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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

A set longline is a longline gear that is anchored or otherwise fixed to the seabed at either end of the mainline. Set longlines usually fish on or near the bottom... However, set longlines can also have the mainline and hooks off bottom, or near the surface in shallow waters.

Key term(s)
  • set long line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
CONT

La palangre calée est une ligne de grande longueur, portant de nombreux hameçons, généralement calée horizontalement dans la colonne de l'eau.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
CONT

Unlike the Royal Navy where diving is a specialist trade, in the army it is an additional qualification on top of soldier and trade skills and divers are not employed in the role on a full time basis. Despite this, the training and requirements are just as rigorous and the award of a shallow water diver's badge at the end of the training is treated with great pride.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships
CONT

The wreck was surveyed to assist in the investigation. It was decided that her hull was too badly damaged to justify repair so she was taken to a quiet and shallow end of the basin north of the magazine and scuttled on August 24.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires
OBS

saborder : Couler volontairement un navire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maniobras de los buques
OBS

echar a pique: hacer que un buque se hunda en el mar.

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Record 4 2016-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
DEF

A shallow cavity in one or both of the end faces of fuel pellets, intended to decrease the longitudinal expansion of the pellet column.

OBS

dishing: term and definition standardized by ISO in 1997.

OBS

dishing: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique nucléaire
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
DEF

Cavité peu profonde sur une face ou sur les deux faces d'extrémité de pastilles de combustible, destinée à réduire la dilatation longitudinale de la colonne de pastilles.

OBS

concavité : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO en 1997.

OBS

concavité : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
Universal entry(ies)
Polycheles typhlops
Latin
OBS

Fossils of these lobsters were known long before living specimens were found. The fossil species lived in shallow waters and had functional eyes. The living species are all blind and live at great depths. Their integument is soft and flexible, and the first four, and sometimes all five, pair of legs end in claws. No other decapod has more than three pairs of legs with claws. The adult deep-sea lobsters live buried in muddy bottoms where they feed mainly on dead organisms that drift down.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Polycheles typhlops
Latin

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
CONT

A straw bale barrier consists of straw bales placed end to end along a level contour in a shallow trench and then staked to hold them in place. The straw bale barrier detains and filters stormwater runoff, creating a small pond behind the barrier where sedimentation occurs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
CONT

Honeycrisp apples are oblate to roundly oblate in shape... Skin color is 60 to 90 percent distinctive mottled red over a yellow background. A nearly solid red coloration develops only if the fruit is well exposed to the sun. The fruit surface has shallow dimples and numerous, small lenticels(dots) with green russeting at the stem end. Honeycrisp fruit is characterized by an exceptionally crisp and juicy texture. Its flesh is cream colored and coarse. The flavor is sub-acid and ranges from mild and well-balanced to strongly aromatic, depending on the degree of maturity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
CONT

La Honeycrisp est une variété très prisée par les consommateurs, car elle est exceptionnellement croquante et juteuse. Elle doit son nom au fin goût de miel qui la caractérise. Sa chair est de belle couleur crème et peu sensible à l’oxydation.

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A handheld instrument with a curled, three-pronged claw at one end and a right-angled, single blade at the other.

CONT

Senn retractors are double ended retractors used in surgical procedures. One end is typically L shaped and the other has three bent prongs.

OBS

Proper name : Senn retractor.... Features : hand held; two end-sharp three prong rake-slender 90 degrees blade. Uses : Retraction of skin and shallow tissue.

OBS

[Senn retractors are] suitable for short-term displacement of soft tissue.

OBS

In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as "Senn’s retractor", often disappears over the years. For that reason, the written form "Senn retractor" is also found.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
CONT

Insérer un écarteur de Senn (avec griffes) ou un crochet sous le rebord inférieur du cartilage thyroïdien et tirer à 45 degrés en direction de la tête du (de la) patient(e).

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

Ice crystals formed by sublimation within snow, but beneath the snow surface.

CONT

Depth hoar [are] large coarse recrystallized grains of snow that are the end result of the faceting or squaring process within the snowpack, a process driven by temperature gradients. Such crystals are often weak and develop as a result of(locally) strong temperature gradients and resulting vapor pressure differences in the snowpack, especially in shallow snowpacks with cold air temperatures. These grains are formed through re-crystallization of existing snow grains as water vapor is transferred(sublimation and deposition) from warmer regions of higher vapor pressure(near the ground) to colder regions with lower vapor pressure(upper layers closer to the snow surface).

