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EARLY MAJORITY [4 records]

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Record 1 2003-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
CONT

The “middle adopter” or “conservative majority” corresponds to the part of the curve that rises very rapidly, Lowenberg-DeBoer explains. They are typically from 20 to 80% of potential users. “They start to use the technology when it is proven by the early adopters, and they jump on the bandwagon, ” he says.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation
DEF

Personne qui adopte un produit une fois que ce dernier a connu un certain succès sur le marché.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Either a religious fundamentalist, or a member of a radical branch of the green movement, a "deep" green.

OBS

fundie : a nickname which belongs to the political debates of the early eighties, when the Moral Majority and other fundamentalist Christian groups in the US and the Greens in Germany became political forces to be rereckoned with.

Key term(s)
  • extremist
  • radical
  • deep green

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Partisan d'une doctrine poussée jusqu'à ses limites, ses conséquences extrêmes.

DEF

intégriste, fondamentaliste : personne qui manifeste une intransigeance, un conservatisme excessifs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 3 1997-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
DEF

A more deliberate group of innovation adopters that adopts just before the "average" adopter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
OBS

As early as 1909 the Conservative Party believed that Canada should contribute emergency funds to help the Royal Navy maintain its superiority over the German navy. Payment was authorized by the Naval Aid Bill, introduced by PM Borden. The Conservatives carried the bill on 15 may 1913 only by imposing closure on debate for the first time in canadian history. However, the Liberal majority in the Senate defeated the bill 2 weeks later.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
OBS

Dès, 1909, le Parti conservateur considère que le Canada doit débloquer des fonds d'urgence afin d'aider la marine royale à maintenir sa supériorité sur la marine allemande. Cette somme est autorisée par le projet de loi d'aide à la marine, présenté par Borden. Les Conservateurs réussissent à faire voter ce projet de loi le 15 mai 1913 en imposant tout simplement la clôture du débat pour la première fois dans l'histoire canadienne. Cependant, la majorité libérale au Sénat déboute le projet de loi deux semaines plus tard.

Spanish

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