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VAGRANT [9 records]

Record 1 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
DEF

A person who wanders about alone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie
DEF

Personne qui erre, va au hasard sans but précis, de façon solitaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología
  • Sociología
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Record 2 2006-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Problemas sociales
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Record 3 2005-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
OBS

A mammal of the family Soricidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
OBS

Musaraigne d'Amérique du Nord, de la famille des Soricidae, et de l'ordre des insectivores.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
DEF

One that is homeless and usually penniless and leads a largely vagrant life often by choice and that occasionally works at odd jobs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
DEF

Personne sans domicile ni occupation fixes.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
DEF

derelict : a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.

DEF

down-and-outer: a person who is without any money, or means of support ... destitute; penniless

DEF

vagrant : a person who wanders from place to place without a regular job, supporting himself by begging, etc. ;... vagabond.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
DEF

Personne misérable, pauvre [...] perdue, égarée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Problemas sociales
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Record 6 1994-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
OBS

Questions of vocabulary :"laplacian, ""benign, "or "settled" vs. "vagrant". Again, new terms become indispensable. Let me hereby recommend settled as(a) a synonym of what mathematicians call "stationary and such that X(t) converges to B(t), "and(b) a term for the intuitive idea certain practitioners tend to call "stationarity". The alternative antonyms would be unsettled and vagrant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
DEF

Qui se déplace de façon désordonnée.

PHR

corps vagabond, ensemble non vagabond, attractif vagabond, mobile vagabond, point vagabond, point non vagabond.

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

a beetle of the family Histeridae.

OBS

There are five groups of insects that colonize dead flesh. First, there are those(fleas or lice) on the body prior to death. Flies and carrion beetles, are next attracted to the corpse. Third are the predators and parasites of the scavengers such as histerid beetles, rover wasps, and flies. Then there are generalist feeders, such as wasps, and ants. Last, there are the vagrant species, such as spiders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
OBS

nom générique des escarbots

OBS

type de la famille des histéridés

OBS

Répartis sur tout le globe, ces insectes sont noirs, luisants, parfois variés de rouge. Ils vivent dans les cadavres, les fumiers, les bouses; certains volent autour des arbres pour dévorer les larves d'autres insectes; d'autres se tiennent dans les fourmilières.

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
OBS

(loi sur l'immigration)

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux

Spanish

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