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Record 1 2003-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Geochemistry
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
DEF

The transportation of soil material in suspension or in solution within the soil by the downward or lateral movement of water.

OBS

... horizons that have lost material through eluviation are referred to as "eluvial horizons" and those that have received material as "illuvial horizons." [Int. Commission on Irrigation and Drainage]

OBS

eluviation: [This] term refers especially but not exclusively to the movement of colloids, whereas the term "leaching" [q.v.] refers to the complete removal of soluble materials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Géochimie
  • Mécanique des sols
DEF

Phénomène de migration verticale ou oblique de matières en suspension dans un sol, entraînant la formation d'un horizon appauvri.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencia del suelo
  • Geoquímica
  • Mecánica del suelo
DEF

Movimiento de sustancias del suelo, en solución o en suspensión, de una capa a otra en el interior del suelo, en los lugares donde hay un exceso de precipitación pluvial con relación a la evaporación. [ICID-Comité Español de Riegos y Drenajes, 1977]

OBS

[...] las capas que han perdido las sustancias por eluviación son llamadas" horizontes eluviales" y las que han recibido las sustancias son llamadas "horizontes iluviales". [ICID-Comité Español de Riegos y Drenajes, 1977]

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Record 2 1996-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Leather Staining
DEF

Showing a colour of high intensity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Teinture du cuir

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
DEF

The output termination of a radio transmitter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
DEF

Dispositif recevant la puissance de sortie d'un émetteur radioélectrique tel que l'antenne et sa ligne d'alimentation ou une antenne fictive.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radiotransmisión y radiorrecepción
DEF

Terminación de salida de un transmisor de radio.

OBS

Ésta puede ser una antena, un alimentador o, con fines de prueba, una carga artificial.

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Record 5 1987-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Scientific Instruments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine nucléaire
  • Instruments scientifiques

Spanish

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Record 6 2023-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Carabidae.

Key term(s)
  • dull winged harp ground beetle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Carabidae.

Spanish

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Record 7 1997-01-29

English

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

French

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

Façon dont on frappe la monnaie. Le procédé actuel : à l'aide de la presse à monnayer; un procédé ancien : la frappe au marteau.

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

A moving average of the individual stocks that respectively reach new highs and lows each day. It reveals many things about the technical position of the main body of stocks that market averages usually don't show - such as when blue chip issues are keeping the Dow Jones Averages high while the more numerous, lesser-known issues are slipping.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
DEF

[Indice] composé du nombre d'actions dont le cours a atteint un nouveau sommet ou un nouveau creux, par semaine ou par jour.

Spanish

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Record 9 1985-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers

Spanish

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Record 10 2016-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A bird of the family Sylviidae.

OBS

In English scientific usage, all elements of names of bird species require capital letters except for hyphenated adjectives where the second word is not capitalized, for example, Black-crowned Night Heron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Oiseau de la famille des Sylviidae.

OBS

mégalure de Whitney : nom français uniformisé par la Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.

OBS

En français, les noms des espèces d'oiseaux acquièrent une valeur de nom propre; tous les substantifs génériques de même que tous les qualificatifs spécifiques qui précèdent le substantif générique doivent prendre la majuscule, par exemple : Pétrel minime, Petit Butor.

Spanish

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