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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

… a small, billowed, high-altitude cloud appearing as a thick, white patch without shadows, composed of very small elements in the form of grains [or] ripples [and that] may be composed of highly supercooled water droplets, as well as small ice crystals, or a mixture of both...  3, record 1, English, - cirrocumulus

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Petit nuage de haute altitude, ondulé, se présentant comme une tache blanche épaisse sans ombres, composé de très petits éléments sous forme de grains ou d'ondulations et qui peut être composé de gouttelettes d'eau fortement surfondues, ainsi que de petits cristaux de glace, ou d'un mélange de ces deux types d'éléments.  3, record 1, French, - cirrocumulus

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

cirrocumulus : Cette graphie, puisée du document intitulé «Les rectifications de l'orthographe» du Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert.  4, record 1, French, - cirrocumulus

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Banco, capa delgada o sábana de nubes blancas, sin sombras, compuestas por elementos muy pequeños en forma de granos, ondulaciones, etc., unidos o separados y distribuidos con mayor o menor regularidad; la mayoría de los elementos tienen una anchura aparente inferior a un grado.  4, record 1, Spanish, - cirrocumulus

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

icy patch: term proposed by the World Road Association.  3, record 2, English, - ice%20patch

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

plaque de verglas : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la route.  2, record 2, French, - plaque%20de%20verglas

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An area of pack ice less than 10 km across.  3, record 3, English, - ice%20patch

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Rassemblement de glaces dérivantes dont les limites sont visibles du nid de pie (dimensions inférieures à 10 km).  2, record 3, French, - banc%20de%20glaces

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The above photo shows a halo phenomenon known as the upper tangent arc. When cirrus clouds contain columnar ice crystals aligned so that their axes are all in a horizontal direction, this type of arc may be produced. A characteristic of this arc-shaped patch of light is that it's directly above the Sun(it bends upward away from the Sun), and it's approximately 22 degrees away from the Sun itself-about 2 fists held at arms length.  1, record 4, English, - upper%20tangent%20arc

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT

The 22° halo is most common, but other halo forms are sometimes seen. The tangent arcs to the 22° halo can appear if the sun’s declination is less than 32°. One is called the lower tangent arc to the 22° halo, and the other is the upper tangent arc to the 22° halo. The shape of these tangent haloes depends upon the sun’s declination. If the sun is close to the horizon, the two upper arcs angle sharply away from the 22° halo. As the sun rises higher in the sky, the tangent arcs move toward the 22° halo. When the sun’s declination reaches 32°above the horizon, the lower and upper tangent arcs make contact, and the resulting ring is called the circumscribed halo. It touches the 22° halo above and beneath the sun. When the sun is just above 32°the circumscribed halo resembles a double oval. As the sun rises higher it becomes increasingly circular and draws nearer to the 22° halo. When the sun’s declination exceeds 70°, the circumscribed arc nearly coincides with the 22° halo.  2, record 4, English, - upper%20tangent%20arc

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Un peu au-dessus ou au-dessous de l'astre lumineux [soleil], à la distance de 22 degrés, on peut fréquemment voir des arcs supérieurs et inférieurs tangents au petit anneau. En fait, on observe plus souvent les arcs supérieurs; ils ont souvent de belles couleurs. [...] Sur l'image suivante, on voit un arc tangent supérieur.  2, record 4, French, - arc%20tangent%20sup%C3%A9rieur

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An arc of light tangent to a halo. It forms by refraction of light through ice crystals.  2, record 5, English, - tangent%20arc

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A tangent arc is a patch of bright light that is occasionally observed along a halo. This occurs when sunlight is refracted by falling hexagonal "pencil-shaped" ice crystals whose long axes are oriented horizontally.  3, record 5, English, - tangent%20arc

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT

tangent arcs. ... The most common of these are the upper and lower tangent arcs to the halo of 22°. They form separate arcs when the sun is low, but as the sun climbs they join to produce the circumscribed halo. These arcs are explained by refraction through the 60° prism sides of columnar crystals oriented with their long axes horizontal.  4, record 5, English, - tangent%20arc

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 PHR

tangent arc to 22° halo, to 46° halo.  5, record 5, English, - tangent%20arc

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 PHR

22° upper, 22° lower, lower, upper tangent arc.  5, record 5, English, - tangent%20arc

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

On répertorie également dans les halos de nombreux phénomènes optiques plus rares. [...] Les arcs tangents sont de courts arcs lumineux partant soit de la base ou du sommet du petit halo, soit (en un couple symétrique) de la demi-circonférence inférieure du grand halo.  1, record 5, French, - arc%20tangent

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Arc tangent au halo de 22°, au halo de 46°; inférieur, supérieur.  2, record 5, French, - arc%20tangent

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Arco tangente al halo de 22°, al halo de 46°, superior.  1, record 5, Spanish, - arco%20tangente

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Figure skating term(s).  1, record 6, English, - ice%20patch

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Terme(s) de patinage artistique.  1, record 6, French, - parcelle%20de%20glace

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Figure skating term(s).  1, record 7, English, - ice%20patch%20number

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Terme(s) de patinage artistique.  1, record 7, French, - num%C3%A9ro%20de%20parcelle%20de%20glace

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish