tampón

m.

1 plug.

2 tampon.

3 buffer.

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tampón

► nombre masculino

1 (de entintar) inkpad

2 MEDICINA tampon

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1. SM

1) (Med) tampon

2) [para entintar] ink pad

2.

ADJ INV

parlamento tampón — rubber-stamp parliament

sistema tampón — buffer system

zona tampón — buffer zone

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masculino

a) (para entintar) ink pad

b) (Farm, Med) tampon

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= ball, ink ball, buffer, tampon.

Ex. Finally the forme was checked for odd pieces of type lying on it, in danger of being picked up by the balls and deposited on a page.

Ex. Ink was worked up for use on the ink-block of the press (a small table mounted behind the near-side cheek) and transferred to the surface of the type by one of the pressmen using a pair of ink balls.

Ex. The restored materials are further conserved with the insertion of an alkaline buffer into the paper.

Ex. The exhibition was a retrospective and featured clippings from pornographic magazines, props from past performances (including syringes, chains, tampons, meat cleavers, and Vaseline), and press cuttings.

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* zona tampón = buffer zone.

* * *

masculino

a) (para entintar) ink pad

b) (Farm, Med) tampon

* * *

= ball, ink ball, buffer, tampon.

Ex: Finally the forme was checked for odd pieces of type lying on it, in danger of being picked up by the balls and deposited on a page.

Ex: Ink was worked up for use on the ink-block of the press (a small table mounted behind the near-side cheek) and transferred to the surface of the type by one of the pressmen using a pair of ink balls.

Ex: The restored materials are further conserved with the insertion of an alkaline buffer into the paper.

Ex: The exhibition was a retrospective and featured clippings from pornographic magazines, props from past performances (including syringes, chains, tampons, meat cleavers, and Vaseline), and press cuttings.

* zona tampón = buffer zone.

* * *

tampón

masculine

1 (para entintar) ink pad

2 (Farm, Med) tampon

* * *

tampón sustantivo masculino

a) (para entintar) ink pad

b) (Farm, Med) tampon

tampón sustantivo masculino
1 Med Farm tampon
2 (almohada entintada) ink pad
'tampón' also found in these entries:
English:
tampon

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tampón nm

1. [de tinta] [sello] stamp;

[almohadilla] ink pad

2. [para menstruación] tampon

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tampón

m

1 higiénico tampon

2 de tinta ink pad

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tampón nm, pl tampones

1) : ink pad

2) : tampon