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CROSS WAVY [4 records]

Record 1 2024-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
CONT

Wavy bedding occurs when mud is deposited over the whole area of a bed of rippled and/or cross stratified sand. It usually loosely follows the alternating concave-convex nature of the ripples[, ] creating a wavy appearance. In wavy bedding[, ] the ripples are laterally discontinuous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
DEF

In blazon, referring to a quadruped shown in a horizontal walking position, usually with one of the forepaws raised.

CONT

Azure above three bars wavy a winged cougar passant holding in the dexter paw a Canterbury cross Or.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
DEF

Dans le blason, se dit d’un quadrupède représenté horizontalement, dans l’attitude de la marche, avec habituellement une des pattes antérieures levées.

CONT

D'azur au couguar passant ailé, tenant de sa patte dextre une croix pattée cerclée dite de Canterbury, accompagné en pointe de trois burèles ondées, le tout d'or.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
CONT

The deposits in these estuaries present a wide variety of structures. Cross bedding channel sands, ripple lamination, reactivation surfaces, herringbone, flaser, wavy, and lenticular bedding... often entail criteria to diagnose... the dynamics of sedimentary transport.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
CONT

Les surfaces de réactivation sont produites par l'action du courant subordonné suite à l'érosion de la partie avale de la mégaride, qui s'est formée lors du courant dominant.

CONT

On observe souvent une surface de réactivation qui entame les lamines obliques antérieures (cette surface est produite au moment où le courant change de direction) [...]

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 4 1979-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
  • Photography
  • Cinematography
CONT

Diffusion filters produce "soft" images and tend to flare bright areas of a scene into dark areas(...) There are several different types of diffusion filters on the market.(...) some contain wavy criss cross patterns, and some have concentric circles lightly etched into them. They all work in basically the same way, though. The plain areas of the diffusion filter allow the light to go straight through, forming a normal sharp image on the film. The areas of the diffusion filter that have been embossed or etched or waved or whatever bend the light that strikes them, forming one or more unsharp images that overlap the sharp one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Photographie
  • Cinématographie
CONT

Bonnette à flou ou bonnette diffusante. Pour obtenir des images à contours plus ou moins enveloppés, on dispose souvent devant l'objectif une lentille de verre garnie de cercles concentriques, noyés dans la masse, ou d'un quadrillage plus ou moins serré. Il en existe des modèles différents, donnant un flou plus ou moins prononcé. (...) L'image conserve une certaine vigueur parce qu'en réalité elle se compose de deux contours juxtaposés, l'un étant net, l'autre étant flou.

Spanish

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