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CRITICAL POINT FACILITY [3 records]

Record 1 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
  • Astronautics
CONT

The MEDEA [Materials Sciences Double Rack for Experiment Modules and Apparatus] was another facility containing two furnaces and one high precision thermostat for the investigation into critical point phenomena, directional solidification of metallic crystals, and various long-term crystallization experiments.

Key term(s)
  • high-precision thermostat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying
  • Road Construction
DEF

The point at which a road curve or railway curve becomes straight or changes its curvature.

DEF

A point at which a curve begins or finishes, at the junction with a straight.

CONT

The stationing or location of any part of the facility in relation to its starting point. If the stake is located at a critical point such as a point of curvature(PC), point of intersection(PI), or point of tangency(PT) of a curve, this is noted on the stake....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arpentage
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

point de contact d'ordre supérieur ou égal à 2.

DEF

Point auquel une courbe commence ou finit, à la jonction d'une droite.

CONT

Les piquets principaux seront placés aux changements de direction, c'est-à-dire aux sommets des angles, points particulièrement importants. À partir de ces points, on vérifiera les angles, on calculera les tangentes, et on implantera les points de tangence des courbes raccordant les parties droites.

OBS

point de tangence : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
CONT

The stationing or location of any part of the facility in relation to its starting point. If the stake is located at a critical point such as a point of curvature(PC), point of intersection(PI), or point of tangency(PT) of a curve, this is noted on the stake....

OBS

... locating a point by sighting it from two points of known distance is called intersection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
CONT

intersections : Les alignements droits se coupent entre eux. On fait généralement l'intersection à l'aide de deux théodolites et l'on place une station appelée P.I. (point d'intersection) à la rencontre des deux droites.

Spanish

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