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HAIR LIGHT [17 records]

Record 1 2024-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Optics
  • Personal Esthetics
CONT

Intense pulsed light(IPL) is actually not a laser treatment. In contrast to the typical method of removing hair with an infrared attachment that uses single spectrum light, IPL utilizes many different wavelengths so as get more scattered around skin and finer hairs than what would be focused on by regular lasers...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
  • Optique
  • Esthétique et soins corporels
CONT

La photoréjuvénation à la lumière pulsée intense (LPI) stimule la synthèse de collagène, réduit certaines taches pigmentées, cicatrices et télangiectasies (vascularisation superficielle) au visage ou ailleurs sur le corps.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personal Esthetics
  • Lasers and Masers
CONT

During laser hair removal, a laser emits a light that is absorbed by the pigment(melanin) in the hair. The light energy is converted to heat, which damages the tube-shaped sacs within the skin(hair follicles) that produce hairs. This damage inhibits or delays future hair growth. Although laser hair removal effectively delays hair growth for long periods, it usually doesn’t result in permanent hair removal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Esthétique et soins corporels
  • Masers et lasers

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wool Industry
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

Hair obtained from camels. Wool-like in texture, its natural color varies from light tan to brownish black. This underhair of the camel is lustrous and extremely soft, and used, either by itself or combined with wool, for coats, suits, sweaters, some blankets and oriental rugs.

OBS

camel hair: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie lainière
  • Nomenclature des tissus
CONT

Le poil de chameau tombe au printemps, à ce moment il est détaché de l'animal par un peignage; un chameau produit 7 kg de poils par an de couleur brun fauve.

OBS

poil de chameau : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungal Diseases (Mycoses)
  • The Skin
Universal entry(ies)
tinea blanca
Latin
B36.2
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Piedra caused by Trichosporon beigelii, characterized by white to light brown nodules on the hair of the beard, axilla, or groin, softer than the nodules of the black variety...

OBS

B36.2: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies fongiques (mycoses)
  • Appareil cutané
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
tinea blanca
Latin
B36.2
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Affection mycosique des poils [due à Trichosporon beigelii], atteignant surtout la barbe et la moustache, caractérisée par la présence de nodules blanchâtres et mous autour du poil.

OBS

B36.2 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Rusty tussock moth.... Larvae attack all conifer seedling species.... These gregarious caterpillars completely denude a seedling before moving on to the next, and can occur in patches of 5-100 styroblocks.... The adult male is rusty-brown with a white dot and light brown band on each forewing. The female is flightless, sedentary, with light tan hairs covering the body. The population overwinters as white egg masses which can be cemented to the sides and bottoms of styroblocks. They will adhere to the blocks after seedlings have been lifted and blocks washed and stored. Because the eggs are white, they often go unnoticed. Larvae emerge from these egg masses(often on styroblocks) around May, and actively feed on newly emerged seedlings. They are hairy, up to 28 mm long, have two black hair "pencils" projecting forward and one to the rear, four golden brushes of hair on the back, accompanied by eight warty protuberances with yellow and black hairs on each segment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Anthropology
CONT

"Bog Mummy," in dark glass, immediately evokes the mysterious fascination with which we view mummified corpses. Across Europe, peat bog immersion has produced amazingly life-like remains through millennia of history.

OBS

Osterby Man was discovered in a bog near Osterby, Germany... His hair had probably been a light blond or gray color, but immersion in the bog had turned it red.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Anthropologie
CONT

La momie assassinée... La découverte d'une momie dans les réserves du musée Crispin, à Boston, suscite l'intérêt des historiens... et de la police. [...] Les soupçons [de l'enquêteur] sont confirmés par la découverte de deux nouveaux cadavres de femmes, chacun conservé selon des méthodes différentes (réduction de tête pour l'un, immersion dans une tourbière pour l'autre) [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Plastics Manufacturing
Universal entry(ies)
C16H32O4
formula, see observation
C11H23COOC2H4OC2H4OH
formula, see observation
141-20-8
CAS number
DEF

A chemical product which appears under the form of a practically odorless, edible, light, straw-colored, oily liquid, is derived as a lauric acid ester of diethylene glycol, and is used as an emulsifying agent for oils and hydrocarbon solvents, in emulsions for lubrication, in sizing, in finishing of textiles, in paper and in leather, in fluid emulsions of oils for hand lotions, in hair dressings, in cutting and spraying oils, as a dry-cleaning soap base and as an antifoaming agent.

