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1Scale armour — (armor), Lorica squamata, lorica plumata consists of many small scales attached to a backing material of either leather or cloth. It is similar to lamellar armour but distinguished by the presence of the backing material and it more flexible than …
2scale — scale1 scaleless, adj. scalelike, adj. /skayl/, n., v., scaled, scaling. n. 1. Zool. a. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. b. one of the hard, b …
3Forel scale — a scale of yellows, greens and blues for determining the colour of sea or lake water as seen against the white background of a Secchi disc at a set depth. Deep blue 00, blue 10, greenish blue 20, blueish green 30, green 40, etc according to a set …
4Munsell scale — /munˈsl skāl/ (printing) noun A system for describing colours according to three attributes: hue, value and chroma (strength of colour) ORIGIN: AH Munsell (1858–1918), US inventor …
5Latin American art — Introduction artistic traditions that developed in Mesoamerica, Central America, and South America after contact with the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in 1492 and 1500, respectively, and continuing to the present. This article… …
6Mandelbrot set — Initial image of a Mandelbrot set zoom sequence with a continuously coloured environment …
7colorimeter — /kʌləˈrɪmətə/ (say kuluh rimuhtuh) noun an instrument for analysing colours into their components, as by measuring a given colour in terms of a standard colour, of a scale of colours, or of certain primary colours. {colour + i 1 + meter1}… …
8Benedict Sestini — Benedict Sestini † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Benedict Sestini Astronomer, mathematician, b. at Florence, Italy, 20 March, 1816; d. at Frederick, Maryland, 17 Jan., 1890. He entered the Society of Jesus at Rome on 30 Oct., 1836, and… …
9Vanadium(III) chloride — Vanadium(III) chloride …
10arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
