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Thin slice of a material prepared for microscopic examination
In optical mineralogy and petrography, a thin section (or petrographic thin section) is a thin slice of a rock or mineral sample, prepared in a laboratory
Thin_section
Streamlined body for generating lift
{\displaystyle 2\pi \!} units per radian. As a consequence of (3), the section lift coefficient of a thin symmetric airfoil of infinite wingspan is: c l = 2 π α {\displaystyle
Airfoil
Tool to cut fine samples for microscopy
"to cut") is a cutting tool used to produce extremely thin slices of material known as sections, with the process being termed microsectioning. Important
Microtome
Name list
known as Mie Mie Thin Thin Khaing (born 1978), Burmese archer Thin Thin Soe (born 1989), Burmese football goalkeeper This page or section lists people that
Thin_Thin
Sedimentary rocks containing 15 wt.% or more iron
yellow-gold color, and metallic. Chamosite is an olive-green color in thin section that readily oxidizes to limonite. When it is partially or fully oxidized
Iron-rich_sedimentary_rocks
Subgroup of phyllosilicate minerals within the trioctahedral mica group
muscovite in an orthogneiss thin section under plane-polarized light. Biotite in thin section under cross-polarized light. Basal section of biotite, with needle-like
Biotite
Branch of petrology focusing on detailed descriptions of rocks
microscope. The detailed analysis of minerals by optical mineralogy in thin section and the micro-texture and structure are critical to understanding the
Petrography
Tool used to identify minerals
Michel-Lévy to identify minerals in thin section using a petrographic microscope. With a known thickness of the thin section, minerals have specific and predictable
Interference_colour_chart
Sedimentary rock classification
fragments, with a crystalline matrix, would be termed a biooosparite. Thin-section of a biooosparite with calcitic ooids and sparry calcite cement; Carmel
Folk_classification
Type of sedimentary rock
mollusc shells. They are difficult to see in a limestone sample except in thin section and are less common in ancient limestones, possibly because compaction
Limestone
Crystalline chemical element or compound formed by geologic processes
the thickness of the sample. When a mineral is sufficiently thin (e.g., in a thin section for petrography), it may become transparent even if that property
Mineral
Nesosilicate mineral
mineral appears like a bunch of fibres twisted together when viewed in thin section or even by the naked eye. Both the fibrous and traditional forms of sillimanite
Sillimanite
Study of the microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of plants and animals
and cells; fixation also hardens tissues which aids in cutting the thin sections of tissue needed for observation under the microscope. Fixatives generally
Histology
System for carbonate sedimentary rocks
these structures is problematic at the limited scale of a petrographic thin section and typically requires examination of outcrop exposures or core, Embry
Dunham_classification
Optical properties of rocks and minerals
properties. Most commonly, rock and mineral samples are prepared as thin sections or grain mounts for study in the laboratory with a petrographic microscope
Optical_mineralogy
Irish rock band
field of rock music. Thin Lizzy featured several guitarists throughout their history, with Downey and Lynott as the rhythm section on the drums and bass
Thin_Lizzy
Ultrafine specimen slicing technique
Ultramicrotomy is a method for cutting specimens into extremely thin slices, called ultra-thin sections, that can be studied and documented at different magnifications
Ultramicrotomy
Vessel for dinosaur embryo development
Natural History crew in Mongolia. Dinosaur eggshell can be studied in thin section and viewed under a microscope. The interior of a dinosaur egg can be
Dinosaur_egg
Topics referred to by the same term
from the 2016 album ColleGrove Section (Alpine club) Section (military unit) Section (Scouting) Histological section, a thin slice of tissue used for microscopic
Section
Aggregates of micas
abundant sericite. Sericite in thin section (fine, high birefringence flakes covering other larger minerals) Granite in thin section under cross-polarized light
Sericite
Group of inosilicate minerals
and usually automorphic, with a red-brown pleochroism in petrographic thin section. Minerals portal List of minerals Classification of silicate minerals
Amphibole
Tendency of a rock to split along flat planes of weakness
and to stratification. Fissility is distinguished from scaly fabric in thin section by the well-developed orientation of platy minerals such as mica. Fissility
Fissility_(geology)
Type of building
part of a rectangular block, or only connected to the main block by a thin section of building. The two 18th-century English country houses of Houghton
