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POLAR PLOT [3 records]

Record 1 2002-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
DEF

The method of locating a target or point on the map by means of polar coordinates.

OBS

polar plot: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
DEF

Méthode de désignation d'un point d'une carte au moyen de coordonnées polaires.

OBS

désignation en coordonnées polaires : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cartografía
DEF

Localización de un punto sobre el mapa por medio de las coordenadas polares.

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Record 2 1981-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Interference
  • Telecommunications
OBS

The diagrams are redrawings of photographs of polar plots showing the appearance of filtered interference along with the measured peak factor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perturbations radio
  • Télécommunications
OBS

Ces diagrammes sont des transcriptions de photographies de tracés polaires qui montrent l'apparition de brouillages filtrés en même temps que le facteur de crête PF mesuré.

Spanish

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Record 3 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
  • Acoustics (Physics)
OBS

practically all sound radiators have pronounced directional effects (...) particularly (...) when the source is radiating sound waves at high frequencies. The analysis and -- are similar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
OBS

[l'indice de directivité] est obtenu à partir des mesures faites en de nombreux points répartis autour de la source (...) en portant ces valeurs sur un --

Spanish

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