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HIS HONOR [7 records]

Record 1 2023-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
  • Anthropology
DEF

A cultural ritual of giving and symbolic sharing, especially among some Indigenous nations in northwestern North America.

CONT

The potlatch celebrated a change of rank or status with dancing, feasting, and gifts. Like many other societies, [the Indigenous peoples] of the Northwest Coast associated prestige with wealth, and the potlatcher gained prestige according to the liberality of his giving. A true chief "always died poor" because he had potlatched his wealth, but he died rich in the rank and honor that he had accumulated for himself through giving and that he would pass on to his family, heirs, and descendants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
  • Anthropologie
DEF

Rite culturel de don et de partage symbolique, notamment chez certaines nations autochtones du nord-ouest de l’Amérique du Nord.

CONT

La cérémonie du potlatch […] fait partie intégrante de la gouvernance, de la culture et des traditions spirituelles de diverses Premières nations vivant sur la côte nord-ouest […] le potlatch est une cérémonie de remise de cadeaux ayant pour fonction de redistribuer la richesse. Au fil du temps, certains individus ayant un statut important accumulent des objets de valeur […] Ces biens sont plus tard offerts en cadeau aux invités ou même parfois détruits lors d'une cérémonie grandiose servant à démontrer la grande générosité, le statut et le prestige de l'hôte par rapport à ses rivaux. En plus de ses fonctions de redistribution économique et de filiation, le potlatch maintient la solidarité communautaire et les relations hiérarchiques au sein des bandes et des nations et entre celles-ci. Dans le cadre d'une cérémonie très élaborée, le potlatch a pour fonction de conférer un statut et un rang à des individus, à des groupes apparentés et à des clans, ainsi que de revendiquer des noms, des pouvoirs et des droits sur des territoires de chasse et de pêche.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
DEF

The non-dimensional ratio (Re) of the inertial force to the viscous force in fluid motion: Re = LU/n, where L is a characteristic length; U, a characteristic velocity; and n, the kinematic viscosity.

CONT

Reynolds number. A dimensionless parameter of which determines the behavior and characteristics of viscous flow patterns.... This parameter, the dominant factor in viscous flow analysis, was formulated in 1883 by Osborne Reynolds and named in his honor about 40 years later.

OBS

N Re: Re should be subscripted.

OBS

Reynolds number: term standardized by ISO and officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
DEF

Rapport (Re) sans dimension de la force d'inertie à la force de viscosité dans un fluide en mouvement : Re = LU/v, où L est une longueur caractéristique; U, une vitesse caractéristique; et v, la viscosité cinématique.

CONT

Deux paramètres régissent ces conditions d'écoulement. D'une part, le nombre de Mach [...] d'autre part, le nombre de Reynolds qui est égal au produit d'une longueur caractéristique de la maquette, de la vitesse et de la densité divisé par la viscosité de l'écoulement.

OBS

nombre de Reynolds : terme normalisé par l'ISO et uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Mecánica de fluidos e hidráulica (Física)
DEF

Número sin dimensiones (Re), igual al cociente entre la fuerza de la inercia y la fuerza de la viscosidad presentes en un fluido en movimiento, Re = LU/n, donde L es una longitud característica; U es una velocidad característica y n es la viscosidad cinemática.

OBS

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

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Record 3 2014-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

The Grenville Act, as it has since been called in his honor, responded to the problem that the adjudication of disputed elections had become entirely partisan propositions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Astronautics
OBS

The Dryden Flight Research Center(DFRC), located inside Edwards Air Force Base, is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA. On March 26, 1976 it was named in honor of the late Hugh L. Dryden, a prominent aeronautical engineer who at the time of his death in 1965 was NASA's deputy administrator. First known as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Muroc Flight Test Unit, the DFRC has also been known as the High-Speed Flight Research Station(1949) and the High-Speed Station(1954). Dryden is NASA's premier site for aeronautical research and operates some of the most advanced aircraft in the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Arts and Culture
OBS

Saint Joseph's Day, commonly called the Feast of St. Joseph or in some churches, the Solemnity of Saint Joseph is marked in some Christian churches in honor of Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary and foster-father of Jesus. It is a Solemnity in the Roman Catholic Church, and a feast or festival in the Lutheran Church, and a feast in the provinces of the Anglican Communion, falling on 19 March. In the Orthodox Church, the Feast falls on the Sunday after Christmas. Saint Bernardino of Siena was the main proponent of Joseph's veneration in the western Church, where his feast day was first celebrated in 1621. In 1870, Pope Pius IX declared Joseph the patron of the Universal Church, and promoted the "Patronage" feast(later Solemnity, before the Vatican II calendar's use of such term) of Saint Joseph on the third Wednesday after Easter; this was replaced in 1955 by the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. As Joseph was a carpenter(or a builder), he is also the patron saint of workers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Arts et Culture

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Fluctuations
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

Pigou thus vindicated abstract classical principles by recourse to this "hard-money effect", which economists today call the "Pigou effect" in his honor.... the Pigou effect from hyperdeflation involves an increase in the real value of such bonds along with an increase in the real value of hard-money.

OBS

wealth effect: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fluctuations économiques
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
OBS

C'est l'opposé de l'effet pauvreté.

OBS

effet richesse : terme et observation extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fluctuaciones económicas
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
DEF

El que sobre la demanda ejerce un descenso de los precios, que al hacer subir el valor real de los activos líquidos, estimula el consumo de bienes y servicios. Se denomina así por haber sido Arthur C. Pigou el primer economista que lo formuló.

OBS

efecto riqueza: término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 7 1984-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
DEF

a time period of 7, 980 Julian years used, chiefly by astronomers, for counting back over long periods of time to determine how many days separate any two events. Each day in the Julian period is consecutively numbered from the beginning of the period(Jan. 1, 4713 B-C.), so that the number of days between two events can be calculated simply by subtracting the Julian number of the first event from that of the second event. The period of 7, 980 years was chosen because it is the product of the numbers of years in the solar cycle(28), lunar cycle(19), and the Roman cycle of indiction(15). The Julian period was proposed by Joseph Justus Scaliger in 1582 and named in honor of his father.

OBS

Not to be confused with the Julian calendar ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
DEF

espace de 7 980 années juliennes, inventé par Scaliger, et dans lequel l'an 4714 du monde correspond à l'an 1 de l'ère chrétienne.

Spanish

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