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GRAVELLE [5 records]

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Record 1 2020-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Cycling
CONT

Gravel bikes can be ridden almost anywhere, on the road and off it. Adventure-ready features like disc brakes, additional clearance for wider tires, and comfortable geometry let these bikes adapt to everything from rugged terrain to winter exploration.

OBS

gravel bike: Originally this bike was designed for racing on gravel trails, hence the attributive noun "gravel." However, it is suitable for and used on all types of roads.

Key term(s)
  • all-road bicycle
  • adventure bicycle
  • gravel bicycle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Cyclisme
CONT

En fait, le vélo d'aventure s'inspire du vélo de route, mais présente quelques caractéristiques qui le rendent plus polyvalent. Par exemple, il possède des freins à disque offrant puissance et modulation de freinage, et qui, en l'absence d'étriers, permettent au vélo de chausser des pneus plus larges, pouvant aller jusqu’à 50 mm de largeur.

OBS

vélo de gravier : À l'origine, ce vélo a été conçu pour la course sur sentier de gravier, d'où le complément «de gravier». Toutefois, il est utilisé sur d'autres surfaces, car il est adapté pour tous les types de routes.

OBS

vélo de gravelle : L'emploi du mot «gravelle» est un calque du mot anglais «gravel». L'équivalent français correct est «gravier».

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Scleranthus annuus
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Caryophyllaceae.

OBS

knawel: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Scleranthus annuus
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Caryophyllaceae.

OBS

scléranthe annuel : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

OBS

Les auteurs ne s'entendent pas sur le genre à donner au terme «scléranthe», ainsi certains utilisent le féminin et d'autres le masculin.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
OBS

A disease of pears.

Key term(s)
  • stony pit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Arboriculture fruitière
OBS

maladie à virus du poirier

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
OBS

Deposit of potassium bitartrate in bottled wines. Sometimes the deposit contains calcium tartrate also.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
OBS

Dépôt des vins en bouteilles, formé de petits cristaux de bitartrate de potasse.

Spanish

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Record 5 1977-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

A spherical or roundish pellet or particle (generally less than 1 mm in diameter) in a sedimentary rock, externally resembling an oolith in size or shape but of secondary origin and amorphous or crypto-or micro-crystalline, and lacking the radial or concentric internal structure of an oolith; e.g. a fecal pellet, a worn calcite grain, a shell fragment, or a glauconite granule, or an oolith whose peripheral layers have been resorbed or replaced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

D'une manière générale, il existe trois types de textures ayant une apparence oolithique: 1) les vraies oolithes, formées par agglutination autour d'un noyau; 2) les "fausses oolithes" (gravelles), petits grains roulés en forme d'oolithe; 3) les "perles" (...), formées en concrétions (...)

Spanish

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