Whorl

Spanish translation: espiral

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English term or phrase:	Whorl (en huellas digitales)
Spanish translation:	espiral
Entered by:	Yaotl Altan

19:33 Jan 16, 2008

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Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / Fingerprints

English term or phrase: Whorl

Hola colegas,

Estoy trabajando sobre una tarjeta de huellas dactilares, y en el cuadro de referencias muestra los tres patrones a seguir mas comunes 1.Loop, 2.Whorl, 3.Arch
leyendo algo de información sobre huellas dactilares, mi mejor opción es 1.Lazo 2.Rizo 3.Arco.
Ideas?
Gracias!!

Melina Ruiz Arias KudoZ activity Questions: 102 (none open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 55 Argentina
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espiral

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Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 15:14

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Utilizaré espiral. Gracias, equipo!
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espiral

Yaotl Altan

4 +3

venticilos

María Teresa Taylor Oliver

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peer agreement (net): +3

whorl

espiral

Explanation:

Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 15:14
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Italian
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Utilizaré espiral. Gracias, equipo!

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

whorls venticilos

Explanation:
Según el Glosario Internacional para el Traductor, de Marina Orellana (Ed. Universitaria, Chile):

whorls (fingerprints) = venticilos

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Note added at 9 mins (2008-01-16 19:42:25 GMT)
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WHORL: : a fingerprint in which the central papillary ridges turn through at least one complete circle -- see FINGERPRINT illustration
http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/mw/art/fingerpr.htm

Perdón, debo haberlo copiado mal... aunque así aparece en el glosario (mejor dicho, en algún momento al publicar el glosario, hubo un error de transcripción). Porque al buscar en Wikipedia, encontré esto:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whorl
A whorl of sepals or petals or leaves on plants, in which all the parts are attached at the same point and surround or wrap around the stem.
In biology a whorl might occur at the ends of different structures or occur in the middle of structures. It's often used to describe the structures of organs and used in the aid of identification. It's a cluster of cells or tissue that surround another, that starts at the same plain of axis or starts at one point and wraps around that point in an expanding circular pattern.
****A type of fingerprint pattern ****

Lo que me remite a la versión en portugués de la misma página:
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verticilo

Lo que a su vez me llevó a buscar la palabra "veRticilo" en el DRAE:

verticilo.
(Del lat. verticillus).

1. m. Bot. Conjunto de tres o más ramos, hojas, flores, pétalos u otros órganos, que están en un mismo plano alrededor de un tallo.

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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Panama
Local time: 16:14
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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