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DEPRESSING EFFECT [4 records]

Record 1 2009-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

... Surplus of ships in relation to the level of available cargoes.

OBS

... [the] overtonnaging has the effect of depressing freight rates to the extent that some shipowners no longer find it economical to trade their ship, preferring to lay them up until there is a reversal in the trend.

Key term(s)
  • over-tonnaging

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hormones
  • Reproduction (Medicine)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Source: OMS

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hormones
  • Reproduction (Médecine)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sciences - General

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences - Généralités

Spanish

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Record 4 1984-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacodynamics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacodynamie
CONT

On a appelé, d'une manière incorrecte, effet anticellulaire, l'effet cytostatique que produit l'interféron sur de nombreuses lignées cellulaires; l'interféron en inhibe la multiplication.

Spanish

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