Pavilion
Mineral
3 to 3.5 and a specific gravity of 3.00 to 3.07. It is colorless in thin section, optically biaxial positive with refractive indices of nα = 1.644 – 1
Boehmite
Extinct genus of shelled animals
1892: A species described from South Australia. It belongs in Hyolitha. Thin sections (plain transmitted light) of Salterella from "The Early Cambrian Fossil
Salterella
Mineral of the garnet group
indication that the garnet you are studying is pyrope. In petrographic thin section, the most distinguishing features of pyrope are those shared with the
Pyrope
U.S. Geological Survey facility in Colorado
cuttings collections, the CRC also houses a collection of over 18,000 thin sections of core and cuttings that are viewed through microscopes by researchers
Core_Research_Center
Type of rock texture
crystalline nature is only vaguely revealed even microscopically in thin section by transmitted polarized light. Among the sedimentary rocks, chert and
Cryptocrystalline
Imaging of focal planes within a thick sample
to reduce the need for thin sectioning using instruments such as the microtome. Many different techniques for optical sectioning are used and several microscopy
Optical_sectioning
U.S. House district for Texas
congressional district of the United States House of Representatives includes a thin section of the far south of the state of Texas. The district's current Representative
Texas's 15th congressional district
Texas's_15th_congressional_district
Type of steel crystalline structure
quench is essential to create martensite. For a eutectoid carbon steel of thin section, if the quench starting at 750 °C and ending at 450 °C takes place in
Martensite
Uranium-bearing silicate mineral
U(SiO4)1−x(OH)4x. It occurs as black incrustations, dark to pale-brown in thin section. It has a grayish-black streak. It has a brittle to conchoidal fracture
Coffinite
Relationship between materials which compose a rock
information can usually be seen best under a binocular microscope, not in a thin section. Composition of the clasts can give clues as to the derivation of a rock's
Texture_(geology)
Optical microscope
a type of optical microscope used to identify rocks and minerals in thin sections. The microscope is used in optical mineralogy and petrography, a branch
Petrographic_microscope
Reddish brown to black nesosilicate mineral
are of prismatic shape. The mineral often forms porphyroblasts. In thin sections staurolite is commonly twinned and shows lower first order birefringence
Staurolite
Measurement of blood oxygen saturation
the same surface as the illumination. This method does not require a thin section of the person's body and therefore may be used almost anywhere on the
Pulse_oximetry
Well-formed crystal with easily recognizable sharp faces (and the opposite term)
mineral grains that have no well-formed crystal faces or cross-section shape in thin section. Anhedral crystal growth occurs in a competitive environment
Euhedral_and_anhedral
Terpene hydrocarbon
paraffin wax, in which specimens are embedded to facilitate cutting of thin sections for microscopy. Limonene, from orange peel oil, is also combustible
Limonene
Hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock
quartz grains, producing a mortar texture that can be identified in thin sections under a polarizing microscope. With increasing grade of metamorphism
Quartzite
draws upon principles from various fields, including optical mineralogy, thin section petrography, and soil micromorphology While there are multiple scientific
Ceramic_petrography
Stone of peat that did not turn into coal
the poor quality of samples produced by thin sectioning gave way to a more convenient method. The thin section technique was superseded by the now-common
Coal_ball
Type of second-generation solar cell
Thin-film solar cells are a type of solar cell made by depositing thin layers of photovoltaic material onto a glass, plastic or metal substrate. Thin-film
Thin-film_solar_cell
Group of phyllosilicate minerals
crystalline structure of mica forms layers that can be split or delaminated into thin sheets usually causing foliation in rocks. These sheets are chemically inert
Mica
Staining technique used in electron microscopy
gold particles reside some distance from the labelled object and very thin sectioning is required during sample preparation. Immunogold labeling was first
Immunogold_labelling
Rare feldspathoid mineral in the sodalite group
bright blue, but it can also be white, grey, yellow, green and pink. In thin section the crystals are colorless or pale blue, and the streak is very pale
Hauyne
Type of sedimentary rock
one square foot cross section under a unit hydraulic gradient. Sandstones are typically classified by point-counting a thin section using a method like
Sandstone
Type of aerodynamic surface
in the supersonic flight regime. Supersonic airfoils generally have a thin section formed of either angled planes or opposed arcs (called "double wedge
