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vesicular [3 records]

Record 1 2019-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

Applied to the texture of a rock containing many small cavities (vesicules), the results of the presence of bubbles of steam or gas in molten rock (lava) as it cooled.

PHR

vesicular caprock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
DEF

[Se dit d'une] texture d'une roche ignée ayant des bulles d'air ou vésicules [...]

OBS

Ces vésicules ont été formées lorsque les gaz se sont échappés d'une lave au moment de la solidification de celle-ci.

PHR

texture vésiculaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Vulcanología y sismología
DEF

Dícese de la roca que tiene vesículas.

OBS

vesícula: cavidad más o menos esférica en el interior de una roca coherente.

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Record 2 2004-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Skin
DEF

Characterized by the presence or formation of vesicles.

Key term(s)
  • vesiculous

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

Qui est caractérisé par la présence de vésicules.

CONT

Placard érythémato-vésiculeux du pouce.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Piel
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Record 3 1977-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

[Describes the] complex spongy wall with interlaced dendritic channels perpendicular to [the] surface, characteristic of some agglutinated foraminifers; ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Des cloisons ou des piliers allant d'une paroi à l'autre, parfois sans ordre, mais souvent organisés en éléments structuraux ordonnés, compartimentent la loge [d'un Foraminifère et caractérisent la] structure interne dite labyrinthique.

Spanish

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