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ABACO [6 records]

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Record 1 2013-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
  • Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
  • Ingénierie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cálculo, tolerancia y modulación (Construcción)
  • Ingeniería
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Record 2 2012-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

Device on which numbers are represented by the pattern of beads on rods. [Definition officially approved by GESC.]

OBS

abacus: term officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Matériel informatique
DEF

Appareil qui représente habituellement les nombres par des boules montées sur des tiges. [Définition uniformisée par le CNGI.]

OBS

abaque: terme uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

OBS

L'abaque peut utiliser d'autres objets que des boules pour effectuer des calculs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas
  • Equipo físico de computadora (Hardware)
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Record 3 2012-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
  • Analytical Geometry
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Nomography: The science of calculating charts. Its object is the general study of the representation, by means of diagrams called nomograms, of mathematical law (Gr. "nomos", "a law") which are expressed analytically by means of equations. Such graphical devices, once carefully drawn, yield the solutions of complicated problems with speed and slight labour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
  • Géométrie analytique
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Infographie
DEF

Tableau ou représentation graphique utilisé en nomographie, et constitué par un système de points ou de lignes cotés et reliés entre eux d'une façon déterminée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diagramas y gráficos estadísticos
  • Geometría analítica
  • Matemáticas para computación
  • Gráficos de computadora
DEF

Gráfica utilizada en la resolución de cálculos numéricos.

CONT

Un nomograma, ábaco o nomógrafo es un instrumento gráfico de cálculo, un diagrama bidimensional que permite el cómputo gráfico y aproximado de una función de cualquier número de variables. En su concepción más general, el nomograma representa simultáneamente el conjunto de las ecuaciones que definen determinado problema y el rango total de sus soluciones.

OBS

[Un nomograma] consta de dos o más escalas dispuestas de modo que los resultados del cálculo puedan ser encontrados mediante una relación de punto en ellas.

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Record 4 2000-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Gold and Silver Mining
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
OBS

Plural: abacuses or abaci.

Key term(s)
  • abaci
  • abacuses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Mines d'or et d'argent
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
DEF

Sorte d'auge dans laquelle on lave les minerais d'or.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
  • Minas de oro y de plata
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
DEF

Artesa que se usa en las minas para lavar los minerales, especialmente los de oro.

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Record 5 1999-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

A slab forming the uppermost member or division of a column capital; it supports the architrave.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

Tablette surmontant l'échine du chapiteau pour recevoir les charges, comme l'imposte sur un pilier.

DEF

Tablette, généralement carrée qui couronne le chapiteau d'une colonne. L'abaque constitue le sommier ou le coussinet, qui supporte l'architrave.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura
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Record 6 1996-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

Island group on the North Bahamas, east of Grand Bahama Islands.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

nom de deux îles de l'archipel des Bahamas, Great Abaco et Little Abaco.

Spanish

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