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INNER HORIZONTAL SURFACE [5 records]

Record 1 2015-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airfields
DEF

A specified portion of a horizontal plane located above an aerodrome and its immediate environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérodromes
DEF

Portion spécifiée d'un plan horizontal située au-dessus d'un aérodrome et de ses abords immédiats.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aeródromos
DEF

Superficie plana horizontal, especificada sobre un aeródromo y sus cercanías inmediatas.

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Record 2 2015-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airfields
DEF

A specified surface sloping upwards and outwards from the periphery of the inner horizontal surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérodromes
DEF

Surface spécifiée qui s'appuie sur le contour de la surface horizontale intérieure en s'évasant vers le haut.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aeródromos
DEF

Superficie especificada, de pendiente ascendiente, que se extiende hacia afuera desde la periferia de la superficie horizontal interna.

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Record 3 1998-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens and Baking (Ceramics)
  • Construction Methods
DEF

A sprung arch in which the outer surface is horizontal and the inner surface is either horizontal or arched with a large radius.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et cuisson (Céramique industrielle)
  • Procédés de construction
DEF

Voûte arc-boutée dont l'extrados est horizontal et l'intrados est soit horizontal, soit incurvé en arc à grand rayon.

Spanish

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Record 4 1977-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Forams of the family arbitolinidae have] relatively large conical shells varying from high cone with pointed apex to broad shield or disc test with [a] single series of shallow cuplike chambers that increase in diameter more or less regularly, initial chambers of some tests developed in spiral form at angle to [the] adult portion of [the] test; chambers [are] divided by vertical, and in some genera, horizontal plates, with [a] central area divided by either vertical partitions or pillars, or combinations of both(...) ;communication between chambers [is] by septal or apertural pores. [The] test wall [is] of 2 parts, [the] outer layer forming [the] dorsal surface of [the] test and continuing as [the] ventral surface of each septum, [the] inner layer [is] continuous with partitions or pillars and plates; [the] inner layer, at least, [is] agglutinate, and may contain abundant grains of detrital material(...) "L. Cret.-Eoc. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Les genres groupés dans cette famille répondent morphologiquement, après un premier stade trochospiralé, au type conique unisérié, franc, avec loges en disques, ou au type comprimé et prenant une allure flabelliforme (...)

Spanish

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Record 5 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Refractory Materials (Metallurgy)
  • Glass Manufacturing
OBS

--the horizontal line around the inner surface of a tank furnace corresponding to the upper surface of the molten glass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux réfractaires (Métallurgie)
  • Fabrication du verre
OBS

--ligne horizontale correspondant au niveau supérieur du verre fondu tout autour de la surface interne de la cuve.

Spanish

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