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  2. Paint sheen - Wikipedia

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    The sheen [4] or gloss level of a paint is principally determined by the ratio of resinous, adhesive binder, which solidifies after drying, and solid, powdery pigment.The more binder the coating contains, the more regular reflection will be made from its smooth surface; conversely, with less binder, grains of pigment become exposed to the surface, scattering the light and providing matte ...

  3. Coated paper - Wikipedia

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    Machine-finished coated paper (MFC) has a basis weight of 48–80 g/m 2.They have good surface properties, high print gloss and adequate sheet stiffness. MFC papers are made of 60–85% groundwood or thermomechanical pulp (TMP) and 15–40% chemical pulp with a total pigment content of 20–30%.

  4. Federal Standard 595 - Wikipedia

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    Federal Standard 595 is the color description and communication system developed in 1956 by the United States government. Its origins reach back to World War II when a problem of providing exact color specifications to military equipment subcontractors in different parts of the world became a matter of urgency.

  5. List of glossing abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    When a more precise gloss would be misleading (for example, an aspectual marker that has multiple uses, or which is not sufficiently understood to gloss properly), but glossing it as its syntactic category would be ambiguous, the author may disambiguate with digits (e.g. ASP1 and ASP2 for a pair of aspect markers). Such pseudo-glossing may be ...

  6. Paint - Wikipedia

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    Its gloss does however emphasize imperfections on the walls and similar surfaces. It is popular in schools and factories where washability and durability are the main considerations. [47] High-gloss paint is a highly glossy form of paint that is light reflecting and has a mirror-like look. It pairs well with other finishes.

  7. Glossmeter - Wikipedia

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    A glossmeter (also gloss meter) is an instrument which is used to measure specular reflection gloss of a surface. Gloss is determined by projecting a beam of light at a fixed intensity and angle onto a surface and measuring the amount of reflected light at an equal but opposite angle.

  8. Gloss (optics) - Wikipedia

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    Gloss reflection. Gloss is an optical property which indicates how well a surface reflects light in a specular (mirror-like) direction. It is one of the important parameters that are used to describe the visual appearance of an object.

  9. List of flashcard software - Wikipedia

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    Free-of-charge version available Spaced repetition Number of sides Supports Unicode Supports image Supports audio Other formats Printable Import-export Supports sync Plugin support Working offline Anki: AGPLv3 (personal computer, Android), proprietary Yes (except iOS) Yes Multiple Yes Yes Yes Video, LaTeX, HTML: Plugin [1] Yes Yes Yes Yes