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MANDIBULA [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Mandibula
Latin
CONT

The wax used for comb construction is produced from honey by young bees ... It is secreted slowly in small scales that are removed by the bee with specialized spines on its legs and transferred to its jaws where they are chewed into the necessary shape for building the comb.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Mandibula
Latin
CONT

[...] les mandibules, courtes, servent à façonner la cire.

OBS

Elles jouent un rôle principal dans la construction des rayons [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Processing of Mineral Products
DEF

In a crusher, one of a pair of nearly flat faces separated by a wedge-shaped opening.

CONT

Consider a large piece of ore falling into the feed end or "gape" of the jaw crusher. The swing jaw is moving to and fro at a rate depending on the size of the machine and of the material it must crush ...

PHR

Crusher jaw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
DEF

mâchoires: Pièces d'un concasseur à mâchoires entre lesquelles le matériau est comprimé jusqu'à écrasement.

CONT

Le rapprochement de la mâchoire mobile provoque, par compression, l'éclatement des gros blocs.

PHR

Mâchoire de concasseur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
  • Equipo y herramientas (Explotación minera)
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
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