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TRACK ERROR [2 records]

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Record 1 2019-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

The angle between the required track and the track made good, measured in degrees, and always expressed as being left or right of the required track.

CONT

To determine track error: The track error is determined by placing the rule with the centre of the base-line over the position of setting heading and the base-line along intended track. The radial which intercepts the "fix", interpolating if necessary, is the track error.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Angle entre la route à suivre et la route réellement suivie, mesuré en degrés et toujours exprimé comme étant à gauche ou à droite de la route à suivre.

OBS

erreur de route : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
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Record 2 2016-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

Deviation of the vibration axis of a phonograph pickup from tangency with a groove. True tangency is possible for only one groove when the pickup arm is pivoted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Défaut de reproduction constaté lorsque les directions des vitesses latérales de la pointe de lecture et du burin de gravure ne sont pas exactement les mêmes. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

erreur de piste : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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