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Record 1 2023-07-10

English

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

The cryosphere refers to all the components of the earth system composed of water in a solid state, in particular snow, sea ice, lake and river ice, icebergs, glaciers and ice caps, ice sheets, ice shelves, permafrost and seasonally frozen ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Glaciologie
OBS

La cryosphère désigne l'ensemble des constituants du système terrestre composés d'eau à l'état solide, notamment la neige, la glace de mer, la glace de lac et de rivière, les icebergs, les glaciers et les calottes glaciaires, les inlandsis, les plateformes de glace, le pergélisol et le gélisol saisonnier.

Spanish

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

[Totalidad de] las zonas congeladas del planeta, incluido el hielo marítimo y continental, los icebergs, los glaciares, el permafrost e, incluso, la nieve estacional.

OBS

criosfera; criósfera: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que tanto "criosfera" como "criósfera" son términos válidos.

OBS

crioesfera: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que es errónea la escritura "crioesfera", pues el elemento compositivo es "–sfera" y no "-esfera".

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Record 2 2010-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Wires and Cables
  • Telephone Exchanges
  • Telecommunications Transmission
OBS

ring wire; R-wire; R wire: terms officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles et fils téléphoniques
  • Centraux téléphoniques
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
OBS

fil de nuque; fil R : termes uniformisés par le Comité d’uniformisation des termes de l’électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cables e hilos telefónicos
  • Centrales telefónicas
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
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