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glossiness

German translation: Glanzgrad

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English term or phrase:glossiness
German translation:Glanzgrad
Entered by: Z.E. Ball

19:05 Aug 28, 2007
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / CAD
English term or phrase: glossiness
A client of mine who is preparing to give a presentation has just called me to ask how he would refer to this term in German.
His presentation is about a new CAD tool for the 3D visualisation of glass material. In the same section of the CAD programme there is a method which influences the "shininess" of an object and also a method which influences the "glossiness". He knows what these two methods do but needs to be able to refer to them. Obviously he can't use the term "Glanz" for both.
Any suggestions? Both examples look "shiny" to me. :-(
Z.E. Ball
Local time: 08:51
Glanzgrad
Explanation:
im Gegensatz zum "Leuchtgrad" - würde ich tippen
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Jerzy Czopik
Germany
Local time: 08:51
Grading comment
Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
2 +2Brillianz
Katja Schoone
3Glanzgrad
Jerzy Czopik
3information
Bernhard Sulzer
2Hochglanz
Ingeborg Gowans (X)


Discussion entries: 2





  

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Hochglanz


Explanation:
to make the distinction maybe. It is at least a common term for the development of pictures; not sure this term would apply here?

Ingeborg Gowans (X)
Canada
Local time: 03:51
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Marcus Geibel: this is, on the one hand, the correct translstion of "glossiness" - but on the other lacks the object, s.th. like "Hochglanz-Broschüre", "(Hoch)Glanzpapier" etc.
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Glanzgrad


Explanation:
im Gegensatz zum "Leuchtgrad" - würde ich tippen

Jerzy Czopik
Germany
Local time: 08:51
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Marcus Geibel: Glanzgrad wäre ja mglw. denkbar - aber "Leuchtgrad" bei Glasobjekten, die dargestellt werden sollen?
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Brillianz


Explanation:
just an idea. See also:

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Note added at 12 Stunden (2007-08-29 07:38:25 GMT)
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Brillanz natürlich :-)


    Reference: http://www.openthesaurus.de/overview.php?search=1&word=Glanz
Katja Schoone
Germany
Local time: 08:51
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcus Geibel: kommt mir - HIER! - im Zusammenhang mit Glasobjekten als das passendste vor
1 hr
  -> Danke Marcus
agree  Niels Stephan: Heisst aber Brillanz, mit nur einem i :)
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  -> Danke Niels und ja klar Brillanz :-)
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information


Explanation:
as far as I can say, both terms are used very often to mean the same. But shininess (possibly luminosity) seems to refer to rays/reflecting light whereas gloss(iness) seems to depend more on the material (here the glass itself)


KEY sentences:
Gloss/Glanz: It is actually the ability of a surface to reflect light into the specular direction.
It is actually the ability of a surface to reflect light into the specular direction.

Luminosity (poss. shininess)/Brillanz:
Die Brillanz beschreibt eine physikalische Eigenschaft von elektromagnetischer Strahlung. Sie ist definiert als die Zahl der Photonen pro Fläche, Raumwinkel und Zeit innerhalb eines schmalen Wellenlängenbereichs.


Here are a few definitions for Glanz/gloss and Brillanz/luminosity (= possibly shininess) Leuchtkraft/luminosity (poss. = auch Brillanz) from wikipedia:

Gloss/Glanz:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss_(material_appearance)

Gloss is an optical property, which is based on the interaction of light with physical characteristics of a surface. It is actually the ability of a surface to reflect light into the specular direction. The factors that affects gloss are the refractive index of the material, the angle of incident light and the surface topography.

Gloss can be said as a view of material appearance. Materials with smooth surfaces appear glossy, while very rough surfaces reflect no specular light and therefore appear matt (British English) or matte (American English). Gloss is also expressed as lustre (mineralogy) or sheen in certain fields of application.


http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glanz
Der Glanz ist eine Eigenschaft, die dadurch zustande kommt, dass die Oberfläche eines Stoffes so glatt ist, dass Vertiefungen kleiner sind als die Wellenlänge des sichtbaren Lichtes. Besonders Metalle und kristalline Minerale weisen einen Glanz auf.

Der Glanz also wie ein Objekt erscheint (die Charakteristik des Objekts) im Unterschied zur Blassheit.

luminosity/Leuchtkraft:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminosity#In_photometry_and_co...

In photometry and color imaging

Main article: luminance

In photometry, luminosity is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to luminance, which is the density of luminous intensity in a given direction. The SI unit for luminance is candela per square metre.

Main article: luma (video)


luminosity/Brillanz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminosity#In_scattering_theory...

In scattering theory and accelerator physics

In scattering theory and accelerator physics, luminosity is the number of particles per unit area per unit time times the opacity of the target, usually expressed in either the cgs units cm-2 s-1 or b-1 s-1. The integrated luminosity is the integral of the luminosity with respect to time. The luminosity is an important value to characterize the performance of an accelerator.

Leuchtkraft
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In der Physik versteht man unter der Leuchtkraft L die pro Sekunde insgesamt abgestrahlte Energie, d. h. die (Strahlungs-) Leistung in allen Bereichen des Spektrums. Sie wird in Watt gemessen und in der Astronomie im Zusammenhang mit starken Strahlungsquellen in Einheiten der Sonnenleuchtkraft angegeben.



http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brillanz


(Strahlung)

Die Brillanz beschreibt eine physikalische Eigenschaft von elektromagnetischer Strahlung. Sie ist definiert als die Zahl der Photonen pro Fläche, Raumwinkel und Zeit innerhalb eines schmalen Wellenlängenbereichs. Somit ist sie gleich der spektralen Strahldichte geteilt durch die Energie pro Photon.


http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luminosity
luminosity (uncountable)

1. the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance
2. the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor
3. (astronomy) the rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions



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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2007-08-29 23:22:25 GMT)
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corr.: I left in a comment that was half-baked:
Der Glanz also wie ein Objekt erscheint (die Charakteristik des Objekts) im Unterschied zur Blassheit. War mein Kommentar.

Sollte heißen: Der Glanz hat mit der Beschaffenheit des Objekts zu tun.Man spricht dann entweder von Glanz oder Glanzlosigkeit (erscheint matt, es gibt den Ausdruck Mattglas).

Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 02:51
Native speaker of: German
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for all the info and research...my client looked at all the answers and said that "glanzgrad" was what he was looking for.

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