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ZINK [2 records]

Record 1 2024-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
DEF

A usually treble wind instrument used especially for church choral music of the 16th and 17th centuries with a cup mouthpiece, a straight or slightly curved tapering leather-covered wooden or ivory body with no flare, and seven finger holes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent
DEF

Instrument au corps droit ou recourbé, en bois recouvert de cuir et muni d'une embouchure, très utilisé au xviie s. [17ième siècle].

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
CONT

Light emitting nanofibres... produced from polyvinyl alcohol/zinc acetate organic/inorganic hybrid fibres could be used as light emitting devices in nanoscale optoelectronic applications. They are prepared by electrospining of polyvinyl alcohol and zink acetate.

Key term(s)
  • light-emitting nanofibre
  • light emitting nanofiber

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
CONT

Les nanofibres à émissions légères [...] produites à partir de fibres hybrides organiques/inorganiques d'acétate de zinc et d'alcool polyvinylique pourraient servir d'éléments à émissions légères dans des applications optoélectroniques nanométriques. Elles sont préparées en électrofilant l'alcool polyvinylique et l'acétate de zinc.

Spanish

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