Supersonic_airfoils
Volcanic rock intermediate in composition between andesite and rhyolite
dacites, especially pyroxene-bearing dacites, are darker colored. In thin section, dacites may have an aphanitic to porphyritic texture. Porphyritic dacites
Dacite
Type of ultrapotassic igneous rock
a rule their crystals even when small are very perfect and give the thin section views an easily recognizable character. Green hornblende occurs in some
Lamprophyre
Rotationally symmetric stress distribution
pressure will induce a perpendicular axial stress on the same pipe wall. Thin sections often have negligibly small radial stress, but accurate models of thicker-walled
Cylinder_stress
Topics referred to by the same term
based only on "thin slices," or narrow windows, of experience. Thin slice, a presentation form for CT scans. In geology, a thin section. This disambiguation
Thin_slice
Mafic intrusive igneous rock
orthopyroxene gabbro, may be essentially indistinguishable from gabbro without thin section study under the petrographic microscope. The principal difference between
Norite
Thin layer of material
A thin film is a layer of material ranging from fractions of a nanometer (monolayer) to several micrometers in thickness. The controlled synthesis of materials
Thin_film
British sitcom (1995–1996)
The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom which aired on BBC1 from 1995 to 1996. It was created and written by Ben Elton, and starred Rowan Atkinson. It was
The Thin Blue Line (British TV series)
The_Thin_Blue_Line_(British_TV_series)
which describes when cross-polarized light dims, as viewed through a thin section of a mineral in a petrographic microscope. Isotropic minerals, opaque
Extinction (optical mineralogy)
Extinction_(optical_mineralogy)
Hydrated amorphous form of silica
the opal beneath, which is often an inferior specimen or an extremely thin section of precious opal. Triplet opals tend to have a more artificial appearance
Opal
Igneous rock-forming feldspar mineral
structure that is unmistakable. Perthite is either microcline or orthoclase with thin lamellae of exsolved albite. Amazon stone, or amazonite, is a green variety
Microcline
Scientific instrument for observing small objects
which uses lenses to refract visible light that passed through a thinly sectioned sample or to refract light reflected from the surface of an object
Microscope
Process of crystal regrowth under conditions of stress and high temperature
to one marked by the presence of distinct subgrains. Recognizable in thin section by a more polygonized texture, the increased softening of the quartz
Dynamic quartz recrystallization
Dynamic_quartz_recrystallization
British geophysicist (born 1927)
Leading Edge’’, 21, no. 2, 152-158. Anstey, N. A., 1991, Velocity in thin section: ‘’First Break’’, 09, no. 10, 449-457. Anstey, N., 1989, Stack-array
Nigel_Anstey
Rare type of granite
2024. Cornwall portal Microscopic images of luxullianite. Siddall, R. (2014), Minerals Menu: a catalogue of minerals & textures in thin section. v t e
Luxullianite
Oxide mineral
dark grey and may appear grey to white in reflected light on polished thin section with reddish brown internal reflections. It has the chemical formula
Loparite-(Ce)
Sedimentary rocks made of mineral or rock fragments
solubility of most common minerals (aside from evaporites). Furthermore, beds thin and porosity decreases allowing cementation to occur by the precipitation
Clastic_rock
Act of preparing fossils for research or exhibition
will be washed away with the acid etch, and can only be recovered by a thin section preparation. In order to mount the slides for microscopy, a series of
Fossil_preparation
Type of electron microscope
transmission mode by incorporating an appropriate detector below a thin specimen section. Detectors are available for bright field, dark field, as well as
Scanning_electron_microscope
Imaging and diffraction using electrons that pass through samples
examined for specimen and block orientation before thin sectioning. Biological tissue is then thinned to less than 100 nm on an ultramicrotome. The resin
Transmission electron microscopy
Transmission_electron_microscopy
Microscopic examination of tissue in order to study and diagnose disease
frozen and sliced thinly using a microtome mounted in a below-freezing refrigeration device called the cryostat. The thin frozen sections are mounted on
Histopathology
Study of fossilized tissues
first clear description of dinosaur bone microstructure, including thin sections from a "dorsal dermal spine" of Hylaerosaurus and a humerus of Pelorosaurus
Paleohistology
Welding process
other welding techniques. TIG welding is most commonly used to weld thin sections of stainless steel and non-ferrous metals such as aluminium, magnesium
Gas_tungsten_arc_welding
Optical phenomenon
