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commensal
  هم‌میز   
ham-miz

Fr.: commensal   

1) Eating together at the same table.
2) Ecology: Of a form of → symbiosis in which two different species of plant or animal live in close association without injury to either.

From M.L. commensalis, from → com- "with, together" + mensa (genitive mensalis) "table," → Mensa.

Ham-miz "(eating together) at the same table," from ham-, → com-, + miz "table," → Mensa.

commensal survey
  بردید ِ هم‌میز   
bardid-e ham-miz

Fr.: relevé commensal   

A mode of → survey particularly in → radio astronomy such that two different observing goals are achieved simultaneously. Commensal survey necessitates compromises whenever necessary.

commensal; → survey.