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GRADE PAPER [26 records]

Record 1 2020-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

Any grade of paper that is specially sized so that it can be satisfactorily used for pen and ink writing purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de papel
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Record 2 2010-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
CONT

Office ledger one.

OBS

A grade of paper collected for recycling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
OBS

Renseignement communiqué par une traductrice à l'Association canadienne des producteurs de pâtes et papiers à Montréal.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Financial Institutions
DEF

Money market instruments. Short-term, high grade(low risk) financial instruments such as bankers’ acceptance, certificates of deposit(CDs), commercial paper, and treasury bills.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Institutions financières
DEF

Titre de créance négociable, dont l'échéance est habituellement fixée à moins d'un an.

OBS

Les instruments du marché monétaire comprennent notamment les bons du Trésor, émis par l'État, les acceptations bancaires et les billets de trésorerie, émis par les entreprises, et les certificats de dépôt à court terme, émis par les banques et autres établissements financiers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Instituciones financieras
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Record 4 2005-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

A high grade, strong drawing paper with a smooth surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

[A newsprint] grade paper, loaded and calendered, used for printing of cheap magazines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
Key term(s)
  • papier journal pour vignette

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Properties of Paper
DEF

The number of small pieces of foreign matter in a sheet of paper is counted by placing the paper over a light source; for each grade of paper a set maximum is allowed per square foot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés des papiers

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

An ink used on hard size bond and lagger papers.

OBS

A bond ink should be as concentrated and as heavy and tacky as the grade of paper and type of press permit [and it] should dry entirely by oxydation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

A grade of paper, combining high percentages of groundwood pulp, made especially for use in the printing of newspapers.

OBS

newsprint: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
DEF

Papier apprêté, à base de pâte au bisulfite et de pâte mécanique, utilisé sur les rotatives à journaux.

OBS

Papier de qualité très ordinaire [...]

OBS

papier journal : terme normalisé par l'ISO et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de papel
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Record 9 2004-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

Probably the best way to learn to color grade is to ask your jeweler to show you how. He or she will have some loose diamonds, a paper or plastic white grading tray, possibly a set of graded comparison diamonds called master stones and a good diffused(not bare) light source such as a neutral fluorescent light.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
CONT

Lot de diamants sur papier comprenant 9 diamants taillés en rose et un diamant rond taille brillant pesant un carat.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

Probably the best way to learn to color grade is to ask your jeweler to show you how. He or she will have some loose diamonds, a paper or plastic white grading tray, possibly a set of graded comparison diamonds called master stones and a good diffused(not bare) light source such as a neutral fluorescent light.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire

Spanish

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Record 11 2004-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A set of rough or polished diamonds of known bodycolour to which other diamonds are compared to judge their colour grade.

CONT

Master diamonds typically range from colorless through gradually deepening tints of yellow and brown.

CONT

Probably the best way to learn to color grade is to ask your jeweler to show you how. He or she will have some loose diamonds, a paper or plastic white grading tray, possibly a set of graded comparison diamonds called master stones and a good diffused(not bare) light source such as a neutral fluorescent light.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Jeu de diamants bruts ou taillés dont la couleur est connue, utilisé pour classer d'autres diamants selon leur couleur.

CONT

Il ne fait aucun doute que la meilleure façon d'apprendre à déterminer la couleur consiste à demander à votre bijoutier de vous l'enseigner. Pour ce faire, il aura probablement à sa disposition : des diamants non montés; un support de papier ou de plastique de couleur blanche; un ensemble de pierres-étalons (diamants de comparaison dont la couleur est connue) et une bonne source lumineuse (fluorescente) qui produit une lumière neutre et diffuse.

Key term(s)
  • pierre étalon

Spanish

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Record 12 2003-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Paperboard
OBS

A paper box, called a carton in domestic commerce, made of bending grade paperboard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en carton
OBS

Boîte en carton (appelée «carton» dans le commerce intérieur), fabriquée de carton flexible.

Key term(s)
  • caisse carton pliante

Spanish

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Record 13 1999-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

An exposure series on a single piece of photosensitive material, especially in projection printing, made to determine the correct exposure time, paper grade, etc.

Key term(s)
  • test print
  • workstrip print

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Série d'images pré-impressionnées comprenant une échelle des valeurs de gris, que l'on traite conjointement avec des pellicules standards.

OBS

La bande d'essai permet de vérifier les écarts de développement et d'en savoir plus sur les caractéristiques du film et du révélateur.

Key term(s)
  • épreuve de lecture
  • épreuve d'essai

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

Excessive roughness or MD micro-fluting near the edges of a paper web as it comes off the paper machine. This characteristic may extend for varying distances in from the edge of the web as it is formed and dried on the paper machine. The extent and severity depend upon factors like the grade, basis weight, machine trim and the drying conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier
DEF

Surface près des bords de la feuille. Le phénomène est généralement dû à une perte d'humidité des bords de la feuille.

Spanish

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Record 15 1998-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

A low grade paper with a good writing surface. It is used for scratchpads and tablets.

Key term(s)
  • pencil tablet paper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
DEF

Papier de peu de qualité, servant à la fabrication des bloc-notes.

