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MATURE REGION [6 records]

Record 1 2012-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

The second stage of the erosion cycle in the topographic development of a landscape or region characterized by numerous and closely spaced mature streams, reduction of level surfaces to slopes, large well-defined drainage systems, and the absence of swamps or lakes on the uplands.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Caractère d'un relief (géomorphologie), d'un sol (pédologie), qui a atteint un degré de maturation avancé.

OBS

Le stade de maturité [...] fait suite au [stade de jeunesse]. La ligne de rivage s'est rectifiée, les sédiments se répartissent, la pente marine s'atténue, l'érosion diminue et le matériel sédimentaire est remanié et usé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Uno de los últimos estados del ciclo de erosión.

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Record 2 2011-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

The point in a plant succession at which development has continued beyond the balanced state of climax.

CONT

climax : The culminating stage of plant succession for a given environment, the vegetation being conceived as having reached a highly stable condition. NOTE :(1) Some ecologists restrict the term to vegetation of mature sites and soils, which they presume to have a high degree of permanence. Others apply it to vegetation which they conceived to be stable only as long as the environment remains unchanged or to vegetation which changes only in response to changes in climate and/or soil substrate that are slow relative to the rate of plant succession.(2) Clements claimed that, for a given region, there was only one true climax-the stable vegetation of mesic sites, the nature of which determined by climate and hence termed by him the climatic climax; deviations that are stable only through the influences of factors other than climate received special names, e. g. pre-climax(local unfavorable conditions preventing full vegetational complexity), postclimax(local favorable conditions permitting fuller complexity), biotic climax(maintained by biotic factors), edaphic climax(maintained by soil factors).

Key term(s)
  • postclimax formation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Végétation relique qui requiert normalement des conditions d'humidité plus favorables que les conditions générales actuelles et qui subsiste en un endroit à la suite de compensations locales édaphiques ou microclimatiques favorables.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 3 2009-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
CONT

By the late Permian, a mature continental setting had developed and the overall structural grain of the region was in place.

OBS

grain: A linear arrangement of roughly parallel ridges and valleys commonly displayed in regions of tilted sedimentary rocks.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

direction structurale; grain structural : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
DEF

The condition of a nation’s economy with a declining rate of population growth and a decrease in the proportion of national income utilized for new capital investment, accompanied by a relative increase of national income used in purchasing consumer goods.

CONT

There is no guarantee that governments in the region-least of all China's-will respect investors rights more generally. This is the flaw in the neatly symmetrical view of globalisation that sees high-saving, low-investing, mature economies solving their demographic problems...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
CONT

Rien ne garantit que les États de la zone (et, au premier chef, la Chine) respecteront davantage les droits des actionnaires. C'est là où le bat blesse; en effet, selon la conception parfaitement symétrique de la mondialisation, les économies matures, à haut niveau d'épargne et faible niveau d'investissement [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía nacional e internacional
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Record 5 1998-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

There is no guarantee that governments in the region-least of all China's-will respect investors rights more generally. This is the flaw in the neatly symmetrical view of globalisation that sees high saving, low investing, mature economies solving their demographic problems...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

Rien ne garantit que les États de la zone (et au premier chef, la Chine) respecteront davantage le droit des actionnaires. C'est là où le bat blesse; en effet, selon la conception parfaitement symétrique de la mondialisation, les économies matures, à haut niveau d'épargne et faible niveau d'investissements [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidermis and Dermis
DEF

A cyst whose wall contains elements of skin, including a squamous epithelial lining, hair follicles, and sebaceous glands. Neuroectodermal, endodermal, and mesodermal components may also be present.

OBS

It is considered to be a form of mature teratoma and may be found in a variety of organs but is especially common in the ovary, occurring much less frequently in the testis. In the skin, [they] are most common on the face in the region of facial clefts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épiderme et derme
DEF

Kyste bordé par un épithélium malpighien reposant sur un derme auquel sont annexées des formations normalement présentes dans le derme (follicules pilosébacés, glandes sudoripares) ou même des formations d'origine épidermique (dents).

OBS

Au niveau de l'ovaire, le kyste dermatoïde est considéré comme un sysembryome simplifié.

Spanish

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