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INDIRECT SURFACE [12 records]

Record 1 2024-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection of Life
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • The Sun (Astronomy)
  • The Earth (Astronomy)
CONT

If you don’t have eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer, you can use an indirect viewing method, which does not involve looking directly at the Sun. One way is to use a pinhole projector, which has a small opening(for example, a hole punched in an index card) and projects an image of the Sun onto a nearby surface. With the Sun at your back, you can then safely view the projected image. Do NOT look at the Sun through the pinhole!

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Soleil (Astronomie)
  • Terre (Astronomie)

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Communication and Information Management
CONT

Passive-aggressive communication [is a style of communication where one appears] passive on the surface, but subtly [acts] out of anger[; exerts] control over others by using sarcasm and indirect communication, or [avoids] the conversation[; has limited] considerations for the rights, needs, or feelings of others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
CONT

La communication passive-agressive [...] se traduit par une attitude passive dans l'expression des besoins, des désirs, des idées et des sentiments et cache une intention agressive sous-jacente. Souvent, la personne qui communique d'une manière passive-agressive ne dit pas ce qu'elle pense vraiment et s'exprime plutôt au moyen de commentaires ou de gestes ambigus que les autres peuvent trouver irrespectueux ou irritants. Un comportement passif-agressif consiste[,] par exemple[,] à éviter de parler directement de ses préoccupations et à exprimer ses insatisfactions par d'autres comportements qui peuvent être interprétés comme de la manipulation.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A deep crustal thrust-fault with no or only indirect surface expression such as a fold structure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
DEF

A surface employed in heat exchange equipment which is not in intimate or direct contact with both the heat absorbing and rejecting mediums.

OBS

secondary surface; indirect surface : terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Échangeurs de chaleur
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
OBS

surface secondaire; surface indirecte : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Networks
DEF

A strip of land set apart for passage, public or private, especially of vehicles.

OBS

In current usage, "road" is applied as a general term for all broad main ways that have a smoothed or paved surface. A road in a city is usually called a "street. "The English word "route" is more specific than "road. "It usually refers to an indirect way of reaching a certain point or to a course taken to reach a destination, thus a "route" can include many roads. Vehicular ways of secondary importance in rural areas are often called "roads, "while those of primary importance are called "highways. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réseaux routiers
DEF

Voie spécialement aménagée dans la campagne (par opposition à rue) pour permettre d'aller sans difficulté d'un lieu à l'autre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes viales
OBS

camino: Término utilizado por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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Record 6 2006-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Blood
  • Immunology
OBS

The direct Coombs test measures the presence of antibodies that are bound to the surface of circulating RBCs. Indirect Coombs measures "free" anti-RBC antibodies. The sensitivity of this test is in question--but it remains the standard for detection of autoimmune anemia.

Key term(s)
  • Race-Coombs test
  • Coombs’ test
  • antiglobulin test
  • antiglobulin reaction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Sang
  • Immunologie
DEF

Test «sandwich» permettant par un Ac anti-Ac d'identifier un Ac fixé sur un globule rouge (test direct) ou libre dans le sérum (test indirect).

Key term(s)
  • test à l'antiglobuline
  • épreuve à l'antiglobuline
  • épreuve de Combs

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Sangre
  • Inmunología
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Record 7 2004-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Immunology
  • Reproduction (Medicine)
OBS

A refinement of the test first used for detection of antisperm antibodies by Coombs... An indirect MAR detects antisperm antibody in sera while the better defined direct MAR measures antisperm antibody on the surface of sperm.

Key term(s)
  • mixed anti-globulin reaction
  • mixed anti globulin reaction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Immunologie
  • Reproduction (Médecine)
OBS

Selon les caractéristiques du spermogramme établies par l'OMS [Organisation mondiale de la santé], ce test doit révéler <10 % de spermatozoïdes adhérant aux particules.

OBS

MAR : mixed antiglobulin reaction.

Key term(s)
  • test mixed antiglobulin reaction
  • test mixed anti-globulin reaction
  • test mixed anti globulin reaction

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

The arealometer provides an indirect measurement of the specific surface area of loose cotton fibers that is the external area of fibers per unit volume.

Key term(s)
  • surface area of fibre
  • surface of fibre
  • fibre surface

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamps
  • Lighting
  • Electrical Engineering
CONT

White and silver bowl lamp are generally used for indirect lighting. Silvered bowl lamps which direct light upward for indirect indoor lighting, have an opaque silver coating applied to the inside of the bowl. The inner surface of this coating is a glossy reflector which remains efficient throughout the lamp's life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lampes
  • Éclairage
  • Électrotechnique
CONT

On obtient aussi un éclairage indirect en utilisant une ampoule à calotte argentée placée dans un réflecteur réfléchissant.

OBS

Par déduction logique on peut donc utiliser sans crainte le terme «lampe à calotte argentée» en vertu de ce contexte.

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamps
  • Lighting
  • Electrical Engineering
CONT

White and silver bowl lamps are generally used for indirect lighting. White bowl lamps have a translucent white coating on the inner surface of the bulb bowl. This reduces both direct and reflected glare from open fixtures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lampes
  • Éclairage
  • Électrotechnique
CONT

On obtient aussi un éclairage indirect en utilisant une ampoule à calotte argentée placée dans un réflecteur réfléchissant.

OBS

En vertu de ce contexte on pourrait préposer «lampe à calotte blanche».

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
CONT

... there may be not only an indirect but important link between the dynamics of the core and the earth's magnetic field but also one between the dynamics of the core and the large-scale tectonic motions observed at the earth's surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
CONT

[...] il existerait non seulement une relation - indirecte mais importante - entre la dynamique du noyau et le champ magnétique terrestre, mais aussi une relation entre la dynamique du noyau et les mouvements tectoniques à la surface de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 12 1997-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
CONT

When a potential-energy surface is such that the system performs a number of vibrations and rotations in the region of a col, the corresponding intermediate is known as a long-lived collision complex, and the reaction is said to be indirect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
CONT

Quand une surface d'énergie potentielle est telle que le système effectue un certain nombre de vibrations et de rotations dans la région d'un col, l'intermédiaire correspondant est connu sous le nom de complexe de collision à longue vie et la réaction est dite indirecte.

Spanish

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