CONT

According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), shallow snow that sits on the ground under clear skies and cold temperatures creates depth hoar, also known as sugar snow or squares.

CONT

Depth hoar can be found near the base of the snowpack. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

OBS

Depth hoar is often the weakest layer in the snowpack and is a potential sliding layer for avalanches.

OBS

Depth Hoar is also called : Temperature Gradient (TG) (but this is an outdated term), sugar snow, squares, sometimes incorrectly called "hoar frost" by old, rural geezers.

OBS

Cup-shaped crystals are a common form of depth hoar.

OBS

depth hoar: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Cristaux de glace formés par condensation solide au sein de la neige, mais sous la surface de la couche neigeuse.

CONT

La conséquence en est un important changement de forme des cristaux. Ceux-ci deviennent anguleux avec l'apparition de petites facettes, un peu comme sur un diamant. On les appelle grains à face plane [...] Si la transformation dure assez longtemps et si le gradient de température est assez fort, ces cristaux vont grossir et prendre l'aspect de pyramides creuses, les faces striées un peu comme des gradins : leur taille peut devenir remarquable (5 à 6 mm de diamètre). On les appelle gobelets ou aussi givre de profondeur [...]

CONT

Le givre de profondeur se trouve près de la base du manteau neigeux. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

givre de profondeur : Les Suisses Romands l'appellent aussi la neige coulante, à cause de sa grande instabilité.

OBS

givre de profondeur : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Cristales de hielo formados por sublimación en el interior de la nieve pero debajo de la superficie nevosa.

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Record 10 2003-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Radioactive Ores (Mining)
CONT

The general genetic model hinges on the divalent nature of uranium - being strongly soluble in oxidizing conditions (uranic: U+6) and relatively insoluble in reducing conditions (uranous: U+4).

CONT

Semiarid conditions favour the development of more mature groundwaters(bicarbonate-rich) at shallow depths, which in turn favour complexing with uranyl ions in the upstream end of the aquifer.

Key term(s)
  • uranic ion

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Minerais radioactifs (Mines métalliques)
CONT

Le modèle génétique général s'articule autour du caractère bivalent de l'uranium dans la nature - il est très soluble dans des conditions oxydantes (ion uranyl : U6+) et relativement insoluble dans des conditions réductrices (ion uraneux : U4+).

CONT

Des conditions semi-arides sont propices à la formation à faible profondeur d'eaux souterraines plus matures (riches en bicarbonates), ce qui favorise à son tour la complexion avec des ions uranyl à l'extrémité amont de l'aquifère.

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

A fishing lure.

CONT

Spoons fall into three basic categories: standard spoons, trolling spoons and weedless spoons.

OBS

spoon : A domestic utensil consisting of a shallow, oval or round bowl at the end of a handle; something shaped like this utensil, especially a spinner(fishing lure).

OBS

Made of metal and shaped like the bowl of a spoon, it wobbles when pulled through the water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Engin de pêche, tournant ou ondulant, dont la forme rappelle celle d'une cuiller sans manche.

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Polo

French

Domaine(s)
  • Water-polo
OBS

du bassin

Key term(s)
  • partie la moins profonde du bassin
  • partie peu profonde de la piscine

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Polo acuático
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Record 13 2000-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

The opposite occurs at the end of winter; drifting ice during breakup transports sedimentary material and erodes intertidal zones and shallow areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

À la fin de l'hiver, c'est l'opposé qui se produit, puisque les glaces qui dérivent lors de la débâcle servent d'agents de transport du matériel sédimentaire et érodent les zones intertidales ainsi que les secteurs de faibles profondeurs.

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Letterpress (printing methods)
DEF

A shallow metal tray with one open end, used in letterpress for assembling type set in the composing stick.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Typographie (procédés d'impression)
DEF

Long plateau peu profond dans lequel on verse les lignes de caractères assemblées dans le composteur.

