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CROSS-BOND [2 records]

Record 1 2018-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

The bonds holding together the long chains of amino acids which compose hair.

OBS

cross-bond: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
CONT

[...] la kératine est «organisée», disposée en fibres longitudinales et parallèles. Ces fibres sont maintenues dans cette position par des liaisons ou «ponts» transversaux faits de substances diverses. Ce sont ces «ponts», semblables aux barreaux transversaux de l'échelle maintenant les deux montants latéraux, qui confèrent au cheveu sa solidité, sa rigidité.

OBS

liaison; pont : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Construction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction mécanique

Spanish

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