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Record 1 2020-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Tectonics
CONT

The fracture of a ridge should be preceded by a "bulging" of the unfractured plate.

CONT

... the Hauraki Graben may have been an area of thermal up-doming prior to the grabens formation.

OBS

bulge; up-doming: designations used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • updoming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
  • Tectonique
CONT

La rupture d'une crête doit être précédée d'un «bombement» de la plaque non fracturée.

OBS

bombement; renflement; soulèvement en dôme : désignations en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Bulging of interspaces may occur in a massive pleural effusion, tension pneumothorax, and frequently is seen during the forced expiration of the patient with emphysema or asthma. Occasionally, bulging may be noted in the thoracic wall as the result of tumor, aortic aneurysm, or marked cardiac enlargement in infancy and childhood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Dilatation de tout ou partie d'un hémithorax, produite le plus souvent par un grand épanchement pleural liquidien ou gazeux (pneumothorax). La saillie est en général visible à la simple inspection, les espaces intercostaux sont élargis, et l'appendice xyphoïde est dévié du côté malade. La voussure peut être localisée à la région sous-claviculaire dans certaines tumeurs pleuro-pulmonaires, ou à la base du thorax dans les volumineuses hypertrophies du foie ou de la rate.

OBS

voussure : terme privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Preservation and Canning
CONT

Swells are due to the production of gas by micro-organisms, either from lack of sterilization or by contamination through a leak.

CONT

Swells may be so mild as to barely distend the ends of the can, or so strong as to cause the cans to burst.

OBS

The term "puffer" has the same significance as "swell" and is used more particularly among meat canners than among the canners of fruits or vegetables.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie
DEF

Gonflement des parois d'un emballage, notamment les boîtes de conserve.

CONT

Les degrés du bombage varient du léger au sévère [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Conservación de los alimentos y elaboración de conservas
CONT

Latas con cualquier signo de hinchamiento: el abombamiento puede producirse por varias razones; bien debido a la formación de gas al alterarse la conserva, debido al hidrógeno existente como consecuencia de una reacción entre el contenido y el envase, por un llenado excesivo, o a causa de un vacío insuficiente.

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Record 4 2001-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
  • Structural Testing (Materials)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
  • Contrôle structural des matériaux
DEF

Déformation d'un mur qui, sous l'effet d'une charge devient bombé.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Forming
DEF

Expanding the walls of a cup, shell, or tube with an internally expanded segmented punch or a punch composed of air, liquids, or semiliquids such as waxes, rubber, and other elastomers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formage des métaux

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens and Baking (Ceramics)
  • Pottery
DEF

Distortion during firing in which the sides of the ware swell outwards. Due to faulty placing in the kiln; faulty casting (too thin); faulty body mixture, either in calculation or poor materials; faulty design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et cuisson (Céramique industrielle)
  • Poteries

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
OBS

ponceau

Spanish

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