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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

cornet: an item in the "Musical Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Communication" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

cornet : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de musique» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour la communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
CONT

A mixture stop, usually of V or V1 ranks ... It is sometimes made to increase in the number of ranks in the treble ... The name cornet is now applied indiscriminately to any mixture stop of a goodly number of ranks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
CONT

Timbre formé des cinq premiers harmoniques. Il entre dans la composition d'un tutti riche en fonds et en anches. Son tuyau est de taille assez large.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Satellite Telecommunications
  • Spacecraft
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
DEF

An elementary [antenna] consisting of a wavwguide in which one or more transverse dimensions increase towards the open end.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications par satellite
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Émission et réception radio
DEF

Antenne constituée d'une portion de guide d'ondes dont la section croît progressivement vers son ouverture et qui est alimentée du côté opposé.

CONT

lors de la première liaison de télévision par satellite, ce sont deux gigantesques antennes-cornets [...] qui assuraient l'émission et la réception.

Key term(s)
  • antenne en pyramide renversée

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones por satélite
  • Naves espaciales
  • Radiotransmisión y radiorrecepción
DEF

Antena rectangular de microondas que es más ancha en la abertura final y a través de la cual las ondas de radio son emitidas directamente al espacio.

Key term(s)
  • antena de cornete
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Record 4 1993-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
  • Fire Prevention
CONT

... carbon dioxide extinguishers ... overhead application ... the discharge horn is pointed downward (at an angle of about 45 degrees) toward the center of the burning area. Usually the horn is not moved and the agent spreads out in all directions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
  • Prévention des incendies

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
  • Games of Chance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Jeux de hasard

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Writing Instruments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'écriture
DEF

Partie de l'écritoire dans laquelle on mettait l'encre.

Spanish

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Record 7 1989-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

The expanding end of a waveguide that acts as a launcher of electric waves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Facilities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de télécommunications
OBS

matériel des lignes de transmission en hyperfréquences.

Spanish

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Record 9 1983-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a box made to contain dice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioelectricity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radioélectricité
OBS

rapport annuel CPN 1958 p.89

Spanish

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