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CARDINAL [4 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2022-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

cardinal: an item in the "Clothing" class of the "Personal Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

cape rouge : objet de la classe «Vêtements» de la catégorie «Objets personnels».

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Religion (General)
DEF

A high-ranking Roman Catholic cleric who is appointed by the Pope and helps with his duties.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Religion (Généralités)
DEF

Haut dignitaire de l'Église catholique qui est nommé par le Pape et qui l'assiste dans ses fonctions.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

A hinge tooth often relatively large, situated close to and directly beneath the beak of a bivalve mollusk.

OBS

Its long axis is perpendicular or oblique to the hinge line.

OBS

Plural: cardinal teeth.

Key term(s)
  • cardinal teeth

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
CONT

Dents cardinales de la charnière d'un Pélécypode.

OBS

[Chez un Lamellibranche, les] dents situées sous le crochet [sont] dites «cardinales».

Spanish

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