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CREST RIDGE [16 records]

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Record 1 2020-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
  • The Eye
Universal entry(ies)
crista lacrimalis posterior
Latin
A02.1.09.002
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A vertical ridge on the orbital surface of the lacrimal bone which, together with the anterior lacrimal crest, bounds the fossa for the lacrimal sac.

OBS

posterior lacrimal crest: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.09.002: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
  • Oeil
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
crista lacrimalis posterior
Latin
A02.1.09.002
classification system code, see observation
OBS

crête lacrymale postérieure : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.09.002 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
  • Ojo
Entrada(s) universal(es)
crista lacrimalis posterior
Latin
A02.1.09.002
classification system code, see observation
CONT

La cara externa [del hueso lagrimal] lleva una cresta vertical o cresta lagrimal posterior, que se termina inferiormente por una apófisis en forma de gancho (hamulus lagrimalis).

OBS

A02.1.09.002: cifra identificadora única de la Terminología Anatómica Internacional.

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Record 2 2018-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
crista
Latin
A02.0.00.031
classification system code, see observation
OBS

crest; ridge : terms derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.0.00.031: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
crista
Latin
A02.0.00.031
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Bord saillant d'un os.

OBS

crête : terme dérivé de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.0.00.031 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
crista
Latin
A02.0.00.031
classification system code, see observation
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Record 3 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
OBS

Bicipital: Of or relating to a biceps muscle.

OBS

Crest : A bony ridge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
OBS

Biceps reflex: réflexe bicipital.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Oceanography
DEF

The mechanism by which new seafloor is created along the rift at the crest of a mid-ocean ridge as adjacent plates move apart.

OBS

The crust separates along the rift, and new seafloor forms as hot new crust upwells into these cracks. The new seafloor spreads laterally away from the rift and is replaced by even newer crust in a continuing process of plate creation.

OBS

seafloor spreading; sea floor spreading: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
  • Océanographie
DEF

Mécanisme de création de nouveau fond marin le long du rift (fossé d’effondrement) à la crête d’une dorsale médio-océanique alors que des plaques adjacentes s’éloignent l’une de l’autre.

OBS

La croûte se déchire le long du rift et il se forme un nouveau fond marin alors que de nouveaux matériaux de croûte chauds s’élèvent dans les fissures. Le nouveau fond marin s’étale latéralement de part et d’autre du rift et est remplacé par de la croûte encore plus récente dans ce processus ininterrompu de création de plaque.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica de placas
  • Oceanografía
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Record 5 2011-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Oceanography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A deep, central cleft with a mountainous floor in the crest of a midoceanic ridge.

CONT

Mineralization processes ... tended to be concentrated ... along such tectonic environments as rift valleys, aulacogens and associated domes, ... plate margins and transform faults.

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • mid-ocean rift

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Océanographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Fossé d'effondrement qui se situe au milieu des dorsales océaniques.

CONT

[...] l'axe de la dorsale est occupé par un fossé, appelé «rift», large de 20 à 50 km, dominé de part et d'autre par les deux chaînes qui le surplombent de 1000 ou 1500 m en général [...]

CONT

Les métaux qu'on trouve dans l'eau de mer ont une double origine : d'une part, à partir des sources hydrothermales, dont la découverte dans l'axe des rifts médio-océaniques remonte à quelques années.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
  • Oceanografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 6 2010-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A ridge formed by the arched beds in an anticline.

OBS

Erosion may modify the folded ridge but commonly the crest of the anticline corresponds closely to the highest part of the ridge.

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • ridge of anticline
  • anticlinal crown

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
DEF

One of the western boundary currents of the North Pacific subtropical gyre.

OBS

A deep, narrow, and swift current, it continues from the Philippines Current in a northeastward direction from Taiwan along the continental rise of the East China Sea, through Tokara Strait, and close to the eastern coast of Japan. At 35°N it separates from the coast and flows eastward into the Pacific as a free jet known as the Kuroshio Extension. It forms a marked temperature and salinity front with the Oyashio, which meets the Kuroshio Extension from the north and then flows parallel to it. Like all other western boundary currents, the Kuroshio develops instabilities and sheds eddies. Its unique characteristic is that south of Honshu it switches between three quasi-stable paths across the Izu Ridge at irregular intervals of 18 months to several years. Volume transport in the Kuroshio increases downstream and reaches 57 Sv... in the Kuroshio Extension, increasing seasonally by 15% during summer. The current's path in the extension is characterized by large meridional excursions in the so-called First and Second Crest at 145° and 152°E. On approaching the Shatsky Rise at 157°E, the Kuroshio Extension divides into several paths that tend to recombine before the Emperor Seamounts near 170°E cause the current to split again and disintegrate. The flow then continues as the North Pacific Current.

OBS

Black Stream: It’s also sometimes known as the Black Stream-the English translation of kuroshio, and an allusion to the deep blue of its water-and also as the Japan Current.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
DEF

Courant océanique se mouvant vers le nord-est de Formose à Riukiu et près de la côte du Japon aussi loin que la latitude de 35 degrés nord.

