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Record 1 2012-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Work
CONT

Power inside organizational constructs resides in an actor's margin of freedom, that is, his/her ability to change the nature of the game or displace uncertainty zones. Anyone mastering an uncertainty zone, from a simple worker to a manager, can exert power.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie du travail
DEF

Espace de pouvoir au sein d'une organisation, caractérisé par l'absence de règles formelles.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The distance by which the ball clears the net tape and lands in the desired spot.

CONT

The usual attack is to send over a medium-paced serve which clears the net by about three feet, drops inside with a good margin of safety, and bounces sharply off toward the side.

OBS

Related term: margin for error.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Les intentions, suivant la logique stratégique, devraient être limitées à ce que la balle franchisse le filet avec une bonne marge de sécurité et tombe bien à l'intérieur des limites du terrain pour éviter les erreurs.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

The margin near the side of the bound edge of a book page.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Marge près du côté où est fixée la reliure.

Spanish

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Record 4 1978-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Phragmoceras Sowerby, Silurian. Oncoceroid. This coiled relative of Hexameroceras has the venter on the inside of the coil, and an actinosiphonate siphuncle near the inner margin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Céphalopode tétrabranches, de la famille des orthocératidés.

Spanish

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Record 5 1977-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[A metaparian suture is a] nonfunctional opisthoparian suture in [a] state of complete symphysis in which [a] trace of [the] fused anterior section on [the] dorsal surface of [the] cephalon curves outward and backward from [the] eye, cutting [the] posterior margin inside [the] genal angle, as in some [trilobites of the family] Olenellidae

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Dans le type "métaparial" (...) [la suture part du bord postérieur du céphalon en un point situé] près de l'angle génal, à la base interne des pointes génales (...)

Spanish

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Record 6 1977-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[An opisthoparian suture is a trilobite] facial suture with posterior sections cutting the posterior margin of [the] cephalon inside [the] genal angle, which is carried by [the] librigena.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Le tracé de la branche postérieure [de la suture faciale d'un trilobite] est non moins variable. [Lorsqu'elle part du bord postérieur de céphalon en un certain point] situé entre le sillon dorsal et la pointe génale (ou l'angle génal quand cette dernière manque), la suture est dite «opisthopariale» [...]

Spanish

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