Spanish

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Record 15 1996-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
  • Radiation Protection
CONT

Typically, each [shallow land burial] trench has a sloping floor cut into the natural soil and a french drain of gravel down one of the long sides. The trench bottom is covered with a foot or two of sand to allow water to flow freely into the french drain, especially when the trench is open during operations. Sampling pipes or tubes are placed against the trench wall, with their lower ends in the french drain, when the trench is dug. Monitoring of each disposal unit(engineered trench) is accomplished by sampling any water found in the french drain through these tubes and analyzing its contents. Sampling wells are placed around the perimeter of the facility, and elsewhere if desired, and air sampling is conducted at least until the end of the operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
  • Radioprotection

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
  • Protección contra la radiación
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Record 16 1996-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Shallow land burial trenches are typically long, narrow, excavations with an engineered floor, an engineered drainage collection and monitoring system, and an engineered cover system.

OBS

As used in this context, the word "engineered" refers to the fact that features and materials have been designed or selected to accomplish certain functions. In shallow land burial the materials are usually natural rather than man-made.

CONT

Typically, each [shallow land burial] trench has a sloping floor cut into the natural soil and a French drain of gravel down one of the long sides. The trench bottom is covered with a foot or two of sand to allow water to flow freely into the French drain, especially when the trench is open during operations. Sampling pipes or tubes are placed against the trench wall, with their lower ends in the French drain, when the trench is dug. Monitoring of each disposal unit(engineered trench) is accomplished by sampling any water found in the French drain through these tubes and analyzing its contents. Sampling wells are placed around the perimeter of the facility, and elsewhere if desired, and air sampling is conducted at least until the end of the operations.

Key term(s)
  • shallow-land burial trench
  • shallow ground disposal trench
  • near surface disposal trench

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 17 1986-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

An early American oil lamp extensively used during the 17th and 18th centuries... It is a small, shallow pear-shaped vessel usually made of iron or tin with a wick laid in the small end.

CONT

The Betty lamp was generally attached to a slender iron rod on a stand or to an iron ratchet hung from the ceiling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
OBS

Ces lampes à suif se présentent comme un petit plat de métal en forme de coquille qu'on remplit d'huile ou de gras et dont l'une des extrémités est affinée pour recevoir une mèche.

CONT

Les "becs de corbeau" populaires au Québec jusqu'au milieu de XIX e siècle sont surmontés d'une poignée arquée prolongée d'une chaîne reliée à un crochet qui permet de les suspendre facilement ou de les piquer au mur.

Spanish

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Record 18 1986-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

An early European oil lamp extensively used during the 17th century. It consisted of a shallow vessel or cup, usually of iron or ten, to contain the oil with a wick laid in the narrow end or spout.

CONT

The cruzie lamp, which had its origin in antiquity, was generally attached to an iron ratchet hung from the ceiling or to an iron rod on a stand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Récipient en matériaux variés contenant de l'huile ou de la graisse dans laquelle trempe une ou plusieurs mèches dont l'extrémité émerge et brûle en même temps que l'huile; (...)

Spanish

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Record 19 1980-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
CONT

Continued diversification in Cenozoic times affected one family of mesosuchians that appeared in Africa at the end of the Cretaceous. These were the dyrosaurids, [crocodilians] which inhabited shallow coastal waters early in the Tertiary. Their fossils, abundant in the phosphate deposits of southern Tunisia, show that one species, Dyrosaurus phosphaticus, had a very long, narrow snout and pointed teeth suitable for capturing fish.... Its cousin, Phosphatosaurus gavialoides, had a shorter, more robust snout.... Its jaws carried large, blunt rear teeth adapted to the crushing of hard-shelled prey; the species may have fed on marine turtles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
CONT

Au début du Tertiaire, une famille de Mésosuchiens, apparue à la fin du Crétacé, continua à se diversifier. Il s'agit des Dyrosauridés, [crocodiliens] qui habitaient les eaux côtières peu profondes. Leurs restes, qui sont abondants dans les phosphates d'Afrique du Nord, montrent qu'une des espèces, Dyrosaurus phosphaticus, avait un museau très long et étroit et des dents pointues adaptées à la capture des poissons [...] Son cousin Phosphatosaurus gavialoides avait un museau plus court et plus robuste [...] Ses mâchoires portaient des dents postérieures grosses et obtuses, capables de broyer des proies aux coquilles dures; cette espèce se nourrissait peut-être des tortues marines.

