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MIRROR SYMMETRY [8 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2017-01-04
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Landscape Architecture
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- garden layout
1, record 1, English, garden%20layout
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Because we are more accustomed to recognizing and accepting objects with equally distributed parts on a vertical axis, we identify this visual satisfaction as balance. When both sides of an axis are mirror images of each other, they are in symmetry, a landscape formula used for generations in so-called formal garden layouts. Its opposite is asymmetry(or occult balance) and provides us with the design term "informal". Either can be visually agreeable as long as each is suitable for the total landscape development. 1, record 1, English, - garden%20layout
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Architecture paysagère
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- tracé du jardin
1, record 1, French, trac%C3%A9%20du%20jardin
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- ordonnance d'un jardin 2, record 1, French, ordonnance%20d%27un%20jardin
correct, feminine noun
- ordonnance du jardin 2, record 1, French, ordonnance%20du%20jardin
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le travail de modelage du terrain doit traduire en formes l'esprit du tracé du jardin : les surfaces planes et régulières répondent aux allées droites, les vallonnements et les ondulations du sol aux courbes dessinées, de même que les accidents et les ruptures de pente justifient l'irrégularité des lignes. 3, record 1, French, - trac%C3%A9%20du%20jardin
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
La dominante est très souvent la maison dans un jardin particulier. Le style architectural de celle-ci doit influencer l'ordonnance du jardin de telle manière que ce tout constitué par l'œuvre soit la totalité de la propriété (maison et jardin, conçus l'un pour l'autre). Non seulement le style mais la distribution des pièces d'habitation et les ouvertures qui en dépendent devront guider cette ordonnance générale. 2, record 1, French, - trac%C3%A9%20du%20jardin
Record 1, Key term(s)
- arrangement des jardins
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2015-05-25
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Atomic Physics
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- charge-parity symmetry
1, record 2, English, charge%2Dparity%20symmetry
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- CP symmetry 1, record 2, English, CP%20symmetry
correct
- charge parity symmetry 2, record 2, English, charge%20parity%20symmetry
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The laws of physics should be the same if a particle is interchanged with its antiparticle(charge conjugation), or swapped for its mirror image(parity symmetry). It is known that charge-parity(CP) symmetry holds for interactions involving electromagnetism, gravitation, and strong interactions, but CP violation is known to occur during weak interactions involved in radio decay. 3, record 2, English, - charge%2Dparity%20symmetry
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Physique atomique
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- symétrie charge-parité
1, record 2, French, sym%C3%A9trie%20charge%2Dparit%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- symétrie CP 2, record 2, French, sym%C3%A9trie%20CP
correct, feminine noun
- symétrie de charge et de parité 2, record 2, French, sym%C3%A9trie%20de%20charge%20et%20de%20parit%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La préservation de la symétrie CP est une façon technique de dire que les antiparticules interagissent exactement de la même manière que leurs équivalents chez les particules, mais comme si elles se réfléchissaient dans un miroir. 2, record 2, French, - sym%C3%A9trie%20charge%2Dparit%C3%A9
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1998-03-31
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Landscape Architecture
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- formal design
1, record 3, English, formal%20design
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- formal layout 2, record 3, English, formal%20layout
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Because we are more accustomed to recognizing and accepting objects with equally distributed parts on a vertical axis, we identify this visual satisfaction as balance. When both sides of an axis are mirror images of each other, they are in symmetry, a landscape formula used for generations in so-called formal garden layouts. Its opposite is asymmetry(or occult balance) and provides us with the design term "informal". 2, record 3, English, - formal%20design
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Architecture paysagère
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- composition régulière
1, record 3, French, composition%20r%C3%A9guli%C3%A8re
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- composition formelle 2, record 3, French, composition%20formelle
correct, feminine noun
- tracé régulier 3, record 3, French, trac%C3%A9%20r%C3%A9gulier
masculine noun
- tracé géométrique 4, record 3, French, trac%C3%A9%20g%C3%A9om%C3%A9trique
correct, see observation, masculine noun, specific
- tracé classique 1, record 3, French, trac%C3%A9%20classique
correct, see observation, masculine noun, specific
- tracé à la française 1, record 3, French, trac%C3%A9%20%C3%A0%20la%20fran%C3%A7aise
correct, see observation, masculine noun, specific
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
On blâme ou on loue sans réserve l'emploi du tracé dit "à la française". Encore faut-il avant toute chose s'entendre sur la signification du terme sous lequel on arrive à englober aussi bien le vrai style classique et ses imitations (qu'il serait plus juste de dénommer jardins réguliers) que les jardins établis sur une trame de lignes géométriques à dominantes rectilignes. Dans un esprit voisin, ce sont trois formes qu'il faut cependant dissocier. 1, record 3, French, - composition%20r%C3%A9guli%C3%A8re
