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FRONTAL AREA [3 records]

Record 1 2004-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The frontal area is a portion of a trilobite] cranidium, between [the] anterior margin, [the] facial sutures, [the] front of [the] glabella and [the] eye ridges ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Partie du cranidium située entre le bord antérieur, la branche antérieure de la suture faciale, le sillon préglabellaire et la crête oculaire.

OBS

On appelle [...] «région frontale», la région située en avant de la ligne oculaire et de la glabelle [d'un Trilobite].

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Surface of separation between two air masses.

CONT

A frontal surface is the surface separating a warm and a cold air mass; a front is where this surface touches the ground. A cold front generally involves a cold air mass moving approximately eastward. A warm front generally involves a warm air mass moving approximately eastward.

OBS

Do not confuse with "surface front".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Surface de séparation de deux masses d'air.

Spanish

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

Superficie de separación entre dos masas de aire.

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Record 3 1986-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climate-Control Equipment (Motor Vehicles)
OBS

of vehicle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système de conditionnement de l'air (Véhicules automobiles)
CONT

La théorie indique que la puissance absorbée par la résistance de l'air est proportionnelle à la surface frontale de la voiture (maître-couple) (...)

Spanish

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