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SIMPLE [9 records]

Record 1 2006-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

Se dit d'une cyme comportant une seule branche.

CONT

Cyme unipare.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

Descriptive of a pistil organized from a single carpel and therefore one-celled with a single style and stigma.

OBS

The term is also applied to the ovary alone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

Of one piece or series.

OBS

Opposed to compound.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Qui n'est pas composé.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
  • Federal Administration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
  • Administration fédérale
CONT

Simple signifie que la conception et l'administration de la classification sont changées pour étayer un moyen plus direct et plus efficient de décrire et d'évaluer le travail.

CONT

La Norme générale de classification doit être simple, universelle et non sexiste.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

Sens "trim, not ornate" du Webster.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

Synonyme de "no-frills" ("sans superflu"), avec insistance sur un aspect différent de la même réalité.

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing
CONT

a simple direct attack is an action into the line of engagement while a simple indirect attack is an action into the opposite line of engagement. Both actions involve a single blade movement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime
OBS

[la riposte] est simple, indirecte, quand elle s'exécute par dégagement, contre-dégagement ou par coupé

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
DEF

... the word means the cords of a drawloom which are suspended vertically from the tail cords to the floor and to which the lashes are attached.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
DEF

ensemble des cordes verticales tendues sur le pied à lire, pour la préparation des cartons destinés à la mécanique Jacquard.

Spanish

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Record 8 1991-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

principles of simple pilot-navigation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

les principes de la navigation à vue élémentaire

Spanish

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Record 9 1980-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
OBS

Bow characterized by one curvature only (Fig. 9).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
OBS

Voilement caractérisé par une seule courbure (Fig. 9).

Spanish

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