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Dès le point de départ de l'étude on prend le parti d'établir, par exemple, un jardin libre ou un tracé géométrique. 2, record 3, French, - composition%20r%C3%A9guli%C3%A8re
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 1994-08-16
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Neurosurgery
- Morphology and General Physiology
- Clinical Psychology
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- bilateral symmetry
1, record 4, English, bilateral%20symmetry
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Arrangement of body parts so that there are right and left sides, dorsal and ventral surfaces, and front and rear ends. 2, record 4, English, - bilateral%20symmetry
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Since the left side of your body is a mirror image of the right side, your body has bilateral symmetry. 1, record 4, English, - bilateral%20symmetry
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Neurochirurgie
- Morphologie et physiologie générale
- Psychologie clinique
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- symétrie bilatérale
1, record 4, French, sym%C3%A9trie%20bilat%C3%A9rale
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Correspondance exacte existant entre la partie droite et la partie gauche du corps, chacune d'elles constituant l'image inverse de l'autre. 2, record 4, French, - sym%C3%A9trie%20bilat%C3%A9rale
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Puisque le côté gauche de votre corps est l'image inverse de votre côté droit, votre corps est doté de symétrie bilatérale. 3, record 4, French, - sym%C3%A9trie%20bilat%C3%A9rale
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 1994-07-28
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Mathematics
- Computer Graphics
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- mirror symmetry
1, record 5, English, mirror%20symmetry
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Mirror symmetry, that is, invariance against "flipping sides", is perhaps the most widely noticed symmetry. Nature built many of her organisms in nearly symmetric ways, and most fundamental laws of physics, such as Newton's law of gravitation, have an exact mirror symmetry : there is no difference between left and right in the attraction of heavenly(and most earthbound) bodies. However, the nonconservation of parity in radioactive decay-that is, the violation of point symmetry in the "weak" interactions-has finally taught even the physicists to take the distinction between right and left seriously. 2, record 5, English, - mirror%20symmetry
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Mathématiques
- Infographie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- symétrie bilatérale
1, record 5, French, sym%C3%A9trie%20bilat%C3%A9rale
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] symétrie signifiant que le corps est divisé en deux parties, chacune image de l'autre dans un miroir. C'est la notion courante de symétrie bilatérale. 2, record 5, French, - sym%C3%A9trie%20bilat%C3%A9rale
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 1992-06-30
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Landscape Architecture
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- informal design
1, record 6, English, informal%20design
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
- informal layout 1, record 6, English, informal%20layout
correct
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
When both sides of an axis are mirror images of each other, they are in symmetry, a landscape formula used for generations in so-called formal garden layouts. Its opposite is asymmetry(or occult balance) and provides us with the design term "informal". 2, record 6, English, - informal%20design
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Architecture paysagère
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- tracé irrégulier
1, record 6, French, trac%C3%A9%20irr%C3%A9gulier
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Tracé irrégulier. [...] L'irrégularité dans le jardin japonais est une règle de composition. Elle se traduit en scènes pleines de charme et d'imprévu. En fait, c'est la religion qui est la source d'inspiration et chaque élément possède une signification particulière. 1, record 6, French, - trac%C3%A9%20irr%C3%A9gulier
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 1991-02-19
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- mirror line 1, record 7, English, mirror%20line
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
In mirror symmetry. 1, record 7, English, - mirror%20line
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- ligne miroir
1, record 7, French, ligne%20miroir
correct, feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Dans le plan, il n'existe qu'une seule symétrie de ce type qui est le miroir avec glissement d'une demi-fois la période dans la direction de la ligne miroir. 1, record 7, French, - ligne%20miroir
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1977-01-05
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- plane of mirror symmetry
1, record 8, English, plane%20of%20mirror%20symmetry
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
- reflection plane 1, record 8, English, reflection%20plane
correct
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A Symmetry element in a crystal that is a plane dividing a crystal into halves, one of which is the mirror image of the other. 1, record 8, English, - plane%20of%20mirror%20symmetry
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- plan de symétrie
1, record 8, French, plan%20de%20sym%C3%A9trie
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
- miroir 1, record 8, French, miroir
correct
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Un plan de symétrie est tel qu'à tout point P d'une figure correspond un point P' situé sur la perpendiculaire de P au plan et à égale distance de ce plan. 1, record 8, French, - plan%20de%20sym%C3%A9trie
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
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