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image fantôme [6 records]

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Record 1 2008-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

A second or retained image that is usually not desired; for example, the image remaining after incomplete erasure.

OBS

ghost: a spurious image resulting from effects such as an echo. [ISO/IEC JTC N1746, 1995]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Image fantôme : image parasite résultant d'effets tels qu'un écho. [ISO/CEI JTC N1746, 1995]

DEF

Image indésirable qui apparaît en surimpression sur celle de l'objet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fotografía
CONT

Los efectos de reflejos e imagen fantasma son muy molestos y, para evitarlos, Tamron adoptó [...] el revestimiento en las superficies interiores del objetivo junto a una nueva tecnología de tratamiento multicapa de las superficies.

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Record 2 2008-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Video Technology
DEF

A reproduction defect in which an additional outline (ghost), or a succession of outlines (multiple images), of prominent features of a picture are displaced from the correct position of the outline by a noticeable amount.

OBS

ghost image: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

[...] défaut d'une image visible se manifestant par l'apparition d'une ou plusieurs images décalées par rapport à l'image normale, correspondant à des signaux retardés par un phénomène d'écho prenant naissance soit au cours de la propagation, soit dans les appareils de la voie de transmission.

OBS

image fantôme : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teledetección
  • Televisión (Radioelectricidad)
  • Técnicas de video
DEF

Duplicación de la imagen en la pantalla de un televisor debida a que las ondas de la estación emisora llegan a la antena por dos conductos diferentes [...]

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Record 3 2000-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
DEF

Image of short duration; momentary; passing.

CONT

Transient images are first cousins of the latent image, with which they are generally combined. In their simplest form they are created as overprintings to a latent image.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
DEF

Images qui viennent en superpositions lorsqu'on imprime.

CONT

Parmi les autres éléments de sécurité, notons les images latentes et fantômes.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
DEF

An unwanted secondary image, as may be formed by internal reflection in a lens or an optical system ...

CONT

Decentered [intraocular lens] optics can elicit complaints of glare, monocular diplopia, or ghost images, if the edge of the optic, the junction between the haptic and optic or the positioning holes are located in the pupillary axis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Image formée par la réflexion sur une lentille ou tout autre système optique.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Key term(s)
  • image fantôme

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

A secondary unwanted image in a print. It has variations in ink density, colour or gloss that are not part of the original design but appear as a repeat or ghost image associated with another area of the print.

OBS

A printing fault where a lighter image is produced on a subsequent print.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
OBS

Image subséquente plus pâle (incident d'impression).

Spanish

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Record 6 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
OBS

--a sound wave reflected from a hard surface. Ghost signal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
OBS

--en télévision, phénomène causé par la réflexion des ondes sur un obstacle (...) et se manifestant sous forme de dédoublement de l'image

Spanish

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