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  2. Makeup brush - Wikipedia

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    Makeup brushes. A makeup brush is a tool with bristles, used for the application of makeup or face painting. The bristles may be made out of natural or synthetic materials, while the handle is usually made out of plastic or wood. When cosmetics are applied using the appropriate brush, they blend better onto the skin.

  3. Metal-halide lamp - Wikipedia

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    Like other gas-discharge lamps such as the very-similar mercury-vapor lamps, metal-halide lamps produce light by ionizing a mixture of gases in an electric arc.In a metal-halide lamp, the compact arc tube contains a mixture of argon or xenon, mercury, and a variety of metal halides, such as sodium iodide and scandium iodide. [7]

  4. Sigma Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Kazuto Yamaki (CEO of Sigma) on 25 September 2018 at photokina in Cologne. Sigma Corporation (株式会社シグマ, Kabushiki-gaisha Shiguma) is a Japanese company, manufacturing cameras, lenses, flashes and other photographic accessories. All Sigma products are produced in the company's own Aizu factory in Bandai, Fukushima, Japan. Although ...

  5. Incandescent light bulb - Wikipedia

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    2.6% 17.5 [1] Glass halogen 2.3% 16 Quartz halogen 3.5% 24 Photographic and projection lamps with very high filament temperatures and short lifetimes 5.1% 35 [84] Theoretical maximum for a tungsten filament incandescent bulb 7.6% 52 [76]

  6. Dichroism - Wikipedia

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    The original meaning of dichroic, from the Greek dikhroos, two-coloured, refers to any optical device which can split a beam of light into two beams with differing wavelengths. Such devices include mirrors and filters , usually treated with optical coatings , which are designed to reflect light over a certain range of wavelengths and transmit ...

  7. One-way mirror - Wikipedia

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    One-way glass (4) used in a teleprompter. A one-way mirror is typically used as an apparently normal mirror in a brightly lit room, with a much darker room on the other side. People on the brightly lit side see their own reflection—it looks like a normal mirror. People on the dark side see through it—it looks like a transparent window. The ...

  8. Glass - Wikipedia

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    Murano glass makers developed the exceptionally clear colourless glass cristallo, so called for its resemblance to natural crystal, which was extensively used for windows, mirrors, ships' lanterns, and lenses. [21] In the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, enamelling and gilding on glass vessels were perfected in Egypt and Syria. [44]

  9. Commutator (electric) - Wikipedia

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    Friction between the segments and the brushes eventually causes wear to both surfaces. Carbon brushes, being made of a softer material, wear faster and may be designed to be replaced easily without dismantling the machine. Older copper brushes caused more wear to the commutator, causing deep grooving and notching of the surface over time.