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Record 1 1998-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique

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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Record 3 1983-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
CONT

planographic printing: term applied to one of the four main processes for transferring images to paper; offset printing is a planographic process, printing from a flat surface

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
CONT

les procédés d'impression à plat font appel à des phénomènes [...] d'ordre physico-chimique : la répulsion qu'exercent, l'un sur l'autre, l'eau et les corps gras. La forme plane [...] ne comporte plus ni creux, ni relief.

Spanish

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