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CONFIDENCE [9 records]

Record 1 2011-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
  • Human Behaviour
PHR

To chip at an opponent's, gain, lack, lose, play havoc with one's confidence.

PHR

Confidence is dwindling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
  • Comportement humain
PHR

Acquérir de la, être en, miner la confiance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
  • Comportamiento humano
CONT

[...] un buen globo a tiempo puede minar la confianza del más pintado.

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Record 2 2005-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Laws and Legal Documents
CONT

Confidences of Queen's Privy Council for Canada. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no confidence of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada in respect of which subsection 39(1) of the Canada Evidence Act applies shall be disclosed or made available to any person.

Key term(s)
  • confidences

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit environnemental
  • Lois et documents juridiques fédéraux
Key term(s)
  • renseignements confidentiels

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

The subject of confidence is just as big for the horse as for the human (both need to have confidence). Confidence for the horse translates to trust ... If it does not have confidence it will be safe, the horse will instinctively begin to fend and look out for itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 4 2000-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A measure of the confidence placed by a user or expert system in the validity of a proposition, hypothesis, or inferential rule.

DEF

The degree of confidence one has in a fact or relationship. As used in AI, this contrasts with probability, which is the likelihood that an event will occur.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Degré de confiance accordé à un fait ou une relation. Dans les systèmes experts, comme MYCIN, des facteurs de certitude sont utilisés.

CONT

coefficient de certitude : poids associé à une règle de production et traduisant la confiance que l'on a dans les conclusions provisoires. Concept différent du degré de probabilité.

CONT

A la différence du concept de probabilité qui concerne les chances qu'un événement ait lieu, la certitude concerne le bien fondé d'un fait, d'une relation ou d'une conclusion.

OBS

Dans certains textes, "certitude" et "confiance" sont associées aux relations tandis que "vraisemblance" et "plausibilité" sont plus souvent associées aux faits.

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
  • Government Accounting
DEF

The probability that the sample will be sufficiently representative to give the auditor the assurance that the population does not contain more than the specified number of errors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Probabilité que le sondage soit assez représentatif pour que le vérificateur ait la certitude que la population ne contient pas plus d'erreurs que le nombre prévu.

Spanish

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Record 8 1990-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
OBS

Vocabulaire de la recherche sur les traitements.

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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