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RESIDUAL CURRENT [3 records]

Record 1 2015-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
DEF

The observed current minus the astronomical tidal current or the mean current without periodic components.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
DEF

Courant moyen sans ses composantes périodiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Electronic Measurements
  • Telephone Metering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Mesures électroniques
  • Téléphonométrie

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrochemistry
DEF

The current that flows, at any particular value of the applied potential, in the absence of the substance whose behaviour is being investigated (i.e. in a blank solution).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrochimie
DEF

[...] courant qui circule, à toute valeur quelconque donnée du potentiel appliqué, en l'absence de la substance dont on étudie le comportement (par exemple, une solution à blanc).

Spanish

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