Spanish

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Record 16 1998-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

A lightweight writing grade of paper made from chemical pulp and possessing good tensile and tearing strength. It is usually put up in rolls especially for use in automatic register machines, and in flat, folded, snap-apart packages for use as computer printouts and other copying purposes.

Key term(s)
  • register bond

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier

Spanish

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Record 17 1998-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

A lightweight writing grade of paper made from chemical pulp and possessing good tensile and tearing strength. It is usually put up in rolls especially for use in automatic register machines, and in flat, folded, snap-apart packages for use as computer printouts and other copying purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
DEF

Papier bond ou écriture au bisulfite, en rouleaux, possédant une haute résistance à la traction et à la déchirure, pour enregistreuses automatiques nécessitant de nombreuses copies.

Spanish

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Record 18 1998-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
  • Waste Management
DEF

A grade of waste papers or paper stock not sorted or from which the better grades have been taken out. They are collected from department stores, offices, schools, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
  • Gestion des déchets
DEF

Vieux papiers non triés, employés dans la fabrication des cartons de qualité inférieure.

Spanish

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Record 19 1994-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
CONT

Sometimes, conventional steam cylinder methods are used for the drying of coatings .... More often, other methods must be used to avoid disturbing the coating film. The two methods employed most often are hot air impingement and infra-red drying ....

OBS

air impingement : A method of heat transfer in the paper industry using impinging air jets to provide high heat transfer rates, such as in the drying of lightweight paper grade of tissue and toweling. The sheet is usually dried on a steam-heated cylinder(yankee dryer) with drying rates augmented by the use of a round or slot-shaped, high-velocity impinging hot air jet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier
  • Fabrication du papier
CONT

Séchage des couches. On utilise parfois des sécheurs classiques pour sécher les papiers couchés [...] mais on emploie en général d'autres techniques pour éviter d'abîmer le film de couche. On utilise essentiellement les techniques de séchage par air chaud et par infrarouge.

Spanish

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Record 20 1993-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
DEF

The mixing of a variety of types of pulp, additives, dyes, and chemicals to make up a stock slurry satisfactory to produce a particular grade of paper with specific characteristics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier
CONT

Mélange de la pâte [...] Les papetiers savent bien qu'il est essentiel de bien mélanger la pâte avant de l'acheminer vers la machine à papier afin d'éviter les problèmes d'exploitation et obtenir un papier de qualité uniforme. [...] Dans la fabrique de pâte kraft blanchie, le mélange s'effectue logiquement à la suite du classage, avant le blanchiment. Le mélange à ce moment permet de réduire la variation de l'indice de permanganate et de réaliser une meilleure conduite du blanchiment.

Spanish

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Record 21 1993-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
DEF

A method of heat transfer in the paper industry using impinging air jets to provide high heat transfer rates, such as in the drying of lightweight paper grade of tissue and toweling. The sheet is usually dried on a steam-heated cylinder(yankee dryer) with drying rates augmented by the use of a round or slot-shaped, high-velocity impinging hot air jet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier

Spanish

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Record 22 1989-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
OBS

wallpaper : A stronger grade of groundwood paper which is made especially suitable for clay coating, printing, and/or embossing, and used as a wall covering.

Key term(s)
  • wall paper making machine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier

Spanish

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Record 23 1988-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Finishing
CONT

The portable belt sanders use endless sanding belts that can be obtained in many different grades(grits). The belts are usually 2, 3, or 4 inches wide and can be easily changed when they become worn or when you want to use a different grade of sanding paper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finition du bois
CONT

Dans la ponceuse à bande, on utilise une bande de toile ou de papier dont la face extérieure est abrasive (...) Dans la ponceuse à large bande, la pièce à poncer est entraînée mécaniquement (...) mais la bande abrasive, dont la largeur correspond à la largeur de travail, circule entre deux ou trois cylindres de renvoi (...)

Spanish

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Record 24 1980-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

On a soft grade of paper the tone gradation from high lights to shadows may be compressed to as little as one-tenth of the range of the negative-i. e., if the negative has a long scale of tones ranging from deep shadows to bright highlights, or if the negative includes tones at both extremes of the density scale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
CONT

La réponse sensitométrique [du procédé utilisé] conditionne les progressions des luminances dans les parties claires (ou lumières), dans les teintes moyennes et dans les ombres; elle doit être rapide dans les premières et les dernières, mais plus faible dans le milieu des échelles (...) [car] une progression lente (...) dans les demi-teintes (...) évite des transitions brusques qui donneraient à la reproduction une apparence heurtée.

Spanish

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Record 25 1980-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Arts
OBS

Employing the wet blotter technique, the inferior grade paper backing board will be removed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts plastiques
OBS

Il s'agit de décoller le doublage en humidifiant le dessin que l'on fait sécher par la suite à plat sous pression entre deux buvards.

Spanish

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Record 26 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
OBS

pen-and-ink drawings on a good white grade of bristol paper stock make the best copy for line plates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
OBS

les techniques purement lithographiques peuvent se classer en: méthodes de dessin direct à la plume, au crayon, au pinceau, à l'estompe

Spanish

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