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Record 1 1998-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Currents
  • Alternators
  • Telecommunications
DEF

Current delivered through three wires, with each wire serving as the return for the other two and with the three current components differing in phase successively by one-third cycle, or 120 electrical degrees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courants (Électrocinétique)
  • Alternateurs
  • Télécommunications
DEF

Ensemble de trois courants polyphasés déphasés successivement de 120°.

CONT

Il est également possible d'envisager trois cadres spatialement déphasés de 120° : on obtient un courant triphasé.

OBS

Courant triphasé [...] est [le terme] le plus employé, mais n'est pas correct; [courants triphasés] est le meilleur.

Spanish

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