CONT

Le courant de Kuroshio ou courant de Kuro-Shivo est le second plus grand courant marin au monde (après le Gulf Stream). Il débute dans l'ouest de l'océan Pacifique au large de la côte orientale de Taiwan et se dirige vers les eaux au nord-est du Japon où il fusionne avec la dérive orientale du courant du Nord Pacifique. Il a un rôle analogue à celui du Gulf Stream dans l'océan Atlantique, transportant des eaux chaudes tropicales vers le Nord et les régions polaires.

OBS

Ce courant est aussi appelé courant du Japon ou courant Noir, la traduction littérale du japonais kuroshio, allusion à la couleur bleu sombre de ses eaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oceanografía
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Record 8 2005-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-10-22

English

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

Elongated stretch of elevated ground.

CONT

Parker Ridge, Alta.

CONT

Avalanche Crest, B.C.

CONT

Long Run, Nfld.

OBS

ridge: widely used generic.

OBS

crest: rare; generic used in B.C.

OBS

run: rare; generic used in Nfld.

OBS

ridge; crest; run : terms and definition validated by the Geographical Names Board of Canada(GNBC)(formerly named the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names--CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary(BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
OBS

chaînon : générique non attesté au Canada lorsqu'il signifie une élévation de terrain allongée. La Commission de toponymie du Canada (CTC) recommande toutefois de traduire «ridge/crest/run» par «chaînon».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Toponimia
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 10 2004-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

Any stationary cloud maintaining its position with respect to a mountain peak or ridge, such as a banner cloud, cap cloud, crest cloud, or cloud of the species lenticularis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Nuage demeurant en position de repos par rapport à une cime ou une crête de montagne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Cualquier nube que permanece en posición fija respecto a una cima o la cresta de una montaña.

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Record 11 1998-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Planting Techniques (Farming)
  • Nurseries (Farming)
  • Silviculture
CONT

ridge planting : Setting out young trees on a long, narrow crest of excavated soil, generally on a slice thrown up by a plough... Setting on the side of such a ridge is termed step planting=side planting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de plantation
  • Pépinières
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Plantation sur bourrelet dans laquelle les plants sont placés sur le flanc (du bourrelet).

Spanish

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Record 12 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

Refers to the part of the denture or saddle which extends on the buccal or lingual from the ridge crest to the periphery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
DEF

Partie de la plaque-base d'une prothèse adjointe mandibulaire qui recouvre les versants interne ou externe d'une crête édentée postérieure.

Spanish

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Record 13 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Mouth
DEF

The high point of the alveolar ridge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cavité buccale
DEF

Sommet de dièdre formé par deux plans dentaires.

Spanish

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Record 14 1992-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Residential Architecture
OBS

An ornamental crest(as on ridge of a roof or at the top of a clock).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'habitation
OBS

Ornement en métal ou en terre cuite qui court sur le faîte d'un toit.

Spanish

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Record 15 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Anthracosiidae(...) [have shells that are] equivalve or subequivalve, highly variable, but commonly ovate, elliptical, subtriangular or suborbicular in outline; [the] hinge line [is] gently arcuate. [A] circular anterior adductor scar [is] deeply impressed, slightly smaller in area than [the] shallow oval posterior scar and situated near [the] margin with [the] angle of [the] usually well-defined, subtriangular frontal lobe; [the] anterior retractor muscle [is] situated above and close to [the] anterior adductor, its impression visible on [the] internal molds as [a] small single or double scar on [the] crest of [the] umbonal ridge. Dentition [is] variable, usually consisting of one subumbonal tooth(in both valves or in only one), which may not reach [the] edge of [the] hinge plate, but two teeth may occur in each valve, or in one valve only(single tooth, which may be in either valve, fitting between) ;[there are] rarely more than two teeth(maximum four, of low relief) present in each valve, and [the] hinge plate may be edentulous. [The] lunule and escutcheon [are] variable, but usually feebly defined. "Carb., ? Perm. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Anthracosiidae (...) [ont une] coquille inéquilatérale, ovale, subtrapéziforme ou triangulaire, lisse ou finement striée concentriquement, [le] ligament [est] externe. [Ils ont une] Charnière présentant de très grandes variations et ne constituant pas, de ce fait, un bon caractère générique; il y a tantôt une dent sous le crochet et une dent postérieure, tantôt de nombreuses dents, tantôt pas de dents. (...) Dévonien au Trias. (...)

Spanish

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Record 16 1977-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Tectonics
OBS

The Carlsberg ridge separates [the Somali and Arabian basins] and is characteristic mid-oceanic ridge with a rifted crest and a basaltic composition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Tectonique des plaques
  • Tectonique
OBS

La dorsale de Carlsberg part des Maldives, non loin de la pointe sud de l'Inde péninsulaire et joint la pointe est de l'Afrique.

Spanish

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