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COMA [6 records]

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Record 1 2013-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
DEF

A manifestation of errors in an optical system, so that a point has an asymmetrical image (that is, it appears as a pear-shaped spot).

CONT

Coma comes into play only when a point object which does not lie on the lens axis is sending light to the lens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Aberration monochromatique d'un système optique due à l'obliquité du faisceau lumineux incident par rapport à l'axe optique.

CONT

La coma apparaît dans les angles de l'image et se traduit par une figure en aigrette d'un objet ponctuel.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Óptica
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Record 2 2013-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

A tuft of sort hairs, usually terminal on a seed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

The state of complete loss of consciousness from which the patient cannot be roused by any ordinary external stimulus; conjunctival and pupillary reflexes are absent and deep reflexes are usually abolished.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Perte de conscience, non réversible par des stimulations, avec maintien partiel des fonctions respiratoires et circulatoires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
DEF

Ausencia de respuesta a los estímulos externos.

PHR

estado de coma.

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Record 4 2003-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Planets
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
DEF

The nebulous cloud surrounding the nucleus of a comet.

CONT

Together, the coma and nucleus form the comet's head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planètes
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
CONT

À l'intérieur de la tête, on distingue un noyau brillant de très petit diamètre apparent, entouré d'une enveloppe diffuse dégradée vers les bords, la chevelure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planetas
  • Astrofísica y cosmografía
DEF

Nebulosidad que envuelve el núcleo de un cometa y que, como la cola de éste, se halla siempre orientada en la dirección opuesta a la del sol.

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Record 5 1998-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
OBS

Canadian Oilfield Manufacturers Association merges 1985 with Petroleum Services Association of Canada.

OBS

Information confirmed with the organization which is established in Calgary, Alberta.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
OBS

Renseignement obtenu de l'organisme établi à Calgary (Alberta).

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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