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DELITEMENT [2 records]

Record 1 1996-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
  • Quarries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
  • Carrières
DEF

Destruction progressive d'une pierre qui se délite.

DEF

Pour une pierre, écaillage de sa surface parallèlement au plan de son lit.

OBS

Se déliter : En parlant d'une pierre, d'une roche, c'est éclater ou se délaminer dans le sens du lit, en plaques ou en feuillets qui se détachent, parfois sous l'action du gel.

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
OBS

Crumbling of potatoes when cooked in boiling water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
OBS

On parle de délitement lorsque les pommes de terre se défont à la cuisson.

Spanish

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