Términos

Opera corta, originalmente de un acto, que por lo general trata un tema ligero o humoroso.

Members of a class containing 2,100 living species of marine invertebrates having a body comprising a central round disk from which radiate five long, slender, fragile arms used for locomotion; the arms can be broken off but quickly regenerate.

Instrumentos usados para medir la longitud de líneas curvas, como en mapas.

El porche empotrado en la parte trasera de un templo griego.

Pipes designed to vaporize and inhale opium, consisting of a long stem and a small ceramic bowl connected by a metal fitting. The opium is heated in the bowl over an opium lamp, causing it to vaporize, after which the smoker inhales the opium through the stem.

Rooms that are a few steps higher than the front of the house or from the other rooms on the same floor. The original form is typically Dutch, seen in the Netherlands, Belgium, and in locations where the Dutch colonized.

Asentamientos nativos de finales de la Edad del Hierro y del periodo romano, con frecuencia una fortaleza o si no ligeramente fortificado, localizado como núcleo central dentro del territorio de tribus locales.

Rama de la física que trata con las propiedades y fenómenos de la luz visible e invisible, incluyendo su generación, transmisión y detección o percepción.

Rama de la óptica que trata con la transmisión de luz a través del vidrio o plástico; tiene aplicación particular en la transmisión de datos textuales o imágenes. Para el vidrio o plástico contemporáneo que transmite luz, use "fibra óptica".

Refers to fluorescent brightening agents used in bleaching.

The process of electronic conversion of handwritten or printed characters into machine-encoded text by means of an optical scanner, special software that identifies text images, and an output interface which reproduces them in electronic form.

Tomographic technique using lasers for imaging of subsurface tissue structure with sub-micrometer axial and lateral resolution.

Emission spectroscopy technique used to determine elemental content of materials. The material is heated to a high temperature causing the electrons in the sample to emit light which is converted into a spectral pattern. In the broader sense, optical emission spectroscopy includes ICP optical emission spectrometry, which uses an inductively coupled plasma as the excitation source.

Refers to the oldest form of microscopy, which employs visible light to view objects that are too small to be seen with the naked, unaided eye.

Nondestructive analytic technique used to monitor oxygen consumption. It is based on the dynamic quenching of the fluorescence or phosphoresence of luminescent dyes by molecular oxygen.

Aquellos que fabrican o venden anteojos y lentes de contacto de acuerdo con las prescripciones de los especialistasen visión tales como optometristas y oftalmólogos.