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homing [10 records]

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Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

A tendency to return to a known place as a facet of animal behaviour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
DEF

Chez les espèces migratrices, comportement qui consiste à revenir sur les lieux de départ.

OBS

Homing: Terme anglo-saxon de plus en plus utilisé pour désigner le retour au gîte d'un animal.

Key term(s)
  • retour au gîte

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Fish
  • Animal Reproduction
  • Aquaculture
CONT

... salmon are able to migrate thousands of miles ... and subsequently returning as a mature fish to the exact location they were spawned. This incredible homing instinct (ability to return to their original location) is inherited by all salmon.

PHR

homing behavior, homing migration, return migration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Poissons
  • Reproduction des animaux
  • Aquaculture
PHR

comportement de retour à la frayère, migration de retour

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento animal
  • Peces
  • Reproducción de animales
  • Acuicultura
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Record 3 2021-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Fish
  • Animal Reproduction
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Philopatry (i.e., homing) to natal sites is a fundamental life-history trait of most anadromous salmon and trout. Homing increases the likelihood that reproductive-age fish will find mates and locate habitats that are favorable for both adult spawning and juvenile survival … Return to natal sites is therefore highly adaptive, providing fitness benefits and contributing to the evolution of thousands of locally-adapted populations …

OBS

Adult return [of fish] to natal site for reproduction; spatial scale can vary.

Key term(s)
  • return to natal site
  • homing to natal site

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Poissons
  • Reproduction des animaux
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Phénomène basé sur une mémorisation de stimuli olfactifs [et] de repères visuels qui [permettent] au [poisson] de retrouver [le lieu où il est né pour la reproduction].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento animal
  • Peces
  • Reproducción de animales
  • Acuicultura
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Record 4 2020-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Components
  • Machinery
DEF

An automated process that returns [a] machine to a known position.

CONT

Machine homing is one of the most important parts of a CNC [computer numerical control] machine simply because without knowing the reference or the position of each axis, [a person] can't use [the] machine. Things such as job fixtures, jigs, and automatic tool changes simply can't work without homing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants électroniques
  • Machines
CONT

La machine se déplace suivant les trois axes pour réaliser la prise d'origine sur X, Y et Z.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

Flight towards a NAVAID [navigation aid], without correcting for wind, by adjusting the aircraft heading to maintain a relative bearing of zero degrees.

OBS

homing: term and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

Vol en direction d'une NAVAID [aide à la navigation] en ajustant le cap pour que l'aéronef maintienne un relèvement relatif de zéro degré, mais en ne corrigeant pas l'effet du vent.

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

The procedure of using the direction-finding equipment of one radio station with the emission of another radio station, where at least one of the stations is mobile, and whereby the mobile station proceeds continuously towards the other station.

OBS

homing: term and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee and officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

Procédé consistant à utiliser l'équipement radiogoniométrique d'une station radio et les émissions d'une autre station radio (une de ces stations au moins étant mobile) et permettant à la station mobile de naviguer continuellement en direction de l'autre station. [Définition uniformisée par l'OACI.]

OBS

radioralliement : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

radioralliement; ralliement : termes normalisés par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne et uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
DEF

Procedimiento que consiste en usar el equipo radiogoniométrico de una estación de radio en combinación con la emisión de otra estación de radio, cuando por lo menos una de las estaciones es móvil, y mediante el cual la estación móvil navega continuamente hacia la otra. [Definición aceptada oficialmente por la OACI.]

OBS

recalada: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 7 2012-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Switching

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commutation téléphonique

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
  • Immunology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
  • Immunologie
DEF

Aptitude des cellules à migrer vers des territoires particuliers.

OBS

Ces territoires leur servent de résidence.

OBS

écotropisme : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 6 septembre 2008.

Spanish

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Record 9 - external organization data 2009-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
07.01.03 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

ability to locate/find a specific transponder with or without a portable interrogator

OBS

homing: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-5:2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

The technique whereby a mobile station directs itself, or is directed, towards a source of primary or reflected energy, or to a specified point.

OBS

homing: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

Technique par laquelle un mobile se dirige, soit par autoguidage, soit par guidage externe, vers une source de rayonnement d'énergie primaire ou réfléchie, ou vers un point déterminé.

OBS

processus de ralliement : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
DEF

Técnica mediante la que un elemento móvil se dirige por sí mismo o mediante ayudas externas a la fuente de energía primaria o reflejada o a un punto determinado.

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