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WAVEFORM [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2010-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waveguides
  • Radio Waves
OBS

waveform: term officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee.

Key term(s)
  • wave-form
  • wave form

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guides d'ondes
  • Ondes radioélectriques
OBS

oscillogramme : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation des termes de l’électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Waves
  • Telecommunications
DEF

The shape of the graph representing the successive values of a varying quantity (usually voltage, current or power) plotted against another variable, usually time, and generally in a rectangular co-ordinate system.

OBS

waveform: term officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee in 1993.

Key term(s)
  • wave-shape
  • wave shape
  • wave-form
  • wave form

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Télécommunications
DEF

Forme du graphique représentant les valeurs successives d'une quantité variable (en général tension, intensité ou puissance) en fonction d'une autre variable, habituellement le temps, et généralement dans un système de coordonnées rectangulaires.

OBS

forme d'onde : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation des termes de l’électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL) en 1993.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ondas radioeléctricas
  • Telecomunicaciones
DEF

Forma del gráfico que representa los valores sucesivos de una cantidad que se traza como función de otra variable, usualmente la variable tiempo, y generalmente en un sistema rectangular de coordenadas.

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Record 3 1993-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
CONT

Double bow; double weft: Weft yarns in a fabric which exhibit an approximately sinusoidal waveform for more than three-quarters of the wavelength. This defect is caused by a lack of control in fabric manufacture or processing.

Key term(s)
  • waveform

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
CONT

Trame ondulée : Fils de trame qui présentent dans un tissu une forme à peu près sinusoïdale de plus de trois quarts de la longueur de l'onde Ce défaut est causé par un manque de contrôle à la manutention.

Spanish

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)

Spanish

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