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cendre [4 records]

Record 1 2018-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
  • Fires and Explosions
DEF

The mineral residue resulting from complete combustion.

OBS

ash: term usually used in the plural.

OBS

ash: term and definition standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • ashes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
  • Feux et explosions
DEF

Résidu minéral résultant d'une combustion complète.

OBS

cendre : terme généralement employé au pluriel.

OBS

cendre : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

PHR

fusibilité des cendres

Key term(s)
  • cendres

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Combustión y combustibles (Hogares o chimeneas)
  • Fuegos y explosiones
DEF

Polvo de color gris que queda como resto de una cosa que se quema completamente.

Key term(s)
  • cenizas
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Record 2 1983-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a pale grey of ashes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 3 1980-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
OBS

Ashy in appearance or colour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
OBS

Le Petit Robert. Dictionnaire Robert. Paris, 1978. (PEROB). Josserand, Marcel. La description des champignons supérieurs: technique descriptive, vocabulaire raisonné du descripteur. Paul Lechevalier. Paris, 1952. (JOSDE).

Spanish

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Record 4 1977-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Winemaking
CONT

When wine is placed in a test tube and carefully heated, the liquid boils away leaving salts, and these, when heated to high temperatures, form the ash, useful to the wine chemist in determining what is there, and in what quantity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

(...) ensemble des produits de l'incinération du résidu d'évaporation du vin, conduite de façon à obtenir la totalité des cations (ammonium exclu) sous forme de carbonates et autres sels minéraux anhydres.

OBS

S'emploie surtout au pluriel.

Spanish

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