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APPAREIL MESURE BRILLANT [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Plastics Industry
  • Papermaking Machines
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
DEF

A paper mill laboratory test instrument used to measure the gloss or glare created by the surface of a sheet of paper. It operates by measuring the amount of light reflected from the sheet surface when exposed to a standard light source.

DEF

An instrument, often photoelectric, for measuring the ratio of the light reflected from a surface in a definite direction to the total light reflected in all directions.

DEF

An instrument for measuring gloss as a function of the regular and diffuse reflection characteristics of a material.

Key term(s)
  • gloss-meter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Industrie des plastiques
  • Machines à papier
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
DEF

Appareil qui permet de mesurer le taux de réflexion d'un rayon lumineux projeté sous une certaine incidence sur la surface d'un papier ou d'un carton.

DEF

Appareil permettant de mesurer dans des conditions reproductibles, le brillant spéculaire. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

brillancemètre : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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