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sensitometric wedge [2 records]

Record 1 2012-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

Wedge: In photography, a strip of material - such as glass - covered with a layer which is clear at one end and becomes more and more opaque towards the other end. ... The increase in density may be smooth and continuous or in regular sections. ... On a uniform continuous wedge the increase in density is specified by the wedge constant which is the density increase per cm of wedge length.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Lame optique dont la densité, neutre, varie de façon linéaire et continue par rapport à sa longueur.

OBS

coin continu; coin photométrique : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fotografía
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Record 2 1985-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Range Measurements (Telecommunications)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures à distance (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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