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INCANTATION [5 records]

Record 1 2010-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
CONT

... it is for the court to lay down the general standard of care exacted by law.... This will ordinarily take the form of an incantation of the traditional formula of the reasonable and prudent man. In a few situations, however, the legal standard of reasonable conduct has been defined with greater precision. E. g. the care which an occupier must observe for the safety of persons who have come upon his land has been meticulously formulated in accordance with a fine graduation of standards corresponding to the degree of benefit which he derives from their visit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
  • Jewellery
DEF

A natural object such as an insect, stone, animal, claw, etc. or a made ornament, item or jewellery, etc. often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol, that is believed to bring a person good luck, protect them against eveil, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
DEF

Objet qu'on porte généralement sur soi, fabriqué selon les règles de la magie, de l'astrologie, réputé prophylactique et bénéfique.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oriental Religions
DEF

A verbal spell, ritualistic incantation, or mystic formula used devotionally in popular Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism.

DEF

[By extension, in psychology] sounds that are repeated over and over again in one’s mind during meditation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Religions orientales
DEF

Mot sanskrit signifiant «instrument de pensée» et désignant, dans l'hindouisme et le bouddhisme, une syllabe ou une phrase sacrée dotée d'un pouvoir spirituel.

DEF

[En psychologie] Mot ou son que l'adepte de la méditation transcendantale reçoit du maître et qu'il va répéter inlassablement afin de se détacher de la réalité extérieure et d'élargir le champ de la conscience.

OBS

Pluriel : les mantra.

OBS

Les mantra sont utilisés dans la méditation, ainsi que dans les rites divers, notamment ceux d'initiation, où le maître souffle à l'oreille de l'initié un mantra secret. Le «gayatri-mantra», invocation du dieu Savitri, est transmis au jeune brahmane lors de son initiation. La pratique du mantra est très développée dans le tantra hindou et bouddhique.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
DEF

A language that will enable people to describe shapes to the computer by saying the right words to control computer graphics images.

OBS

"Round, expand, stop, squeeze, dent, stretch, red, stop" or some similar incantation might cause your reality engine to sculpt the image you hold into your mind's eye.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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