OBS

2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl dodecanoate: form recommended by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) for the systematic name corresponding to the CAS number indicated on the present record. The synonyms are commercial names.

OBS

diglycol laurate: incorrect form.

OBS

Chemical formula: C16Hsubscript 32]O4 or C11H23COOC2H4OC2H4OH

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Plasturgie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C16H32O4
formula, see observation
C11H23COOC2H4OC2H4OH
formula, see observation
141-20-8
CAS number
OBS

dodécanoate de 2-(2-hydroxyéthoxy)éthyle : forme recommandée par l'UICPA (Union internationale de chimie pure et appliquée) pour le nom systématique correspondant au numéro CAS indiqué sur la présente fiche. Les synonymes sont des termes commerciaux.

OBS

laurate du diglycol : forme incorrecte.

OBS

Formule chimique : C16H32O4 ou C11H23COOC2H4OC2H4OH

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Fabricación de plásticos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
C16H32O4
formula, see observation
C11H23COOC2H4OC2H4OH
formula, see observation
141-20-8
CAS number
OBS

Fórmula química: C16H32O4 o C11H23COOC2H4OC2H4OH

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Record 8 2011-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Photography
Universal entry(ies)
AgNO3
formula, see observation
7761-88-8
CAS number
OBS

Properties : Colorless, transparent, tabular, rhombic crystals, becoming gray or grayish-black on exposure to light in the presence of organic matter; odorless; bitter, caustic metallic taste; strong oxidizing agent and caustic;... Use : Photographic film, catalyst for ethylene oxide, indelible inks, silver plating, silver salts, silvering mirrors, germicide(as a wall spray), hair dyeing, antiseptic, fused form to cauterize wounds, reagent.

OBS

lunar caustic. Used in silver intensifiers, physical developers, and many sensitizers.

OBS

Chemical formula: AgNO3

OBS

for "lunar caustic": Fused silver nitrate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Photographie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
AgNO3
formula, see observation
7761-88-8
CAS number
CONT

[...] on a préalablement préparé le nitrate d'argent en dissolvant une barre d'argent pur dans de l'acide nitrique.

OBS

Le caustique lunaire est un médicament topique, caustique, antiseptique et astringent.

OBS

Formule chimique : AgNO3

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Fotografía
Entrada(s) universal(es)
AgNO3
formula, see observation
7761-88-8
CAS number
DEF

Sal argéntica, de fórmula AgNO3. Sólido incoloro, de sabor amargo y soluble en agua.

OBS

Se obtiene al disolver plata en ácido nítrico.

OBS

Se emplea en fotografía, en el plateado y como reactivo químico.

OBS

Fórmula química: AgNO3

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Record 9 2011-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
C6H4NH2OH
formula, see observation
123-30-8
CAS number
DEF

A chemical compound in the form of white or reddish yellow crystals which turns violet on exposure to light an and which is used in dyeing textiles, hair, furs, feathers, photographic developer, pharmaceuticals, antioxidants, and oil additives.

OBS

The prefix "para" and its abbreviation "p" must be italicized.

OBS

Chemical formula: C6H4NH2OH

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C6H4NH2OH
formula, see observation
123-30-8
CAS number
OBS

«aminophénol» : Nom des trois isomères «o», «m» et «p», de formule NH2-C6H4-OH. Ils sont improprement désignés, surtout le dérivé para, sous le nom d'amidophénol.

OBS

Le préfixe «para» et son abréviation «p» s'écrivent en italique.

OBS

Formule chimique : C6H4NH2OH

Spanish

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Record 10 2010-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

The Greek name for the east wind ("blowing from the sun").

OBS

Apheliotes: According to legend, it brings light showers. On the Tower of the Winds at Athens it is represented by a young man carrying fruit and grain.

