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CUMULUS [3 records]

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Record 1 2015-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Detached clouds, generally dense and with sharp outlines, developing vertically in the form of rising mounds, domes or towers, of which the bulging upper part often resembles a cauliflower.

OBS

The sunlit parts are mostly brilliant white and the base is relatively dark and nearly horizontal. Sometimes Cumulus clouds are ragged.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Nuages séparés, généralement denses et à contours bien délimités, se développant verticalement en forme de mamelons, de dômes ou de tours, dont la région supérieure bourgeonnante ressemble souvent à un chou-fleur.

OBS

Les parties de ces nuages éclairées par le Soleil sont, le plus souvent, d'un blanc éclatant; leur base, relativement sombre, est sensiblement horizontale. Les Cumulus sont parfois déchiquetés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Nubes aisladas, en general densas y con contornos bien definidos, que se desarrollan verticalmente en forma de protuberancias, cúpulas o torres, y cuyas partes superiores convexas se parecen con frecuencia a una coliflor.

OBS

Las partes de estas nubes iluminadas por el Sol son, en su mayoría, de un blanco brillante; su base es relativamente oscura y casi horizontal. Los Cumulus a veces aparecen desgarrados.

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Record 2 2011-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Heaters and Softeners (Household)
  • Electric Heating
OBS

electric water heater: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffe-eau et adoucisseurs d'eau
  • Chauffage électrique
OBS

chauffe-eau électrique : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Petrography
DEF

The accumulation of crystals that precipitated from a magma without having been modified by later crystallization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

[...] assemblage de sédiments magmatiques, faits de couches stratifiées où [...] sont des grains-minéraux provenant d'une chute gravitative dans le magma - les cumulus formant le squelette de la roche [...]

Spanish

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