Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

translucência

English translation:

translucency

Added to glossary by Michael Powers (PhD)
Dec 29, 2009 22:53
14 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

translucência

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Os percentuais em peso poderão variar de 0.1 a 0.3% sobre a resina destinada à aplicação final, desde que não perjudique a inspeção do equipamento ou a translucência, quando isto seja un requisito de projeto.

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translucency

ie translucency of the resin ie non destructive testing

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agree Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães : Absolutely! Trivia: some purists consider this a calque in Portuguese, and recommend "translucidez"...
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agree Isabel Maria Almeida
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translucency

translucency
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agree Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães : Yes!
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transmittance

The more-usual term in technical English is transmittance which, simplifying somewhat, is the reciprocal of attenuation (opacity).

Transparency and translucency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The opposite property is opacity. Transparent materials are clear, while translucent ones cannot be seen through clearly. When light encounters a material, ...

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Transmittance of a bioceramic dental restorative material based on ... ing agent can have a translucency (transmittance) in accor- dance with the ISO 9917.4 The influence of hydration time, wavelength, and sample thickness on ...
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