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INTERGRADE [3 records]

Record 1 2006-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Geology
OBS

To merge gradually one with another through a continuous series of intermediate forms, kinds, types.

OBS

In marine deposits, salt, potash, gypsum, and anhydrite beds intergrade with one another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Géologie
OBS

Dans les dépôts évaporitiques d'origine marine, les couches de sel, de potasse, de gypse et d'anhydrite passent progressivement de l'un à l'autre.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
DEF

A soil that possesses moderately well-developed distinguishing characteristics of two or more genetically related taxa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
DEF

Sol moyennement formé possédant les caractéristiques distinctives d'au moins deux taxons apparentés.

Spanish

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Record 3 1978-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
CONT

The great groups [of soils] are subdivided into subgroups that show the central properties of the great group, intergrade subgroups that show properties of more than one great group, and other subgroups for soils with atypical properties that are not characteristic of any great group.

OBS

intergrade (N): an intermediate or transitional form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
CONT

Les intermédiaires entre les classes, dits «intergrades», c'est-à-dire les sols qui relèvent de plusieurs processus évolutifs de base, ont une place importante : plusieurs sous-classes sont définies par leur caractère intergrade.

Spanish

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