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serpentine [10 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2024-02-22
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Storage Media (Data Processing)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- serpentine recording
1, record 1, English, serpentine%20recording
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- serpentine 2, record 1, English, serpentine
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A bi-directional recording scheme; recording of one track in a forward direction is followed by recording the next track in a reverse direction. 2, record 1, English, - serpentine%20recording
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Supports d'information (Informatique)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- enregistrement en serpentin
1, record 1, French, enregistrement%20en%20serpentin
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- serpentine 2, record 1, French, serpentine
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Technique d'écriture de données d'un bout à l'autre de la bande, puis dans le sens inverse (utilisée dans l'enregistrement longitudinal). 2, record 1, French, - enregistrement%20en%20serpentin
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- grabación en serpentina
1, record 1, Spanish, grabaci%C3%B3n%20en%20serpentina
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Método de grabación en cinta magnética (por lo general en forma de cartucho) en la que cada pista se graba por separado y las pistas alternas se graban en direcciones opuestas, de manera que no necesario volver a enrollar la cinta después de cada pista. 1, record 1, Spanish, - grabaci%C3%B3n%20en%20serpentina
Record 2 - internal organization data 2018-03-14
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Antique and Obsolete Weapons
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- serpentine
1, record 2, English, serpentine
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The cock of the harquebus. 2, record 2, English, - serpentine
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... before 1425, a most significant advance occurred with the addition of a pivoted S-shaped bar of metal with a pair of jaws ... for holding the match. ... the soldier needed [only] to raise the lower end of the lever, or serpentine, and the lighted end of the match would be automatically depressed and brought into contact with the powder in the pan. 3, record 2, English, - serpentine
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Armes anciennes
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- serpentin
1, record 2, French, serpentin
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Chien de l'arquebuse à mèche. 2, record 2, French, - serpentin
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La grande nouveauté, aux alentours de 1400, sera l'utilisation d'une mèche [...] Puis on imagine un système permettant de fixer cette mèche à l'arme. Système ingénieux et simple, constitué par un S en métal pivotant autour d'un axe. La mèche est prise par des mâchoires à l'extrémité de cette tige appelée serpentin. Il suffit de relever l'extrémité libre pour abaisser la mèche sur le bassinet. 3, record 2, French, - serpentin
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2008-05-27
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
- Horse Husbandry
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- serpentine
1, record 3, English, serpentine
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... a series of half-circles with a straight, short distance between them. 2, record 3, English, - serpentine
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The serpentine is excellent practice in precise control as well as in changing diagonals. 3, record 3, English, - serpentine
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Courses hippiques et sports équestres
- Élevage des chevaux
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- serpentine
1, record 3, French, serpentine
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] série de demi-cercles rapprochés les uns des autres. 2, record 3, French, - serpentine
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 DEF
[...] ligne brisée sinueuse dont les angles sont arrondis. 3, record 3, French, - serpentine
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2007-03-09
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Botany
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- serpentine
1, record 4, English, serpentine
adjective
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Mineral nutrition of serpentine species ... The species commonly found on serpentine soils in Eastern United States are adapted to the low calcium-high magnesium environment by selectively accumulating calcium. 1, record 4, English, - serpentine
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Serpentine rock has a mottled, greenish-gray color with a waxy feel to it. These rocks form when the upper mantle of the earth's crust containing wet oceanic sediments is submerged under a land mass, which results in the chemical addition of water to heavy mantle rock. 2, record 4, English, - serpentine
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Serpentine flora, grassland, plant, species, vegetation. 3, record 4, English, - serpentine
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Botanique
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- serpentinicole
1, record 4, French, serpentinicole
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[Se dit d'un végétal, qui est] adapté à la vie sur des substrats serpentineux. 2, record 4, French, - serpentinicole
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La flore y est également appauvrie et comprend des espèces endémiques locales serpentinicoles, comme le Minuartia marcescens, le Salix chlorolepis et le Solidago simplex ssp. simplex var. chlorolepis. La population observée à Terre-Neuve occupait les pentes d'une crête serpentineuse sèche orientées au sud. 3, record 4, French, - serpentinicole
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Écotype, espèce, flore, lande, plante, végétation serpentinicole. 4, record 4, French, - serpentinicole
Record 4, Key term(s)
- serpenticole
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2004-12-10
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- serpentinite
1, record 5, English, serpentinite
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- serpentine rock 2, record 5, English, serpentine%20rock
correct
- serpentine 3, record 5, English, serpentine
correct
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A rock consisting almost wholly of serpentine-group minerals, e.g. antigorite, chrysotile, or serpophite derived from the alteration of previously existing ferromagnesian silicate minerals such as olivine and pyroxene. 2, record 5, English, - serpentinite
