Términos

Longitudes de película o cinta magnética cuyos extremos se han torcidos, durante la proyección se reproduce el mismo material continuamente.

Juntas generalmente usadas en carpintería para mantener dos o más tablas de madera en conjunto o para estabilizar una junta de separación o agujero. Un lazo mariposa es generalmente un corte de una sola pieza de madera en forma semejante a dos colas de milano conectadas en la parte estrecha, colocadas en un agujero de la misma forma que se ha reducido a la junta o juntas.

Mineral feldespático azul intenso o azul violeta del grupo sodalita; es el principal constituyente del lapislázuli.

Rotating stand used to serve condiments or food.

Serially based numeric code with an alphabetic prefix that identifies a resource description in the U.S. Library of Congress cataloging records.

Se refiere al período de la dinastía de Lê tardía (1418-1802 d.C.) pero también puede referirse al estilo y período de la dinastía Lê más temprana (980-1010 d.C.). El estilo del período Lê más temprano generalmente presenta avances en escultura y arquitectura que llevan a la culminación artística del ulterior período Ly (1010-1225 d.C.).

A Belgian variation of Art Nouveau named after the avant-garde group "Les XX" or "Les Vingt," who were organized by lawyer Octave Maus and first exhibited in Brussels in 1884. The term is often used in conjunction with "La Libre Esthéthique," as this group became the successor to Les XX after they were disbanded in 1893.

Lead isotopes are used for medical and scientific purposes and also a target in the production of super heavy elements.

Insoluble black compound that occurs naturally as galena, the chief ore mineral of lead. It can also be synthesized by reacting a soluble lead salt with hydrogen sulfide or sodium sulfide. When crushed, lead sulfide becomes a powder which is used in photoconductive cells, and as a pigment in ceramic glaze.

Pottery to which a simple, low firing glaze was applied. Lead glazes may be sprinkled or thinly painted on a clay body. Lead glazes are used on clay that can be fired below its volatilization temperature of about 1150C. Lead glazes produce a lustrous, opaque surface, but they are no longer in common use because of the potential for lead poisoning.

An artificial pigment made by heating lead and tin oxide together and is a reddish hue of lead-tin yellow (type I), which frequently occurs in European painting before the 18th century.

The office or position of a leader, particularly in a political context.

Long leather reins attached to a bit on both sides, used by drivers to lead their horse drawing a cart or wagon and keep the pace under control.

Cuerda que guía y sostiene a los niños pequeños que están aprendiendo a caminar. En ocasiones tiene la forma de un tejido reforzado unido a los hombros y colgante hasta los tobillos.

Costume accessory worn around the head, comprising a wreath of leaves, or resembling a wreath of leaves but made from other materials, such as gold.

Any of several European units of measurement of distance, usually estimated roughly at about 3 miles but extending from 2.4 to 4.6; often occurring in poetical or rhetorical statements of distance. In English-speaking countries the land league is generally accepted as 3 statute miles.

General term for cutting tools designed for use with leather.

Machines employed to split hides that operate by seizing the skin and forcing it around a cylinder towards a knife that can be adjusted to different thicknesses.

Hammers used as a handtool for leathercraft. Of varied design, but often with a slightly convex face on the hammerhead that helps prevent marring leather.