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calibration factor [3 records]

Record 1 2011-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Light Precision Instruments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Petite mécanique de précision

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
  • Agricultural Economics
OBS

Term(s) used at the Canadian Grain Commission in the field of cereal terminology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
  • Économie agricole
OBS

Terme(s) en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains dans le domaine céréalier.

Spanish

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Record 3 1980-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

The LAND/SEA switch feature automatically applies the correct land or sea calibration factor, which compensates for errors introduced in Doppler tracking by the terrain bias effect (terrain back-scatter coefficient).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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