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IMMEDIATE THINKING [4 records]

Record 1 2015-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

... the setting-up of original processes, often originate from the exploitation of ideas which might well be very different from the immediate thinking of the firm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

[...] la mise en œuvre de procédés originaux proviennent souvent de l'exploitation d'idées parfois très différentes des préoccupations immédiates de l'entreprise.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Textile Industries
CONT

... the setting-up of original processes, often originate from the exploitation of ideas which might well be very different from the immediate thinking of the firm. Technical textiles and their applications are here to prove this point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Industries du textile
CONT

[...] la mise en œuvre de procédés originaux proviennent souvent de l'exploitation d'idées parfois très différentes des préoccupations immédiates de l'entreprise. Les textiles à usages techniques et leurs applications sont là pour le prouver.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Textile Industries
CONT

... innovations, defined as new products offered on the market or the setting-up of original processes, often originate from the exploitation of ideas which might well be very different from the immediate thinking of the firm.

Key term(s)
  • setting up

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Industries du textile
CONT

[...] les innovations, c'est-à-dire la mise sur le marché de produits nouveaux ou la mise en œuvre de procédés originaux, proviennent souvent de l'exploitation d'idées parfois très différentes des préoccupations immédiates de l'entreprise.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

A tendency to take into account in an adaptive way, in perception, thinking, and action, whatever we consider the "real" features of an object or a situation. [It] represents a tendency to wrest our activities from the immediate need for discharge inherent in the pleasure principle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Comportement humain
DEF

L'un des deux principes (l'autre étant le principe de plaisir) qui commandent la vie psychique. Le principe de réalité vise à limiter le principe de plaisir en introduisant, dans la recherche du plaisir, le respect des conditions imposées par le réel: temporisation, détour, ajournement de la satisfaction et conformité aux lois du monde extérieur.

Spanish

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