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HAIR FELT [3 records]

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Record 1 2014-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sculpture
CONT

... during the 1960's an increasing number of [modern artists] have explored the possibilities of soft materials such as vinyl, rubber, fibre glass, latex, feathers, felt, plastic, hair, string and sand.... The limpness and pliability of Soft Sculpture are analogous to human flesh and organs : several critics have suggested it has visceral connotations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sculpture
CONT

Cette sculpture souple symbolisant la guerre est l'œuvre d'Andrée Marquet et Christiane de Casteras.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-23

English

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

Natural or synthetic hairs from felts on the wet end or drier sections of a paper machine, which sometimes appear in the surface of paper.

OBS

felt hair : usually used in the plural.

French

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

Fibre de laine ou fibre synthétique provenant du feutre de la machine à papier qui se retrouve à la surface du papier.

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A pain produced by a light touching or stroking of the scalp. It is typically produced by combing the hair or by sleeping on sensitive scalp areas. The pain is most frequently [felt] in the temporal region. Scalp tenderness along the temporal artery and its branches is a highly specific sign of giant cell arteritis. Less localized scalp tenderness usually occurs in the absence of objective abnormalities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Exagération de la sensibilité du cuir chevelu dans la région temporale, caractéristique de l'artérite temporale.

OBS

Lorsque l'hyperesthésie est située dans la région pariétale, elle est le signe d'un dérangement intervertébral mineur et on l'appelle alors "signe de la friction".

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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