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COLD SPOT [3 records]

Record 1 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

On the skin or mucous membrane, a spot which is sensitive to cold stimuli.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

Points de froid. Une stimulation punctiforme de la peau éveille électivement la sensation de froid sur des points dont la densité varie beaucoup suivant les régions.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

... contributing factors to the pressure tube malfunction: precipitation of ZR deuteride platelets within the alloy leading to loss in defect resistance; and displacement of one of the "garter" springs separating the hot pressure tube from the surrounding calandria tube so that the former was able to sag in contact with the latter after several years of operation, resulting in cold spots on the pressure tube ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
OBS

S'oppose à «point chaud» : hot spot.

OBS

Renseignement communiqué par un chercheur aux Laboratoires Whiteshell à Winnipeg.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

An area of decreased radionuclide uptake on a bone scintigram reflecting decreased metabolic activity. [From SALMU, 1983, p. 67.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Zone traduisant l'absence de fixation isotopique à la scintigraphie. [D'après MOABR, 1979, p. 21.]

OBS

source c : EMAPP, 14001, Q10, 1978, p. 3.

Spanish

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