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SPACING [16 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2018-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic
DEF

The spatial distance ... between the front ends of vehicles moving along the same lane or track in the same direction.

OBS

Note that "headway" may also refer to a time interval between two vehicles.

OBS

vehicle spacing: term proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière
DEF

Distance séparant deux véhicules consécutifs.

OBS

espacement des véhicules : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tránsito vial
DEF

Intervalo de tiempo o distancia entre la parte frontal de un vehículo y la frontal del que le sigue a continuación.

OBS

intervalo entre vehículos: Término utilizado por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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Record 2 2012-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Welding and Soldering (Metals)
DEF

An opening at the point of closest approach between faces of members in a weld joint.

OBS

gap; spacing: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soudage (Métal)
DEF

Distance minimale entre les faces à souder.

OBS

écartement : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Transmission
  • Teleprinters and Telex Networks
  • Air Transport
OBS

spacing: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission de données
  • Téléimprimeurs et réseau télex
  • Transport aérien
OBS

espacement : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión de datos
  • Teleimpresoras y red télex
  • Transporte aéreo
DEF

Condición existente en un circuito telegráfico durante la transmisión, cuando se está enviando un bit de inteligencia correspondiente a un «no».

OBS

espaciado: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 5 2004-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

The separation of letters, words or lines of type by the insertion of space.

CONT

... Cascading Style Sheets can be used to control fonts, colors, aural rendering, and graphical positioning. Presentation markup should not be used in place of structural markup to convey structure. For example, authors should mark up lists in HTML with proper list markup and style them with CSS (e.g., to control spacing, bullets, numbering, etc.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Infographie
DEF

Action d'insérer entre chaque mot, parfois entre chaque lettre, le blanc convenable.

CONT

[...] les feuilles de style imbriquées peuvent être utilisées pour contrôler les polices, les couleurs, le traitement sonore, et le positionnement graphique. Le balisage de présentation ne devrait pas être utilisé à la place du balisage structurel pour transmettre la structure. Par exemple, les auteurs devraient baliser les listes en HTML avec le balisage de liste approprié et les mettre en forme avec CSS (ex., pour contrôler l'espacement, les puces, le numérotage, etc.

OBS

Le terme «espacement», employé seul, est souvent synonyme d'«espacement entre les mots».

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

The amount of space between cells in a table. Cell spacing is the thickness, in pixels, of the walls of each cell.

OBS

compare to "cell span".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Espace entre les cellules d'un tableau. L'espacement entre les cellules correspond à l'épaisseur, en pixels, des parois de chaque cellule.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 7 2000-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

... to determine if the micellar flooding process is feasible over distances encountered in 10 acre five-spot spacing, so the distance between injection and production wells is 467 ft.

CONT

The 219-R project was developed using a five-spot pattern on a 3 acre spacing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

espacement des puits : rapport entre le nombre de puits sur un gisement et la surface occupée au sol.

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Planting Techniques (Farming)
CONT

Cultural weed control is the management of the crop to make it more competitive against weeds. Cultural control involves optimizing planting date, seeding rate, row spacing, fertility, irrigation, and the used of adapted varieties so that the crop will be vigorously growing and more competitive with weeds. Generally, the plant that emerges first, establishes rapidly, and closes canopy first, is the most competitive. This plant captures the majority of the environmental resources (i.e. light, water, nutrients) necessary for growth. The aim should be to make vegetable crops as competitive as possible by modifying the appropriate practices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de plantation
OBS

distance entre deux lignes de semis ou de plantation.

OBS

Distance entre les rangées.

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

The distance between trees in a plantation, a thinned stand, or a natural stand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Distance entre les arbres dans une plantation, un peuplement éclairci ou un peuplement naturel.

Spanish

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Record 10 1997-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A thinning in which trees at fixed intervals of distance are chosen for retention and all others are cut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Éclaircie où des arbres sont choisis à intervalles fixes pour rester et où tous les autres sont coupés.

Spanish

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Record 11 1994-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farming Techniques
DEF

The thinning of young plants in a row to the desired distance apart by using a hoe or other tool.

OBS

It is important for best growth and production with such crops as cotton, sugar, beets, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques agricoles
OBS

par exemple prédémariage des betteraves à sucre

Spanish

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Record 12 1992-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farming Techniques

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques agricoles

Spanish

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Record 13 1988-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Traffic Control
DEF

Prescribed distance between consists circulating on the same track. In the block system, the track is divided into block sections which must each contain no more than one consist. In practice, the smallest spacing permitted is equivalent to the braking distance, calculated as a function of braking capacity, response time, length of track section, and, if applicable, total length of powered sections, a critical parameter in the control of electrical demand.

OBS

spacing of trains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation des trains
DEF

Dispositions et prescriptions pour maintenir une distance entre plusieurs rames circulant sur la même voie. Dans le cas du cantonnement, la ligne est découpée en cantons dans lesquels il doit se trouver au plus un seul train. Pratiquement, le plus faible espacement correspond à la distance de freinage qui permet de déterminer l'intervalle minimum autorisé entre trains en prenant en compte la capacité de freinage, le temps de réponse, la longueur des tronçons de localisation ainsi que, le cas échéant, la longueur des sections d'alimentation déterminantes pour la commande d'exploitation électrique.

Spanish

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Record 14 1985-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

a character that causes the cursor to be automatically advanced when it is received after the character is displayed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

s'applique à un caractère dont la réception fait automatiquement avancer le curseur après l'affichage du caractère.

Spanish

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Record 15 1982-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding
OBS

As in frame spacing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales
OBS

Écartement des couples.

Spanish

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Record 16 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
CONT

If a completely uniform discharge is to be obtained, it is essential for the electrode spacing to be absolutely constant throughout their length.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ingénierie
  • Électrotechnique
CONT

Il est [...] indispensable, si l'on veut obtenir un effluve parfaitement homogène, d'avoir un écartement absolument constant entre les électrodes.

Spanish

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