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PYRAMIDAL [3 records]

Record 1 2003-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

... [refers to a corallite] shaped like a pyramid, with angular edges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[...] un polypier [de Tétracoralliaire est dit] "pyramidale lorsqu'il [est] fait en pyramide [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
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Record 2 2003-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Having the symmetry of a "pyramid" .... An open crystal form consisting of three, four, six, eight, or twelve nonparallel faces that meet at a point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
OBS

[...] les faces principales ou prédominantes se rencontrent en pointes opposées; les cristaux ont un aspect de pyramide, simple ou double.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
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Record 3 2003-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
OBS

Pyramid-shaped.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
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