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Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
DEF

The attribute of color perception by means of which an object is judged to reflect more or less light than another object.

OBS

lightness: term standardized by CIE (International Commission on Illumination).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
DEF

Attribut de la sensation visuelle selon lequel un corps paraît transmettre ou réfléchir par diffusion une fraction plus ou moins grande de lumière incidente. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

clarté; leucie : termes normalisés par la CIE (Commission internationale de l'éclairage).

OBS

clarté : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

The transparency of a polished diamond.

CONT

The clarity - or purity - of a diamond is determined by the number, the size, the brightness and the location of the internal external characteristics, important structure phenomena and transparency.

OBS

clarity: Expression preferred in the USA and Canada.

OBS

quality: In Europe, a synonym for clarity, often used when sorting and grading rough diamonds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Qualité d'un diamant taillé correspondant à la transparence.

CONT

La pureté d'un diamant est déterminée par le nombre, la clarté et la localisation des caractéristiques internes et externes, par des phénomènes structurels importants et par la transparence.

OBS

clarté : expression peu usitée.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Photography
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
  • Computer Graphics
OBS

One of the three properties of a color (the other two being saturation and hue).

CONT

Darkness can be thought of as the black content of a color. It is this characteristic which is referred to by the use of such descriptive modifiers as "prussian" blue and "forest" green.

Key term(s)
  • luminosity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Photographie
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
  • Infographie
DEF

L'une des trois caractéristiques d'une couleur (les deux autres étant la teinte et la pureté). Cette caractéristique exprime la quantité de lumière reçue qui est d'autant plus faible que la couleur contient du noir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Óptica
  • Fotografía
  • Tintas y colores (Artes gráficas)
  • Gráficos de computadora
DEF

Cantidad de luz u oscuridad presente en determinado color.

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Record 4 1998-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
DEF

The attribute by which it seems to transmit or reflect a greater or lesser fraction of the incident light.

Key term(s)
  • lightness of a perceived object colour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Attribut de la sensation visuelle d'après lequel un corps semble transmettre ou diffuser une proportion plus ou moins grande de la lumière incidente.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statutes and Regulations (Rail Transport)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Législation et réglementation (Transport par rail)
OBS

ordre de marche

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
OBS

See "brilliancy"

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique

Spanish

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