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thin off [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-02-21
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Translation
- Language Problems
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- thin off
1, record 1, English, thin%20off
verb
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Traduction
- Problèmes de langue
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- se raréfier 1, record 1, French, se%20rar%C3%A9fier
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2002-05-16
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- wedge out
1, record 2, English, wedge%20out
verb phrase
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- thin out 2, record 2, English, thin%20out
correct, verb phrase
- thin off 2, record 2, English, thin%20off
correct, verb phrase
- thin away 2, record 2, English, thin%20away
correct, verb phrase
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
To become gradually thinner until it disappears, as a layer or stratum. 2, record 2, English, - wedge%20out
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- s'amincir
1, record 2, French, s%27amincir
correct, verb
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- s'amenuiser 2, record 2, French, s%27amenuiser
correct, verb
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Il y a une foule de faits qui sembleraient faire croire que la substance des glaciers jouit d'une espèce de ductilité qui lui permet de se modeler sur la localité qu'elle occupe, de s'amincir, de se rétrécir, et de s'étendre comme le ferait une pâte molle. 1, record 2, French, - s%27amincir
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Vers le nord, les grès s'amenuisent et les calcaires de plate-forme passent latéralement aux faciès marneux à ammonites de la formation Valle Grande. 2, record 2, French, - s%27amincir
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Verbes proposés à partir des substantifs «amincissement» et «amenuisement», donnés dans la banque de terminologie Eurodicautom comme équivalents du substantif allemand «Auskeilen» et du substantif anglais «thinning». 3, record 2, French, - s%27amincir
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
La banque de terminologie EURODICAUTOM donne les substantifs «amincissement» et «amenuisement» comme équivalents du substantif allemand «Auskeilen» et du substantif anglais «thinning», avec comme indication de source le glossaire de géologie Euratom. 3, record 2, French, - s%27amincir
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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