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Record 1 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

The decomposition of wood by fungi ...

OBS

Unlike stain, causes a softening and loss of wood.

OBS

The terms "decay" and "rot" are more or less interchangeable, though rot generally implies a more advanced and obvious stage, and as it designates both causal organism and its effects is the key term for specifying types, i. e. dry rot, soft rot.

OBS

"Rot" refers to a dry type of pathological modification, whereas "decay" refers to a wet and damp type of pathological modification; thus, dry rot and wet decay.

OBS

rot; decay: terms standardized by ISO.

OBS

decay: term standardized by the Canadian Standards Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Dégénérescence fongique et microbienne du bois sur pied ou débité résultant en un produit ramolli, à densité atténuée, dont la texture et la coloration se dégradent.

OBS

pourriture : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR et par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
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Record 2 1999-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Secondary rock or mineral material that fills a natural mold; specifically a replica or reproduction of the external details... of a fossil shell, skeleton, or other organic structure, produced by the filling of a cavity formed by the decay or dissolution of some or all of the original hard parts of which the organism consisted.

CONT

A cast results from the filling of a cavity formed by the decay of some or all of the tissues of a plant part.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Les travertins [...] renferment souvent de nombreux moulages, par incrustation, de coquilles et de débris végétaux.

CONT

C'est parfois l'os lui-même qu'on enlève lorsque le remplissage des cavités est parfait et en substance suffisamment dur pour restituer la forme des parties molles (remplissage par de la calcite cristalline). On dégage ainsi des moulages d'encéphales [...]

OBS

Cavité originelle remplie secondairement de matériel.

OBS

[...] il peut arriver [...] que la coquille dissoute laisse un vide qui secondairement sera rempli par des minéraux de nature variée apportés le plus souvent par les eaux d'infiltration : nous aurons alors affaire à une réplique de l'organisme originel [...]

Spanish

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