Glossary P
A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a young protostar orbited by a protoplanetary disk.
Deutsch: Portland / Español: Portland / Português: Portland / Français: Portland / Italiano: Portland
In the industrial and industry context, "Portland" typically refers to Portland cement, a type of hydraulic cement that is widely used in the construction industry as a binding material for concrete and mortar. Portland cement is made by heating a mixture of limestone and clay to a high temperature and grinding the resulting clinker to a fine powder. The clinker is then mixed with a small amount of gypsum to regulate the setting time of the cement.
Deutsch: Pigment / Español: Pigmento / Português: Pigmento / Français: Pigment / Italiano: Pigmento
A pigment is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption. This physical process differs from fluorescence, phosphorescence, and other forms of luminescence, in which a material emits light. Many materials selectively absorb certain wavelengths of light.
Deutsch: Praxis / Español: Práctica / Português: Prática / Français: Pratique / Italiano: Pratica /
Español: Práctica
Practice may refer to a legal practice or a medical practice.
Deutsch: Abbild / Español: Imagen / Português: Imagem / Français: Image / Italiano: Immagine
An image (from Latin: imago) or picture is an artifact that depicts or records visual perception, for example a two-dimensional picture, that has a similar appearance to some subject - usually a physical object or a person, thus providing a depiction of it.
Deutsch: Programm / Español: Programa / Português: Programa / Français: Programme / Italiano: Programma
Programme (UK), Program (US) refers to a set of instructions or a plan of action for a machine, system, or process. Programs are used to automate and control various industrial processes, making them more efficient and consistent.
Deutsch: Eigentum / Español: Propiedad / Português: Propriedade / Français: Propriêté / Italiano: Proprietà
In abstract, property is that which is had by or belongs to/with something, whether as an attribute or a component. For the significant context of this article, property is one or more components (rather than attributes), whether physical or incorporeal, of a person's estate; or so belonging to, as in being owned by, a person or jointly a group of people or a legal entity like a corporation or even a society.