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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2014-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Silviculture
DEF

The layer of a woody trunk, branch or root outside the cambium.

OBS

bark: term and definition extracted from the Plant Health Glossary of Terms of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Couche externe d'une branche, d'une racine ou de la tige d'un végétal ligneux, située à l'extérieur du cambium.

OBS

écorce : terme et définition extraits du Glossaire de la protection des végétaux de l'Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
  • Silvicultura
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Record 2 2013-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

The outermost solid layer of the Earth, mostly consisting of crystalline rock and extending no more than a few miles from the surface to the Mohorovicic discontinuity.

CONT

Earth's outermost, rigid, rocky layer is called the crust. It is composed of low-density, easily melted rocks; the continental crust is predominantly granitic rock, while composition of the oceanic crust corresponds mainly to that of basalt and gabbro. Analyses of seismic waves, generated by earthquakes within Earth's interior, show that the crust extends about 50 km (30 miles) beneath the continents but only 5-10 km (3-6) miles beneath the ocean floors.

CONT

In composition, the Earth is made of three nested spheres. At the center of the Earth, a body of intensely hot iron and nickel forms the core. A less dense and much larger middle sphere is made of materials rich in iron, magnesium and calcium comprises the mantle. The outermost layer is a thin veneer of lighter rocks called the crust.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

Couche de roches située près de la surface de la Terre.

CONT

Au cours des temps géologiques, l'écorce se différencia en une croûte continentale formée principalement de roches granitiques [...] et en une croûte océanique formée de roches basaltiques [...] La limite entre le manteau et l'écorce est appelé discontinuité de Mohorovicic ou Moho.

CONT

La partie la plus superficielle de la partie solide [de la Terre] c'est la croûte. Sous les océans, elle ne dépasse pas sept kilomètres d'épaisseur, alors que sous les continents, elle varie entre 20 et 70 kilomètres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
DEF

Parte superior de la envolvente externa del globo terráqueo, que yace sobre el manto a lo largo de la discontinuidad de Mohorovicic.

OBS

Constituye el 1 por 1 000 del volumen de la Tierra, con un grosor bastante variable.

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Record 4 2004-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Silviculture
DEF

All or most of the bark has been removed.

OBS

peeled: term and definition reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder, CSA International, 178 Rexdale Blvd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9W 1R3. However, CSA International shall not be responsible for the manner in which the information is presented, nor for any interpretations thereof. This CSA International material may not have been updated to reflect amendments subsequently made to the original content. For further information, contact CSA International.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Dépouillé entièrement ou presque de son écorce.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación forestal
  • Silvicultura
DEF

Sin corteza.

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Record 5 2000-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 6 1998-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
CONT

bark allowance: A measured, or conventional, or statutory deduction, generally as a % of the overbark ... volume, to obtain an estimate of the underbark ... volume of a stem.

OBS

Used in tree measurements that include the tree's bark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Decorative Arts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts décoratifs divers
OBS

d'une défense d'éléphant.

Spanish

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