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VACUOLE [6 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Metals Mining
DEF

A small cavity in a vein or in rock, which may be lined with well formed crystals of a different mineral composition from the enclosing rock.

CONT

The vugs are commonly almond-shaped and range in size from 10 cm. down to microscopic dimensions.

CONT

Breccia ores are developed along fault zones and are composed of broken bedded ore fragments less than a centimetre to several metres in size cemented by sandy material and contain vugs filled with colloform secondary iron and manganese oxide minerals or quartz.

OBS

bug hole: A miner's term for vug.

OBS

Compare to "druse," "miarolitic cavity," and "geode."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Mines métalliques
DEF

Cavité à l'intérieur d'une roche, pouvant être tapissée de minéraux.

CONT

L'imprégnation de laves - dans des vacuoles - représente un remplissage de ces vacuoles; exemple : cuivre natif et zéolites au Lac Supérieur [...]

CONT

Les vacuoles sont [...] emplies par les minéraux variés (silice, calcite, et parfois zéolites).

CONT

[...] le cuivre [...] se concentre secondairement dans les vacuoles lors d'une phase d'altération hydrothermale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Minas metálicas
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Record 2 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Cytology
  • Biotechnology
DEF

Any small space or cavity formed in the protoplasm of a cell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Cytologie
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Espace clos dans le cytoplasme d'une cellule.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Citología
  • Biotecnología
DEF

Orgánulo celular en forma de vesícula que almacena sustancias para diversas funciones celulares.

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Record 3 2004-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

[A] slender tube (kenozooecium] approximately normal to [the] front or back zoarial surface, separated from neighboring similar tubes by [the] stereom; ...

OBS

[The vacuoles are characteristic of some cyclostome [bryozoans] where commonly they occur at [the] base of sulci.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

[Une parmi plusieurs] petites perforations s'ouvrant dans les sulcis [de certains Bryozoaires.]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
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Record 4 2004-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
DEF

Portion of the young parasite, usually near the centre, showing very faint staining or none and surrounded by a circle or semicircle of cytoplasm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
DEF

Partie du parasite jeune, en général située près du centre, qui présente une teinte claire ou très légèrement colorée et qui est entourée d'une formation circulaire ou semi-circulaire de cytoplasme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Microbiología y parasitología
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Record 5 2003-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

A cavity of variable shape in a lava formed by the entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification of the lava.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
DEF

Cavité à l'intérieur d'une roche cohérente.

OBS

Les vacuoles peuvent être dues à la dissolution, à des bulles gazeuses dans les laves [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Vulcanología y sismología
DEF

Cavidad en el interior de una roca coherente; se debe generalmente a la presencia de gases oclusos en el momento de solidificación de la roca.

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Record 6 2003-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
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