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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

diaper: an item in the "Clothing" class of the "Personal Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

couche : objet de la classe «Vêtements» de la catégorie «Objets personnels».

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
DEF

A shortened version of the deployment sleeve which leaves the top part of the parachute canopy exposed and cuts down the bulk of the overall system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

... a linen fabric (or an inferior fabric of union or cotton) woven with a small and simple pattern, formed by the different directions of the thread, ... and consisting of lines crossing diamond-wise, with the spaces variously filled up by parallel lines, a central leaf or dot, etc.

OBS

In earlier times, ... the [term "diaper"] was applied to a richer and more costly fabric, apparently of silk, woven or flowered over the surface with gold thread.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
DEF

Au Moyen Age, étoffe précieuse qui servait à la confection des ornements d'église et à celle des vêtements de cour. (Les diapres venaient d'Antioche. Il semble qu'ils aient été ornés de motifs (fleurs, oiseaux, soleils) en lame d'or.)

OBS

diaspre : Ancien français.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
OBS

Pour incontinence.

Key term(s)
  • couche culotte

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
DEF

Especie de calzón desechable, fabricado de material absorbente para retener los detritos del cuerpo y que es muy útil cuando una persona [...] padece diarreas incontrolables [...]

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Record 5 1999-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
DEF

Decorative pattern in brickwork, achieved by so laying the facing bricks, as to give a diamond pattern of lighter or darker coloured headers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
DEF

"appareil réticulé" : Appareil constitué d'éléments à parement carré de même dimension, posés sur l'angle de façon que les joints forment un dessin analogue à celui des mailles d'un filet.

DEF

"réticulé" : Parement, appareil réticulé.

OBS

"être réticulé" : En parlant d'un type romain de parement de mur (opus reticulatum), être formé de moellons carrés disposés en diagonale.

OBS

"appareil" : Taille et disposition exactes des pierres ou des marbres, selon leur convenance et leur relation avec telle ou telle partie d'un édifice, d'un mouvement; disposition semblable des briques.

OBS

On trouve une illustration de l'appareil réticulé dans LAROG 1982 vol. 1 p. 575 et dans PERAR 1972 vol. 2 no 64.

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceramics (Industries)
  • Symbols, Motifs and Ornaments (Arts)
DEF

Strictly, an ornamental design of a predominantly diamond or lozenge pattern. Loosely, the term is used of repetitive patterns in a ground or border, the units of the design being similar and usually connected to each other. The motif was popular at Sèvres.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Céramique (Industries)
  • Symboles, motifs et ornements (Arts)

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

All-over surface decoration composed of a small repeated pattern such as lozenges or squares.

OBS

See the illustration in source PEVAR.

OBS

"diaper" (transitive verb): To diversify the surface or ground of (anything) with a small uniform pattern; now specifically with one consisting of or based upon a diamond-shaped reticulation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
OBS

être losangé : Présenter une série de losanges, formant en général un motif décoratif : [p. ex. :] Frise losangée.

Spanish

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