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SYSTEME TRANSFERT [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2021-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding Yards and Docks
  • Ship Maintenance
CONT

Modern shipyard layout concepts tend toward providing a single facility for launching or drydocking vessels and depend upon the use of transfer systems to move ships between that facility and the shore berths where they were constructed or where they will be or were repaired.

PHR

shipyard transfer system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chantiers maritimes
  • Entretien des navires

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mass Transit
DEF

An automated transportation system (e.g. continuous belt system or automated guideway transit) that provides short-haul collection and distribution service, usually in a major activity center.

OBS

automated people mover; APM: term and abbreviation recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports en commun
DEF

[Système de] transport automatique de voyageurs assurant une desserte locale [...], dans un aéroport par exemple.

OBS

navette automatisée : terme recommandé par le Comité de terminologie et normalisé par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A messaging system that contains one MTA; optionally one or more access units, but neither a user agent nor a message store.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Système de messagerie qui comprend un ATM, et facultativement une ou plusieurs unités d'accès, mais ni agent d'utilisateur ni mémoire de messages.

Spanish

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