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Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
CONT

It is uncommon to make ovals [through rolling - a cold metalworking process] to predetermined mechanical-property requirements, but if it is necessary to do so, the procedure suggested for half ovals should be used with the appropriate value for the final oval cross-sectional area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Mining Operations
  • Cartography
DEF

... a vertical section drawn at right angles to the longer axis of a geological feature ...

CONT

The cross section of a fold drawn at right angles to the fold axis.

CONT

The Crystal Lake intrusion in Ontario ... is dyke-like in plan ... and canoe-shaped in cross-section.

OBS

As opposed to the verb, the noun "cross section" is not hyphenated. However, this rule seems to be ignored by some authors.

PHR

Finished cross-section.

PHR

Vertical cross-section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Exploitation minière
  • Cartographie
CONT

L'intrusion de Crystal Lake en Ontario [...] en plan [...] a la forme d'un dyke [...] et, en coupe, elle adopte la forme d'un canot.

PHR

Coupe verticale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Investigaciones y prospecciones geológicas
  • Explotación minera
  • Cartografía
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Record 3 2003-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bioengineering
  • Biotechnology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technique biologique
  • Biotechnologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioingeniería
  • Biotecnología
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Record 4 2002-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

[Chez un Lamellibranche, section] perpendiculaire à la coquille et tangente à une strie d'accroissement; [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

Of wood, the surface exposed by cross-cutting.

Key term(s)
  • cross section

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Surface plane du bois révélée par une coupe transversale.

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Section of a stream at right angles to the main (average) direction of flow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Section du cours d'eau perpendiculaire à la direction principale (moyenne) de l'écoulement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Sección de una corriente de agua perpendicular a la dirección principal (media) del flujo.

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Record 7 1994-07-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
Key term(s)
  • cross-section

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
OBS

Description de terrains.

OBS

Source(s) : Town of Grandview c. Doering, [1976] 2 R.C.S. [Recueil des arrêts de la Cour suprême] 621.

Spanish

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Record 8 1991-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
DEF

A diagram or drawing representing a cut at right angles to an axis.

OBS

Also refers to a view or section independently of a drawing or diagram.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
DEF

Représentation, dessin de quelque chose qu'on suppose coupé par un plan dans le sens de la largeur.

CONT

Moment d'inertie flexionnelle de la section droite d'un tube.

Spanish

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Record 9 1983-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Imaging
OBS

Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imagerie médicale

Spanish

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