Términos

English variation of Art Nouveau, used primarily to describe mass-produced goods of many types, typically furniture.

In the context of thesaurus construction, a qualifier is a word or phrase used to distinguish a term in a vocabulary from otherwise identical or similar terms that have different meanings. A qualifier is separated from the term, usually by parentheses.

Use one of the qualifiers here to express uncertainty when the attribution of a work to a known creator is in question or to note a former attribution. The following may also be used for attributions to unknown artists (e.g., attributed to unknown Celtic).

Use the qualifiers here to indicate an influence of (or an outright copy of) the style of the named master on an artist, but with the connotation that the named creator had little or nothing to do with the actual work at hand. The unknown creator need not necessarily be a contemporary of the named master (e.g., style of Raphael or copyist of Rodin).

Use the qualifiers here to refer to an artist who is in direct contact with the works of the named creator, and living at the same time or shortly after him or her, though not actually working in his or her studio.

Use the qualifiers here to indicate authorship by an unknown individual working directly for the named master, probably under his or her supervision. The distinction between workshop, studio, office, and atelier typically depends upon the historical period in question and the type of work being produced.

Gente que estima o mide cantidades de materiales y equipos necesarios para edificar un proyecto de construcción.

Periodicals published at regular intervals four times per year.

Four voices or instruments, particularly when having four stringed instruments.

Particular types of subdivisions of towns or cities, particularly where there are four divisions total. Examples are in Italy.

Measures of capacity for liquids and grain or other dry substances consisting of small particles equal to 1/4 gallon or 2 pints.

Gold found in quartz deposits. As a material, may refer to decorative stones or gemstones comprising quartz having small bits of gold embedded.

Method of dating by measuring, on an exposed surface of quartz, the thickness of the hydration layer caused by the natural intake of water on that surface from the atmosphere.

The Quaternary is the second major division of geologic time in the Cenozoic era, following the Tertiary period. It extends from about 1.8 million years ago to the present. It is divided into Pleistocene and Holocene epochs.

Quaternary ammonium compounds are salts of quaternary ammonium cations with an anion. They are prepared by alkylation of tertiary amines. The compounds are used in softener formulations in the textile industry and in hair conditioner formulas. In conservation, they are used as wood preservatives, and as surfactant fungicides in treatment of textiles and paper.

In poetry, units comprising four lines of verse.

In ancient China, stone structures resembling watchtowers which marked the entrance to a building complex. Generally built in pairs, they stand on opposing sides of a road or walkway, and are typically found in front of citadels, palaces, mansions, ancestral temples, and mausoleums.