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ASTRONOMICAL TRANSIT [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-08-08
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Surveying Instruments
- Scientific Instruments
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- transit theodolite
1, record 1, English, transit%20theodolite
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- engineering transit 2, record 1, English, engineering%20transit
correct
- American transit 3, record 1, English, American%20transit
correct
- transit 4, record 1, English, transit
correct, noun, officially approved
- surveyor's transit 5, record 1, English, surveyor%27s%20transit
- builder's transit 6, record 1, English, builder%27s%20transit
- transit compass 1, record 1, English, transit%20compass
- astronomical transit 7, record 1, English, astronomical%20transit
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A variety of theodolite that has the telescope so mounted that it can be completely reversed, or transited. 8, record 1, English, - transit%20theodolite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... the ability to utilize both upper and lower motion enables the American transit to accumulate the angle (make repeated measurements of the same angle), once for each time it is turned. 3, record 1, English, - transit%20theodolite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The surveyor's transit differs from the theodolite in having the horizontal axis attached directly to the telescope which is not mounted in Y's and can be turned completely over about the axis. 5, record 1, English, - transit%20theodolite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
... a theodolite is often called a direction instrument, as opposed to a transit, which is a repeating instrument. 3, record 1, English, - transit%20theodolite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
astronomical transit: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 9, record 1, English, - transit%20theodolite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 OBS
transit: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick). 9, record 1, English, - transit%20theodolite
Record 1, Key term(s)
- astronomic transit
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Instruments d'arpentage
- Instruments scientifiques
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- théodolite réitérateur
1, record 1, French, th%C3%A9odolite%20r%C3%A9it%C3%A9rateur
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- théodolite 2, record 1, French, th%C3%A9odolite
avoid, masculine noun, officially approved
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] théodolite dans lequel le cercle gradué horizontal n'est pas fixé à la base et le cercle gradué vertical n'est pas fixé à la lunette. 3, record 1, French, - th%C3%A9odolite%20r%C3%A9it%C3%A9rateur
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Dans la mesure azimutale [angles horizontaux], le théodolite réitérateur peut mesurer plusieurs fois le même angle, en utilisant des portions différentes du limbe, ce dernier pouvant être désolidarisé du bâti; la moyenne des mesures élimine des erreurs systématiques. 4, record 1, French, - th%C3%A9odolite%20r%C3%A9it%C3%A9rateur
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les] cercles [du théodolite réitérateur] peuvent se déplacer, l'un par rapport à la base, l'autre par rapport à la lunette, pour qu'on puisse lire les angles sur n'importe quelle partie de la graduation. [...] Les théodolites modernes sont tous réitérateurs. 3, record 1, French, - th%C3%A9odolite%20r%C3%A9it%C3%A9rateur
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Ne pas confondre avec le théodolite répétiteur, instrument qui est peu employé actuellement selon L'Encyclopédie internationale des sciences et des techniques, 1969, v. 10, p. 437. 5, record 1, French, - th%C3%A9odolite%20r%C3%A9it%C3%A9rateur
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
théodolite : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick). 6, record 1, French, - th%C3%A9odolite%20r%C3%A9it%C3%A9rateur
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2010-10-28
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Astronomy
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- transit
1, record 2, English, transit
correct, noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- astronomical transit 1, record 2, English, astronomical%20transit
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The astronomical event that occurs when one celestial body appears to move across the face of another celestial body, as seen by an observer at some particular vantage point. 2, record 2, English, - transit
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A transit is the astronomical event that occurs when a non-luminous body subtending a smaller angular diameter passes between an observer and another body which, though more distant, subtends a larger angular diameter. 3, record 2, English, - transit
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
transit: The term is most frequently used to describe the motion of a planet beween a terrestrial observer and the Sun. 3, record 2, English, - transit
Record 2, Key term(s)
- astronomic transit
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Astronomie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- transit
1, record 2, French, transit
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- transit astronomique 2, record 2, French, transit%20astronomique
correct, masculine noun
- passage 3, record 2, French, passage
masculine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Transit astronomique. - Un transit est un phénomène astronomique qui se produit lorsqu'un objet céleste s'intercale entre l'observateur et un autre objet. Le premier objet paraît alors se déplacer devant le deuxième. Si la situation de l'observateur n'est pas précisée, ce dernier se trouve implicitement sur la Terre. 2, record 2, French, - transit
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Le «transit» (ou passage), c'est-à-dire le passage d'une planète devant le disque du Soleil (ou d'un satellite devant le disque de sa propre planète), est assimilable, au sens large, au phénomène de l'éclipse. Nous ne pouvons voir passer devant le disque du Soleil que Mercure et Vénus [...] 3, record 2, French, - transit
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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