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PKM [2 records]

Record 1 2010-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
DEF

A rocket motor fired at the perigee (low point) of an orbit to establish a more elliptical one; the new orbit [having] the same perigee as the old, but a higher apogee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
DEF

Propulseur équipant un satellite, dont la mise en fonctionnement au voisinage du périgée communique à celui-ci une impulsion destinée à élever son apogée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation
CONT

The second group, to which the Bureau for Transport Studies belongs, as well, utilizes the microcensus data as input for further calculating planning bases; information on the number of people traveling in the same car is used for modeling the transport volumes (persons-kilometers).

Key term(s)
  • persons-kilometers
  • person kilometer
  • persons kilometers
  • persons-kilometres
  • person kilometre
  • persons kilometres

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports
DEF

Nombre de kilomètres parcourus pendant un an par personne, multiplié par le nombre de personnes transportées.

Key term(s)
  • personne kilomètre
  • personnes-kilomètres
  • kilomètres-personnes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte
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