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Record 1 2013-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
CONT

Whether there is truly a discontinuity between the tropical species ... which must ... grow at once or die, and the annuals, which will withstand at least some dry storage, is not known. The former has been described as "recalcitrant," the latter as "orthodox."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale

Spanish

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

[Dícese de todo aquello] aplicado a semillas, incapaz de sobrevivir al secado y posterior almacenamiento a baja temperatura.

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Record 2 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • Phraseology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Phraséologie

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

intractable theory problem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Qualifie un problème difficile sinon impossible à résoudre parce qu'on ne lui a pas encore trouvé d'algorithme de résolution.

OBS

L'emprunt «intractable» est à éviter. L'usage a déjà consacré «problème difficilement résolvable». «problème récalcitrant» et «problème insoluble».

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
OBS

of a respondent

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
OBS

(en parlant d'un répondant)

Spanish

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