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FRACTURE HORIZONTALE [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2021-07-14
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Oil Drilling
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- horizontal fracture
1, record 1, English, horizontal%20fracture
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
When sufficient hydraulic pressure is applied through the wellbore against a particular formation, the formation rock fractures along the plane perpendicular to the direction of the least principal stress. A horizontal fracture will be created if fracture pressure is greater than overburden pressure; a vertical fracture will occur if overburden pressure is greater. 2, record 1, English, - horizontal%20fracture
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Forage des puits de pétrole
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- fracture horizontale
1, record 1, French, fracture%20horizontale
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- fissure horizontale 2, record 1, French, fissure%20horizontale
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2010-02-26
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Mountain Sports
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- crack
1, record 2, English, crack
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- fissure 2, record 2, English, fissure
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Rock has two distinct features, faces and cracks. Faces are unbroken slabs of rock. Cracks split these slabs in two. 3, record 2, English, - crack
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Cracks vary in size from seams to chimneys. They are classified by the techniques used to climb them. Seams are so small you can't get your fingers in them; tips take only your fingertips; next is finger cracks, off-fingers, hand cracks, off-hands, fist cracks, off-widths, squeeze chimneys, and chimneys. 4, record 2, English, - crack
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Sports de montagne
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- fissure
1, record 2, French, fissure
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Fracture de rocher, verticale, horizontale, ou oblique, dont se sert le grimpeur pour progresser. 1, record 2, French, - fissure
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les fissures correspondent à des lignes de fracturation de la roche; selon leur largeur, de quelques millimètres à un mètre environ, les grimpeurs les appellent fissures à doigts, fissures à coincements, fissures larges, fissures-cheminées, cheminées. 1, record 2, French, - fissure
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
La technique de la protection [...] nécessite une observation attentive du rocher pour déceler fissures, trous, bracelets du rocher qui vont fournir un emplacement pour un piton, un coinceur, une cordelette. 1, record 2, French, - fissure
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1992-09-16
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Radiography (Medicine)
- Musculoskeletal System
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- Pauwels angle
1, record 3, English, Pauwels%20angle
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Angle of a femoral neck fracture in reference to a horizontal line. [From BORTH, 1990, p. 73.] 2, record 3, English, - Pauwels%20angle
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Radiographie (Médecine)
- Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- angle de Pauwels
1, record 3, French, angle%20de%20Pauwels
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Angle formé par le trait d’une fracture du col fémoral et une ligne horizontale. 2, record 3, French, - angle%20de%20Pauwels
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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