often have very different pleochroic color schemes. In such cases, a thin section of the mineral is used and examined under polarized transmitted light
Pleochroism
Scientific study of Earth's physical composition
microprobe. In an optical mineralogy analysis, petrologists analyze thin sections of rock samples using a petrographic microscope, where the minerals
Geology
Genus of algae
cells of colonies in the more basal Euvolvox clade are interconnected by thin strands of cytoplasm, called protoplasmates. Cell number is specified during
Volvox
Crystalline mineral
planes of weakness. Chromite can also be presented in a thin section. The grains seen in thin sections are disseminated with crystals that are euhedral to
Chromite
Name list
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Thin_(name)
Nesosilicate mineral
decomposition of the often significant thorium content. When viewed in thin section with a petrographic microscope, pleochroic halos can be observed in minerals
Titanite
Flexible form of cast iron
Malleable iron is a good choice for small castings or castings with thin cross sections (less than 0.25-inch, 6.35 mm). Other nodular irons produced with
Malleable_iron
Glycoprotein spike on a viral capsid or viral envelope
coronaviruses are apparent by negative stain but much less visible in thin section. Most influenza virus subgroups have two surface proteins described as
Spike_protein
Seismic intensity scale used to quantify the degree of shaking during earthquakes
James Morton; Oftedahl, Orrin G. (1976), The Reinhardt Thiessen coal thin-section slide collection of the U.S. Geological Survey; catalog and notes, doi:10
Modified Mercalli intensity scale
Modified_Mercalli_intensity_scale
Phyllosilicate mineral in the dioctahedral mica group
variety of muscovite, from Italy Tabular muscovite crystals in a gneiss in thin section viewed under cross-polarized light at 2x magnification Warr, L.N. (2021)
Muscovite
Type of microscope with electrons as a source of illumination
Scanning confocal electron microscopy Scanning electron microscope (SEM) Thin section Transmission Electron Aberration-Corrected Microscope Volumetric Electron
Electron_microscope
Easily split medium-grained metamorphic rock
produce quartz-muscovite schist. Microscopic view of garnet-mica-schist in thin section under polarized light with a large garnet crystal (black) in a matrix
Schist
Holocrystalline plutonic rock
some types of nepheline syenite. Sodalite, colorless and transparent in thin section, but frequently pale blue in the hand specimens, is the principal feldspathoid
Nepheline_syenite
sizes from millimeters to meters, so they might not be present on the thin section. Some organisms can also be binding and build frames, so they might produce
Framestone
1997 television film directed by Robert Markowitz
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest is a 1997 disaster television film based on Jon Krakauer's memoir Into Thin Air (1997). The film, directed by Robert Markowitz
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
Into_Thin_Air:_Death_on_Everest
Magnesium- and iron-rich extrusive igneous rock
Hawaiʻi. Pāhoehoe is a highly fluid, hot form of basalt which tends to form thin aprons of molten lava which fill up hollows and sometimes forms lava lakes
Basalt
Extrusive igneous rock
large enough to be visible without the aid of the microscope, but in thin sections it may appear as small hexagonal plates, which overlap and form dense
Trachyte
Human rights defender from Myanmar
Thin Thin Aung (Burmese: သင်းသင်းအောင်) is a Burmese human rights defender, democracy activist, and co-founder of the Mizzima News Agency and the Women's
Thin_Thin_Aung
Optical polarization device
petrographic microscope makes the optical identification of minerals in thin sections of rocks easier, in particular by allowing deduction of the shape and
Waveplate
Scottish geologist and physicist
of preparing extremely thin sections of crystals and rocks for microscopical study. He hit upon the plan of cutting sections of fossil wood, so as to
William_Nicol_(geologist)
Subject of dental study in paleontology
information about dinosaur teeth is collected from polished, microscopically thin sections (histology), including the types of dental tissues present, tooth wear
Dinosaur_tooth
Chemical compound
is used to distinguish alkali feldspars from plagioclase feldspars in thin section. Concentrated aqueous solution of sodium cobaltinitrite. K2Na[Co(NO2)6]·H2O
Sodium hexanitritocobaltate(III)
Sodium_hexanitritocobaltate(III)
Hybrid species of oak
general the traits are intermediate between those of the parents. A thin section of a Q. × rosacea specimen was used by artist-in-residence Tania Kovats
Quercus_×_rosacea
Rupture in a planet's crust where material escapes
violent eruptions. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the crust's plates, such as in the East African Rift, the Wells Gray-Clearwater
Volcano
