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OPPOSITION FORCE [6 records]

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Record 1 2019-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
  • Military Tactics
DEF

To position a force in a specified area or location that is free of active opposition.

OBS

This is a mission/task verb.

OBS

occupy: designation and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
  • Tactique militaire
DEF

Placer une force dans une zone ou un endroit donnés où il n'y a pas d'opposition active.

OBS

Il s'agit d'un verbe à utiliser pour la planification des missions ou des tâches.

OBS

occuper : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense; désignation uniformisée par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guerilla Warfare
CONT

The main rebel opposition force disavowed the use of weapons that killed indiscriminately.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guérilla
CONT

Les acteurs non étatiques peuvent comprendre n'importe lesquels des types suivants de groupes et d'organisations : organisations non gouvernementales, sociétés multinationales, médias internationaux, groupes armés (forces d'opposition rebelles, milices, seigneurs de guerre, insurgés et sociétés militaires privées), organisations terroristes, organisations criminelles, groupes religieux, organismes à vocation environnementale et collectivités des diasporas transnationales.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Press (News and Journalism)
CONT

The House of Commons adjourned Thursday leaving a political cliffhanger. The opposition parties voted to force the government to release all documents related to the detainees file, uncensored, to a parliamentary committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Presse écrite
CONT

Jusque là, jamais, une élection départementale de l’Hérault était sujet de suspens politique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

In the law of evidence, a fact set up, proved, or even supposed, in opposition to the criminative facts of a case, the tendency of which is to weaken the force of the inference of guilt deducible from them.(Black's, p. 700)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

fait disculpatoire; fait infirmatif : termes normalisés 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 5 2009-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electromagnetism
DEF

A measure of the opposition presented to magnetic flux in a magnetic circuit; it is equal to magnetomotive force divided by magnetic flux.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électromagnétisme

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electromagnetismo
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Record 6 2002-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

... a strenuous climbing technique in which adherence to two vertical holds is gained by pulling back against one with the hands and pushing the feet against the other... [and] the full force of opposition must be sustained by the hands, arms, and shoulders.

CONT

Liebacks are perhaps most often used for a move or two, but in difficult climbing they can be used to ascend long vertical flakes, open books, and offset cracks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

[Technique qui] consiste à franchir certaines fissures en basculant le corps de côté, les mains étant en traction sur les bords, généralement francs, et les pieds en adhérence ou en léger coincement, exerçant une poussée en sens contraire.

DEF

Technique d'escalade utilisant une opposition des mains et des pieds le long de fissures verticales.

Spanish

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