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Record 1 2011-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Armour
  • Field Artillery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arme blindée
  • Artillerie de campagne
DEF

Battement du projectile dans son mouvement de précession.

OBS

Terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie de l'Artillerie royale canadienne et par le Sous-comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Forward movement of the sacral base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Inclinaison en avant de l'extrémité supérieure du sacrum.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Ship Piloting
DEF

The oscillation of the spin axis of a gyro about two orthogonal axes normal to the mean position of the spin axis.

DEF

A bobbing or nodding up-and-down motion of a spinning rigid body, such as a top, as it precesses about its vertical axis.

CONT

The three elementary movements of a gyroscope: ...1. Rotation--the top is spinning rapidly about its vertical axis. 2. Precession--as it slows down, the top cants over and its axis follows a conical path. 3. Nutation--as the top spins more slowly still, the axis oscillates in a sinusoidal path.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Pilotage des navires
DEF

Oscillation [...] d'un gyroscope autour de sa position moyenne.

CONT

gyroscope : Instrument constitué d'une roue équilibrée statiquement à fort moment d'inertie en rotation rapide autour de son axe principal. [...] Si le centre d'inertie et le centre de gravité diffèrent, le gyroscope est animé de mouvements de précession et de nutation dont les propriétés sont notamment utilisées dans les gyrocompas.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
DEF

A vibratory motion of the earth's axis like the nodding of a top due to joint action of the sun and moon by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic varies with a period of about 19 years and with a range of only a few seconds of arc so that the celestial poles describe wavy rather than circular parallels round the poles of the ecliptic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
DEF

Petit mouvement que subit l'axe d'un astre autour de sa position moyenne. Il est dû à l'action d'un astre important ou de plusieurs de ces astres.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «mutation».

Spanish

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