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41Shifting balance — La théorie du Shifting Balance ou Shifting balance de Wright est une théorie évolutive de génétique des populations qui a été élaborée par Sewall Wright. Elle permet d expliquer l évolution des petites populations par l influence combinée de la… …
42shifting agriculture — /ʃɪftɪŋ ˈægrəkʌltʃə/ (say shifting agruhkulchuh) noun a form of agriculture in which an area of land is cleared and cultivated, and after a period of time abandoned for a fresh area, for a variety of reasons ranging from deliberate fallowing to… …
43shifting clause — In a settlement at common law, a clause by which some other mode of devolution is substituted for that primarily prescribed. Examples of shifting clauses are: The ordinary name and arms clause, and the clause of less frequent occurrence by which… …
44Shifting use — Use Use, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus, to use. See {Use}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one s service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment;… …
45shifting executory interest — noun A third party interest in an estate in land created by the conditions of a grant wherein the grantor gives the land to a second party, but with the occurrence of a condition divesting the second party of the land in favor of the third party …
46Shifting Cultivation — Shif|ting Cul|ti|va|tion [ ʃiftiŋ kʌlti veiʃn] die; <aus gleichbed. engl. shifting cultivation, eigtl. »sich verschiebender Feldbau«> Wanderfeldbau [nomadisierender Völker] …
47shifting sands — If the sands are shifting, circumstances are changing. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
48shifting sands — used for emphasizing that something changes very frequently, making it difficult to deal with or make plans about the shifting sands of fashion …
49Shifting sands — If the sands are shifting, circumstances are changing …
50shifting spanner — /ˈʃɪftɪŋ spænə/ (say shifting spanuh) noun an adjustable spanner used for nuts and bolts. Also, Chiefly Eastern States, shifter; Chiefly WA and Tasmania, crescent spanner …
