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HOLLOW OBJECT [5 records]

Record 1 2017-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Pipes and Fittings
DEF

The length of line which passes through the center of a hollow cylindrical or spherical object, and whose end points lie on the inner surface of the object.

CONT

In the measurement of pipe diameters, the inside diameter "ID" is that of the interior circle ...

CONT

Because lengths of pipe are joined by external-diameter couplings threaded by standard tools, an increase in the wall thickness can only be obtained by decreasing the internal diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Tuyauterie et raccords

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Tuberías y accesorios
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Record 2 2017-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paste Preparation and Shaping (Ceramics)
DEF

A form used in making, from an original model, various ceramic vessels, figures, etc.

CONT

Hollow moulds are taken from an original model, from another piece of ceramic ware, from an object in wood, silver, or some other material, or even from a natural object; they are usually of clay or plaster of Paris.

CONT

Plaster of paris mold for pottery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation et façonnage de la pâte céramique
DEF

Forme destinée à donner par pressage du relief à une pâte d'argile qui, une fois cuite, constituera une brique ou une tuile.

CONT

Autrefois en bois, manipulé à la main par un mouleur, le moule est aujourd'hui en bronze ou en plâtre et manœuvré par une presse hydraulique.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

The impression of skeletal remains in adjoining rock constitutes ... an internal mould, if the impression reveals the form and markings of inner surfaces.

CONT

Few organisms are preserved entire in the rocks; only the hard parts, such as shells and bones, as a rule endure. These parts may be preserved unchanged, but commonly the material out of which they were built by the organism has been dissolved by circulating solutions... The shell or hard part may even be wholly removed, and only an imprint or hollow mold be left in the rock. A natural mold of this sort may later become filled with mineral matter, and this filling thus forms a copy or natural cast of the organic object.

Key term(s)
  • interior mold

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[...] la coquille peut [...] disparaître et le moule interne ou le moule externe peuvent seuls être conservés; [...]

CONT

[...] le fossile ayant été postérieurement dissout par des solutions minérales corrosives, son remplissage interne, minéralisé (occupant la place de la masse viscérale) a subsisté : c'est un moule interne.

CONT

[...] l'anatomie des Brachiopodes et des Bivalves fossiles est connue par les moules internes, qui présentent entre autre de magnifiques empreintes de muscles dorsiventraux attachant l'animal à sa coquille.

OBS

[...] le remplissage de la coquille par le sédiment [...] laisse une empreinte de la forme interne de l'organisme [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

A display of a volume model that shows all the edges of an object is called a wire frame display because the objects appears to be only a hollow outline.

Key term(s)
  • wire frame representation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gráficos de computadora
DEF

Modo (modalidad) de visualización mostrando todos los extremos de un objeto tridimensional sin distinguir las líneas ocultas.

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Record 5 1986-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Instruments (Astronomy)
DEF

A telescopic instrument adapted to the observation of the passage, or transit, of an astronomical object across the meridian of an observer; consists of a telescope mounted on a single fixed horizontal axis of rotation which has a central hollow cube(sometimes a sphere) and two conical semiaxes ending in cylindrical pivots; the objective and eye-piece halves of the instrument are also fastened to the cube of the instrument, perpendicular to the horizontal axis. Also known as transit instrument.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et instruments (Astronomie)

Spanish

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