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LAMINAIRE [4 records]

Record 1 2004-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Arranged in or composed of plates; consisting of thin plates or layers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Composé de lamelles parallèles [...]

CONT

chaux carbonatée laminaire

CONT

célestine laminaire ou lamellaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Que consta de laminillas dispuestas paralelamente.

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Record 2 2001-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
CONT

Dry laminaria stipes have long been used in obstetrics to dilate the cervix and were known as "Laminaria tents".

Key term(s)
  • laminaria sponge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
CONT

Le laminaire. Il n'est plus guère utilisé. Il s'agit d'une tige d'un matériau naturel, une algue marine ou synthétique, qui a la propriété de gonfler en s'imbibant des sécrétions cervicales.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Algae
DEF

A brown alga, Hedophyllum sessile, of the North Pacific, characterized, by a compact mass of fronds resembling a cabbage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Algues
DEF

Algue marine brune de l'ordre des Laminariales, constituée d'une fronde en forme de lame, d'une tige cylindrique ou stipe et de crampons qui la fixent au substrat.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Algas
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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Rheology
  • Lubrication Technology
DEF

of, relating to or characteristic of streamline flow: laminar.

CONT

laminar flow in a hydraulic system is smooth and streamlined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Rhéologie
  • Tribologie
CONT

sans précautions spéciales, l'écoulement d'un fluide dans une telle conduite n'est laminaire que pour le nombre de Reynolds plus petit que 2000 environ.

Spanish

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