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ridging [9 records]

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Record 1 2022-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
CONT

The jet stream drives our weather through phenomena called troughing, ridging, and jet streaks. Troughs and ridges are curves in the jet stream that are analogous to low pressure (troughs) and high pressure (ridges). In the northern hemisphere, a trough is a southward dip in the jet stream and a ridge is a northward hump in the wind current. You can expect active weather ahead of a trough and quiet weather beneath a ridge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cultural Practices (Agriculture)
DEF

Making small embankments or borders in fields to control irrigation water, conserve runoff from rainfall, or to assist in drainage.

OBS

Ridging is sometimes used instead of hilling to protect plants (especially potatoes) from sunburn or freezing. Ridging is not practiced in many sections, and particularly not on dry land "where evaporation of moisture from soil is increased by ridging".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soin des cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

Le labour en billons, ou billonnage, réalise donc une série de bandes en dos d'âne, plus ou moins étroites (en général, moins de 3 m). [...] L'utilisation du labour en billons est réservés aux sols très humides dont on veut favoriser l'assainissement grâce aux nombreuses dérayures, qui jouent le rôle de rigoles. Le billonnage est, cependant, également mis en œuvre pour certaines cultures où une sorte de buttage des plants doit être ménagé (arbres, vignes, etc.).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cuidado de los cultivos (Agricultura)
DEF

Lomos que se disponen para contener las aguas o darles dirección en los riegos.

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Record 3 2011-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

Long narrow blisters in a roof surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

A specially shaped tile for covering and making weather tight the ridge of a roof.

OBS

These tiles may have a rounded or angular cross-section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Tuile se plaçant au faîte des toitures pour le raccordement des deux versants.

OBS

Les faîtières sont semi-cylindriques, tronconiques ou angulaires, et peuvent être à recouvrement par glissement ou par emboîtement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Techos (Elementos de edificios)
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Record 5 1999-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

Material for ... covering the ridges of roofs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Feuille métallique posée à cheval sur un faîte.

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Pressure process by which floating ice becomes forced up in ridges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Mécanisme par lequel, sous l'effet de la compression, des blocs d'une couche de glace flottante se dressent au dessus de la surface en crêtes irrégulières.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Glaciología
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Proceso de presión que provoca la transformación del hielo flotante en cordones.

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Record 7 1994-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
CONT

Onycholysis is the most characteristic finding, and if it is associated with either ridging or pitting, it is almost certainly due to psoriaris.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
CONT

Un [...] aspect, non spécifique, du psoriasis unguéal, est l'existence de stries transversales qui résultent comme les érosions ponctuées, d'une atteinte de la matrice.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 8 1990-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

Covering the ridge with tiles or other capping.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Couvrir d'un enfaîtement.

OBS

Enfaîtement : Feuille de plomb repliée, que l'on fixe sur le faîte d'un toit.

Spanish

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Record 9 1990-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lubrication Technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribologie
OBS

ABC du graissage

Spanish

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