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TWIN [7 records]

Record 1 2017-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Two nodes which are children of the same parents.

Key term(s)
  • daughter
  • sibling
  • twin
  • child

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Nœuds issus d'un même père.

Key term(s)
  • sœur
  • frère

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
DEF

Dos nodos que proceden del mismo padre.

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Record 2 2005-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tourist Lodging
  • Pricing Methods (Hotels)
DEF

A room occupied by two persons and having two single beds.

Key term(s)
  • twin-bed accommodation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hébergement (Tourisme)
  • Tarification (Hôtellerie)
DEF

Chambre comportant des lits jumeaux et prévue pour accueillir deux personnes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alojamiento (Turismo)
  • Tarificación (Hotelería)
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Record 3 2004-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

[An] intergrowth of two or more single crystals of the same mineral in a mathematically describable manner, so that some lattices are parallel whereas others are in reversed position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Les cristaux présentent entre eux des orientations variées, ou des aspects nouveaux qui paraissent être dus à l'accolement ou à l'interpénétration de deux cristaux identiques. Ces aspects nouveaux s'appellent macles.

CONT

La nature des cristaux [de ciment] formés et leur faculté de s'assembler en macles [...] ont une importance capitale au point de vue de la valeur des bétons.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Conjunto formado por dos o más cristales que han crecido unidos, dispuestos simétricamente respecto a una cara común [...]

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Record 4 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
DEF

A well drilled on the same location as and closely offsetting another well but producing from a different zone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Extraction du pétrole et du gaz naturel
DEF

[Puits] foré en face d'un puits de la concession adjacente; [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
DEF

(Semicond. 4386). Double crystal in which one part has a structure that is the mirror image of that in another, about a twin-plane boundary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)
OBS

(Semicond. 4386). (Acta, p. 110).

Spanish

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Record 6 1978-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

To unite (two crystals) according to some definite law so as to form a twin crystal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Se disposer en macle, en parlant des cristaux.

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glass Industry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du verre
OBS

Comité d'étude des termes techniques français (CETTF, nº 49, p. 25)

Spanish

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