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ASAT [6 records]

Record 1 2023-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Space Warfare
DEF

Pertaining to a weapon or weapon system designed to destroy or disrupt an enemy's satellite.

OBS

antisatellite; ASAT: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

anti-satellite; ASAT: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Guerre spatiale
DEF

Se dit de tout moyen destiné à détruire ou perturber des satellites militaires d'un adversaire.

OBS

antisatellite; ASAT : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

antisatellite; ASAT : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Space Warfare
DEF

A weapon designed to be used against artificial satellites.

CONT

The Air Force has plans for a variety of weapons to protect U.S. satellites, and to destroy or disable enemy satellites. They are known collectively as anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons. Some would be based in space. Others would be on the ground, on ships, or mounted on airplanes. Some would be directed energy weapons (lasers or high-powered microwaves). Some would have explosive warheads, and some would destroy a target by running into it.

OBS

anti-satellite weapon; ASAT weapon: terms extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Guerre spatiale
DEF

Système d'armes chargé de détruire, d'endommager ou de perturber le fonctionnement normal ou de modifier la trajectoire de satellites artificiels.

CONT

Les scientifiques de nombreux pays essaient de mettre au point des techniques susceptibles d'atteindre, depuis le sol terrien ou l'espace, les satellites «gênants». On les nomme ASAT (armes anti-satellites). Elles peuvent être constituées de satellites tueurs, de missiles lancés par avion et de tirs lasers.

OBS

arme antisatellite; arme ASAT : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de armas
  • Guerra espacial
DEF

Arma espacial diseñada para incapacitar o destruir satélites con fines estratégicos militares.

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Record 3 2018-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Exercises
  • Military Training

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exercices militaires
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
OBS

approche systémique de l'instruction de l'Armée de terre; ASIAT : désignations uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
DEF

The enzyme (EC 2.6.1.1) that catalyzes the reaction of aspartate with 2-oxoglutarate to give glutamate and oxaloacetate. It contains pyridoxal phosphate. Its concentration in blood may be raised in liver and heart diseases that are associated with damage to those tissues.

OBS

An enzyme normally present in many tissues and body fluids; high concentrations are associated with damage to cells, especially of the heart and liver.

Key term(s)
  • aspartate-aminotransferase
  • glutamate-oxaloacetate-transaminase

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
CONT

L'une des deux transaminases qui ont été étudiées en clinique dans le sérum sanguin. Elle catalyse la réaction entre l'acide glutamique et l'acide oxalo-acétique d'une part, et l'acide aspartique et l'acide alpha-cétoglutarique d'autre part.

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Units (Regular Force, Armed Forces)
  • Air Forces

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités (régulières, Forces armées)
  • Forces aériennes

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Course Titles (Armed Forces)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de cours (Forces armées)

Spanish

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