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MISINTERPRETATION [10 records]

Record 1 2025-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Infantry
  • Small Arms
CONT

The biggest misinterpretation about DMs is that they are snipers.... A designated marksman is an infantry asset that's attached to an infantry squad. Snipers often work alone or within a very small team. Snipers also tend to work autonomously, with specialized mission sets. A designated marksman, on the other hand, will conduct basic infantry operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infanterie
  • Armes légères

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

A misperception or misinterpretation of a real external stimulus...

OBS

[For example,] hearing the rustling of leaves as the sound of voices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Perception inexacte ou mauvaise interprétation d'un stimulus extérieur réel [...]

OBS

[Par exemple,] le bruissement des feuilles est pris pour des voix.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

A condition, stipulation, limitation, or provision which is inserted in a deed, lease, mortgage, or contract, and on the performance or non performance of which the validity of the instrument frequently depends; it usually begins with the word "provided". A clause or part of a clause in a statute, the office of which is either to except something from the enacting clause, or to qualify or restrain its generality, or to exclude some possible ground of misinterpretation of its extent.(Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 1152).

CONT

It is said that "the terms ’proviso’ and ’condition’ are synonymous, and signify some quality annexed to a real estate, by virtue of which it may be defeated, enlarged, or created, upon an uncertain event". That proposition is probably true when real estate is the subject-matter; but "proviso" and "condition" can hardly be regarded as convertible terms for all purposes. (Stroud’s, 4th ed.,1971, p. 2172).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

Si le contexte le permet, le terme français «clause restrictive» ou «clause limitative» peut également convenir pour rendre la notion en cause.

OBS

disposition restrictive : 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 4 2007-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education (General)
CONT

By adhering th following suggestion, you will have a better chance of developing multi-choice items that fairly test the knowledge of the test taker and avoid confusion and misinterpretation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
CONT

Les devis montrent comment chaque item à choix multiple ou à réponse construite se rapporte aux attentes et contenus d'apprentissage du curriculum [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • Government Accounting
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

An error attributable to a miscalculation, a misinterpretation of information, an omission of known facts during the preparation of the financial statements or to the application of an unacceptable accounting practice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
DEF

Erreur attribuable à un calcul erroné, à une mauvaise interprétation de certains renseignements, au défaut de prendre en considération des faits connus lors de l'établissement des états financiers ou à l'adoption d'une pratique comptable inacceptable.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
DEF

A clause or part of a clause in a statute, the office of which is either to except something from the enacting clause, or to quality or restrain its generality, or to exclude some possible ground of misinterpretation of its extent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
CONT

There may be circumstances where environmental costs recognized currently should have been recognized in prior periods, but were not, because of "a misinterpretation or misrepresentation of information" or "from an oversight of information available at the time the financial statements were prepared. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
CONT

Parfois, des coûts environnementaux constatés dans l'exercice en cours auraient dû être constatés dans des exercices antérieurs mais ne l'ont pas été, du fait «que l'on avait mal interprété ou mal présenté certains renseignements» ou «que l'on avait omis de prendre en considération des renseignements dont on disposait lors de la préparation des états financiers».

Spanish

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Record 8 1991-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Site Development
  • Canals
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

The slope of the sides of a canal, dam, embankment.

OBS

Custom has sanctioned the naming of the horizontal distance first as 1. 5 to 1(or, frequently 1 1/2 : 1) meaning a distance of 1. 5 ft horizontal to 1 ft vertical; a better and more strictly correct form of expressing such a slope that is not subject to misinterpretation would be 1 on 1 1/2.

CONT

The point where the side slope of a cut or fill will intersect the ground surface is marked by a stake called a slope stake. Slope stakes are set before construction is begun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du terrain
  • Canaux
  • Barrages et chaussées
DEF

Inclinaison de la paroi latérale d'un canal ou d'un remblai par rapport à l'horizontale.

CONT

On tiendra compte de la consistance et de la cohésion du terrain pour fixer la pente d'un talus [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 1989-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

An apparent target in a radar which does not correspond in position or frequency or both, to any real target, but which results from distortion or misinterpretation by the radar circuitry of other real target signals which are present. For example, it may result from range-Doppler ambiguities in the radar waveform used, from intermodulation distortion due to circuit amplitude nonlinearities, or from combining data from two antenna systems or waveforms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 10 1979-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychoses
DEF

"psychotic depressive reaction" refers to those severely depressed patients with gross misinterpretation of reality(including delusions and hallucinations) who do not have a history of previous depressions or of marked mood swings, but whose symptoms are reactive(i. e. attributable to some identifiable experience) and of psychotic degree.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychoses
CONT

Les dépressions psychotiques. Le type en est représenté par la mélancolie. C'est un état dépressif profond, sévère, aigu, mais résolutif grâce au traitement; [...]

Spanish

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