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CELLULE ACTIVE [4 records]

Record 1 2022-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
CONT

The active cell is the selected cell in which data is entered when you begin typing. ... Even if more than one cell is selected, there is still only one active cell at a time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
CONT

La cellule active est [...] la cellule prête à recevoir du texte, une valeur ou une formule.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Bioengineering
  • Blood
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Technique biologique
  • Sang
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

... higher sludge loadings are possible with fully-oxygenated than with poorly aerated sludge, containing only a small percentage of active cells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

[...] il sera possible d'atteindre des charges massiques plus élevées avec des boues parfaitement oxygénées qu'avec des boues mal aérées, dont le pourcentage de cellules actives est réduit.

Spanish

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Record 4 1979-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

[The] vital function as an intermediary between the nucleic acid language of the genetic code and the amino acid language of the working cell has made transfer RNA a major subject of research in molecular biology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

[La] fonction vitale d'intermédiaire entre le langage des acides nucléiques du code génétique et le langage des acides aminés de la cellule active, a fait de l'ARN de transfert un des principaux sujets d'étude en biologie moléculaire.

Spanish

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