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TRANSVERSE FRACTURE [2 records]

Record 1 2015-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
  • Radiography (Medicine)
DEF

[A] fracture in which the fracture line is at right angles to the long axis of the bone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
DEF

Fracture perpendiculaire à l'axe longitudinal de l'os lésé.

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Geophysics
  • Tectonics
DEF

These features are described by Ménard (1964) as being narrow linear bands, less mountainous than the surrounding bottom, separating two regions of different depths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Géophysique
  • Tectonique
DEF

Ces accidents sont décrits par Ménard (1964) comme de longues bandes étroites linéaires, moins montagneuses que les fonds environnants, séparant deux régions de profondeurs différentes.

Spanish

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