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CUMULO [3 records]

Record 1 2021-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Encuestas estadísticas
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Record 2 2015-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Detached clouds, generally dense and with sharp outlines, developing vertically in the form of rising mounds, domes or towers, of which the bulging upper part often resembles a cauliflower.

OBS

The sunlit parts are mostly brilliant white and the base is relatively dark and nearly horizontal. Sometimes Cumulus clouds are ragged.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Nuages séparés, généralement denses et à contours bien délimités, se développant verticalement en forme de mamelons, de dômes ou de tours, dont la région supérieure bourgeonnante ressemble souvent à un chou-fleur.

OBS

Les parties de ces nuages éclairées par le Soleil sont, le plus souvent, d'un blanc éclatant; leur base, relativement sombre, est sensiblement horizontale. Les Cumulus sont parfois déchiquetés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Nubes aisladas, en general densas y con contornos bien definidos, que se desarrollan verticalmente en forma de protuberancias, cúpulas o torres, y cuyas partes superiores convexas se parecen con frecuencia a una coliflor.

OBS

Las partes de estas nubes iluminadas por el Sol son, en su mayoría, de un blanco brillante; su base es relativamente oscura y casi horizontal. Los Cumulus a veces aparecen desgarrados.

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Record 3 2015-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Stars (Astronomy)
OBS

"Star clusters" are physically related groups of stars having their members less widely separated than are the stars around them. The common motion of the members of a cluster through the star fields suggests their common origin by the condensing and fracturing of a large cosmic gas cloud. Because the stars of a particular cluster are practically at the same distance from us, they may be compared fairly one with another. Although their ages are about the same, the members have different masses, and the more massive ones have evolved the faster. ... Star clusters are associated with other galaxies as well as with our own. They are of two types: galactic, or open clusters and globular clusters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étoiles (Astronomie)
OBS

De nombreuses étoiles forment des groupes appelés "amas d'étoiles", dont les plus proches et les plus connus sont les Pléiades, les Hyades, l'amas globulaire de Hercule.

OBS

C'est ainsi que sont appelés les groupes d'étoiles, liées entre elles par des lois dynamiques, qui comptent un grand nombre d'objets et se distinguent par leur aspect et la composition stellaire. D'après leur forme extérieure on les classe en deux groupes: "amas ouverts" ou "galactiques" qui comptent quelques dizaines ou centaines d'étoiles, et "amas globulaires", composés de dizaines et de centaines de milliers d'objets.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estrellas (Astronomía)
DEF

Conjunto formado por numerosas estrellas agrupadas en un sistema común.

CONT

[...] los conglomerados o cúmulos son verdaderos sistemas cuyas estrellas gravitan en torno de un centro de gravedad común.

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