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EYE COLOR [18 records]

Record 1 2024-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
CONT

... spectrodensitometers streamline color adjustment in printing even when paper substrates have fluorescent whitening agents. Spectrodensitometers measure the light source and then calculate data and adjust colors based on that source so that color appears uniform to the human eye.

Key term(s)
  • spectro-densitometer
  • spectrodensitometre
  • spectro-densitometre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
CONT

Le spectrodensitomètre est un instrument dont la fonction est de mesurer les caractéristiques colorimétriques d'un document imprimé. Le spectrodensitomètre est principalement utilisé dans le milieu de l'impression, de la presse, ou les studios de création graphique.

Key term(s)
  • spectro-densitomètre
  • spectro densitomètre

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
CONT

Stew Ready Diced Beef.... Great for delicious stews, soups and ethnic specialties, these quality cuts are sure to please. Each cube is uniform in size and color to add eye appeal to entrees of all kinds.

CONT

4kg diced stewing beef.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
CONT

1 livre (450 g) de bœuf en cubes.

CONT

900 g de bœuf à ragoût en cubes de 1 po.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
DEF

[An] oval-shaped bean, ivory in color with a small black spot referred to as the "eye. "

OBS

This bean is available as a fresh or dried bean to be used in soups, side dishes and casseroles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Légumineuse dont le hile forme une tache foncée, qui lui donne l'aspect d'un œil.

OBS

Les gousses du dolique à œil noir sont comestibles avant leur pleine maturité et sont servies comme les haricots verts. On met le dolique dans les soupes et les salades [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
CONT

The radius vector of a given color in the color space is called the color stimulus. A color stimulus is the equivalent, expressed numerically, of the physiological sensation of color of a "standard observer" with normal color vision. The mathematical simulation of the assessment of a radiation stimulus through the eye and brain converts this stimulus into a color stimulus, which can be unambiguously described by three factors, e. g. hue, saturation and brightness.

OBS

colour stimulus: term standardized by CIE.

Key term(s)
  • color stimuli
  • colour stimuli

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Rayonnement, physiquement défini, qui pénètre dans l'œil et produit une sensation de couleur. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR.]

OBS

Pluriel : des stimulus, des stimuli.

OBS

stimulus (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

stimulus de couleur : terme normalisé par la CIE et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

A phenomenon in color photography that causes a bright red reflection from the center of the eye...

OBS

[This is the] result of (a) the light source (flash) being too close to the camera-to-subject axis, (b) the iris of the eye being dilated due to the dimness of the ambient light, (c) the subject looking toward the camera.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Phénomène qui, en photographie en couleur, occasionne une réflexion rouge brillante au centre de l'œil.

OBS

Il y a trois raisons à cela : (a) le flash est trop près de l'axe sujet-appareil (b) l'iris est dilaté en raison du peu de lumière ambiante (c) le sujet regarde l'appareil.

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
CONT

This remarkable ability of the eye to discover lightness values independent of flux, so convincingly demonstrated when only a single photoreceptor system is operating, is the rock on which a satisfactory description of color vision can be built.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
CONT

C'est cette remarquable capacité de l'œil à déterminer la clarté indépendamment du flux (si clairement démontrée lorsqu'un seul système photorécepteur opère), qui va nous permettre de bâtir une théorie satisfaisante de la vision des couleurs.

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery
  • Gemmology
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Having a changeable, undulating luster or color, like that of a cat's eye in the dark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
  • Gemmologie
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Qui chatoie, a des reflets changeants.

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Glass
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
CONT

Anaglyph images are used to provide a stereoscopic 3D effect, when viewed with 2 color glasses(each lens a chromatically opposite color, usually red and cyan). Images are made up of two color layers, superimposed, but offset with respect to each other to produce a depth effect. The picture contains two differently filtered colored images, one for each eye. When viewed through the color coded anaglyph glasses, they reveal an integrated stereoscopic image.

OBS

anaglyph spectacles; anaglyph glasses: terms standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Verres d'optique
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
OBS

lunettes anaglyphes : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI).

Spanish

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Record 9 2001-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

In multimedia, an efficient color-coding scheme for natural pictures.

OBS

Since the human eye is less sensitive to chrominance(color) variations than to luminance(intensity) variations, DYUV encodes luminance(Y) information at full bandwidth and chrominance(UV) information at half bandwidth or less, storing only the differences(deltas) between each value and the one following it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
CONT

Le Delta YUV (DYUV). Dans le format YUV, une couleur est codée sur trois axes, une composante de luminance (axe Y) et deux composantes de chrominance (les axes U et V). Le principe de codage en DYUV est de ne transmettre, pour chaque ligne à l'écran, que les différences de ces composantes entre un pixel et le suivant, excepté pour le premier pixel de la ligne où les trois composantes sont données en absolu.

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
OBS

The new karyotyping methods introduced by Schrock et al use fluorescent dyes that bind to specific regions of chromosomes. By using a series of specific probes each with varying amounts of the dyes, different pairs of chromosomes have unique spectral characteristics. A unique feature of the technology is the use of an interferometer similar to ones used by astronomers for measuring light spectra emitted by stars. Slight variations in color, undetectable by the human eye, are detected by a computer program that then reassigns an easy-to-distinguish color to each pair of chromosomes. The result is a digital image rather than film, in full color. Pairing of the chromosomes is simpler because homologous pairs are the same color, and aberrations and cross-overs are more easily recognizable. In additional, the spectral karyotype has been used to detect translocations not recognizable by traditional banding analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
CONT

Par isolement de chacune des paires chromosomiques, en cytométrie de flux ou à l'aide de la microdissection, la FISH est désormais capable de réaliser de vieux rêves que les cytogénéticiens jugèrent longtemps puérils et utopiques : le coloriage du caryotype en un ravissant nuancier (le caryotype spectral) où chaque paire devient identifiable et à partir duquel toute reconnaissance (de remaniements, chromosomes marqueurs, fragments surnuméraires...) devient possible.

