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MIRROR REFLECTION [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2017-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

[A] viewfinder through which the subject is looked at directly as with a telescope, instead of by reflection from a mirror.

OBS

Because the viewfinder is not in exactly the same place as the lens, the view it gives is slightly different to what will appear on film - this is called parallax error.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Viseur [...] qui permet l'observation directe à l'œil de l'utilisateur sans passer par un miroir ou un prisme comme c'est le cas sur les appareils reflex 24 X 36 (35mm).

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

A master made by transferring the mirror image from a specially-coated transfer sheet on to the reverse side of the master by means of heat reflection from an original document.

OBS

thermal-type spirit master: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Cliché réalisé en transférant l'image inversée d'un carbone hectographique spécial sur le verso du cliché par concentration de la chaleur sur un original.

OBS

cliché hectographique obtenu par thermocopie : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Optical Instruments
  • Cinematography
DEF

Any form of viewfinder through which the subject is looked at directly, as with a telescope, instead of by reflection from a mirror.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Cinématographie
DEF

C'est une véritable lunette de Galilée, qui fournit du sujet une image très claire et fort bien délimitée malgré ses faibles dimensions; elle est en outre redressée.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

The insurance principle... is that, if through human frailty(in the Registry), the mirror fails to give an absolutely correct reflection of the title and a flaw appears, anyone who thereby suffers loss must be put in the same position, so far as money can do it, as if the reflection were a true one.(Simpson, p. 22)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

principe de l'assurance : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mirrors
  • Facilities and Instruments (Astronomy)
CONT

An X-ray mirror can be made of glass ceramics which is polished to give a very smooth surface... and is coated with metal for X-ray reflection.

Key term(s)
  • X ray mirror

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaces et miroiterie
  • Installations et instruments (Astronomie)
Key term(s)
  • miroir à rayons-X

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

The insurance principle... is that, if through human frailty(in the Registry), the mirror fails to give an absolutely correct reflection of the title and a flaw appears, anyone who thereby suffers loss must be put in the same position, so far as money can do it, as if the reflection were a true one.(Rowton Simpson, 1976, p. 22).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

principe de l'assurance : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Sonar and Underwater Detection (Military)
CONT

With a mirror surface, reflection is total and no echo is returned to the sonar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Sonar et détection sous-marine (Militaire)
CONT

Dans le cas idéal d'une surface miroir, la réflexion est totale et il n'y a pas d'écho retourné au sonar.

Spanish

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