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SCARIFICATION [5 records]

Record 1 2012-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

Treatment of seed by abrasion or by chemical means so as to facilitate germination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
DEF

Traitement des semences, par incision ou abrasion, pour faciliter la germination.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Horticultura
  • Producción vegetal
DEF

Tratamiento químico o físico que se aplica a ciertas semillas que tienen cubiertas duras e impermeables para hacerlas permeables al agua y a los gases y permitir que germinen.

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Record 2 2011-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
  • Sociology (General)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

Scratches or cuts made by scarifying.

CONT

[Mumuye figurative sculptures.] on each side of the head ... complex patterns of linear incisions on the face (and sometimes on the body as well, representing scarification) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
DEF

Incision rituelle de la peau, généralement sur le visage, pratiquée en plusieurs endroits de façon symétrique par rapport à un axe partant du haut du front et allant jusqu'au menton.

CONT

Les scarifications, comme les tatouages, les peintures rituelles, sont en usage chez certains peuples pour marquer le groupe d'âge de la personne, son rang, sa fonction sociale etc.

OBS

Terme emprunté au vocabulaire de la médecine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Antropología
  • Sociología (Generalidades)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
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Record 3 2000-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
  • Earthmoving
  • Road Construction
OBS

Scarify: to break up and loosen a hard surface.

CONT

Scarifying. The grader scarifier is used to increase blade efficiency in tough material and for breaking up asphalt pavements... The ripping ability of a grader is limited, however, by the grader's weight and power.

CONT

Old pavement should be broken up or scarified to a depth of at least 1 ft. below subgrade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
  • Terrassement
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Opération par laquelle la surface indurée d'une chaussée (ou d'une couche de chaussée) est à la fois désolidarisée du corps de chaussée et réduite en blocs par labourage à l'aide d'un engin tel que herse, piocheuse, scarificateur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ejecución de los trabajos de construcción
  • Remoción de tierras
  • Construcción de carreteras
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Record 4 1999-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
DEF

Cutting the top of a loaf to allow for expansion of the bread while in the oven. This allows the loaf to bloom as it goes through oven spring at the beginning of baking. It also allows the crust to have more crisp fold of dough and lends aesthetic appeal to the loaf by the design off the cuts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie
DEF

Incision du pâton au rasoir, juste avant l'enfournement, qui permettra au pain de mieux se développer durant la cuisson et qui signera le travail du boulanger.

Spanish

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Record 5 1982-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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