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ANDROGYNOUS [6 records]

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Record 1 2024-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
DEF

A person whose sex cannot easily be determined by their appearance.

OBS

The terms "androgynous person" and "androgyne person" are sometimes considered to be outdated and offensive since they qualify a person's gender based on their appearance rather than on how the person identifies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie
DEF

Personne dont le sexe ne peut pas être clairement déterminé d'après son apparence.

OBS

Le terme «personne androgyne» est parfois considéré comme désuet, car il qualifie le genre d'une personne en fonction de son apparence plutôt qu'en fonction de la façon dont elle s'identifie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología
  • Sociología
DEF

Persona cuyos rasgos externos no se corresponden definidamente con los propios de su sexo.

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Record 2 2023-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
DEF

Referring to a person whose sex cannot easily be determined by their appearance.

OBS

androgynous; androgyne: These terms are sometimes considered to be outdated and offensive since they qualify a person's gender based on their appearance rather than on how the person identifies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie
DEF

Se dit d'une personne dont le sexe ne peut pas être clairement déterminé d'après son apparence.

OBS

androgyne : Ce terme est parfois considéré comme désuet et offensant, car il qualifie le genre d'une personne en fonction de son apparence plutôt qu'en fonction de la façon dont elle s'identifie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología
  • Sociología
DEF

De rasgos externos que no se corresponden definidamente con los propios de su sexo.

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Record 3 2023-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant Biology
DEF

Having male and female flowers in the same inflorescence.

Key term(s)
  • androgynal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Se dit d'une plante ou d'une inflorescence présentant [des caractères masculin et féminin].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Biología vegetal
DEF

Calificativo de una planta que presenta flores masculinas y flores femeninas en una misma inflorescencia.

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Record 4 2003-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

Having flowers with stamens and flowers with pistils in the same cluster.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Qui possède, sur le même individu des fleurs mâles et des fleurs femelles.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Orbital Stations
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

The PMA-3 is a pressure-mating adapter - one of several on the Station - or structural interface between the Orbiter and the Station. The Orbiter side is an androgynous peripheral assembly system (APAS), while the Station side has a passive common berthing mechanism, a system used throughout the Station for mating pressurized elements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Stations orbitales
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Orbital Stations
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

The androgynous peripheral docking system (APDS), manufactured by RSC-Energia in Kaliningrad, Russia, is designed to achieve the capture, dynamic attenuation, alignment, and hard docking of spacecraft through the use of essentially identical docking mechanisms attached to each vehicle. The primary components of each docking mechanism are a structural base ring housing 12 pairs of structural hooks (1 active, 1 passive per pair), an extendable guide ring with 3 petals, a motordriven capture latch within each guide petal, 3 ball screw/nut mechanism pairs connected via a common linkage, 3 electromagnetic brakes (dampers), and 5 fixer mechanisms (that allow for only z-axis movement of the guide ring).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Stations orbitales
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
OBS

Les Russes utilisent deux systèmes d'amarrage, le premier appelé «probe and drogue», système d'amarrage central avec parties mâle et femelle, le second dit «androgyne» (pas de parties mâle/femelle spécifique). L'anneau a 1 mètre de diamètre.

Spanish

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