Spanish

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Record 20 1980-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
  • Paleontology
OBS

Continued diversification in Cenozoic times affected one family of mesosuchians that appeared in Africa at the end of the Cretaceous. These were the dyrosaurids, [crocodilians] which inhabited shallow coastal waters early in the Tertiary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Au début du tertiaire, une famille de Mésosuchiens, apparue à la fin du Crétacé, continua à se diversifier. Il s'agit des Dyrosauridés, [crocodiliens] qui habitaient les eaux côtières peu profondes.

Spanish

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Record 21 1980-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
CONT

Continued diversification in Cenozoic times affected one family of mesosuchians that appeared in Africa at the end of the Cretaceous. These were the dyrosaurids, [crocodilians] which inhabited shallow coastal waters early in the Tertiary. Their fossils, abundant in the phosphate deposits of southern Tunisia, show that one species, Dyrosaurus phosphaticus, has a very long, narrow snout and pointed teeth suitable for capturing fish...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
CONT

Au début du tertiaire, une famille de Mésosuchiens, apparue à la fin du Crétacé, continua à se diversifier. Il s'agit des Dyrosauridés, [crocodiliens] qui habitaient les eaux côtières peu profondes. Leurs restes, qui sont abondants dans les phosphates d'Afrique du Nord, montrent qu'une des espèces, Dyrosaurus phosphaticus, avait un museau très long et étroit et des dents pointues adaptées à la capture des poissons [...]

Spanish

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Record 22 1977-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the family Tancrediidae have the following characteristics; the] shell [is] small to medium-sized, smooth or with weak radial ornament, equivalve, feebly to moderately inflated, ovate or subtrigonal, more or less elongate, subequilateral to strongly inequilateral, in [the] latter case with [the] anterior end longer; [the] ligament [is] external, opisthodetic, usually short; [the] cardinal teeth [number] fundamentally two in each valve(2, 4b in LV, 3a, 3b in RV), but decreased to [a] single tooth in one or both valves in some forms by [the] extreme reduction of LV posterior(4b), of RV anterior(3a), or of both,(...) ;[there is a] single posterior lateral(PII) present in LV and received, below [the] dorsal margin of RV, in [a] socket which may lie between two distinct lateral teeth(PIII, PI) ;[the] anterior laterals, if distinguishable,(...) [consist] of laminar projections from [the] margins; [the] adductor scars [are] small; [the] pallial line [is] simple or(...) [has a] shallow sinus. "U. Trias.-U. Cret. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Tancrediidae (...) [ont une] charnière (...) [comportant] des cardinales et des latérales postérieures.

Spanish

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Record 23 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Pteriidae(...) [are] obliquely ovate to suborbicular usually with [a] triangular winglike projection bordering each end of [a] straight hinge line; [they are] subequivalve to strongly inequivalve, LV usually more inflated; inequilateral, [the] umbones placed well toward [the] anterior end; [the] anterior wing(or auricle) [is] smaller, [a] byssal notch [is] present beneath it in [the] RV; both valves(...) [have an] obtusely triangular cardinal area bearing [a] shallow triangular ligament pit directed posteriorly from [the] beak; [the] dentition [is] variable, teeth(when present) [are] usually short and transverse near [the] beak, elongated posteriorly in [the] longitudinal direction; [they are] dimyarian in juvenile stages, monomyarian or with [the] anterior adductor much reduced in [the] adult; [the] posterior adductor impression [is] large; [the] pallial line [is] commonly discontinuous; [the] interior [is] pearly; [the] sculpture [is] variable, relatively smooth forms predominating "Trias.-Rec. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Pteriidae (...) [ont une] coquille nacrée, très inéquilatérale et inéquivalve; [la] valve gauche [est] bombée, [la] valve droite [est] plate. En arrière des crochets généralement antérieurs, [la] coquille est prolongée en une aile postérieure, en avant [une] oreillette plus petite et presque toujours échancrée pour le passage du byssus, sur la valve droite. [Le] bord cardinal [est] rectiligne, [l'] aréa ligamentaire [est] striée longitudinalement, [la] charnière [est] généralement munie de dents inégales. [Ils ont] deux muscles adducteurs, [l'] impression de l'antérieure [est] profonde et située sous l'oreillette antérieure; celle du postérieur [est] plus grande sur la valve même.

Spanish

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