Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Milit.: An intrenchment or foss made by the besieged behind a breach, with a view to defense.
- noun A passage cut through the glacis in the reëntering angle of the covered way, to facilitate sallies or the besieged.
- noun In mathematics, a cutting of a Riemann's surface.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Fort.) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
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- noun fortification A
passage cut through theglacis to facilitatesallies by thebesieged .
Etymologies
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Thomas S. Kuhn used Bachelard's notion of "epistemological rupture" (coupure or rupture épistémologique) as re-interpreted by Alexandre Koyré to develop his theory of paradigm shifts; Althusser, Georges Canguilhem (his successor at the Sorbonne) and Michel Foucault also drew upon Bachelard's epistemology.
Archive 2009-07-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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Thomas S. Kuhn used Bachelard's notion of "epistemological rupture" (coupure or rupture épistémologique) as re-interpreted by Alexandre Koyré to develop his theory of paradigm shifts; Althusser, Georges Canguilhem (his successor at the Sorbonne) and Michel Foucault also drew upon Bachelard's epistemology.
No rupture in Bachelard’s popularity Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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N'hesitez pas a cliker sur "semaine derniere" pour lire ma derniere note de la semaine concernant une coupure de courant de 7h00 qui a fait s'arreter la vie de mon quartier!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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Ou coupure generale a cause d'une fuite de gaz aussi ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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Meme le vocabulaire est bousculé pendant une coupure de couran!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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Desolé donc pour la grosse coupure en plein milieu!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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coupure d'eau, tout est sec. ça manque vite l'eau dans la vie de tous les jours.
no time for draw lilasvb 2009
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J'eus le plaisir d'apercevoir que ma petite prisonnière n'avait d'autre mal qu'une coupure legere que lui avail faite au visage le même fer qui avail percé sa mére. "
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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