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Record 1 2016-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
OBS

A tree of the family Pinaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
OBS

Arbre de la famille des Pinacées.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Stars (Astronomy)
DEF

Hot dense star of low luminosity.

CONT

White dwarfs are the final phase in the evolution of a low-mass star and result from gravitational collapse following the exhaustion of nuclear fuel.

CONT

Best known of all white dwarfs is Sirius B, companion to Sirius ... Sirius B has a radius of only 10 (to the fourth power) km, less than that of the earth, but a mass similar to that of the sun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étoiles (Astronomie)
DEF

Étoile de très faible luminosité très dense et très chaude.

CONT

Le compagnon de l'étoile brillante Sirius est une naine blanche, d'une masse comparable à celle du Soleil, mais dont le rayon est cent fois plus petit; [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estrellas (Astronomía)
DEF

Estrella de temperatura superior a los 10 000k, densidad del orden de 10 (exponente 5) g/cm (exponente 3), pequeña luminosidad (magnitud visual absoluta entre 10 y 15), y cuyo radio es aproximadamente como el de la Tierra.

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