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SHAPE FACTOR [4 records]

Record 1 2000-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthoses
  • The Eye
CONT

Lenses with differing shape magnification factors can be supplied for such cases of aniseikonia. These are produced with increased centre substance and curves both dependent on the lens power and degree of magnification required.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthèses
  • Oeil
DEF

Grossissement lié à la courbure de la face avant et à l'épaisseur d'un verre ophtalmique.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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Record 3 1982-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
OBS

The specified external pressure or suction due to wind on a building as a whole or on cladding shall be calculated [on the basis of] (...) the reference velocity pressure (...), the exposure factor (...), the gust effect factor (...), [and] the external pressure coefficient for the cladding location considered or the shape factor for the building as a whole. The shape factor is equal to the algebraic difference of the external pressure coefficients for the windward and leeward sides of the building.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
OBS

La pression ou succion extérieure prévue exercée par le vent sur la totalité d'un bâtiment ou sur son revêtement doit être calculée [à partir de] (...) pression dynamique de référence (...), coefficient d'exposition (...), coefficient de rafale (...), [et] coefficient de pression extérieure, de la partie de revêtement considérée ou coefficient de forme du bâtiment tout entier. Ce dernier coefficient est égal à la différence algébrique des coefficients de pression extérieure des surfaces au vent et des surfaces sous le vent.

Spanish

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Springs (Mechanical Components)
CONT

Shape factors for helical compression springs wound from rectangular wire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ressorts (Composants mécaniques)
CONT

Coefficients de correction de Barré de Saint-Venant pour les sections non circulaires.

Spanish

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