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DEPRESSED AREA [23 records]

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Record 1 2020-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
Universal entry(ies)
fossa infraclavicularis
Latin
A01.2.03.003
classification system code, see observation
DEF

... the depressed area just inferior to the lateral part of the clavicle.

OBS

[The] depressed area overlies the clavipectoral(deltopectoral) triangle, bounded by the clavicle superiorly, the pectoralis major medially, and the deltoid laterally, which may be evident in the fossa in lean individuals.

OBS

infraclavicular fossa: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A01.2.03.003: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
fossa infraclavicularis
Latin
A01.2.03.003
classification system code, see observation
OBS

fosse infraclaviculaire : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A01.2.03.003 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
Entrada(s) universal(es)
fossa infraclavicularis
Latin
A01.2.03.003
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Pequeña bolsa o depresión situada debajo de la clavícula a ambos lados del cuerpo.

OBS

A01.2.03.003: cifra identificadora única de la Terminología Anatómica Internacional.

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Record 2 2012-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Visual Disorders
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

An area in which the vision is depressed or abolished, situated within the visual field, so that it is surrounded by a normal or less depressed area.

OBS

May be caused by excessive dose of antimalarials in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Troubles de la vision
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Trouble de la vision, dû généralement à une lésion du nerf optique, produisant comme une tache qui masque une partie du champ visuel.

DEF

Lacune de perception dans le champ visuel qui peut être causée par l'ingestion excessive d'antipaludéens de synthèse dans le traitement de la polyarthrite rhumatoïde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Trastornos de la visión
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 3 2011-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Tectonics
DEF

A large depressed area of the continental platform.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
  • Tectonique
DEF

Vaste partie affaissée dans les régions de plate-forme continentale dont le soubassement est recouvert de sédiments épais alors que, alentour, il se relève et est surmonté par des sédiments moins épais.

CONT

Ces cratons se présentent à la manière d'une vaste galette aux bords relevés. On distingue ainsi : des synéclises, au centre, formant, à l'échelle continentale, une zone déprimée, souvent occupée par des formations sédimentaires discordantes sur le socle; des antéclises, en bordure, et qui jouent un rôle gîtologique important.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec le «taphrogéosynclinal», qui est limité par des pentes très abruptes, ni avec l'«aulacogène», dont les sédiments arrivent au niveau de la bordure.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

[A] smooth semicircular area adjoining [the] posterior portion of [the] glabella, outlined distally by [the] furrow and commonly depressed below [the] adjacent part of [the] gena [in some trilobites].

OBS

Plural: alae.

Key term(s)
  • alae

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Un espace le plus souvent subtriangulaire, l'«ala» [...], s'individualise parfois contre la glabelle, en avant du sillon occipital [...]

OBS

Pluriel : alae.

Key term(s)
  • alae

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

A depressed area in the wall of a sieve cell or sieve-tube element, perforated by a sieve-like cluster of minute pores through which the protoplast is connected with that of the contiguous sieve cell or sieve-tube element.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Surface déprimée dans la paroi d'un élément criblé, perforée comme [une passoire] par un amas de minuscules pores, à travers lesquels existent des connexions protoplasmiques avec l'élément criblé contigu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
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Record 6 2011-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
DEF

A car with a depressed loading area for the trailer or container.... Budd's prototype can handle either containers, up to 40 feet with nose-length, or trailers, up to 45 feet with nose or bottom-mount refrigeration units. The only highway units the car can’t take are drop-frame trailers and trailers with bogies more than eight feet wide.

CONT

Budd has come up with the Lo-Pac 2000, a multiunit, articulated well car that will handle both trailers and containers and will allow movement of TOFC [trailer on flat car] shipments "through even the most restrictive overhead clearance areas ..

OBS

A trademark of Budd Company.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
OBS

Lo-Pac 2000MC : Marque de commerce de Budd Company.

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

[A] geologically depressed area, with thick sediments in the interior and thinner sediments at the edges.

OBS

basin of accumulation: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Cratonic sedimentary basin.