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Serpentinite belts. 4, record 5, English, - serpentinite
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Not to be confused with the mineral serpentine. 5, record 5, English, - serpentinite
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- serpentinite
1, record 5, French, serpentinite
correct, see observation, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
- roche serpentinique 2, record 5, French, roche%20serpentinique
correct, feminine noun
- serpentine 3, record 5, French, serpentine
correct, see observation, feminine noun
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roche essentiellement constituée par des minéraux du groupe de la serpentine et qui se sont développés au détriment des minéraux ferromagnésiens anhydres initiaux (péridots et pyroxènes). 4, record 5, French, - serpentinite
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
L'ancien nom de serpentine, sous lequel on désignait indistinctement les minéraux antigorite et chrysotile, s'emploie, aujourd'hui, de préférence, pour indiquer la roche qui les contient en même temps que d'autres produits chloritiques. 2, record 5, French, - serpentinite
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Pour désigner la roche renfermant la serpentine (minéral), le terme «serpentinite» serait préférable, d'après la source Éléments de géologie, par Charles Pomerol et Maurice Renard, 1989, p. 299. 5, record 5, French, - serpentinite
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Dans la pratique, le mot serpentine désigne le plus souvent la roche elle-même, et le mot serpentinite est encore peu usité, bien qu'il ait le mérite d'éviter toute confusion entre la roche et les minéraux qui la composent [...] 6, record 5, French, - serpentinite
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Petrografía
Record 5, Main entry term, Spanish
- serpentinita
1, record 5, Spanish, serpentinita
feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 5, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2003-10-27
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- serpentine
1, record 6, English, serpentine
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A layer-lattice mineral ... of which two forms occur, a fibrous one known as chrysotile, and a lamellar one, antigorite. 2, record 6, English, - serpentine
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Serpentine is the main alteration product of olivines and pyroxenes. 2, record 6, English, - serpentine
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Not to be confused with the rock of the same name. 3, record 6, English, - serpentine
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- serpentine
1, record 6, French, serpentine
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Phyllosilicate en feuillets à 2 couches, [...] du système monoclinique ou orthorhombique, en lamelles (l'antigorite) ou en fibres (la chrysotile), souvent associées dans des roches (appelées serpentinites, ou aussi serpentines) montrant des masses vert pétrole à vert noirâtre (antigorite) traversées de filonnets de fibres soyeuses vert-jaune (chrysotile), orthogonale aux épontes. 2, record 6, French, - serpentine
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] le talc et la serpentine proprement dite [...] se présentent en masses feuilletées blanc verdâtre, donnant une poussière onctueuse. 3, record 6, French, - serpentine
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mineralogía
Record 6, Main entry term, Spanish
- serpentino 1, record 6, Spanish, serpentino
Record 6, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 6, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2000-07-17
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Skating
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- serpentine 1, record 7, English, serpentine
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Patinage
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- changement de carre
1, record 7, French, changement%20de%20carre
masculine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1987-12-10
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Jewellery
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- serpentine 1, record 8, English, serpentine
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Joaillerie et bijouterie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- serpentine
1, record 8, French, serpentine
feminine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Terme tiré d'un catalogue de bijoux. 1, record 8, French, - serpentine
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Motif de chaîne. 1, record 8, French, - serpentine
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 1984-07-13
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Antique Furniture (Museums and Heritage)
- Wood Furniture Manufacture
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- serpentine
1, record 9, English, serpentine
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF
In cabinet work ... a type of undulating curve. 1, record 9, English, - serpentine
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
It is composed of a convex curve in the center and a concave curve at each end. It is the opposite of the so-called oxbow or yoke-front. Serpentine curves figured prominently in the Rococo style. 1, record 9, English, - serpentine
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Meubles anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
- Fabrication des meubles en bois
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- ligne ondulante
1, record 9, French, ligne%20ondulante
correct, feminine noun
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
- ligne sinueuse 2, record 9, French, ligne%20sinueuse
feminine noun
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
serpentine : Terme anglais pour désigner la ligne ondulante (une courbe convexe entre deux courbes concaves) que dessine la façade des commodes et des armoires françaises et anglaises des années 1750. 1, record 9, French, - ligne%20ondulante
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record 10 - internal organization data 1978-09-26
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Transportation
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- serpentine 1, record 10, English, serpentine
Record 10, Abbreviations, English
Record 10, Synonyms, English
Record 10, Textual support, English
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Transports
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- serpentin
1, record 10, French, serpentin
masculine noun
Record 10, Abbreviations, French
Record 10, Synonyms, French
Record 10, Textual support, French
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS
C'est une épreuve pour les conducteurs de camions où il s'agit de conduire en forme de huit. 2, record 10, French, - serpentin
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
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