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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
CONT

In Python, all the code that you type is arranged via correct whitespaces and therefore if at any instance you have a bad indentation, the overall code will not run and the interpreter will simply return an error function.

OBS

indentation: designation standardized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
DEF

[A] deep recess in a coastline.

PHR

Indentation of the coast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Échancrure en forme de morsure.

CONT

Une indentation est l'avancée de la mer dans les terres [...]

CONT

Les indentations d'un littoral rocheux.

OBS

indentation : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics of Solids
CONT

Hardness. The measure of some materials' resistance to deformation by surface indentation or by abrasion.

PHR

Nano-indentation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique des solides
CONT

Micro-indentation pratiquée au centre d'une rayure d'un quasicristal icosaédrique par un indenteur en carbure de tungstène fritté. La forme de l'indentation indique que le matériau rayé est ductile, alors qu'il était initialement fragile.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

A series of notches on the edge of a coin forming a toothed edge.

OBS

Misnomer applied to certain border patterns, sometimes to the edge of a silver coin. The term is mostly used as a generic for any edge pattern other than reeded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage
DEF

Échancrures en forme de dents de scie qui visent à protéger la tranche des monnaies du rognage et à rendre la contrefaçon difficile.

OBS

De nos jours, ces termes tendent à désigner tout genre de stries autres que les cannelures verticales ou obliques.

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
CONT

Indentation test. A test for a paving, roofing, or roadmaking asphalt, in which a steady load is applied, under constant temperature conditions, to the asphalt surface, through the sector of a wheel resting upon it, the amount of indentation being measured after a fixed time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux
DEF

Marque en creux laissée à la surface d'un matériau par le choc d'un outil ou d'un objet contondant, par exemple, l'angle de la panne d'un marteau.

OBS

La résistance à l'indentation est un des critères du classement F.I.T. [Fatigue, Indentation, Température] des revêtements d'étanchéité.

Spanish

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Record 6 1995-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
DEF

In masonry, the allowing of alternate courses of brick to project toothlike an provide for a good bond with any adjoining brickwork which may follow.

DEF

Leaving stretchers projecting ... at the end of a wall to bond with future work. Bricks project like teeth from alternate courses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
OBS

Arrachement : Ensemble de pierres en saillie destinées à faire liaison ente un mur inachevé et des parties de construction ultérieure.

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
DEF

Hollow with no raised portion, often caused by plastic deformation resulting from an impression or blow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
DEF

Creux ne présentant pas de saillie, souvent causé par la déformation plastique résultant d'un choc ou d'un coup.

Spanish

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