Glossary C

Combined rotary-percussion is the term used to describe the utilisation of different modes of kinds of drilling. It normally embraces percussion and rotary methods of drilling. (see percussion drilling and rotary drilling).

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Colorant refers to the colored pigment added in small proportions to prepared paints to tint them.

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Color separations pertain to the 4 color negatives made when a continuous tone image is converted and filtered into the 4 process colors are cyan, magenta, yellow, black or CMYK.

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Color chip refers to a color sample usually consisting of a paint applied to a small piece of card (a chip).

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Coke oven gas is described as the mixture of permanent gases produced by the carbonization of coal in a coke oven at temperatures in excess of 1,000 degrees Celsius.

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CPAP is the acronym of continuous positive airway pressure machine.

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Deutsch: Konverter / Español: Convertidor / Português: Conversor / Français: Convertisseur / Italiano: Convertitore /

Converter has to do with a part of the pen that fits in place of an ink cartridge, allowing a modern pen to be filled from a bottle or inkwell.

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Cellulose is a complex carbohydrate that is the main constituent of plant cell walls, and is used in the manufacture of paper, rope, textiles, (eg cotton and linen) and plastics (eg Cellophane). A Flake is a small flat particle which has broken away or is breaking away from a larger object. So a cellulose flake is a small particle of cellulose.

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