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MENISCO [3 records]

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Record 1 2004-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Bioengineering
DEF

The curved surface of a liquid in a tube, caused by surface tension. In a pipet or buret, the reading is made at the bottom of concave meniscus (as with water) or the top of a convex one (as with mercury).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Technique biologique
CONT

Dans le cas du peignage moléculaire, les algues sont remplacées par des macromolécules linéaires,comme l'ADN, qui, dans certaines conditions, adhèrent sur certaines surfaces uniquement par leurs extrémités. Le front des vagues est quant à lui représenté par le front d'un ménisque, c'est-à-dire la surface libre de la solution dans laquelle se trouvent initialement les macromolécules.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
  • Bioingeniería
DEF

Curva cóncava de una superficie líquida en un tubo graduado o estrecho debida a la tensión superficial.

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Record 2 2003-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Optics
  • Optical Instruments
DEF

Simplest lens used in photography. It is a single disc of glass, thicker in the centre than at the edges, and it has one face convex and the other concave.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Optique
  • Instruments d'optique
DEF

Lentille dont les deux faces possèdent le même sens de courbure, l'une étant convexe et l'autre concave.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fotografía
  • Óptica
  • Instrumentos ópticos
DEF

Lente que tiene una de sus caras cóncavas y la otra convexa.

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Record 3 2003-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The curved upper surface of a liquid column that is concave when the containing walls are wetted by the liquid and convex when not.

Key term(s)
  • menisci
  • meniscuses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Surface libre, concave ou convexe, que présente un liquide dans un tube fin, par suite des forces capillaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencia del suelo
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Forma cóncava o convexa que, como consecuencia de las fuerzas capilares, adopta la superficie libre de un líquido contenido en un tubo estrecho.

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