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FLINTY [4 records]

Record 1 2011-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
PHR

Flinty ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
DEF

Qui contient beaucoup de silice.

PHR

Terre siliceuse.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Agricultural Economics
DEF

Said of grains of corn which consist of hard, translucent endosperm.

OBS

e.g. flinty grains of corn, as opposed to dent corn

OBS

Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Économie agricole
DEF

Se dit d'un grain de maïs extrêmement dur et ferme.

OBS

Il s'agit d'un caractère du grain de maïs, par opposition à «denté».

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Economía agrícola
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Record 3 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Resembling flint in hardness or fracture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Qui a l'aspect d'un silex.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Composed of flint ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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