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DIPOLE [4 records]

Record 1 2011-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

A network having two accessible terminals.

OBS

two-terminal network: term standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

OBS

two-terminal network: term officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee.

Key term(s)
  • two terminal network

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

Réseau électrique à deux bornes.

OBS

bipôle : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI).

OBS

dipôle : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation des termes de l'électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electrotecnia
DEF

Unión de circuitos eléctricos que solamente comunican con el exterior por dos bornes.

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Record 2 2003-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Air Traffic Control
DEF

A centre-fed open [antenna] excited in such a way that the standing wave of current is symmetrical about the mid point of the [antenna].

OBS

dipole antenna; dipole: terms officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
DEF

Élément rayonnant constitué d'un conducteur rectiligne, qui, s'il est alimenté, l'est symétriquement par rapport au centre.

OBS

antenne doublet; doublet : termes uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radiotransmisión y radiorrecepción
  • Control de tránsito aéreo
DEF

Antena constituida por dos partes simétricas, conectadas por el punto medio de la antena a un aparato emisor o receptor donde tiene de largo aproximadamente igual a la mitad de la longitud de onda y constituida por un conducto recto dividido por su centro electrónico al canal.

OBS

antena dipolo; dipolo : términos aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 3 2002-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrostatics
  • Magnetism
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

Two poles of opposite charge an infinitesimal distance apart.

Key term(s)
  • straight dipole
  • flat in-line dipole

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrostatique
  • Magnétisme
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

Ensemble formé par deux charges électriques ou magnétiques ponctuelles, égales et de signes opposés, situées à faible distance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electrostática
  • Magnetismo
  • Electrotecnia
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Record 4 1992-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The simplest possible stimulus population in which stimulus patterns can overlap with one another is one constructed out of dipoles - stimulus patterns consisting of exactly two active elements and the rest inactive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Ensemble de 2 unités d'entrées consécutives horizontalement ou verticalement.

Spanish

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