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INVOLUTION [3 records]

Record 1 2011-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Living Matter - General Properties
DEF

A retrograde change of the entire body or in a particular organ, as the retrograde changes in the female genital organs that result in normal size after delivery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés générales de la matière vivante
DEF

Transformation, dans le sens d'une régression, d'un tissu, d'un organe, d'une tumeur ou d'un organisme.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

... folding into layers or strata ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Déformation des couches géologiques par cryoturbation, se traduisant par un mélange de volutes aux formes floues.

OBS

La plication est due au gel de l'eau.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Descriptive Geometry
CONT

Maps which are their own inverse are called involutions. They represent very simple types of dynamical systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géométrie descriptive
DEF

Fonction homographique identique à sa fonction réciproque. Transformation ponctuelle définie par cette fonction.

OBS

Les transformations identiques à leur inverse en sont des exemples. Elles modélisent des systèmes dynamiques très simples.

PHR

centralisateur d'involution

Spanish

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