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MIRE [6 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Classification of Coal
DEF

... microlithotype consisting principally of collinite and telinite.

CONT

Vitrite comprises 95% of the vitrinite macerals, telenite and collinite in bands at least 50 μm thick... Vitrite occurs in coal seams as elongated lenses several millimetres thick. Vitrite originated in anaerobic conditions due to high groundwater table levels in the peat mire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Classification des charbons
DEF

Microlithotype constitué surtout de collinite et de télinite.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Biogeography
  • Soil Science
OBS

mire : General term which embraces all those peat-forming ecosystems described in English by such other terms as bog, fen, carr, muskeg, moor, and peatland. Does not include marshes since they are, by definition nonpeat-forming and are seasonally flooded.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Biogéographie
  • Science du sol
DEF

Nappe d'eau stagnante envasée et partiellement envahie par la végétation, de taille inférieure au marais.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Biogeografía
  • Ciencia del suelo
DEF

Zona con charcos abundantes.

OBS

Terreno pantanoso o anegadizo.

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Record 3 2010-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Mines
OBS

mine planter: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

OBS

mire dispenser : term officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines terrestres
OBS

disperseur de mines : terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre et par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

OBS

distributeur de mines : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions; terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Wet or soft mud, slush, dirt.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A peat hummock with a core of frozen peat and/or mineral soil rising to a height of 0. 5-10 m above a mire surface within the discontinuous permafrost zone.

OBS

The term "palsa" originates from the Finnish and Saami languages and means peat tussock or mound in peatlands.

OBS

palsen: plural of palsa.

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • palsen

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Monticule de quelques mètres de haut, formé par des ségrégations de glace, comme les pingos, mais seulement dans les tourbières arctiques.

OBS

Le palse se limite généralement à la tourbière dans la zone de pergélisol discontinu.

OBS

Quelques sources donnent ce nom au masculin.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Micrographics
DEF

an array of 10X-reduced ISO Mire 1 legibility test charts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Micrographie
DEF

ensemble des mires de lisibilité ISO numéro 1 réduites dix fois.

Spanish

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