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Record 1 2006-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

Dextral folding.

CONT

Dextral transgression.

CONT

Dextral transcurrent fault.

CONT

Dextral strike-slip fault.

CONT

Right-hand displacement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Se dit d'un plissement qui possède un pas à droite.

CONT

Transgression dextre.

CONT

Faille de coulissage dextre.

CONT

Déplacement dextre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

... coiled in a right-hand spiral in a clockwise manner; said of snails having the aperture on the right side of the shell facing the observer when the apex is held upward.

OBS

Opposite of sinistral.

PHR

Dextral gastropod shell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

[Qualifie un] gastropode dont l'ouverture se trouve du côté droit (c'est-à-dire à droite de la columelle) lorsque le test est disposé apex en haut et l'ouverture face à l'observateur.

OBS

En regardant le test dans son axe longitudinal et au dessus du sommet, les tours s'enroulent dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre.

OBS

Antonyme : senestre.

Spanish

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