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FOLIATE [3 records]

Record 1 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Consisting of thin (leaflike) laminae of a mineral substance.

CONT

The most abundant variety of anorthosite ... is massive, but some parts are distinctly layered and foliated.

PHR

Foliated rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Constitué de lames minces superposées.

CONT

Roche feuilletée, roche qui se divise en feuillets.

CONT

La variété d'anorthosite la plus abondante [...] est surtout massive, mais des parties sont distinctement stratifiées et foliées.

PHR

Roche foliée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

De estructura laminar o semejante a la de una hoja.

CONT

Esquisto foliáceo.

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Record 2 1994-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
DEF

To number the leaves of (a book...).

OBS

A minutes of meetings register, for example.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
  • coter
DEF

Marquer d'une cote ([...] les pages d'un registre).

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Botany
DEF

Heaved, elothed with leaves ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Botanique
DEF

Muni de feuilles, feuillé.

Spanish

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