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ground glass [4 records]

Record 1 2011-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Imaging
DEF

Having a filmy, hazy appearance, as in radiographs of a lung containing excess fluid.

CONT

Two patterns are quite suggestive of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: the association of micronodules and ground glass attenuation and the presence of hyperlucent secondary lobules within the ground glass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imagerie médicale
CONT

Deux signes sont assez évocateurs de PHS : l'association de micronodules et de verre dépoli et la présence de lobules pulmonaires secondaires clairs au sein du verre dépoli.

CONT

Images en «verre dépoli», à la limite de la visibilité : elles donnent aux clichés un aspect flou, délavé, en «sable mouillé».

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Glass
  • Optics
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

A sheet of glass with one matte surface, used as a focusing screen, diffusing screen, etc.

DEF

Plate or sheet glass which has been abraded on one face to give a translucent, light-arresting surface on which a visible image can be formed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de verre
  • Optique
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Plaque de verre ayant une surface mate, utilisée comme écran de mise au point, de diffusion, etc.

CONT

la lumière peut être également transmise lorsqu'elle pénètre une substance translucide comme le verre dépoli ou le polythène.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de vidrio
  • Óptica
  • Litografía, offset y fototipia
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Record 4 1986-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clay and Clay Products (Ceramics)
  • Ceramic Raw Materials
CONT

A glaze mixture (ground glass, felds par, silica, alumina, clay, calcium carbonate and water).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terres et glaçures (Ind. de la céramique)
  • Matières premières céramiques

Spanish

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