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DEMOSTRACION [2 records]

Record 1 2019-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Tactics
DEF

A movement, positioning or manoeuvre of forces, with the intent of deceiving or deterring, that does not involve engagement.

OBS

demonstration; demo: designations and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board; designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

demonstration: designation standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tactique militaire
DEF

Mouvement, positionnement ou manœuvre de forces, dont le but est de tromper ou de dissuader, sans qu'il y ait d'engagement.

OBS

démonstration; démo : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées et le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense; désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

démonstration : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Táctica militar
DEF

Ataque o despliegue de fuerza en un frente, en el que no se realiza la acción decisiva, llevado a cabo con la finalidad de engañar al enemigo.

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Record 2 2000-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sales (Marketing)
  • Scientific Information
CONT

Retail demonstrations are an important means of attracting attention to a product. Nothing is better for most products than actually showing them in use.

OBS

for "demo" : short for demonstration (in any of several meanings): (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vente
  • Information scientifique
DEF

Action de montrer, d'expliquer par des expériences faites sous les yeux de l'assistance les données d'une science, le fonctionnement d'un appareil.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ventas (Comercialización)
  • Información científica
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