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DEAD TIME [6 records]

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Record 1 2014-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Ship's Aircraft (Military)
CONT

Whereas a carrier squadron could rotate aircraft to and from a contact area, a destroyer could not because the helicopter would have to return to the ship periodically to refuel. This and the transit time are referred to as "dead time" during which the target submarine is afforded the chance to escape.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Aéronefs embarqués (Militaire)
CONT

Un escadron d’hélicoptères embarqué à bord d’un porte-avions pouvait affecter des appareils par roulement entre le navire et la zone de contact, mais un destroyer ne pouvait le faire, car son seul hélicoptère devait revenir au navire de temps en temps pour refaire le plein. C’est ce que l’on appelle le «temps mort»; c’était une période au cours de laquelle le sous-marin surveillé avait une chance de s’échapper.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
  • Scientific Instruments
CONT

… after the charge cloud caused by a particle interacting with the MCP [microchannel plate chevron pair] reaches the anode, there is a certain amount of electronic amplification and other processing to produce a signal suitable for acceptance/rejection as a “count.” The processing electronics require a finite time, known as a “dead time” to deal with this activity and are unable to register subsequent counts while they are doing so, hence the term, “dead time.”

Key term(s)
  • deadtime

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique radiologique et applications
  • Instruments scientifiques
DEF

Pour une chaîne de mesure, temps minimum qu’il lui faut à partir de son déclenchement par un évènement, pour être prête à traiter le suivant.

CONT

Quel que soit le détecteur (et l’électronique associée), il faut un temps minimal entre deux événements successifs pour que l’on puisse réellement observer deux signaux. Ce temps est appelé temps mort du compteur. Deux cas extrêmes sont à considérer. Compteur paralysable [...] Compteur non paralysable [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
DEF

The time required by the mobile phase molecules to go across the extra-column volumes.

OBS

Is said of a device.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
  • Automatic Control (Machine Tools)
DEF

The time interval after the arrival of a pulse, during which a counter is insensitive to the arrival of a second pulse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
  • Commandes automatiques (Machines-outils)
DEF

Durée qui sépare le début d'une variation brusque et maintenue de la valeur de la grandeur d'entrée et l'instant où la variation corrélative de la grandeur de sortie devient perceptible.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tecnología de los circuitos electrónicos
  • Control automático (Máquinas-herramientas)
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Record 5 1998-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management
  • Work and Production
DEF

Periods where an employee on an incentive pay basis is prevented from continuing his work because of factors beyond his control such as material shortages, mechanical breakdowns, power shortage or other unavoidable delays.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production
  • Travail et production
DEF

En gestion de la production, temps improductif non imputable à la volonté du travailleur.

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique

Spanish

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