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REVERSAL ERROR [2 records]

Record 1 1986-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Applications of Automation
DEF

The deviation between the positions and orientations reached at the ends of several repeated paths.

OBS

Term used in robotics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Automatisation et applications
DEF

Étroitesse de l'accord entre les positions et orientations du trièdre de mesure à l'extrémité de trajectoires différentes dont les extrémités sont le même point programmé.

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Education
OBS

Orientation errors in letters: vertical rotation errors (as in d for b), horizontal rotation errors (as in b for p) or depth axis rotation errors (as in d for p). All except a very small proportion of rotation errors are vertical axis rotations (that is, reversals).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éducation spéciale
OBS

Inversions des lettres elles-mêmes, c'est-à-dire la confusion des lettres symétriques, par exemple b et d, q et p, etc.

Spanish

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