abrupt action

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• abrupt — abrupt, e [ abrypt ] adj. et n. m. • 1512; lat. abruptus, de rumpere « rompre » 1 ♦ Dont la pente est quasi verticale (comme rompue). ⇒ accore, escarpé, 5. pic (à). « L abrupt rocher de la Sainte Victoire » (Barrès). Versant abrupt d une montagne …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Abrupt climate change — See also: Runaway climate change and Avoiding dangerous climate change An abrupt climate change occurs when the climate system is forced to transition to a new state at a rate that is determined by the climate system itself, and which is… …   Wikipedia

• abrupt — adjective Etymology: Latin abruptus, from past participle of abrumpere to break off, from ab + rumpere to break more at reave Date: 1530 1. a. characterized by or involving action or change without preparation or warning ; unexpected …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• abrupt — [[t]əbrʌ̱pt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED An abrupt change or action is very sudden, often in a way which is unpleasant. Rosie s idyllic world came to an abrupt end when her parents marriage broke up... The recession brought an abrupt halt to this happiness …   English dictionary

• Individual and political action on climate change — can take many forms, most of which have the ultimate goal of limiting and/or reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, toward avoiding dangerous climate change. Contents 1 Political action 2 Protest movements 3 …   Wikipedia

• Conference for Progressive Political Action — The Conference for Progressive Political Action was officially established by the convention call of the 16 major railway labor unions in the United States, represented by a committee of six: William H. Johnston of the Machinists Union, Martin F …   Wikipedia

• Edward Hicks — (April 14, 1780 – August 23, 1849) was an American Folk painter, a distinguished minister of the Society of Friends, and he also became a Quaker icon because of his paintings. Life and careerEdward Hicks was born in his grandfather s mansion at… …   Wikipedia

• Faqir of Ipi — born Mirza Ali Khan (Urdu/Pashto: مرزا علی خان) (born 1897, died 1960) was a Pashtun from today s North Waziristan Pakistan, Federally Administrated Tribal Areas. His followers addressed him as Haji Sahib (or Respected Pilgrim). The village of… …   Wikipedia

• работа скачками — — [Я.Н.Лугинский, М.С.Фези Жилинская, Ю.С.Кабиров. Англо русский словарь по электротехнике и электроэнергетике, Москва, 1999 г.] Тематики электротехника, основные понятия EN abrupt action …   Справочник технического переводчика

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium