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lacuna [2 records]

Record 1 2017-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Restoration of Works of Art (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

An area where paint or the paint layer and ground are missing because of damage or deterioration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Partie de la couche picturale, ou de la couche picturale et de la préparation, qui a été perdue à la suite d'un accident ou d'une détérioration.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Chronology
DEF

The missing time interval which intervenes between beds above and below an unconformity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Chronologie
DEF

[...] absence des dépôts correspondant à un certain laps de temps.

OBS

[Une lacune] peut s'expliquer par une interruption de la sédimentation sur le fond sous-marin[,] par une érosion de ce fond[,] par une émersion des dépôts accompagnée ou non de plissement [...]

Spanish

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