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Record 1 2019-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Woodworking
DEF

Deviation of the grain from the longitudinal axis of a piece of wood or from the stem axis of a tree.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Travail du bois
CONT

Le fil tranché (fil qui diverge notablement de l'axe longitudinal d'une pièce débitée et émerge obliquement sur une face ou une rive) s'écarte de l'axe longitudinal de deux manières : tors ou torse ou en diagonale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
  • Trabajo de la madera
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Record 2 2005-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Mining Operations
  • Cartography
DEF

... a vertical section drawn at right angles to the longer axis of a geological feature ...

CONT

The cross section of a fold drawn at right angles to the fold axis.

CONT

The Crystal Lake intrusion in Ontario ... is dyke-like in plan ... and canoe-shaped in cross-section.

OBS

As opposed to the verb, the noun "cross section" is not hyphenated. However, this rule seems to be ignored by some authors.

PHR

Finished cross-section.

PHR

Vertical cross-section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Exploitation minière
  • Cartographie
CONT

L'intrusion de Crystal Lake en Ontario [...] en plan [...] a la forme d'un dyke [...] et, en coupe, elle adopte la forme d'un canot.

PHR

Coupe verticale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Investigaciones y prospecciones geológicas
  • Explotación minera
  • Cartografía
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Record 3 2003-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bioengineering
  • Biotechnology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technique biologique
  • Biotechnologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioingeniería
  • Biotecnología
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Record 4 2001-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de remo
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Record 5 1999-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

Of wood, cutting in any direction in the plane perpendicular to the grain, i.e. in a 90-90 cutting direction, producing an end-grain surface and a cross-section.

OBS

This is a special case of cutting across the grain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Coupe se situant dans un plan perpendiculaire au fil du bois, quelle que soit la progression de la coupe dans ce plan, d'où résulte une section transversale à fil debout.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aserradura de la madera
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