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LUMPY [13 records]

Record 1 2022-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sponges, Hydrozoans and Jellyfish
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A sponge of the family Ancorinidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éponges, hydres et méduses
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Éponge de la famille des Ancorinidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A fungus of the family Polyporaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Champignon de la famille des Polyporaceae.

OBS

tramète : Certains auteurs utilisent ce terme au masculin.

Key term(s)
  • tramète bossu
  • tramète gibbeux

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

Layers that consist of fine beds grading to loosely packed nodular bodies of rock in matrix of like or unlike character.

CONT

The nodular beds are coarser grained and more fossiliferous than the underlying wavy bedded Centre Hall Member. The nodular bedding may be the result of discontinuous sea floor cementation, compaction, and/or pressure solution.

OBS

nodular bedding: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

Couches formées de morceaux noduleux d'une roche, disséminés ou au contraire plus ou moins tassés, dans une roche de caractère analogue ou différent.

CONT

La zone est constituée de couches noduleuses séparées par de larges bancs de marne. À notre grand désespoir il n'y a qu'une seule couche de nodules dont les quartz sont véritablement «diamant» et il faut la trouver.

OBS

couches à nodules; couches nodulaires : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Mineralogy
  • Petrography
DEF

Rock or mineral particle greater than 2.0 mm in diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Minéralogie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Fragment de roche ou de minéral de diamètre supérieur à 2.0 mm.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
CONT

Blue ore may be friable to crumbly or nodular, or hard coherent and lumpy ...

PHR

Lumpy aggregate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
CONT

Le minerai de fer bleu peut être soit friable à granulaire ou noduleux, ou bien encore cohérent, dur et grumeleux [...]

PHR

Agrégat grumeleux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Minas metálicas
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
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Record 6 2006-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Manganese Mining
CONT

Approximately half of the world iron ore production in recent years, including lump ore and sinter fines, has come from enriched iron-formation ...

CONT

Blue ore is friable to crumbly or nodular, or forms hard, coherent, lumpy ore where a high proportion of iron oxide has been introduced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse
CONT

Ces dernières années, environ la moitié de la production mondiale de minerai de fer, y compris le minerai fin aggloméré et le minerai en morceaux, provenait de concentrations résiduelles enrichies de formations de fer.

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
CONT

For many years women with lumpy breasts have been diagnosed with "fibrocystic disease". This term is both unfortunate and erroneous. Most of these women do not have cysts and any condition affecting at least half of normal women should not be considered a "disease".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Posology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Posologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Posología
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Record 9 2003-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
OBS

A contagious disease of cattle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
OBS

Chez les bovins

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
OBS

dermatosis nodular contagiosa: término proveniente del Código Zoosanitario Internacional, 2002.

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Record 10 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce

Spanish

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Record 11 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 12 1993-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
CONT

Gout: A lumpy, asymmetrical fault in a spun yarn of a fabric. This defect is caused by the accumulation of undrafted waste fibre into the yarn during spinning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
CONT

Bouchon : Défaut asymétrique de protubérance dans un filé d'un tissu. Ce défaut est causé par l'accumulation de déchets de fibres non étirées dans le fil pendant la filature.

Spanish

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Record 13 1991-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication des produits pharmaceutiques
CONT

Matières en bloc à soumettre au concassage.

OBS

Terme et équivalent retrouvés dans un lexique de la compagnie pharmaceutique Schering Canada Inc.

Spanish

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