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Record 1 2003-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
DEF

A projecting band with a bottom molding edged in the form of a continuous undulating curve with a series of symmetrical inward and outware bulbous shapes; ...

OBS

nebulé, nebuly ... from the heraldic term for a line of this shape; used in Romanesque Revival style architecture.

Key term(s)
  • nebulé molding
  • nebuly molding
  • nebule molding
  • nebulé moulding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
DEF

Ornement typique de l'époque romane, formé d'une ou plusieurs lignes ondulantes régulières.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Optics
DEF

Unit of atmospheric optical opacity.

OBS

If 100 screens, each of opacity 1 nebule, are placed in series, then one thousandth of the light intensity incident on the first screen is transmitted by the series.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Optique
DEF

Unité d'opacité optique de l'atmosphère, définie comme l'opacité optique d'un écran dont cent, placés en série, réduiraient la lumière tombant sur le premier écran au millième de son intensité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Óptica
DEF

Unidad de opacidad óptica de la atmósfera, definida diciendo que si 100 pantallas, cada una con una opacidad igual a 1 nébula, se colocan en serie, la intensidad transmitida a través del conjunto de pantallas es igual a una milésima parte de la intensidad que incide en la primera de ellas.

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