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OCULUS [3 records]

Record 1 2016-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Animal Biology
  • The Eye
Universal entry(ies)
oculus
Latin
A01.1.00.007
classification system code, see observation
OBS

eye: term derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A01.1.00.007: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Biologie animale
  • Oeil
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
oculus
Latin
A01.1.00.007
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Organe périphérique de la vision formant une image optique du monde extérieur et la transformant en impulsions nerveuses.

OBS

œil : La forme au pluriel est «yeux».

OBS

œil : terme dérivé de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A01.1.00.007 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Key term(s)
  • yeux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Biología animal
  • Ojo
Entrada(s) universal(es)
oculus
Latin
A01.1.00.007
classification system code, see observation
CONT

El ojo es un órgano que ha evolucionado para la finalidad de detectar la luz. Se compone de un sistema sensible a los cambios de luz, capaz de transformar éstos en impulsos eléctricos.

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Record 2 2014-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

A small round or, more usually, oval window as in the Salon de l'Oeil de Boeuf at Versailles. There are three ranges of them in the dome of St. Peter's, Rome.

DEF

Fixed oval [or round] window, generally with surrounding moldings and ornaments, often found on Colonial Revival Houses.

CONT

The Collegio dei Nobili rises in three main storeys, the ground floor lost a little in confusion, but the windows of the two upper floors showing his favourite device since his monastery for the Theatines at Messines, of lifting the arms of the broken pediments above his windows in order to hold and excuse the oeil-de-boeuf openings in the mezzanine floor above them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Lucarne, fenêtre ronde ou ovale pratiquée dans la partie supérieure d'un édifice ou dans un mur.

OBS

Pluriel : des œils(-)de(-)bœuf.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos arquitectónicos
  • Puertas, ventanas y aberturas (Elementos de edificios)
DEF

Ventana redonda u ovalada.

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Record 3 2006-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
  • Architectural Elements
DEF

Any of several architectural elements resembling an eye.

OBS

A small window that is circular or oval in shape, such as an oeil-de-boeuf window ... is an oculus. The round opening at the top of some domes, or cupolas, is also an oculus ...

OBS

The plural is "oculi."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Éléments d'architecture
DEF

Petite ouverture de forme circulaire, ménagée dans un mur ou au sommet d'une coupole.

OBS

Pluriel : des oculus.

OBS

oculus (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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