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VITRIFICADO [3 records]

Record 1 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Biotechnology
DEF

[Said of a] cultured tissue having leaves and sometimes stems with a glassy, transparent or wet and often swollen appearance.

OBS

The process of vitrification is a general term for a variety of physiological disorders that lead to shoot tip and leaf necrosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

[Se dit d'un] tissu en culture ayant des feuilles et parfois des tiges avec une apparence vitreuse, transparente ou mouillée et souvent gonflée.

OBS

Le processus de vitrification est un terme général pour indiquer une variété de désordres physiologiques qui mènent à la nécrose de la pousse apicale et des feuilles.

Spanish

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

[Se dice de un] tejido cultivado con hojas y a veces tallos, de apariencia cristalina, transparente o húmeda y a menudo hinchado.

OBS

El proceso de vitrificación abarca una serie de alteraciones fisiológicas que conducen a la necrosis de hojas y ápices caulinares.

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Record 2 2010-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
  • Glass Industry
CONT

... more than 560 tonnes of vitrified waste have been produced at the Marcoule plant of COGEMA.

Key term(s)
  • vitrified wastes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
  • Industrie du verre
Key term(s)
  • déchets vitrifiés

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
  • Industria del vidrio
Key term(s)
  • desechos vitrificados
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Record 3 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pottery
DEF

A vitreous layer or coating on a piece of pottery.

DEF

A glassy silica-containing mixture of oxides that is applied and fused to the surface of clayware for decoration or to make it nonporous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poteries
DEF

Enduit vitrifiable transparent, incolore ou coloré par des oxydes, de composition variable [...] que l'on applique sur une poterie pour la rendre brillante et imperméable.

OBS

Lorsque la glaçure est opacifiée par l'oxyde d'étain, on l'appelle émail.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alfarería
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