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CURD [5 records]

Record 1 1998-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A volume within which a physical characteristic becomes increasingly concentrated as a result of curdling (see this term).

OBS

Curd derives from the old English crudan "to press, to push hard". This erudition from Partridge 1958 is not necessarily irrelevant, since the etymological kin of curd doubtless include fractal kin of interest ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
DEF

Concentration volumique accrue d'une structure physique ou chimique engendrée par nucléation.

PHR

Le noyau crée des chemins, s'effile.

PHR

attirer un noyau, développer un noyau, réduire un noyau à un élément neutre, rencontrer un noyau.

PHR

noyau compact, cristallisé injectif.

PHR

noyau d'application linéaire, de morphisme, d'une forme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas
  • Gráficos de computadora
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Record 2 1996-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Industrial Crops
OBS

in a broccoli or cauliflower plant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
OBS

par exemple du chou fleur ou du brocoli

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
DEF

A substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
DEF

Partie du lait obtenue par coagulation naturelle (acidification microbienne) ou artificielle (présure), et que l'on utilise pour fabriquer le fromage.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

Hardness ... results in soap waste in household processes such as laundering, dish washing, cleaning and bathing. Ordinary sodium soaps react with hardness to produce CURD .... All the hardness - producing metals must be precipitated as curd before a lather can be obtained. ... The curd adheres to clothes and turns them gray when ironed, it produces "rings" on bathtubs, and it combines with grease to adhere to dishes during dish washing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Traitement des eaux
CONT

La dureté exprime la teneur en sels de chaux et de magnésie qui forment des grumeaux insolubles avec le savon. (...) une eau ne mousse avec le savon que lorsque tous les savons calcaires et magnésiens formés ont été précipités.

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
OBS

paint defect

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)

Spanish

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