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PEACEFULLY [15 records]

Record 1 2020-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Music (General)
  • Yoga and Pilates
CONT

Also called singing bowl meditation, a sound bath doesn’t require you to be immersed in water at all—instead, you will be set peacefully adrift in a sea of sound waves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Musique (Généralités)
  • Yoga et pilates
CONT

Les fréquences rythmiques produites par des instruments anciens se superposent dans un océan de vibrations.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Constitutional Law
CONT

Human rights defender is a term used to describe people who, individually or with others, act to promote or protect some variation of human rights. Human rights defenders(HRDs) are those men and women who act peacefully for the promotion and protection of those rights.

CONT

Human rights is a field in which Speaker Kinsella has been active. He ... is well-known nationally and internationally as a human rights advocate and academic including such cases as Malcolm Ross, and Lovelace v. Canada at the United Nations Human Rights Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Droit constitutionnel
DEF

Toute personne qui, individuellement ou en association avec d’autres, œuvre à la promotion ou à la protection des droits humains.

CONT

Un défenseur des droits humains est quelqu’un qui défend n’importe quel droit fondamental au nom d’une personne ou d’un groupe de personnes. Les défenseurs cherchent à promouvoir et protéger les droits civils et politiques ainsi qu’à promouvoir, protéger et mettre en œuvre les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Worms and Related Organisms
DEF

Any of a genus (Schistosoma) of flukes that live as parasites in the blood vessels of mammals, including man, and birds.

CONT

... parasitic worms... include not only the ones that live fairly peacefully in our guts but also some vicious invaders. Among the latter are schistosomes that can cause liver and kidney failure....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Vers et organismes apparentés
DEF

Ver parasite des vaisseaux sanguins des mammifères et des oiseaux, chez lesquels il provoque les schistosomiases plus connues sous le nom de bilharzioses.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Parasitosis
  • Gusanos y organismos semejantes
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Record 4 2014-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

The continuing exercise and enjoyment of a right.

CONT

The possession of a right is acquired by use, as where an owner, being present and cognizant of the matter, by acquiescence permits a neighbour, who has no right to do so, to use some servitude in his unencumbered estate(as that of pasturing cattle, a right of passage, a right to drive beasts or of conducting water or the like) for a long time, peacefully and without interruption, so that the user cannot be ejected without writ and judgment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
CONT

Néanmoins, la possession d'un droit, au sens technique, ne concerne que les droits réels principaux, susceptibles de prescription acquisitive.

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

The authorities appear to have arrested people merely for expressing their political views or gathering peacefully to protest government actions.

OBS

political view: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • political views

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

[Des chercheurs] de l'Université du Nebraska à Lincoln ont mené cette recherche avec 46 personnes ayant de fortes opinions politiques en faveur des républicains ou des démocrates.

OBS

opinion politique : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • opinions politiques

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • International Relations
  • Diplomacy
DEF

A campaign designed to serve the interests of a nation by the expression of wishes to end a war or of intentions to resolve conflicts peacefully and thus cause hostile or unfriendly nations to relax their efforts or become less vigilant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Relations internationales
  • Diplomatie
CONT

Ce consensus a montré son efficacité lors de la grande offensive pacifiste qui a déferlé sur l’Europe dans les années 80, sans sérieusement atteindre la France.

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

A garden with footpaths, points of interest and rest areas where one can walk peacefully and leisurely.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

[...] le petit jardin-promenade de quartier qui existe actuellement restera en place [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 - external organization data 2009-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
06.01.89 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

RFID condition that exists where standard compliant components of various types or of different vendor origins co-exist within the same space without serious detrimental effect on one another’s performance

OBS

Components are not required to communicate with one another as part of a common infrastructure, but only to peacefully co-exist.

OBS

non interference: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-4:2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Zoology
DEF

A phytophagous animal.

OBS

phytophagous (adj.): Feeding on plants - used esp. of a lower animal (as an insect); distinguished from herbivorous and vegetarian.

CONT

In each region are plant eaters, which peacefully graze on the microbial mats, and meat eaters, which prey on the plant eaters and on one another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Zoologie
OBS

[...] insecte qui se nourrit de matières végétales.

OBS

Plus général que herbivore.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Zoología
DEF

Organismo heterótrofo que se alimenta de material vegetal.

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Record 10 2002-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

Viscose remains the strongest base cloth, appearing mostly in marocain and semi-transparent georgettes for fluid skirts.

CONT

Nairobi Skirt : Striking zebras graze peacefully over this fluid skirt in exceptionally fine rayon. The graphic print on a red background celebrates the beautiful markings of this African native... USA. about 35" long.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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Record 11 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
  • International Relations
  • War and Peace (International Law)
OBS

Minsk, 27 July 1993. Also seen as : Minsk Conference on Nagorno Karabakh. Within the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe(CSCE). Aims to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh Armenian conflict peacefully.

Key term(s)
  • Minsk Conference on Nagorno Karabakh

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
  • Relations internationales
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de conferencias
  • Relaciones internacionales
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
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Record 12 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • War and Peace (International Law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)

Spanish

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Record 13 1995-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Worms and Related Organisms
CONT

... IgE system exists to fight parasitic worms. The worms in question include not only the ones that live fairly peacefully in our guts but also some vicious invaders. Among the latter are schistosomes that can cause liver and kidney failure, and filariae that can cause blindness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Vers et organismes apparentés
CONT

schistosome : Ver parasite des vaisseaux sanguins des mammifères et des oiseaux, chez lesquels il provoque les schistosomiases plus connues sous le nom de bilharzioses.

CONT

Classe de l'embranchement des Plathelminthes, les Trématodes comprennent des Vers parasites de l'Homme et d'animaux domestiques; [...]

Spanish

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Record 14 1992-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Goal is to help children learn to live peacefully with others and to acquire the attitudes and skills necessary for resolving conflict. Affiliated with the Fellowship of Reconciliation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 15 1985-12-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
Key term(s)
  • Insulation of Disputes from the Superpower Rivalry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres

Spanish

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