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CAPSTONE MANUAL [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-07-16

English

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

A manual of overarching importance within a hierarchy of manuals that deals with the fundamental aspects of a broad subject matter, and having precedence over all other manuals within that subject regardless of the sub-domain.

OBS

capstone manual : term and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel and by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

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

Ouvrage dominant d'une hiérarchie de manuels, qui traite des aspects fondamentaux d'un vaste sujet et a la priorité sur tous les autres manuels du même domaine, peu importe le sous-domaine.

OBS

manuel cadre : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la Défense.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-07-16

English

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

A manual of seminal importance under an overarching capstone manual within a hierarchy of publications that deals with the fundamental aspects of a specific subject matter, and on which are based related supporting manuals published in the same field.

OBS

keystone manual: term and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel and by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

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

Manuel important qui relève d'un manuel cadre et traite des aspects fondamentaux d'un sujet particulier et sur lequel s'appuient les manuels connexes dans le même domaine.

OBS

manuel-clé : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la Défense.

Key term(s)
  • manuel clé

Spanish

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