veladora/ ofuscamento
English translation: veiling luminance/ obscuring
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| 17:16 Jul 19, 2008 |
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| 3 +1 | veiling luminance |
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| 4 | luminância veladora / obscuring |
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| 4 -1 | candle luminance/obscurity |
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| 3 -1 | small wax candles and obscurity |
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21 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1| veladoras and ofuscamento small wax candles and obscurity Explanation: As far as veladoras are concerned,see the proof below(the Wikipedia link).It means small wax candles. As far as ofuscamento is concerned,see the 2nd link. As far as the overall meaning is concerned,see my solution above. (candles and obscurity) Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead Reference: http://www.dictionarist.com/definicao/ofuscamento |
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38 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1candle luminance/obscurity Explanation: Acho que o termo é esse de acordo coma as pesquisas que eu fiz... luminancia tem a ver com a intensidade luminosa refletida por uma fonte luminosa como uma vela. Acho que é isso aí... |
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48 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1veiling luminance Explanation: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&as_qdr=all&q... |
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6 hrs confidence:
| Luminancia veladora / ofuscamento luminância veladora / obscuring Explanation: The veiling luminance from bright sunlight through perimeter window openings can also obscure the visibility of trip hazards when the patron's line of sight ..." http://books.google.com/books?id=fs68ZmTwtSMC&pg=PA307&lpg=P... "The effect of disability glare is to form a. constant veiling luminance across a large part of the. image area that obscures any detail that has a lower ..." PDF! http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~andriyp/papers/VR2005_HDR_window_ma... "The veiling luminance cast over the image acts much like room lights when slides are ... reducing its visibility at best or totally obscuring it at worst." http://books.google.com/books?id=mve0LPp6_pUC&pg=PA220&lpg=P... "a veiling luminance effect was present. during the daytime caused by sunlight ...... gradient to completely obscure objects in the scene..." http://pdf.aiaa.org/GetFileGoogle.cfm?gID=62318&gTable=mtgpa... "Veiling luminance is produced by bright sources in the field-of-view... The excess brightness obscures faint astronomical objects..." http://calgary.rasc.ca/lp/whatislp.html "Unshielded lighting - veiling luminance. Glare interferes with good vision .... obscures pedestrians." PDF! http://amper.ped.muni.cz/light/lectures/m_motta/lightpolluti... "Veiling Luminance:. A brightness superimposed on the retinal image that ... obscure the details to be seen by reducing the contrast..." PDF! http://142.32.87.153/Publications/eng_publications/electrica... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2008-07-19 23:48:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- MAJOR TYPO! I somehow put "luminância veladora / obscuring" (half in Portuguese!) as the ANSWER. SHOULD BE: "veiling luminance / obscuring" |
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