kalvo

From Proto-Finnic *kalvo, from Proto-Uralic *kaĺwɜ (“membrane”). Cognate with Hungarian hályog.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlʋo/, [ˈkɑ̝lʋo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlʋo
• Syllabification^(key): kal‧vo

kalvo

1. film, membrane, pellicle (thin layer)
2. (anatomy) membrane (enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film)
3. (anatomy) diaphragm (separating membrane or sheet of muscle)

   Hyponym: pallea (“(thoracic) diaphragm”)

4. (mechanics) membrane, diaphragm (mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate)
5. (acoustics) diaphragm (vibrating membrane in a speaker)
6. (chemistry) diaphragm (permeable or semipermeable membrane)
7. (dated or historical) Ellipsis of piirtoheitinkalvo (“overhead projector sheet”).
8. (photography) slide (transparent image for projecting)
9. (computing) slide (page of a computer presentation or slideshow)

• “kalvo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

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