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LIQUIDO [2 records]

Record 1 2009-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Banking
DEF

Currency and coin that are guaranteed as legal tender by the government.

CONT

Electronic cash, stored on memory-cards, PCs, and other devices, could replace physical cash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Banque
DEF

Moyen de paiement constitué de billets de banque et de pièces de monnaie ayant cours légal.

Key term(s)
  • somme d'argent

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Monedas y billetes
  • Operaciones bancarias
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Record 2 2004-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
DEF

The fluid form of a substance in which it can assume the form of its container while retaining its independent volume; form that is neither gas nor solid.

CONT

A liquid is a practically incompressible fluid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
DEF

Corps qui prend la forme du récipient qui le contient mais dont le volume est déterminé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Mecánica de fluidos e hidráulica (Física)
DEF

Sustancia cuyo volumen es constante en condiciones normales, pero cuya forma es variable porque se adapta al recipiente que la contiene.

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