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FIBRILLA [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
DEF

The subdivision of a fibre ... in vegetable fibres and [chemical] fibres.

DEF

One of the minute elongated elements that make up the structure of fibers of certain natural and synthetic materials (as textile fibers ...).

OBS

fibril: term standardized by AFNOR.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
DEF

Élément d'apparence fibreuse constituant une sous-unité obtenue par séparation latérale d'éléments constituants d'une fibre ou d'une laminette textile. Cet élément peut-être travaillé suivant la technologie textile. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

fibrille : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industrias textiles
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Record 2 2002-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Plant Biology
  • Genetics
  • Biochemistry
DEF

A threadlike component of cell walls, visible under an optical microscope.

OBS

This term, used without qualification, = macrofibril, in contrast to the ultrastructural microfibril.

OBS

this groove ... deepens, cuts through the spindle fibrils, and ... constricts the cell into two daughter cells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Génétique
  • Biochimie
DEF

Élément structural filiforme des parois cellulaires, visible au microscope optique ou photonique.

OBS

Ce terme employé sans spécification est équivalent à : macro-fibrille et il s'oppose à micro-fibrille visible au microscope électronique.

OBS

[...] entre deux divisions cellulaires, [la chromatine] se présente sous forme de fibrilles constituées d'ADN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Genética
  • Bioquímica
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