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DULL SURFACE [2 records]

Record 1 2018-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Industry
  • Rubber
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
OBS

dull surface: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie des plastiques
  • Caoutchouc
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
DEF

(...) surface (...) [qui] ne renvoie pas la lumière.

OBS

surface mate : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A diffusing surface with the intensity of light emanating in a given direction from any small surface component proportional to the cosine of the angle (WD, ISO 2382-30 Computer Vison, 1994).

OBS

The brightness of a Lambertian surface is constant regardless of the viewing angle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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