PHR

West Rand depository.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

[...] dépression importante de la croûte terrestre où des sédiments (débris de roche altérée et substances chimiques précipitées) se sont accumulés.

OBS

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

PHR

Bassin sédimentaire cratonique.

PHR

Bassin sédimentaire de West Rand.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 8 2005-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grinding (Machine-Tooling)
DEF

A thin wheel product designed for stock removal of all types of metal and masonry. Mounts to an angle grinder.

CONT

depressed center. Grinding wheels with a depressed center, which helps keep the mounting hardware out of the grinding process. ANSI type 27, 28 and 29 wheels fall under this category. ANSI type 27 wheels have a flat configuration with a depressed center. ANSI type 29 wheels fold back away from the workpiece and wheel center while ANSI type 28 wheels project out in front of the wheel center toward the workpiece. Depressed center wheels are applied is rough offhand grinding or snagging of castings, weld beads, flash or parting lines or defects in metal parts.

CONT

Depressed Centre Discs. Type 27 or Type 28 grinding wheels, with the area near the arbor hole offset to accommodate the mounting nut and flange. Used for light to medium portable grinding/notching jobs.

Key term(s)
  • depressed center disc
  • depressed center disk
  • depressed centre wheel
  • depressed centre disk
  • depressed centre grinding wheel
  • depressed centre grinding disc
  • depressed centre grinding disk
  • depressed center grinding disc
  • depressed center grinding disk

French

Domaine(s)
  • Meulage (Usinage)
CONT

Meules à moyeu déporté. Rendement et fiabilité. Tronçonnage de tôles, ébarbage de cordons de soudure. S'utilisent sur des meuleuses électriques et pneumatiques.

CONT

La présente partie de l'ISO 603 spécifie les dimensions nominales, en millimètres, des meules de : [...] Type 27 : Meule à moyeu déporté. Type 28 : Meule soucoupe à moyeu déporté. Ces produits abrasifs agglomérés sont utilisés pour l'ébarbage et l'ébavurage de surfaces quelconques d'une pièce avec des machines à meuler portatives à renvoi d'angle.

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

The direction toward which the wind is blowing; direction of flow vector.

CONT

The pH of soils(0 to 12 cm deep) under closed canopies downwind from a gas processing plant in southern Alberta was depressed more than 0. 15 pH units in a three month period. A depression of 0. 15 pH units occurred within a 25, 000 km² area in central Alberta where half the sulphur emissions were upwind of the study area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
CONT

On peut admettre que dans ce cas la diffusion horizontale s'effectue lentement par cercles concentriques à partir de la zone directement polluée. En revanche, par vent faible et modéré ou fort, les polluants sont emportés dans la direction du vent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
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Record 10 2003-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Economics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Économique

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

A small, flat surface developed in trilobites on anterolateral region of the pygidium and thoracic pleurae.

CONT

[A facet is a] small triangular area located at [the] anterolateral corners of [the] pygidium and lying at a depressed angle to [the] surface of [the] last thoracic segment, also developed on [the] anterolateral portion of [the] thoracic pleurae [in some trilobites].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[...] les «biseaux» [...] individualisés à l'extrémité antéro-distale des plèvres. Ces derniers constituent des surfaces planes, subtriangulaires, déclives vers l'avant, qui aident au glissement des extrémités pleurales, tout en leur imprimant un léger basculement qui facilite leur imbrication.

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
  • Urban Studies
DEF

An area such as a part of a country or a city where a substantial proportion of the inhabitants are unemployed or underemployed and live at a level near subsistence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
  • Urbanisme
DEF

Zone géographique qui se caractérise par un taux élevé de chômage, un investissement presque inexistant et une stagnation économique.

OBS

Définition extraite du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduite avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • zone de marasme

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía
  • Urbanismo
DEF

Zona geográfica que se caracteriza por presentar un índice alto de desempleo, escasa inversión y estancamiento económico.

