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THICK DISK [6 records]

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Record 1 2023-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

A thick disk or lenslike piece of glass inserted in a ship's deck to admit light.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Disque épais ou morceau de verre inséré dans le pont d'un navire pour laisser entrer la lumière.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • Climatology
DEF

A thick circumsolar disk made of dust particles produced by asteroid collisions and cometary activity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Climatologie
DEF

Disque circumsolaire de petites particules de poussière produites par des collisions d'astéroïdes ou des comètes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • Space Physics
CONT

Thick disks are believed to exist in some, but not all disk galaxies. Whether this is actually the case is not completely resolved, nor is it clear whether the thick disk of the Milky Way is typical of thick disks in other spiral galaxies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Physique spatiale
CONT

Le disque d'étoiles de notre Voie lactée est complexe, avec un disque mince enveloppé par un disque épais contenant surtout de vieilles étoiles qui ont peut-être été capturées par la Voie lactée lors d'une collision il y a des milliards d'années.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sponges, Hydrozoans and Jellyfish
DEF

Any member of the invertebrate order Actiniaria. ... primarily sedentary marine animals resembling flowers.

CONT

The cylindrical body may be thick and short or long and slender. The oral disk, or mouth, at the upper end of the body is surrounded by petallike, usually colourful tentacles. They may be few or numerous and are often present in multiples of six. Sea anemones are commonly yellow, green, or blue; they are attached by the pedal disk, or base, to a hard surface such as a rock, wharf timber, a seashell, or the back of a crab.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éponges, hydres et méduses
CONT

[...] les Anémones de mer [...] possèdent un nombre très élevé de tentacules. [Elles] sont privées de squelette, mais adhèrent au rocher, et, d'une façon générale au sol, par une sorte de disque adhésif qui se trouve à la base du corps. Leur aspect est fort beau et rappelle celui d'une fleur en raison de leurs longs tentacules qui ressemblent à des pétales [...]

Key term(s)
  • anémone

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esponjas, hidrozoarios y medusas
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Record 5 2012-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

The joint between the bodies of the fifth lumbar vertebra and the first sacral vertebra, united by a thick, wedge-shaped intervertebral disk to which the anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments are fused.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Charnière d'articulations qui unissent la cinquième vertèbre lombaire à la première pièce sacrée.

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Gemmology
CONT

After efficient stock removal with an interrupted wheel or disk, you’ll use this quiet 1/8" thick diamond disk. This disk nestles conveniently against the side of the grinding wheel. 600 grit diamond surface on composite backing quickly smoothes stone to a pre-polish finish. 6" disk is cut 1/8" under size so it will not interfere with grinding.

Key term(s)
  • diamond-edged disk

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Gemmologie

Spanish

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