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WOLD [6 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2005-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

... a range of hills produced by differential erosion from inclined sedimentary rocks, and vale as the accompanying depression or strike valley.

OBS

The gentler slope of the wold is a bajada and the steeper slope, a cuesta if this slope is not a cliff, and a caja, if this slope is a cliff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

An asymmetrical ridge, with along gentle slope on one side conforming with the dip of the underlying strata, and a steep or clifflike face on the other side formed by the outcrop of the resistant beds.

OBS

A Spanish term that has been widely adopted ... In modern usage, however, the term cuesta is thought to be a landform in which the back slope and the dip slope are virtually synonymous.

OBS

"Wold" is an obsolete synonym for cuesta preserved in English place names such as Cotswolds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Forme de relief dissymétrique dégagée dans une structure monoclinale de résistance contrastée, superposant une couche résistante à une couche tendre.

OBS

cuesta : [...] terme d'origine texane popularisé par W.M. Davis (1896) [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 3 1999-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
DEF

A graph of the serial correlation within a time series plotted as a function of the time lag between observations.

OBS

for "correlation diagram" :[The] term [correlogram] was introduced by Wold in 1938 but the diagram was earlier used by Yule, who called it a "correlation diagram".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Métodos estadísticos
DEF

En análisis de series temporales, el gráfico del coeficiente de correlación serial de orden k como ordenada, tomando como abcisa los valores de k.

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Record 4 1999-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

August 15-16, 1999, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Wold Class military and civilian aerobatic displays, trade show, midway, marching bands, beer gardens, WW II memorabilia and more.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
OBS

Les 15 et 16 août 1999, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Oil and Natural Gas
DEF

A twenty-four inch pipeline built during Wold War II which transported crude oil from Longview, Texas, to Pheonixville, Pennsylvania...

Key term(s)
  • Big Inch pipeline

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport du pétrole et du gaz naturel
DEF

[...] pipeline de brut construit pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale entre le Texas et la Pennsylvanie.

Key term(s)
  • pipeline Big Inch

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

A device made of acrylic, shellac baseplate or other material made to fit the individual patient's mouth more closely than wold be possible with a stock tray.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
DEF

Dispositif réalisé en acrylique, en gomme-laque ou dans un autre matériau pour bien s'adapter à la bouche du patient.

Spanish

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