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Record 1 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
DEF

De droite à gauche.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

The host rocks follow a sinistral fold pattern ...

PHR

Left-hand displacement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Se dit d'un plissement qui a un pas à gauche.

PHR

Déplacement senestre.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

Left-handed; coiled in a left-hand spiral, in a counterclockwise manner; said of snails having the aperture on the left side of the shell facing the observer when the apex is held upward;

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

[Qualifie un] gastropode dont l'ouverture se trouve du côté gauche (c'est-à-dire à gauche de la columelle) lorsque le test est disposé apex en haut et ouverture face à l'observateur. L'enroulement des tours se fait dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d'une montre.

Spanish

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