OBS

área deprimida: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 13 2000-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

Small area of excessive coating, occurring at regular intervals in machine direction of sheet, due to a depressed region in the coater's backing roll. The area appears darker with ultraviolet or transmitted light. It may appear glossier and less ink receptive after calendering.

OBS

Distinct from backing-roll spot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier
DEF

Excès de couchage, apparaissant à intervalles réguliers dans le sens machine, causé par une dépression dans le rouleau de soutien.

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A slightly depressed area on the side of the cranium, below the inferior temporal line, formed by the temporal and parietal bones, the greater wing of the sphenoid, and a part of the frontal bone.

DEF

An area of the cortex of the brain which is believed to be the center of language learning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux

Spanish

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Record 15 1992-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Housing
  • Urban Planning
OBS

The slum area of a town or a city.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
  • Aménagement urbain

Spanish

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Record 16 1986-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Veterinary Medicine
DEF

Of or pertaining to the groin, the depressed area or fold where the abdomen joins the thigh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Médecine vétérinaire
DEF

Qui appartient à l'aine : Ganglions inguinaux.

CONT

Région inguinale.

Spanish

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Record 17 1977-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

The classic development of diplopores is found in(...) [some cystords] in which the pores are not only distributed in pairs, but each pair lies within a distinct depressed area(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) les pseudo-canaux sont plus régulièrement perpendiculaires à la surface, et par paires débouchent dans une fossette ovale, située sous l'épithèque: ce sont des "diplopores" en rapport avec une fossette diploporique.

Spanish

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Record 18 1977-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Cephalopods of the family Koninckioceratidae have] evolute conchs with depressed whorls, not deeply impressed dorsally, sutures [are] only slightly sinuous, [the] siphuncle [is] subcentral, flanks typically converging toward dorsum; ornamentation, when present(...) [consists] of nodes along [the] ventral shoulder or in [the] middle of lateral areas or elongate nodes on [the] ventral part of [the] lateral area(...) "L. Carb.(Miss.)-Perm. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Céphalopodes de la famille des Koninckioceratidae ont des] nautilicônes évolutes de section déprimée, [un] ombilic large, [des] sutures simples, [et un] siphon subcentral.

Spanish

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Record 19 1977-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Gastropods of the] family Haliotidae(...) [have the following characteristics : the] shell [is] auriform, depressed, with [the] spire more or less strongly excentric and protruding only slightly or not at all; [the] aperture [is] broad, occupying most of [the] underside;to [the] left of [the] aperture a broad, smooth labial area, beyond which [a] narrow base of [the] shell is just exposed in some species; [the] shell wall(...) [has a] spiral row of small tremata, commonly on tubular projections, which become infilled progressively during growth, the last few(5 to 9) remaining open and serving as exhalant outlets; [the] interior [is] nacreous; [there is] no operculum. "?Cret., Mio.-Rec. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[La] Famille des Haliotidae [est une] famille de Gastéropodes dibranchiés à coquille auriforme, nacrée. La bandelette sinusaire est constituée par un alignement de perforations au bord de l'ouverture. (...) Crétacé supérieur - Époque actuelle (...)

Spanish

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Record 20 1977-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Depressed plane or curved area along hinge line in front of [pelecypod] beak, equivalent to [the] anterior part of [the] cardinal area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) zone ovale antérieure (...) sur le haut des deux valves réunies d'une coquille (...) [de Lamellibranche]

Spanish

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Record 21 1977-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Depressed plane or curved area along [the] hinge line behind [pelecypod] beak, corresponding to [the] posterior part of [the] cardinal area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) zone ovale postérieure (...) sur le haut des deux valves réunies d'une coquille [de Lamellibranche]

Spanish

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Record 22 1977-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Depressed marginal area of an areole, or any depressed ring around base of a tubercle, serving for attachment of muscles which move spine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) dépression annulaire (...) qui entoure (...) un tubercule [chez un Oursin] c'est la zone d'insertion des muscles de fixation du piquant (...)

Spanish

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Record 23 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale

Spanish

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