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CROSS CONTROL [11 records]

Record 1 2024-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
OBS

The BC Water & Waste Association(BCWWA) is a not-for-profit organization that represents around 4, 000 water professionals. Our members work every day to keep our water systems clean and safe – from source to tap to drain and back to the environment. They include water and wastewater facility operators, utility managers, engineers, technicians and technologists, consultants, government policy and regulatory staff, backflow assembly testers and cross connection control specialists, researchers and suppliers.

Key term(s)
  • British Columbia Water and Waste Association

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
Key term(s)
  • British Columbia Water and Waste Association

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic
  • Signalling (Road Transport)
OBS

At the lowest level of the control framework are the intersection control nodes. As the name implies, these computers are located at each intersection where they gather and feed real-time data back to an area server. This information might include a pedestrian waiting to cross the street, or a damaged traffic pole. The area servers, which can each connect up to 256 control nodes, become the main communicators for the entire system, sending and retrieving data and commands to both the operations computer and to the appropriate intersection control node.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière
  • Signalisation routière
DEF

Se dit d'un système de régulation de la circulation automobile par feux tricolores établi une fois pour toutes et qui élabore dans l'instant et en fonction des données reçues du trafic la solution qu'il mettra en œuvre au lieu de la choisir dans une bibliothèque.

OBS

Les scientifiques affirment qu'on peut créer cette situation [les véhicules à densité critique sur l'autoroute, adoptent la même vitesse et la conserve sur une longue distance] en installant à chaque bretelle d'accès des feux de circulation commandés par ordinateurs qui réagissent aux données en temps réel sur la circulation recueillies grâce aux fils sur lesquels les voitures roulent (Discover Magazine, mars 1999).

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
CONT

Audio noise gate ... Eliminates the signal if its runs amplitude falls below a specified threshold. A dely buffer is incorporated to give the noise - gate a "look-ahead" capability, improving its effectiveness in some situations.

CONT

The new Noise Gate is everything a pro sound designer could wish for. Besides standard parameters like Threshold, Attack, and Release, the Hold time and Hysteresis(distance between open and close threshold) parameters will give you complete control over any signal. Thanks to the filters in the monitorable sidechain, you can even split heavily cross talking toms. The Lookahead control should end the debate between "analog vs. digital". This is a superior tool that no sound designer will want to live without...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Filtre destiné à supprimer les bruits de fond (souffle, bruit d'aiguille) en absence de modulation.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
DEF

Pioneer(Sperry) flight instrument with cross-pointers driven by various selectable sensors to control trajectory(vertical and lateral displacement), pilot steering aircraft so that both needles cross at origin of display in method first used on ILS meter.

OBS

In most respects similar to ILS meter that can accept inputs from en route navaids and attitude sensors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
DEF

Instrument de mesure basé sur le principe de la lecture de zéro.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Space Shuttle stops within 50 meters of Mir, which is approximately one-half the length of a football field. From that position the Space Shuttle waits for clearance from Mission Control to continue. When the command is given to continue, the Reaction Control System is activated again and the Space Shuttle closes in on Mir at a speed of about 0. 05 meters per second until it reaches a distance of about 9 meters. There, the Space Shuttle stops again and waits for approximately 5 minutes. The Commander and Pilot make sure they can see the docking target clearly and fine-tune the alignment of the Space Shuttle with the docking target. A large black cross called the Stand-off Cross is mounted 30 centimeters(cm) above the back plate in the center of the target. When the Commander has the Stand-off Cross squarely in line with the docking target, he or she maneuvers the Space Shuttle and makes contact with the docking ring. Once a series of hooks is engaged, the Space Shuttle is then successfully docked with Mir.

OBS

docking target: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

Voici le module d'habitation Zvezda [...] Le «bras» que l'on voit en bas à gauche porte une cible [d'amarrage] dont se servent justement les Progress et les Soyouz pour se guider.