Photon emission under the impact of an electron beam
It is designed to image the luminescence characteristics of polished thin sections of solids irradiated by an electron beam. Using a cathodoluminescence
Cathodoluminescence
Medical imaging procedure
of chronic interstitial processes such as emphysema, and fibrosis, thin sections with high spatial frequency reconstructions are used; often scans are
CT_scan
of those that are used on hand specimens, or on field samples, or on thin sections with the aid of a polarizing microscope. Color Color of the mineral
List_of_mineral_tests
Conduit used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
quite penetrate the entire depth of the duct board, thus providing a thin section acting as a hinge. The duct board can then be folded along the groove
Duct_(flow)
Extinct genus of pholidosaurid crocodylomorph
described from the Oum Ed Dhiab Member in Tunisia in 2018. Sereno took thin sections from trunk osteoderms of an estimated subadult individual (~80% of estimated
Sarcosuchus
England Seaboard (Lowland) is a physiographic section of the New England province. It includes a thin section of coastal Connecticut, most of Rhode Island
New_England_Seaboard
Property in optics
index n and the radii of curvature R1 and R2 of its surfaces. The power of a thin lens in air is given by the simplified version of the Lensmaker's formula:
Refractive_index
THIN SECTION
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Boy/Male
Arabic, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Tamil, Telugu
Snow
Male
Japanese
(1-晋, 2-信, 3-紳, 4-心, 5-慎, 6-新, 7-進, 8-真) Japanese name SHIN means 1) "advancing," 2) "belief," 3) "gentleman," 4) "heart," 5) "humble," 6) "new," 7) "progressive," and 8) "true." Compare with another form of Shin.
Girl/Female
Danish, German, Swedish
Wise
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Chinn.Chinese : variant of Jin 1.Chinese : Cantonese variant of Qian.Chinese : variant of Qin 1.Chinese : variant of Qin 2.Chinese : variant of Jin 2.Chinese : variant of Jin 3.Korean : there are four Chinese characters for the surname Chin, representing five clans. At least three of the clans have origins in China; most of them migrated to Korea during the Kory{ou} period (ad 918–1392).
Boy/Male
Korean
The most wealthy.
Male
Greek
Short form of Greek Thanatos, THAN means "death."
Female
Egyptian
, giving.
Girl/Female
Norse
Wife of Thrall.
Male
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THINH means "prosperous."
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THI means "poem."
Boy/Male
English
Follower.
Boy/Male
Indian
Whole
Male
Greek
(Αἴθων) Greek myth name of one of the horses of the sun god Helios, ÆTHON means "burning, fiery."
Boy/Male
Norse
God of the sky.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Knight's Attendant; Follower
Girl/Female
Greek
Divine.
Boy/Male
Korean
Truth.
Female/Male/Unisex
Korean
Korean name SHIN means "faith, trust." Compare with another form of Shin.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Green / Blue Flower
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, French, Greek, Vietnamese
Thinker
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Girl/Female
Italian American Hebrew
Gift from God.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Blessedness
Boy/Male
Muslim
Big gate, A name
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
One who Battles Against the Evils
Girl/Female
Biblical
Rib, side, halting.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
The Fragrance of a Flower
Boy/Male
Welsh
Legendary son of Poch.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Friend of God's Devotee
Boy/Male
Teutonic German Dutch
God's peace.
Girl/Female
Italian
Hebrew name Elizabeth. My God is bountiful;God of plenty.
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conj.
Than.
superl.
Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
v. t.
To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.
v. i.
To depart from a place or thing.
v. t.
To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
adv.
Then. See Then.
superl.
Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
n.
The first thin coat of tin.
a.
Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.
adv.
Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
superl.
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
n.
Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.
superl.
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
n.
Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors.
n.
A person or thing that closely resembles another.
pron. & a.
As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.
conj.
In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.
superl.
Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
a.
Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.
v. i.
To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.