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EARTHY SUBSTANCE [4 records]

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Record 1 2006-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
  • Petroleum Asphalts
DEF

A dark, earthy variety of bituminous substance..., found in nature mixed with cinnabar, clay, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
  • Bitumes
DEF

[...] substance bitumineuse.

OBS

Étymologie : Inspiré du nom de sa localité-type : Idria, Slovénie.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A red or scarlet earthy substance, probably a mixture of copper antimonate and cinnabar; said to occur in some Chilean ore deposits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Substance minérale terreuse, souvent rouge, probablement composée d'antimonate de cuivre et de cinabre, présente dans des mines chiliennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Antimoniato de cobre complejo; es un mineral rojo propio de Chile.

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Record 3 2004-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Refractory Materials (Metallurgy)
DEF

A widely distributed colloidal lusterless earthy substance, plastic when moist but permanently hard when fired, that is composed primarily of decomposed igneous and metamorphic rocks rich in the mineral feldspar in the form of crystalline grains less than. 002 mm in diameter, whose essential constituents are kaolinite and other hydrous aluminous minerals and fine particles, and that is used widely in the manufacture of such articles as porcelain, building blocks, sewer pipe, tile, and earthenware or in its raw form in paper manufacture, filtration, and oil refining.

CONT

... the United States is proposing burying their nuclear waste in volcanic tuff, Germany is focusing on salt, France is considering burial in shale or clay, and others have investigated disposal under the ocean floor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Matériaux réfractaires (Métallurgie)
DEF

Roche sédimentaire, souvent meuble (glaise), qui, imbibée d'eau, peut former une pâte plus ou moins plastique pouvant être façonnée et durcissant à la cuisson.

OBS

argile : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Materiales refractarios (Metalurgia)
DEF

Material (silicato de aluminio con impurezas) que forma parte de la tierra, el cual, por formar con el agua una materia muy plástica que se endurece al cocerla, se emplea para fabricar objetos de cerámica.

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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