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COLOURED [2 records]

Record 1 2001-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • White Products (Petroleum)
CONT

... the word "coloured" or "marked" must be included in the identification of the product. For similar fuel supplied to locations in Ontario the word "clear" must be shown on the invoice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits blancs (Pétrole)
DEF

Se dit d'un produit auquel on a ajouté un colorant. [Tiré de la Loi de la taxe sur les carburants.]

OBS

Selon M. McElroy (Esso), les expressions «coloured» et «marked» sont employées par les compagnies pétrolières pour désigner ce que la nomenclature ESSO qualifie de «dyed». Quant à l'expression «clear», elle correspond à la désignation «colourless».

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Pigments and Colours (Arts)
CONT

Obviously we can ... produce colour stimuli possessing similar spectral energy distribution curves by causing the original light to be reflected by coloured surfaces having appropriate spectral luminance factor curves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Pigments et couleurs (Arts)
DEF

Se dit habituellement d'un corps, d'une substance ou d'une surface dont le facteur spectral de transmission et/ou de réflexion varie avec la longueur d'onde dans le domaine du rayonnement visible.

Spanish

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