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Record 1 2007-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Geology
OBS

Criss-crossed all over the 37 mile long plain at Nazca are an assortment of geometrically straight lines, some running parallel, others crossing over and intersecting other lines. This outstanding geometric ground form remained undiscovered until the early 1930s when it was noticed by the first aerial flights over the area during aerial survey work to locate water sources.

OBS

The watershed consists of low lying moderate sloping low lying hills with thick vegetation, criss-crossed by gentle sloping topography and small discharge zones in the central portion of the watershed.

OBS

If accurate, the prediction method would be critical in an area like California, which is criss-crossed by fault lines that have spawned devastating quakes over the years including ones which ravaged San Francisco in 1989 and Los Angeles in 1994.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Géologie
OBS

sillonner : Parcourir, traverser d'un bout à l'autre ou en tous sens. [...] En parlant des voies de communications, traverser de part en part, s'étendre dans toutes les directions.

OBS

[...] elle s'aperçut que les mille rides qui le sillonnaient, aussi nombreuses que la peau craquelée d'un brugnon, étaient agitées d'un frisson presque imperceptible [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

[the] outer casing of the [intervertebral] disc.

CONT

Most herniations occur along the back section of the annulus ... because the annulus tends to be weaker at the back.

OBS

[It is] composed of tough, criss-crossed layers of fibres.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
CONT

Quant à la décompression intradiscale, A. P. L. D., bien que nombre d'arguments suggèrent un taux de succès acceptable dans le traitement des protrusions sans rupture de l'annulus, l'interprétation des résultats est biaisée par le fait que certains de ces patients auraient sans doute eu un bon résultat en l'absence de chirurgie.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
OBS

fretty : covered with criss-crossed and interlacing diagonal strips.

Key term(s)
  • cross fretté

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
OBS

Croix renforcée à l'aide de frettes.

Spanish

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