OBS

Apeliotes was the God of the south east winds in Greek mythology. Apeliotes is often depicted wearing gumboots with curly hair, a friendly expression, carrying fruit and draped in a light cloth concealing some flowers or grain since this wind caused a refreshing rain particularly beneficial to farmers. Apeliotes, along with the other gods of the deities, is the son of Astraeus(God of the night sky) and Eos(Goddess of the morning). Apeliotes can be seen on the Tower of the Winds in Athens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Nom grec du vent Est.

CONT

Apéliotes [est un] vent de sud-est, accompagné d'une légère pluie, dans la Grèce antique, [il est] représenté par un jeune homme portant des fruits.

CONT

[...] au pied de l'Acropole, [...] sur chacune des faces de la tour octogonale [la tour des vents], une frise sculptée représente les 8 directions du vent ou divinités : Boreas (Nord), Kaikias (Nord-Est), Apeliotes (Est), Euros (Sud-Est), Notos (Sud), Lips (Sud-Ouest), Zephyros (Ouest) et Skiron (Nord-Ouest).

CONT

Furius, votre petite maison des champs n'est exposée ni aux souffles de l'Auster [...] ni à ceux de l'Aphéliote, mais elle est hypothéquée pour quinze mille deux cents sesterces. Oh! l'horrible vent!

Spanish

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Record 11 2010-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
CONT

The first experiments will start around the end of 1993 or beginning of 1994, in the first of 32 lines of light planned for 1998 around the storage ring, where electrons and positrons, guided by hundreds of magnets and focused into a beam the thickness of a hair, will circulate at almost the speed of light in tubing exhausted to a very high vacuum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique radiologique et applications
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
CONT

Équipement associé au rayonnement synchrotron […] Lignes de lumière. Une fois issue de l’anneau, par une fenêtre dans l’axe de la section droite pour un élément d’insertion ou sur la tangente à la trajectoire pour un aimant de courbure, la nappe de rayonnement circule dans un tube (ou ligne de lumière) et est en général divisée de façon à alimenter simultanément plusieurs expériences. Les anciens anneaux ne comportaient que quelques lignes de lumière, ceux de la troisième génération en comptent plusieurs dizaines régulièrement réparties autour de l’anneau. Il y règne le vide de l’anneau (sans fenêtre physique) pour les rayonnements mous tandis que le vide des lignes pour les rayons X durs qui sont peu absorbés est moins poussé et des fenêtres isolant le vide des lignes de celui de l’anneau (en général en béryllium) peuvent être traversées.

Spanish

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Record 12 2008-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
CONT

On the outside of the wall, at the point of junction of hair and hoof proper, is a rim of rather soft, nonpigmented horn known as the periople. It functions in cementing the skin to the hoof and in providing the wall with a thin covering resembling a light coat of varnish, which prevents undue evaporation from the horn.

OBS

Part of the hoof in ungulates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
CONT

Le bourrelet principal et le bourrelet périoplique produisent respectivement la corne de la paroi et le vernis extérieur du sabot.

OBS

Anatomie du sabot des ongulés.

Spanish

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Record 13 2008-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Physics
  • Scientific Research Methods
  • Physics of Solids
CONT

The Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3 is an Exploration Systems’ transition flight experiment in the Human System Research and Technology area. BCAT-3 provides a unique opportunity to explore fundamental physics and simultaneously develop important future technology, including computers operating on light, complex biomolecular pharmaceuticals, clean sources of geothermal power, and novel rocket engines for interplanetary travel. These studies depend entirely on the microgravity environment provided by the International Space Station(ISS) ;in all other locations accessible to science, gravity dominates and precludes investigation of any other effects of interest. The experiment itself [consists of] photographing samples of colloidal particles with a digital camera onboard the ISS. Colloids are tiny nanoscale spheres of plexiglass a thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair(submicron radius) that are suspended in a fluid. They are ubiquitous(e. g., milk, smoke, and paint) and therefore interesting to study directly. Colloids are also small enough that they behave much like atoms and so can be used to model all sorts of phenomena because their size, shape, and interactions can be controlled. The 10 samples in BCAT-3 are made from the same ingredients, each a recipe with different proportions, and are grouped into three experiments : critical point, binary alloy, and surface crystallization. [Text followed by an illustration of a BCAT-3 sample holder. ]