Spanish

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Record 11 1998-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
  • Security
OBS

racial. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of one race or the races of humankind.

OBS

race. An arbitrary classification of modern humans, sometimes, esp. formerly, based on any or a combination of various physical characteristics, as skin color, facial form, or eye shape, and now frequently based on such genetic markers as blood groups.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
  • Sécurité
OBS

racial. Relatif à la race, aux races.

OBS

race. Groupe ethnique qui se différencie des autres par un ensemble de caractères physiques héréditaires (couleur de la peau, forme de la tête, proportion des groupes sanguins, etc.) représentant des variations au sein de l'espèce.

Spanish

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Record 12 1997-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
OBS

The new karyotyping methods introduced by Schrock et al use fluorescent dyes that bind to specific regions of chromosomes. By using a series of specific probes each with varying amounts of the dyes, different pairs of chromosomes have unique spectral characteristics. A unique feature of the technology is the use of an interferometer similar to ones used by astronomers for measuring light spectra emitted by stars. Slight variations in color, undetectable by the human eye, are detected by a computer program that then reassigns an easy-to-distinguish color to each pair of chromosomes. The result is a digital image rather than film, in full color. Pairing of the chromosomes is simpler because homologous pairs are the same color, and aberrations and cross-overs are more easily recognizable. In additional, the spectral karyotype has been used to detect translocations not recognizable by traditional banding analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
OBS

Nouvelle technique de cytogénétique moléculaire.

DEF

Méthode fondée sur la discrimination de chaque fluorochrome via l'établissement d'un spectre d'émission de fluorescence (environ 50 à 100 valeurs utiles) et chaque point de l'image. Cette approche la différencie de la microscopie en épifluorescence classique où la détermination des fluorochromes est effectuée par le biais d'une seule mesure [...]

CONT

Le caryotype spectral pourrait être rapidement inclus de façon complémentaire dans les protocoles cytogénétiques hospitaliers d'étude des cancers.

CONT

Le caryotype spectral, décrit par l'équipe de T Ried au National Institute Of Health (Bethesda) en juin 1996, est une démonstration extrêmement convaincante que chaque chromosome est identifiable spécifiquement et simultanément par sa coloration en peinture chromosomique. La puissance de cette méthode permet «in fine» de caractériser des remaniements chromosomiques de structure complexe, même en l'absence de bandes.

Spanish

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Record 13 1993-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
CONT

Night Vision-This is the ability to make visual discriminations under low light conditions. It is related to the function of dark adaptation, the process by which your eyes adjust to reduced lighting. Since color receptors in the eye do not work under low light, tasks that require high levels of night vision cannot require high levels of color discrimination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
CONT

Étude de la vision des couleurs - Elle est d'autant plus importante en pathologie rétinienne qu'elle teste le récepteur du message coloré, c'est-à-dire le cône.

Spanish

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Record 14 1988-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Frame Representation. A frame is a collection of slots and values that is used to represent a piece of knowledge. For example a "person frame" could have slots named : name, sex, age, hair color, eye color, height, and weight. A particular person would then have all the slots filled in with the correct values. Also, most frame-based systems extend this idea to inheritance. For example, a person is an example of a mammal, which has its own slots. A system can then make inferences based on these inherited values(e. g., mammals are warm blooded, therefore "Joe" is warm blooded). Because of the emphasis on CML in Chapter 4, this book sometimes refers to frames as being two dimensional, with rows being individual frames and columns being slots.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Voir "cadre".

Spanish

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Record 15 1981-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
OBS

A change in the perception of color as the eye shifts from daylight to twilight, or from cone to rod levels of adaptation.

OBS

Note: Term defined in a specialized glossary of psychometrics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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Record 16 1977-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrochemistry and Cosmochemistry
  • Astronomy
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
OBS

When green-and yellow-sensitive photographic emulsions were perfected, it was found that they could be used in conjunction with a suitable color filter to approximate closely the spectral response of the human eye; stellar photographs so obtained provide "photovisual magnitudes"(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrochimie et cosmochimie
  • Astronomie
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
OBS

Les magnitudes mesurées par la méthode photométrique des clichés obtenus sur des émulsions orthochromatiques ou isoorthochromatiques avec un filtre jaune spécial s'appellent "photovisuelles".

Spanish

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Record 17 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
  • Genetics
CONT

"Odd-eyed" cats, those having each eye a different color, are not uncommon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
  • Génétique
OBS

vairon : Se dit des yeux qui n'ont pas une couleur unie, ou qui sont de couleurs différentes.

Spanish

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Record 18 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
  • Genetics
CONT

All cat associations recognize a color of Persian and Domestic Shorthair cats called odd-eyed white. Cats of this breed have one blue eye and one copper or orange eye.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
  • Génétique
OBS

vairon : se dit des yeux qui n'ont pas une couleur unie, ou qui sont de couleurs différentes.

Spanish

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