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SURSATURE [2 records]

Record 1 2007-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Geochemistry
OBS

oversaturated: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Oversaturated alkaline lava.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Géochimie
OBS

sursaturé : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Lave alcaline sursaturée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Geoquímica
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Record 2 1992-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
  • Translation (General)
DEF

absolutely inundated.

CONT

As thousands of teens have already learned, to their families' infinite sorrow, coke is it in the 1980s - the most glamorous, seductive, destructive, dangerous drug on the supersaturated national black market.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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