TERMIUM Plus^®

Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An optical phenomenon, possessed by certain minerals in reflected light, in which a movable wavy or silky sheen is concentrated in a narrow band of light that changes its position as the mineral is turned.  1, record 1, English, - chatoyancy

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le chatoiement est un phénomène propre à certaines pierres à texture fibreuse qui réfléchissent la lumière d’une façon particulière.  3, record 1, French, - chatoiement

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT

La chatoyance ne se retrouve que dans les pierres en cabochon [...] le phénomène, qui est dû à la façon dont la lumière est réfléchie par de minuscules inclusions cristallines parallèles, se présente comme une ligne semblable à la pupille contractée d’un œil de chat.  4, record 1, French, - chatoiement

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The "cat eye" syndrome is uncommon and is characterized by iridal and choroidal coloboma (giving the appearance of cat eyes), anal atresia, and genitourinary and auricular anomalies. There is usually an associated chromosomal abnormality characterized by an extra, small, acrocentric fragment.  1, record 2, English, - cat%20eye%20syndrome

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Recently, one of us (P.S.G.) reported three further cases of the cat eye syndrome and emphasized the significant variation in length of the abnormal chromosome and the mosaicism that frequently occurs.  1, record 2, English, - cat%20eye%20syndrome

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Le syndrome de l'œil de chat évoque chez le porteur d’un petit chromosome surnuméraire un ensemble polymalformatif pouvant comporter cliniquement un colobone irien, une atrésie anale, des appendices ou fistules préauriculaires.  1, record 2, French, - syndrome%20des%20yeux%20de%20chat

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le syndrome de l'œil de chat se présente comme une affection dominante. Bien que l'on puisse invoquer une non-disjonction plus fréquente en rapport avec les masses d’hétérochromatine et leurs facilités d’échange, le chromosome surnuméraire se comporte en univalent et migre au hasard vers l'un des pôles cellulaires avec une probabilité de 50%.  1, record 2, French, - syndrome%20des%20yeux%20de%20chat

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The very hard shiny gray seed of bonduc.  3, record 3, English, - bonduc%20nut

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Bonduc. Any of several trees of the genus Caesalpinia ... with large prickly pods enclosing beanlike seeds.  3, record 3, English, - bonduc%20nut

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Graines de bonduc aux propriétés toniques et anthelminthiques.  3, record 3, French, - graine%20de%20bonduc

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Bonduc. Rare. Arbrisseau épineux des Tropiques aussi appelé cniquier (Césalpinées).  3, record 3, French, - graine%20de%20bonduc

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A nickname for a helmet band with two luminescent patches on the back that allow troops to follow the man in front of him even on the darkest of nights.  2, record 4, English, - cat%27s%20eye

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... the helmet mainly shows the fit of the camouflage cover. The white patch on the elastic band is one of the "cat's eyes" reflective patches used for night combat. There are supposed to be two on the band, worn at the back of the helmet ...  3, record 4, English, - cat%27s%20eye

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT

For night time operations, the WBCH [wide brimmed combat hat] has luminescent "cat's eyes" on the back of the hat that can be concealed for daytime operations.  4, record 4, English, - cat%27s%20eye

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Term usually used in the plural.  5, record 4, English, - cat%27s%20eye

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Bandelette luminescente posée sur l’arrière du casque qui permet au soldat de suivre l’homme qui marche devant lui-même au cœur de la nuit.  2, record 4, French, - %26oelig%3Bil%20de%20chat

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.  2, record 4, French, - %26oelig%3Bil%20de%20chat

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Applied to any gemstone which, when cut cabochon, exhibits under a single, strong point source, a sharp, well-defined light band, line or streak of white light across the dome of the stone, which moves as the stone is turned about.  2, record 5, English, - cat%27s%2Deye

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The term "cat's-eye" refers to the optical phenomenon of chatoyancy. Gemstones displaying chatoyancy must be described by their mineral name or variety followed by the suffix "cat's-eye".  3, record 5, English, - cat%27s%2Deye

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Enstatite cat's-eye.  4, record 5, English, - cat%27s%2Deye

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Se dit [...] pour les variétés de gemmes chatoyantes [...] dont le nom doit précéder l'appellation «œil-de-chat».  1, record 5, French, - %26oelig%3Bil%2Dde%2Dchat

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La désignation «œil de chat» désigne un phénomène optique de chatoiement. Les pierres présentant cette caractéristique doivent être désignées par leur nom de minéral suivi de la mention «œil de chat».  2, record 5, French, - %26oelig%3Bil%2Dde%2Dchat

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Quartz œil-de-chat.  1, record 5, French, - %26oelig%3Bil%2Dde%2Dchat

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish