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TWIG [5 records]

Record 1 2018-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
  • Sociology of Work
OBS

[Mandate. To] conduct research on Toronto's workforce development trends, gaps and opportunities and report [the] findings to the public ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux
  • Sociologie du travail

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Horticulture
DEF

A small offshoot from a branch or stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Horticulture
DEF

brindille : menue branche

DEF

ramille : chacune des plus petites et dernières divisions d'un rameau

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Horticultura
DEF

Rama pequeña.

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Record 3 2002-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 4 1989-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
CONT

Add twig with directed arrows to identify sub-causes to the main cause.

OBS

In a "cause effect diagram".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)

Spanish

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Record 5 1985-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

Each of the successful branches of the animal kingdom, for example, the insects, the tetrapods, the birds, is a product of such a shift.

CONT

I placed some advanced cynodonts in a diagram on a sterile branch, merely to indicate the distribution in time of certain specimens that were featured in the analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Ils ne représentent cependant pas un pont entre les Captorhinomorphes et les Sauroptérygiens, mais un rameau indépendant sans rapport avec ceux-ci [...]

CONT

Ainsi, les Aeduellidés sont à un stade d'évolution équivalent à peu près à celui atteint par les Parasemionotidae; mais on ne peut pas les ranger dans cette famille, car ils représentent un rameau ayant évolué dans une voie sensiblement différente.

Spanish

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