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PROTOGENE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Applied to the primary or originally-formed igneous rocks.

OBS

Opposed to deuterogenic.

OBS

protogenous: The term is no longer used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Relatif aux roches cristallines les plus anciennes supposées d'origine ignée.

OBS

protogène : S'est dit des roches sédimentaires d'origine chimique ou organique, non détritiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

Of a solvent or other liquid medium: able to provide hydrogen atoms for protonation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

Se dit d'un solvant susceptible d'échanger des protons avec les substances dissoutes.

OBS

protique; protogène : termes publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 2 septembre 2010.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
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