness of the dopamine receptors... Psychological tolerance is the need for more of the substance to get the same sense of euphoria. For example, someone may become psychologically tolerance to gambling and need to gamble progressively more for the same effect : a nonpharmacological, purely psychological tolerance has developed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacodynamie
  • Drogues et toxicomanie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Farmacodinámica
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
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Record 2 2016-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Someone who bets on horses; a gambler.

OBS

punt(verb) :(gambling) To bet against the bank;(Britain) To gamble.

OBS

punt (noun): (gambling) A bet made against the bank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Toute personne qui engage un pari sur un cheval.

CONT

Une pouliche dont «pas un parieur ne voulait à cinquante!»

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
CONT

El apostante percibió su premio en efectivo.

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Record 3 2014-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games of Chance
DEF

... a machine which is designed or adapted for use by individuals to gamble(whether or not it can also be used for other purposes).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard
DEF

[...] appareil qui permet à la personne qui le fait fonctionner de jouer à un jeu de hasard.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Methods
  • Probability (Statistics)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
DEF

A method of directly measuring the utility of a health status, founded on the fundamental von Neumann-Morgenstern axioms of expected utility theory.

OBS

A utility score is obtained by estimating the probabilities that a person who is asked to compare two options, one uncertain(the gamble), the other certain, will not prefer one over the over.

OBS

standard gamble : term and definition standardized by the Health Technology Assessment(HTA) Glossary English Editorial Board and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes de recherche scientifique
  • Probabilités (Statistique)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
DEF

Méthode permettant de mesurer directement l’utilité d’un état de santé, fondée sur les axiomes fondamentaux de la théorie de l’utilité de von Neumann-Morgenstern.

OBS

On obtient un score d’utilité en estimant les probabilités qu’une personne à qui l’on demande de comparer deux options, l’une incertaine (le pari) et l’autre certaine, n’ait pas de préférence pour l’une ou l’autre des options.

OBS

pari standard; loterie : termes et définition normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
CONT

The standard gamble elicitation method is an application of expected utility theory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
CONT

Standard gamble is an application of continuity axiom.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A choice of deliveries that, for a curler or a team, are difficult to execute properly; a sequence of such deliveries.

OBS

to gamble : For a curler or a team, to try, often repetitively, a more difficult type of throw in which more than one point can be gained by the team instead of trying an easy one that would give only one point or leave the score unchanged.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Choix de lancers qui pour un curleur, une curleuse, sont difficiles à réussir; séquence de lancers de ce type par un curleur, une curleuse, une équipe.

OBS

courir/prendre des risques : Pour un curleur, une curleuse, une équipe, tenter, souvent à répétition, un jeu plus difficile qui donnerait plus d'un point à l'équipe plutôt qu'un jeu plus facile qui n'en assurerait qu'un ou maintiendrait la marque inchangée.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothes Cleaning and Dyeing Services
OBS

Proposals approved by Proctor and Gamble, Toronto.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Teinturerie
DEF

Composition généralement alcaline utilisée lors de l'immersion du linge précédant le lavage et destinée à favoriser l'enlèvement des salissures. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

produit de trempage et d'essangeage : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 9 1991-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Honorary Distinctions
OBS

Procter v Gamble.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations
OBS

Utilisation, entre autres du plastique recyclé après consommation dans la fabrication de bouteilles de boissons gazeuses.

Spanish

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