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Deutsch: Espina / Español: Espina (desambiguación) / Português: Espina
In an industrial context, the term "spine" refers to a structural component that provides support and stability to an object or assembly. It is often used in the context of machinery, equipment, and other industrial products.
Deutsch: Natrium / Español: Sodio / Português: Sódio / Français: Sodium / Italiano: Sodio
Sodium is a chemical element with the symbol Na (from Latin: natrium) and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silver-white, highly reactive metal and is a member of the alkali metals; its only stable isotope is 23Na. The free metal does not occur in nature, but instead must be prepared from its compounds; it was first isolated by Humphry Davy in 1807 by the electrolysis of sodium hydroxide.
Deutsch: Bach / Español: Arroyo / Português: Córrego / Français: Ruisseau / Italiano: Ruscello
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill (occasionally ghyll), kill, lick, mill race, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or runnel.