OBS

cible d'amarrage : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A term applied to two groups of fibers (corticonuclear and corticospinal) arising chiefly in the sensorimotor regions of the cerebral cortex and descending in the internal capsule, cerebral peduncle, and pons to the medulla oblongata, the corticonuclear fibers synapsing with motor nuclei throughout the brain stem.

OBS

Most of the corticospinal fibers cross in the decussation of the pyramids and descend in the spinal cord as the lateral corticospinal tract; most of the uncrossed fibers form the anterior corticospinal tract; both end by synapsing with internuncial and motor neurons. The pyramidal tract is a phylogenetically new tract, most prominent in man, and provides for direct cortical control and initiation of skilled movements, especially those related to speech and involving the hand and fingers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Tractus de la motricité volontaire ; il comprend le tractus corticospinal et le tractus corticobulbaire.

OBS

Le système à l'origine des mouvements volontaires est appelé système pyramidal.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Defence
  • Signals (Military)
  • Military Communications
DEF

The process of communicating air surveillance and tactical data information between command and control systems or between facilities within the systems. Telling may be classified into the following types : 1. Back tell-The transfer of information from a higher to a lower echelon of command. 2. Cross tell-the transfer of information between facilities at the same operational level. Also called "lateral tell" 3. Forward tell-The transfer of information to a higher level of command. 4. Overlap tell-The transfer of information to an adjacent facility concerning tracks detected in the adjacent facility's area of responsibility. 5. Relateral tell-The relay of information between facilities through the use of a third facility. This type of telling is appropriate between automated facilities in a degraded communications environment.

OBS

track telling: term and definition standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • back tell
  • cross tell
  • forward tell
  • overlap tell
  • relateral tell
  • lateral tell

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défense aérienne
  • Transmissions de campagne (Militaire)
  • Transmissions militaires
DEF

Procédure utilisée pour la transmission d'informations tactiques ou de défense aérienne entre les composantes d'un système global. Cette procédure peut se décomposer en : [1] transfert descendant : d'un niveau hiérarchique vers un niveau inférieur. [2] transfert latéral : entre niveaux hiérarchiques équivalents. [3] transfert ascendant : d'un niveau hiérarchique à un niveau supérieur. [4] transfert de recoupement : d'un niveau à un autre, voisin, et relatif aux pistes de ce voisin. [5] transfert par tiers interposé: d'un niveau à un autre en passant par l'intermédiaire d'un troisième utilisé comme relais. Ce dernier type est surtout utilisé dans une situation où les transmissions sont difficiles.

OBS

transfert de pistes : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Key term(s)
  • transfert descendant
  • transfert latéral
  • transfert ascendant
  • transfert de recoupement
  • transfert par tiers interposé

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
DEF

Any opening in an optical system which controls the cross section of a beam of light passing through it, to control light intensity, reduce aberration, or increase depth of focus.

OBS

diaphragm: Term standardized by CGSB.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Écran percé d'une ouverture généralement circulaire, de diamètre variable, utilisé pour délimiter la largeur de champ d'une lentille ou d'un système optique, ou pour limiter la dispersion d'un faisceau lumineux.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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Record 9 1987-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling and Illumination (Air Transport)
CONT

Ground traffic control system... is a... signalling system.... At Subang airport, service roads cross the cargo terminal taxiway at two points. The company [Forest City Ltd] has installed traffic signals at both of these intersections. The signals are designed to warn ground traffic of the presence of aircraft on the taxiway.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation (Transport aérien)

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Appliances and Equipment
CONT

An automatic load shedding circuit is effected via the ground shift control relays and the AC cross tie relay. If the AC cross tie relay closes while in flight status, galley power is disconnected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage électrique

Spanish

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Record 11 1982-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

Cable control from the rudder pedals moves a cross shaft which introduces inputs from the electric rudder trim actuator and the triplexed roll-out guidance servos.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Gouverne de direction: Les pédales de palonnier actionnent par l'intermédiaire de câbles de commande un arbre transversal qui transmet les mouvements de l'actionneur du système électrique de compensation et des trois servomécanismes de guidage en fin de course.

Spanish

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