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QUADRUPLET [2 records]

Record 1 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations Research and Management
  • Artificial Intelligence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Un élément d'information sera défini comme un quadruplet (attribut, objet, valeur, confiance).

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

In figure skating, the toe loop (jump) of four rotations.

CONT

The pioneer spirit comes through in Browning's description of his famous quad, the toe loop of four rotations he was the first to land in competition during the 1988 world championships.

OBS

This is a neologism of meaning (de sens). A new meaning has been given to a word that already exists. However, the meaning of the word has been restricted to refer to a specific idea (restriction de sens). "Quad" is really short for "quadruplet" which means "a combination of four of a kind" (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary). Therefore, the word "quadruplet" has been clipped (troncation) to the short form "quad" which has been given a new but restricted meaning in the field of figure skating.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts
CONT

Surya Bonaly, en réalisant le premier quadruple saut de l'histoire du patinage féminin, est entrée dans les annales et a fini cinquième sur les talons de Midori Ito.

CONT

Il a exécuté huit triples-sauts, et trois combinaisons triples-triples-sauts. Il n'a pas tenté le quadruple-saut qu'il avait planifié.

Spanish

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