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PERIODE CREUSE [4 records]

Record 1 1998-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

"slack": Of work, etc.: Not brisk or active. [For example:] A slack season in which many workmen remain unemployed. ... There would be a slack three weeks between two of the fruit crops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

«heure creuse, jour creux, période creuse» : heure, jour, période où l'activité est réduite.

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Call Distribution Systems
  • Telephone Metering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distributeurs d'appels (Téléphonie)
  • Téléphonométrie

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tourism (General)
CONT

[The British Tourist Authority] also [ainsi] to improve traffic in off-peak periods which relieves congestion and improves profitability of tourism services.

OBS

OACI/ICAO, juin 73, p. 20.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tourisme (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 4 1984-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
DEF

Period in which a satellite remains on station in space or in orbit with as many subsystems as possible switched off until reactivated by Earth command.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace

Spanish

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