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TRACING PAPER [12 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
  • Cartography
  • Surveying
DEF

A semitransparent paper for tracing drawings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
  • Cartographie
  • Arpentage
DEF

Papier transparent utilisé pour reproduire un dessin en suivant ses traits.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de papel
  • Cartografía
  • Agrimensura
DEF

Papel apergaminado y todo papel traslúcido a través del cual pueden verse los dibujos originales para ser calcados.

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

pattern tracing paper : an item in the "Textileworking Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

papier pour traçage de patron : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de travail du textile» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Patterns
CONT

Some pattern pieces are printed on large pieces of tissue paper. Others are printed on sturdy pieces of white paper called master patterns. To preserve the master pattern for reuse, simply trace the size you need onto a piece of pattern tracing material.... This way, you can trace off another view or cut out a project for someone else who is a different size without destroying the master pattern.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patrons (Couture)

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Photography
DEF

A [flash lighting] method where the light is scattered to produce a softening effect by placing a sheet of tracing paper or a thin, white handkerchief between the flash head and subject or directly over the flash head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Photographie
DEF

Technique d'éclairage au flash qui prend en compte la dispersion de la lumière afin de créer des effets adoucissants et que l'on réalise en disposant un papier calque ou un mince mouchoir blanc entre la tête du flash et le sujet photographié, ou directement au-dessus de la tête du flash.

OBS

Pluriel : des flashs ou des flashes.

OBS

flashs (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

[A buff] or manila coloured paper with grainy surface, for drawing detail or working drawings, which are later traced on tracing paper or cloth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
DEF

A graphic record of a physical event, as an electrocardiograph tracing made by pens on a moving sheet or paper while recording the electric impulses of heart muscle contractions.

CONT

A graphic tracing of the variations in electrical potential caused by the excitation of the heart muscle and detected at the body surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
CONT

Un tracé E.E.G. normal est fait d'ondes dont l'aspect varie en fonction de l'état de vigilance. (Domart, Bourneuf. Petit Larousse de la médecine. Librairie Larousse, Paris, 1976, p. 363)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
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Record 7 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

A device that provides a chronological record of gauge indications(as by tracing values of pressure, vacuum, voltage, etc.) on paper form driven by a clockwork mechanism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure

Spanish

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Record 8 1996-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Notions
CONT

Tracing wheels are used with dressmaker's tracing paper to transfer pattern markings to fabric. Usual choice is serrated-edge wheel..., suitable for most fabrics. Smooth-edged wheel... makes firmer markings on hard-to-mark fabrics; protects delicate, smooth ones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles et accessoires de couture
CONT

Roulettes à tracer. S'emploient avec le papier à calquer pour reporter sur le tissu les repères du patron. La roulette à dents fines convient à tous les tissus; la roulette sans dent, aux tissus difficiles à marquer; elle protège les étoffes délicates et lisses.

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
CONT

White lightweight tracing paper called drafting vellum, on which pencil drawings can be made and from which prints can be produced, is used in most commercial drafting rooms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
CONT

Même si un dessin au crayon, pour mise à l'encre, demeure un dessin préliminaire, il doit cependant être très exact puisqu'un dessin à l'encre est toujours moins précis qu'un dessin au crayon.

CONT

La plus grande partie des dessins commerciaux sont faits au crayon. La plupart des impressions et des photocopies proviennent de tracés au crayon et tous les tracés à l'encre doivent être précédés d'un tracé au crayon. Il est donc évident que l'habileté au dessin commence par l'habileté au dessin au crayon.

Spanish

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Record 10 1992-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
  • Architectural Drafting and Tools
CONT

White lightweight tracing paper called drafting vellum, on which pencil drawings can be made and from which prints can be produced, is used in most commercial drafting rooms. Drafting vellum is not a permanent medium for drawings... Over time it will swell with humidity, crack with dryness, or yellow with age... A more expensive solution is polyester drafting film.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
  • Dessin architectural et instruments

Spanish

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Record 11 1989-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
  • Photography
OBS

It detects minutiae from an enlargement of a latent fingerprint, tracing it on tracing paper. Minutiae are detected by a process similar to that used for rolled fingerprints.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
  • Photographie
OBS

L'appareil détecte les particularités à partir d'un agrandissement d'une trace latente transférée sur papier. La détection des particularités se fait exactement comme pour les cartes décadactylaires.

Spanish

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Record 12 1981-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
DEF

Part of the specifications data for a New Chart consisting of a full-scale illustration of the proposed chart(usually drawn on tracing paper) indicating the neatlines, neatline dimensions, graticule lines, shoreline, inset, continuation or border break requirements(if any), sufficient nomenclature for identification, type of projection, scale and proposed chart title. Additional information may be added to individual format as required.

OBS

Term and definition used by the CTS (Cartographic Training and Standards), Fisheries and Oceans, Canada.

OBS

for "dummy copy" : Term used by the CTS (Cartographic Training and Standards), Fisheries and Oceans, Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
DEF

Prototype d'une carte ou d'une série de cartes, présenté graphiquement sous son aspect définitif.

Spanish

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