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INDIRECT ACTION [2 records]

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Record 1 2001-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Actions
OBS

indirect action: Term reproduced from Law Terminology with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Actions en justice
DEF

Action oblique. Action, dite encore indirecte, par laquelle le créancier exerce les droits et actions de son débiteur négligent.

OBS

Reproduit de Law Terminology avec l'autorisation du Bureau des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acciones judiciales
OBS

Reproducido de Law Terminology con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 2 1992-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
  • Strength of Materials
CONT

An action is: a set of concentrated or distributed forces acting on the structure (direct actions), or the cause of imposed or constrained deformations in the structure (indirect actions.)

OBS

The term "load" may be used with essentially the same meaning as "action". It is often used to describe direct actions only. The term "action" was introduced to cover also the effects due to imposed deformations.

OBS

[Indirect action] Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
  • Résistance des matériaux
CONT

Une action est: un ensemble de forces concentrées ou réparties agissant sur la structure (action directe), ou la cause de déformations imposées ou entravées dans la structure (action indirecte).

OBS

Le terme "charge" peut être utilisé comme ayant essentiellement la même signification que le terme "action". Il est généralement employé pour désigner uniquement les actions directes. Le terme "action" a été introduit pour traduire également les effets dus aux déformations imposées.

OBS

[Action indirecte] Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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