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CUP-SHAPED [2 records]

Record 1 2001-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Plant Biology
OBS

Said of a flower, for example

OBS

The adjective "cupulate" is also used in botany (but not in paleontology".

Key term(s)
  • cupulate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Biologie végétale
OBS

Par exemple fleur cupuliforme, c'est-à-dire en forme de coupe.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Casting and Patternmaking (Metal Processing)
CONT

pouring gate or basin: the widened cup-shaped opening or depression into which the molten metal is first poured. It is located at the top of the assembly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Moulage et modelage des métaux
CONT

(...) d'autres éléments indispensables au moulage: les noyaux; le trou de coulée, en forme d'entonnoir, pour recevoir le métal en fusion.

Spanish

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