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DIRECT SYSTEM [4 records]

Record 1 2019-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Supply
  • Solar Energy
DEF

A solar water system in which the storage water is circulated directly through the collectors without an intervening heat exchanger.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation en eau
  • Énergie solaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Abastecimiento de agua
  • Energía solar
CONT

El sistema de circuito directo o abierto es el más sencillo y eficiente de todos los diseños de los sistemas solares térmicos; y es porque tiene la menor cantidad de componentes por donde podría perderse calor.

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Record 2 2011-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

Denier - A yarn count unit. It is the weight in grams of 9000 meters of the yarn. Denier is a direct yarn numbering system; the higher the denier, the larger or heavier the yarn.

CONT

Denier is a direct numbering system in which the lowers numbers represent the finer sizes and the higher numbers the coarser sizes. ... the denier system has been replaced by the tex system.

CONT

Direct yarn number (equal to linear density) is the mass per unit length of yarn.

CONT

... direct systems, in which the coarseness or the fineness of the yarn is expressed in terms of the mass of yarn per unit length (linear density, often called yarn number or yarn titre).

OBS

See: yarn numbering system.

Key term(s)
  • direct systems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

[...] Le système de titrage direct (égal à la masse linéique) est la masse de fil par unité de longueur. Ce système est appliqué pour la soie et les fils continus manufacturés.

CONT

[...] les systèmes directs, dans lesquels la grosseur ou la finesse du fil est exprimée en fonction de la masse de fil par unité de longueur (masse linéique, souvent appelée titre).

OBS

Voir : système de titrage ou système de numérotage.

Key term(s)
  • systèmes de titrage direct du fil
  • systèmes directs

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A system which has four principal components - a central processor, a communications linkage, a terminal device, and a user. These components interact to carry out a task, but if there is no human action required in the communications linkage, the system is direct or on-line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Système dans lequel les données d'entrée sont introduites dans l'UCT [unité centrale de traitement] et sont traitées immédiatement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Sistema en que los datos de entrada llegan directamente a la computadora (ordenador) desde el punto de origen y/o en que los datos de salida se transmiten directamente adonde van a usarse.

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office-Work Organization
CONT

Alphabetic filing systems are called direct systems because a file worker can go directly to the file drawer and, by means of the name captions, find the records for which he is searching.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation du travail de bureau

Spanish

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