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SHALLOW RELIEF PLATE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2002-02-20
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Typography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- shallow relief plate
1, record 1, English, shallow%20relief%20plate
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
In rotary letterpress, a thin piece of relief plate which is wrapped around the press cylinder like an offset litho plate. 1, record 1, English, - shallow%20relief%20plate
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Typographie (Caractères)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- plaque photopolymère à faible relief
1, record 1, French, plaque%20photopolym%C3%A8re%20%C3%A0%20faible%20relief
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Plaque de polymère dont les régions images sont légèrement surélevées par rapport aux blancs, utilisée en typographie et en flexographie. 1, record 1, French, - plaque%20photopolym%C3%A8re%20%C3%A0%20faible%20relief
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1977-07-06
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- Anthracosiidae
1, record 2, English, Anthracosiidae
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bivalves of the] family Anthracosiidae(...) [have shells that are] equivalve or subequivalve, highly variable, but commonly ovate, elliptical, subtriangular or suborbicular in outline; [the] hinge line [is] gently arcuate. [A] circular anterior adductor scar [is] deeply impressed, slightly smaller in area than [the] shallow oval posterior scar and situated near [the] margin with [the] angle of [the] usually well-defined, subtriangular frontal lobe; [the] anterior retractor muscle [is] situated above and close to [the] anterior adductor, its impression visible on [the] internal molds as [a] small single or double scar on [the] crest of [the] umbonal ridge. Dentition [is] variable, usually consisting of one subumbonal tooth(in both valves or in only one), which may not reach [the] edge of [the] hinge plate, but two teeth may occur in each valve, or in one valve only(single tooth, which may be in either valve, fitting between) ;[there are] rarely more than two teeth(maximum four, of low relief) present in each valve, and [the] hinge plate may be edentulous. [The] lunule and escutcheon [are] variable, but usually feebly defined. "Carb., ? Perm. ". 1, record 2, English, - Anthracosiidae
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- Anthracosiidae
1, record 2, French, Anthracosiidae
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Anthracosiidae (...) [ont une] coquille inéquilatérale, ovale, subtrapéziforme ou triangulaire, lisse ou finement striée concentriquement, [le] ligament [est] externe. [Ils ont une] Charnière présentant de très grandes variations et ne constituant pas, de ce fait, un bon caractère générique; il y a tantôt une dent sous le crochet et une dent postérieure, tantôt de nombreuses dents, tantôt pas de dents. (...) Dévonien au Trias. (...) 1, record 2, French, - Anthracosiidae
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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