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Record 1 2006-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Performing Arts (General)
  • Television Arts
  • Singing
  • Theatre and Opera
DEF

A hearing of the voices of applicants for parts, or for the chorus of a musical play or an opera.

OBS

It is also [applies] to the legitimate stage when judging the reading of parts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts du spectacle (Généralités)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Chant
  • Théâtre et Opéra
DEF

Séance d'essai pour évaluer la capacité d'un artiste à l'égard d'un engagement éventuel.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Animal Biology
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
CONT

The outer covering of the [tunicate] is a thick, tough, sometimes gelatinous membrane, the "tunic" or "test", secreted by the underlying epithelium and attached to the inclosed body only at the siphons. In some tunicates the test is so transparent that practically all of the internal organs are visible through it.

CONT

Urochordates ... are enclosed in a tough cellulose-like tunic (hence the common name tunicate).

OBS

Hemichordates and most urochordates are ... filter-feeders, moving water through their gill slits, but are sessile as adults. When ascidian tunicates metamorphose, the motochord is resorbed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Biologie animale
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
CONT

La tunique enveloppe l'animal sans lui être accolée, sauf au niveau des siphons et aux extrémités des stolons. Sa composition chimique et sa morphologie diffèrent suivant les groupes.

OBS

[C'est la] seule partie [des Tuniciers, ou Urocordés,] qui est susceptible de se fossiliser.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Geochemistry
CONT

Foraminiferal shell.

OBS

It consists of a complex organic compound (chitin), of cemented arenaceous or other particles, or of calcite.

OBS

test: Moore et al, Invertebrate Zoology, p. 458

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Géochimie
DEF

Enveloppe rigide qui protège certains invertébrés.

DEF

Structure rigide de support et de protection des parties molles du corps de nombreux invertébrés marins.

DEF

[...] coque de nature minérale [...] chez les Protozoaires.

CONT

Les microorganismes du plancton semblent jouer un rôle important dans la concentration des métaux qu'ils extraient de l'eau de mer, fixent dans leur tests puis libèrent lorsque ceux-ci sont dissous en profondeur.

CONT

Test de foraminifère, d'oursin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
  • Geoquímica
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Record 4 1987-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language
CONT

spirits tested at 62o F.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique
DEF

Déterminer le titre, la proportion de (...) Avoir (tant de degrés) pour titre.

CONT

Les liqueurs doivent titrer 15 degrés minimum.

Spanish

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