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TIME UNIT [4 records]

Record 1 2016-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

The basic unit of measure for time in a time coordinate system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Unité fondamentale de mesure du temps dans un système de coordonnées temporelles […]

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

The time unit corresponding with a time-stratigraphic unit; e.g., period, epoch, or age.

OBS

Geochronologic units in order of decreasing rank are eon, era, period, epoch, and age.

Key term(s)
  • time unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
OBS

IC technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Unit of map distance between linked genes, that can be expressed by the time necessary for the transfer of information from donor to recipient cell. (LINTS)

CONT

The relationship between genes and their position on the chromosome could therefore be mapped in terms of time units, in which one time unit is equal to one minute. (STRIG p. 395)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Dans la cartographie génétique basée sur le transfert des gènes d'une bactérie donneuse à une bactérie réceptrice, distance factorielle égale au temps de transfert exprimé en minutes. (LINTS)

CONT

Les distances sont indiquées en minutes de transfert depuis une origine située au locus théonine. (LISYL2 p. 2.58)

OBS

"Minute de transfert" est une traduction proposée par le professeur Lints. D'autres auteurs utilisent généralement une périphrase concernant le temps de transfert.

Spanish

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