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HETEROSTROPHIC [2 records]

Record 1 2000-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
CONT

L'expérimentation numérique de la turbulence : un domaine consommateur, par excellence, d'images de synthèse. On voit ici la formation de couples dits hétérostrophiques dans un écoulement turbulent à deux dimensions.

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The term] heterostrophic [is used to describe the] condition of a [gastropod] protoconch when [the] whorls appear to be coiled in [the] opposite direction to those of [the] teleoconch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Une coquille embryonnaire de Gastéropode est dite] hétérostrophe [lorsque] l'enroulement est sénestre avec son axe perpendiculaire à celui de la coquille adulte qui est dextre.

Spanish

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