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FOIL WRAP [2 records]

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Record 1 2018-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A very thin sheet of metal ... used in color technique of slicing or weaving out small strands of hair and placing in color covered foil for processing.

OBS

foil wrap: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
DEF

Morceau de papier dont on enveloppe des mèches de cheveux soit pour les friser au fer, soit pour effectuer un balayage, ou qui, tortillé sur lui-même, sert de bigoudi.

CONT

Les papillotes sont des feuilles d'aluminium dont la largeur est d'environ 4 cm et dont la longueur dépasse celle de la mèche de 3 cm. Le coiffeur taille le nombre de papillotes nécessaires avant l'opération.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Metal
DEF

Aluminum available in rolled sections of thickness less than 0.006 inch.

OBS

AF: abbreviation used in the system of notation of converting materials by the multilayer flexible packaging industry.

OBS

The spelling "aluminium" is chiefly British.

Key term(s)
  • foil wrap
  • household foil

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en métal
DEF

Feuille extrêmement mince d'aluminium [...] utilisée pour la présentation et la protection de divers produits.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Embalajes de metal
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