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FOC [12 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2019-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
DEF

The milestone reached when the ability to employ a capability to the mandated level is achieved.

OBS

FOC is unique to each capability and is identified in applicable documentation. FOC normally occurs when the required infrastructure, personnel, training and support are fully in place.

OBS

full operational capability; FOC: designations and definition officially approved by the Air Force Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board; designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
DEF

Étape atteinte lorsqu'il devient possible d'utiliser une capacité au niveau prescrit.

OBS

La COT est particulière à chaque capacité et elle est définie dans la documentation pertinente. La COT est normalement atteinte lorsque l'infrastructure, le personnel, l'instruction et les mécanismes de soutien sont tous bien en place.

OBS

capacité opérationnelle totale; COT; FOC : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense; désignations uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de la Force aérienne.

OBS

capacité opérationnelle totale; FOC; pleine capacité opérationnelle; FOC : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Instruments (Astronomy)
CONT

The joint NASA/ESA Space Telescope Mission to which ESA provides the Solar Arrays, the Faint-Object Camera and participation in the operational phase remained on schedule for launch by the Space Shuttle at the end of 1983.

CONT

... the five major instruments with which the telescope observes the universe: the wide-field and planetary camera, the faint-object camera, the faint-object spectrograph, the high-resolution spectrograph and the high-speed photometer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et instruments (Astronomie)

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Telecommunications
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
CONT

Fiber Optics. A general term describing a light wave or optical communication system. Electrical information is converted to light energy, transmitted through optical fibers, and converted back into electrical information.

CONT

The basic components of an optical fiber communication system include the transmitter (laser and LED), the fiber (multimode, single mode, dispersion-shifted) and the receiver (PIN and APD detectors, coherent detectors, optical preamplifiers, receiver electronics).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications optiques
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
DEF

Système de télécommunication utilisé pour transmettre l'information d'un point à un autre, au moyen d'une fibre optique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Telecommunications
DEF

Communication, systems, and components in which optical fibers are used to carry signals from point to point.

Key term(s)
  • optical fiber communications
  • fibre optic communications
  • optical fiber communication
  • optical fibre communication

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications optiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones ópticas
DEF

Comunicación que utiliza fibras ópticas como medios de transmisión.

Key term(s)
  • comunicación por fibra óptica
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Record 5 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Satellite Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications par satellite

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oxygen Cutting (Metals)
DEF

An oxygen cutting process in which metals are severed using a chemical flux to facilitate cutting. [Definition standardized by the AWS.]

OBS

In [flux-cutting], a plate of stainless steel is mounted between two plates of ordinary low-carbon steel and the plates are clamped together and cut as a single piece of steel.

OBS

chemical flux cutting; FOC: term and abbreviation standardized by the American Welding Society (AWS).

OBS

chemical flux cutting; FOC: term and abbreviation standardized by the CSA International. Material reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder, the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), 178 Rexdale Blvd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9W 1R3. However, CSA shall not be responsible for the manner in which the information is presented, nor for any interpretations thereof. This CSA material may not have been updated to reflect amendments subsequently made to the original content. For further information, contact CSA International.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oxycoupage
DEF

Procédé d'oxycoupage dans lequel on utilise un flux pour faciliter le coupage. [Définition normalisée par la CSA International.]

CONT

Le procédé utilisé par l'industrie est l'oxycoupage avec flux mais, [...] il est parfois nécessaire de se contenter de l'ancien procédé au chalumeau manuel.

OBS

oxycoupage au flux; procédé FOC : termes normalisés par la CSA International. Reproduit avec l'autorisation de l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA), 178, boul. Rexdale, Toronto (Ontario), Canada M9W 1R3 (détentrice des droits d'auteur). La CSA décline toute responsabilité quant à la façon dont la matière est présentée et quant à toute interprétation pouvant en découler. L'information reproduite pourrait ne pas être à jour. Pour plus de renseignements, communiquer avec la CSA International.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Oceanography
  • Commercial Fishing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Océanographie
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

Source(s) : MPO [ministère des Pêches et des Océans].

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

People who support the egalitarian community movement and share the ideals and goals of communities creating social change and new societies, but who, for various reasons, cannot live in community situations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 10 1988-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Standards
  • Penal Administration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de normes
  • Administration pénitentiaire
OBS

Source(s) : Normes régissant la surveillance des détenus en liberté sous condition.

Spanish

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Record 11 1985-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Defence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défense aérienne
OBS

Source : Projet d'acquisition du système d'alerte du Nord.

Spanish

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Record 12 1985-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale
OBS

PFC 125

Spanish

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