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A mineral of a class of polymeric silicates in which the silicon-oxygen tetrahedral groups are linked by sharing three of every four oxygen atoms so as to form sheets of indefinite extent, in which the rate of silicon to oxygen is 2 : 5, and in which some silicon atoms may be replaced by aluminum(as in mica, chlorite, kaolinite).  5, record 1, English, - phyllosilicate

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Phyllosilicates are generally flaky, soft, and of low density. They form at relatively low temperatures and may replace earlier minerals as a result of alteration. They are a major constituent of fine-grained, argillaceous rocks and of some metamorphic rocks.  7, record 1, English, - phyllosilicate

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The term physil, an abbreviated form of phyllosilicate, is proposed to describe all sheet, silicate minerals regardless of grain size.  2, record 1, English, - phyllosilicate

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Silicate à structure en feuille dans lequel trois des quatre atomes d'oxygène de chaque tétraèdre se partagent avec les tétraèdres voisins.  2, record 1, French, - phyllosilicate

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Les phyllosilicates présentent un clivage parfait; ils ont une structure atomique lamellaire où le feuillet est constitué par des tétraèdres [de silice] dont les bases sont au contact et disposés aux sommets d'hexagones réguliers.  3, record 1, French, - phyllosilicate

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Les phyllosilicates [...] sont formés de couches de tétraèdres unis par trois de leurs sommets et formant un réseau plan à maille hexagonale [...], structure qui leur confère un clivage facile. Ce sont en général des minéraux lamellaires ou fibreux : micas, talc, minéraux argileux [...]  4, record 1, French, - phyllosilicate

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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A description may be of two sorts, definite and indefinite(or ambiguous).... a definite description is a phrase of the form "the so-and-so".(Russell, Bertrand, Descriptions, in Semantics & the Philosophy of Language, edited by L. Linsky, Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1952).  1, record 2, English, - definite%20description

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

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Description désignant un individu déterminé. [...] une description est définie quand elle désigne un individu déterminé : «la fille de ma voisine», «la porte de Saint-Denis».  2, record 2, French, - description%20d%C3%A9finie

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Record 3,  Textual support,  English

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the scab lesions are dark olive-green, velvety, of indefinite form  1, record 3, English, - indefinite%20form

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

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Les invasions de printemps, se manifestent [...] à la face supérieure du limbe [...] petites taches fumeuses de 4 à 6 mm de diamètre, à bords irréguliers [...]  1, record 3, French, - %C3%A0%20bords%20irr%C3%A9guliers

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Record 4,  Textual support,  English

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A musical percussion instrument of indefinite pitch usually made of a rod of steel bent into the form of a triangle open at one angle and sounded by striking with a small metal rod.  1, record 4, English, - cook%20house%20triangle

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A similar piece of metal used in the same way as an instrument of call.  1, record 4, English, - cook%20house%20triangle

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish