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FINE-GRAINED [6 records]

Record 1 2006-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
PHR

Fine grained deposit, ore, sulphide.

Key term(s)
  • fine-grained

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Minéraux d'oxyde de fer de granulométrie fine.

PHR

Dépôt, sulfure à grain fin.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Said of a crystalline or glassy rock, and of its texture, in which the individual minerals are relatively small.

OBS

Specifically said of an igneous rock whose particles have an average diameter less than 1 mm (0.04 in.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Une variété [de gneiss] à grain fin, pauvre en éléments noirs avec prédominance du feldspath, plus ou moins chargée en grains roses de grenat, est la leptynite, roche fréquente dans notre Massif Central.

CONT

Granite à grain fin [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Said of a sediment or sedimentary rock, and of its texture, in which the individual constituents are too small to distinguish with the unaided eye.

OBS

Specifically said of a sediment or rock whose particles have an average diameter less than 1/16 mm (62 microns, or silt size and smaller).

CONT

... fine-grained clastic sediments.

OBS

As opposed to "coarse-grained."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Architecture des roches sédimentaires. [...] Enfin, le grain est l'expression de la dimension moyenne des éléments des roches. En première approximation, on dit souvent que l'on a affaire à une roche à grain grossier, à grain moyen, à grain fin. Mais ces expressions ne sont que relatives.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Vegetable Crop Production
OBS

e.g. fine-grained broccoli

Key term(s)
  • fine grained broccoli

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Production légumière
OBS

p. ex. pomme de chou-fleur à grain fin

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

sélection fine des granules de connaissances

Spanish

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Record 6 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

Characterized by comparatively fine graininess.

OBS

Used of a photographic image or photographic emulsion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Se dit d'une émulsion photographique dans laquelle le pouvoir résolvant est relativement élevé (120 lignes par mm pour fixer les idées).

Spanish

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