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LENSLIKE [3 records]

Record 1 2023-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

A thick disk or lenslike piece of glass inserted in a ship's deck to admit light.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Disque épais ou morceau de verre inséré dans le pont d'un navire pour laisser entrer la lumière.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Metals Mining
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Shaped approximately like a double convex lens.

CONT

When a mass of rock thins out from the center to a thin edge all around, it is considered to be lenticular.

CONT

... pyrrhotite in lens-shaped mosaics ...

CONT

Sheared phacoidal serpentine is composed of scales or chips of serpentine ...

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Mines métalliques
  • Minéralogie
DEF

En couche limitée, s'amincissant plus ou moins graduellement du milieu vers les bords [...]

CONT

[...] pyrrhotite qui se présente en mosaïques lenticulaires [...]

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Minas metálicas
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Que tiene forma de lente.

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Record 3 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

Cross-bedding whose outline, in vertical section, is lenslike.

Key term(s)
  • lenslike cross-bedding
  • lenticular crossbedding
  • lenslike crossbedding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

Ensemble à stratification croisée dont le contour, en coupe verticale, a l'aspect d'une lentille.

Spanish

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