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Record 1 2017-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The group of structures comprising the eye, the optic nerve and certain parts of the brain, which transforms the light stimulus into a complex of nerve excitations, whose subjective correlate is visual perception.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Ensemble constitué par l'œil, le nerf optique et des parties du cerveau, qui transforme le stimulus lumineux en ce complexe d'excitations nerveuses, dont la perception visuelle est le corrélatif subjectif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 2 2002-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plywood
  • Wood Products
  • Interior Covering Materials
  • Exterior Covering Materials
DEF

A plywood board in which veneer layers used in the core are replaced by blocks of wood, the direction of grain of the blocks running at right angles to that of the adjacent veneer.

OBS

blockboard: term standardized by ISO and the British Standards Institute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contreplaqués
  • Produits du bois
  • Revêtements intérieurs
  • Revêtements extérieurs
DEF

Contreplaqué dont l'âme est constituée par des lattes ou planchettes de bois massif collées entre elles, ou autrement rendues solidaires, ou non, et de chaque côté de laquelle sont collés un ou plusieurs placages externes disposés de façon que le fil des lattes soit perpendiculaire à celui des placages contigus.

OBS

contreplaqué latté : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Madera contrachapada
  • Productos madereros
  • Revestimientos para interiores
  • Revestimientos para exteriores
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