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CUBILETE [2 records]

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Record 1 2008-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Pièce métallique sur laquelle pivote l'extrémité de la mèche du gouvernail.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
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Record 2 2002-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

Cup-shaped crystals are a common form of depth hoar. This type of crystal can form at any level in the snowpack but is most commonly found at the base of shallow snowpacks following periods of cold weather.

OBS

cup-like crystal: Ice and Snow, by Kingery, p. 378.

OBS

cup crystal; cup-shaped crystal; cup-liked crystal: terms usually used in the plural (cup crystals; cup-shaped crystals; cup-like crystals).

Key term(s)
  • cup-shaped crystals
  • cup-like crystals
  • cup crystals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Cristal de neige en forme de prisme creux.

CONT

De toutes les formes que prend la neige en se transformant, celle dite en «gobelets» figure parmi les plus instables. Ce sont des grains de petite taille (1 à 2 mm), de forme pyramidale et d'aspect strié, qui n'offrent qu'une faible cohésion d'ensemble. Inoffensive en surface, la neige en gobelets est source d'instabilité du manteau neigeux lorsqu'elle constitue une couche inférieure. Elle est source d'avalanches. Les gobelets deviennent un excellent «tapis roulant» pour les neiges plus cohérentes qui les surmontent.

OBS

gobelet : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel (gobelets).

Key term(s)
  • gobelets

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
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