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commissure [5 records]

Record 1 2010-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Handwriting Analysis and Cryptography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Graphologie et cryptographie
CONT

Les panses du «B», triangulaires, sont liées. La commissure est anguleuse, évasée et ne rejoint pas le fût.

OBS

commissure : terme tiré d'une analyse comparative d'écritures manuscrites effectuée par le Laboratoire de police scientifique de Paris.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other in the brain or spinal cord.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Faisceau de fibres nerveuses joignant deux structures, dans le cerveau ou dans la moelle épinière.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
CONT

Cardinals have powerful jaws, and in most species the cutting edge is angled at the base of the lower mandible for cracking the hardest shells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
CONT

Leurs mâchoires sont puissantes et la plupart des espèces ont une saillie tranchante près de la base de la mandibule, ce qui leur permet de briser les écales les plus dures.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Plant Biology
DEF

A bridge between 2 organs, or parts of organs; a junction between 2 cells; ... a general term for any seam or joint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Biologie végétale
OBS

Ligne en surface d'union de deux organes.

Spanish

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Record 5 1977-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The] commissure [is the] Line of junction between [the] edges or margins of [brachiopod] valves (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) Le contact des deux bords palléaux [des valves d'un brachiopode] forme la commissure.

Spanish

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