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CONCAVE [8 records]

Record 1 2005-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
OBS

Markedly concave (depressed) lateral profile of the head, usual on Arab horses. ... The dish being the indentation itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
OBS

Profil du chanfrein, habituel chez le cheval arabe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 2 2000-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
DEF

Pièce d'usure revêtant intérieurement la cuve d'un concasseur giratoire.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Curving inward; dished in.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Incurvé vers l'intérieur.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General
DEF

A term meaning pressed, forged or beaten into a dish-like shape.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale

Spanish

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Record 5 1987-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Differential and Integral Calculus
CONT

an arc of a curve y=f(x) is called concave downward if, at each of its points, the arc lies below the tangent at the point ... and f"(x)<0. Source: Ayres, Calculus, p. 43).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Calcul différentiel et intégral
OBS

convexe vers les y<=0 : Source : Lesieur et Lefebvre, Mathématiques, Collection U Armand Colin, t. 2 (1967) p. 67, 71 no 18 et 74 no 18.

Spanish

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Record 6 1982-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Man-Made Construction Materials
  • Plastic Materials
OBS

Arborite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction artificiels
  • Matières plastiques
OBS

Arborite.

Spanish

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Record 7 1981-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel

Spanish

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Record 8 1978-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Botany
DEF

Hollow, as the inside of a saucer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Botanique
DEF

[Se dit d'une] feuille ou pétale à face supérieure concave.

Spanish

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