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Record 1 2022-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Chrysophyllum albidum
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Sapotaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Chrysophyllum albidum
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Sapotaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Ipomoea lacunosa
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Convolvulaceae.

Key term(s)
  • white star
  • white star potato
  • white morningglory
  • pitted morningglory
  • small-flowered morningglory
  • small-flowered white morningglory
  • small-flower white morning glory
  • small-flower morning glory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Ipomoea lacunosa
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille Convolvulaceae.

OBS

ipomée blanche : nom commun utilisé aussi pour désigner l'espèce Ipomoea alba.

OBS

ipomée : nom commun utilisé aussi pour désigner le genre Ipomoea.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

A locality north of Prince Albert, in Saskatchewan.

OBS

Coordinates: 53° 18' 0" N, 105° 44' 2" W (Saskatchewan).

OBS

Usually, in Canada, the name of an inhabited place has only one form in English and French, which is listed in the gazetteer of the corresponding province or territory according to the incorporation act of the entity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Localité au nord de Prince Albert, en Saskatchewan.

OBS

Coordonnées : 53° 18' 0" N, 105° 44' 2" O (Saskatchewan).

OBS

Habituellement, au Canada, le nom d'un lieu habité n'a qu'une forme en français et en anglais, celle consignée au répertoire de la province ou du territoire correspondant et qui tient de l'acte d'incorporation de l'entité.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Primula latiloba
Latin
Dodecatheon dentatum
Latin
Dodecatheon latilobum
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Primulaceae.

Key term(s)
  • white shooting star

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Primula latiloba
Latin
Dodecatheon dentatum
Latin
Dodecatheon latilobum
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Primulaceae.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-05-11

English

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

Moving down through the stellar mass scale we come to the white stars of spectral type B and A and to the cream colors F and to the yellow G stars like our own sun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étoiles (Astronomie)
OBS

Dans les étoiles A (exemples: Sirius, Véga), qui sont des étoiles blanches, domine l'hydrogène; [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estrellas (Astronomía)
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Record 6 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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