CONT

BCAT-3 is comprised of three separate experiments, which are individually referred to as a binary alloy (BCAT-3-BA), surface crystallization (BCAT-3-SC) and critical point (BCAT-3-CP). The critical point investigation is continuing with additional samples on future ISS [International Space Station] expeditions and will be referred to as Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 4. BCAT-4 will consist of two sets of samples referred to as BCAT - 3 and 4: Critical Point (BCAT-3-4-CP) and BCAT-4:Polydisperse (BCAT-4-Poly). ... The Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3 (BCAT-3) hardware supported three investigations in which ISS crews photographed samples of colloidal particles (tiny nanoscale spheres suspended in liquid) to document liquid/gas phase changes, growth of binary crystals, and the formation of colloidal crystals confined to a surface. Colloids are small enough that in a microgravity environment without sedimentation and convection, they behave much as atoms and so can be used to model all sorts of phenomena because their size, shape, and interactions can be controlled. The BCAT-3 payload consists of ten small samples of colloid alloys in which the microscopic colloid particles are mixed together into a liquid. These ten samples are contained within a small case that is the size of a school textbook. At the start of an experiment run, all ten samples are shaken to completely remix the colloid samples, much in the same way that salad dressing must be shaken to remix oil and vinegar. After the samples are mixed, what remains is periodically photographed using a digital camera until the colloid and liquid components of those samples have separated or the polymers have formed crystals. The samples can be remixed to repeat the experiment. The ten samples in BCAT-3 were selected as part of three separate experiments examining different physical processes: critical point, binary alloys, and surface crystallization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique spatiale
  • Méthodes de recherche scientifique
  • Physique des solides
OBS

Contexte: recherches en microgravité sur les structures colloïdales; test avec alliages binaires (c'est-à-dire composés de deux éléments) mis à l'état colloïdal.

OBS

test BACT (croissance d'alliages binaires à partir de particules colloïdales en suspension) : il faut articuler le syntagme pour rendre compte de la réalité du texte où il est question de la croissance de cristaux binaires qui se développent à partir de particules colloïdales en suspension dans un liquide.

Spanish

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Record 14 2007-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
CONT

In the real world, this [blower] is something used to dry your hair. In the ski world, this is a term used to describe cold snow that is so light it blows in your face, resulting in face shots...

CONT

Travel conditions: Boot top trail breaking can be expected throughout the forecast area in areas protected from the wind, but that translates into excellent turns on the way down, with the odd face-shot. Stick to conservative lines in the alpine for the time being. MG/SM Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
CONT

Déplacements dans l'arrière-pays : Les skis pénètrent jusqu'au-dessus de bottes dans les secteurs abrités du vent à l'échelle de la zone de prévisions, mais l'on peut s'attendre à d'excellentes conditions à la descente, et à un ou deux bains de poudreuse. Tenez-en vous à des parcours sûrs en zone alpine pour le moment. MG/SM Bulletin d'avalanche de Banff [...]

Spanish

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Record 15 2002-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
CONT

One of the crucial issues in dermatology is how to make hairs and other skin appendages regenerate. Recent progress in molecular and developmental biology has shed new light on the development of fearthers and hairs... All of these appendages are the result of epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. These include hair, nails and teeth which protrude out of the body surface...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
DEF

Formation cutanée saillante telle que: écaille, poil, plume, griffe, ongle, corne.

Spanish

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Record 16 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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Record 17 1992-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidermis and Dermis
DEF

a condition in which the individual hairs appear to be marked by alternating bands of white as a result of some barrier in the hair which prevents passage of light and causes the rays to be reflected back, giving the appearance of white bands.

OBS

The plural form "pili annulati" is more usual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épiderme et derme
CONT

Le pili annulati, héréditaire, se constate vers 12 à 13 ans. Le cheveu présente des zones foncées et des zones claires sans torsade.

OBS

On rencontre plus souvent la forme plurielle "pili annulati".

Spanish

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