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HARSH [5 records]

Record 1 2022-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
DEF

Having a texture or weave that is not smooth, soft or fine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
DEF

Se dit d'une étoffe qui est rude au toucher.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Food Industries
DEF

Describes the primary taste produced by dilute aqueous solutions of most acid substances (for example, citric acid, tartaric acid).

OBS

acid: Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Qualifie la saveur élémentaire provoquée par des solutions aqueuses diluées de la plupart des corps acides (par exemple acides citrique, tartrique)

OBS

acide : Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO et par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química analítica
  • Industria alimentaria
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Record 3 2003-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Harsh judge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Juge sévère.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Traducción (Generalidades)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 4 1999-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
DEF

A "green" or "hard" wine with excessive tannin, carried to an extreme.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

Qualifie un vin dont l'astringence est excessive et relativement désagréable, rendant le vin rugueux et dur.

CONT

Un vin âpre est désagréable à la dégustation. Il est à la fois rude, donnant l'impression de râper la langue au passage, et très astringent, comme s'il crispait l'ensemble des muqueuses.

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
  • Pigments and Colours (Arts)
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
OBS

A colour is: harsh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
  • Pigments et couleurs (Arts)
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
CONT

Une couleur dure, crue; un vert dur, cru.

Spanish

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