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Record 1 2011-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Amplifiers (Electronics)
  • Electronic Components
  • Electrical Measuring Equipment
DEF

An electronic amplifier whose output quantity represents the input current (or voltage), even when the frequency of this current (or voltage) approaches zero.

OBS

D.C. amplifiers often use the "direct-coupled" configuration.

OBS

direct-current amplifier: term standardized by IEC and IEEE.

Key term(s)
  • direct current amplifier

French

Domaine(s)
  • Amplificateurs (Électronique)
  • Composants électroniques
  • Appareils de mesures (Électricité)
DEF

Amplificateur électronique dont la grandeur de sortie représente l'évolution du courant (ou de la tension) d'entrée, même quand la fréquence de ce courant (ou de cette tension) tend vers zéro.

OBS

amplificateur pour courant continu : terme normalisé par la CEI.

OBS

Ces amplificateurs sont souvent à couplage direct.

OBS

amplificateur à courant continu : Le Grand Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Larousse qualifie cette expression d'impropre parce que tous les amplificateurs électroniques sont forcément alimentés en courant continu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Amplificadores (Electrónica)
  • Componentes electrónicos
  • Equipo de medición eléctrica
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Record 2 2018-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
  • Combined Forces (Military)
OBS

Interoperability Platform; IP: designations to be used by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
  • Interarmées
OBS

Plateforme d’interopérabilité; IP : désignations d'usage obligatoire à l'OTAN.

Key term(s)
  • Plate-forme d’interopérabilité

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phonetics
CONT

[An] interesting phenomenon, which is perhaps less common in English than in [European] languages, ... is called palatalisation .... [A] sound associated with the teeth or teeth-ridge is dragged further into the mouth to be articulated on the hard palate. ... In the Latin languages, this palatalising process works on the nasal /n/ [, which] sounds to English ears like /nj/, as in "canyon". French and Italian write it as "gn" (agneau, agnello) ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phonétique
DEF

Modification subie par un phonème dont l'articulation est reportée dans la région antérieure du palais.

Spanish

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Record 4 1984-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Telecommunications Transmission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
DEF

Tiempo, programado o no, empleado para ejecutar una manutención correctiva.

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Record 6 2016-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

Fuselage lengths associated with a single deck demand a very long landing gear to provide an adequate take-off rotation angle.

Key term(s)
  • take off rotation angle
  • takeoff rotation angle
  • angle of rotation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
OBS

angle de rotation : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) – Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
DEF

A plot containing a grave or graves.

CONT

Buying a gravesite (also called a cemetery plot) allows the purchaser to arrange to bury a body there, but only in accordance with the cemetery's regulations.

Key term(s)
  • grave-site

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
DEF

Terrain, objet du contrat de concession, où sont inhumés, sous l’autorité de la fabrique, les restes ou les cendres d’un ou de plusieurs défunts.

Spanish

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Record 8 2023-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Underwater Diving (Sports)
CONT

On larger boats, additional diving support facilities may also be present: ... chase boat, or tender, to recover divers who surface away from the anchored vessel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Plongée sous-marine (Sports)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Buceo (Deportes)
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Record 9 1985-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs

Spanish

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Record 10 1980-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)
OBS

The transmitter used a 10 kW amplifying klystron with a 12 MHz passband.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)
OBS

L'émetteur comprenait un klystron amplificateur de 10 kW avec une bande passante de 12 MHz.

Spanish

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