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THICK SPACE [7 records]

Record 1 2022-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
DEF

A reed or blade of other material that serves as the sounding apparatus of certain wind instruments.

CONT

The single reed for the clarinet is made from a slip cut from the stem of "A. donax. "After being trimmed, the reed is flattened on the inner side, while the end of the rounded outer side is scraped down to a feather edge. The thick end of the reed is attached, flat side down, to the mouthpiece by a metal ligature or length of twine. In playing, the thin end of the reed vibrates, alternately closing and opening the space between the reed and the mouthpiece. The vibration carries through the wedged-shaped tone chamber in the mouthpiece and into the air column in the tube.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent
DEF

Dispositif produisant le son, composé d'une languette vibrant sur la paroi de l'embouchure d'un instrument à vent.

CONT

Dans la clarinette, c'est une anche simple qui fait vibrer l'air.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Computer Graphics
  • Photography
CONT

… the twin-image problem of conventional holography is a direct consequence of the fact that the hologram is recorded on a two‑dimensional surface. Like optical volume holography, which overcomes this problem by recording a diffraction pattern on a thick photographic emulsion, multienergy [holographic crystallography] HXT does so by recording the pattern in a volume of reciprocal space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Infographie
  • Photographie

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Computer Graphics
  • Photography
CONT

A thick transmission hologram is angular sensitive. Hence[, ] the lateral location of the input is critical, which means it is highly space variant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Infographie
  • Photographie

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Skin
CONT

The muscles of the anal region.... The superficial fascia is very thick, areolar in texture, and contains much fat in its meshes. On either side a pad of fatty tissue extends deeply between the levator ani and obturator internus into a space known as the ischiorectal fossa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

Couche de tissu située au-dessous du derme profond, composée d'un réseau de tissu graisseux cloisonné par des travées conjonctivo-élastiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Piel
DEF

Tejido subcutáneo.

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Record 5 2004-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Placement of Concrete
  • Reconstituted-Wood Products
  • Plywood
CONT

For many years wallboards and plywoods of various kinds were used as form-linings. About 1936 a new technique was developed whereby one thick board of resin-bonded plywood was made to serve the dual function of sheathing and form-lining; within the space of a few years the use of plywood as form material had become universal... Plywood formwork panels to produce varying degrees of smoothness on the faces of poured concrete are readily available.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mise en place du béton
  • Bois reconstitués
  • Contreplaqués
DEF

Élément de coffrage unitaire pour le coulage du béton sur une certaine hauteur. Les banches sont déplacées au fur et à mesure de l'avancement des travaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aplicación del hormigón
  • Maderas reconstituidas
  • Madera contrachapada
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Record 6 2000-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plywood
  • Placement of Concrete
OBS

Concrete Shuttering. For many years wallboards and plywoods of various kinds were used as form-linings. About 1936 a new technique was developed whereby one thick board of resin-bonded plywood was made to serve the dual function of sheathing and form-lining; within the space of a few years the use of plywood as form material has become universal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contreplaqués
  • Mise en place du béton
DEF

[...] contreplaqué [...] destiné au coffrage du béton.

OBS

Suivant la nature du collage, il permet plusieurs coffrages (qualité «O») ou un très grand nombre de réemplois (qualité «X»).

Key term(s)
  • contre-plaqué de coffrage
  • contre-plaqué-coffrage

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
OBS

High-Consistency System. Figure 11-18 shows a representative system where pulp is handled in the 25% to 28% consistency range. Typically, a press is used to raise the feed consistency to about 30%. Fresh caustic or oxidized white liquor along with the magnesium protector is added to the pulp at the discharge of the press. A thick stock pump then transfers the pulp to a fluffer via a feed pipe in which a gas-tight plug is formed. The fluffed pulp flows down the pressurized reactor as a loose bed, while gaseous oxygen is continuously dissolved into the liquid phase and reacted with the pulp.... Oxygen gas is added to either top or bottom to maintain a partial pressure within the 90 to 130 psi range. Relief is taken from the head space at the top of the tower to remove combustibles and other noncondensible gases, and control overall reactor pressure. At the bottom of the tower, the reacted pulp is diluted with post-oxygen filtrate and pumped at about 6% consistency to a blow tank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier

Spanish

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