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Record 1 2021-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Sonar and Underwater Detection (Military)
CONT

As the survey operations frequently take place away from [the] mainland or suitable islands or coral reefs, a bottom mounted tide gauge(BMTG) was needed. These gauges had to have [an] operational depth limit of at least [200 metres] and produce [a] depth data with an accuracy of 0. 05%. Several deployment options were envisaged; from a free standing bottom deployment for long term data acquisition without telemetry, through shallow water installation with a hard wire connection to a shore telemetry station, to a bottom mounted gauge equipped with an acoustic modem for communication with [a] surface telemetry buoy for retransmission of the data...

Key term(s)
  • bottom mounted tide gage
  • bottom mounted gage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Sonar et détection sous-marine (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diachronic Linguistics and Etymology
DEF

A morpheme which cannot be used alone as word with a distinct meaning, but only as an affix in conjunction with another morpheme ...

CONT

A bound morpheme is one that must appear with at least one other morpheme, bound or free in a word.(Robins, R. H., General Linguistics : An Introductory survey. London; Longmans, Grem and company ltd., 1966, p. 206)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique diachronique et étymologie
DEF

Morphème qui ne peut se retrouver qu'uni à d'autres morphèmes.

CONT

Chez Bloomfield, la morphologie étudie les variations des formes des mots (unités lexicales comme unités grammaticales) dans lesquels les morphèmes liés figurent comme éléments constitutifs.

OBS

Le terme morphème lié s'emploie surtout en linguistique distributionnelle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lingüística diacrónica y etimología
DEF

Morfema que no tiene significado por sí solo, para que tenga significado es necesario añadirlo a otro morfema.

CONT

Morfema ligado. Aquel que no tiene sentido por sí solo. Los morfemas ligados cumplen dos funciones distintas: a) Cuando se añaden ciertos morfemas ligados a las palabras, se varía el significado de la palabra o parte de la oración. [...] b) [...] proporciona información adicional sobre una palabra o su función gramatical.

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Record 3 2005-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Periodicals
  • Practical Astronomy
  • Cartography
OBS

Free software for Moon observation or survey For Windows 95/98/NT//ME/2000/XP. "Who is behind VMA ? Two astronomie passioned friends(Christian Legrand and Patrick Chevalley), each one in a special domain(The Moon for the first and astronomy computing and programming for the second) whose reunion has permitted the VMA realization. This one is also provided to worldwide observers because of the help of numerous free translators that must be also thanked for their job.

Key term(s)
  • Virtual Atlas of the Moon
  • Moon Atlas (Virtual)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de périodiques
  • Astronomie pratique
  • Cartographie
Key term(s)
  • Atlas de la lune (virtuel)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de periódicos
  • Astronomía práctica
  • Cartografía
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Record 4 1997-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Elements
  • General Warehousing
CONT

blind: Having but one opening or outlet: closed at one end: not permitting passage or flow all the way through (a blind alley).

CONT

Survey for the safe storage and handling of hazardous materials.... Storage areas are free from blind alleys.

OBS

alley: A blank or open space between rows of any kind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments du bâtiment
  • Entreposage général
DEF

Rue, chemin, passage, lieu sans issue; impasse.

CONT

Couloir, galerie se terminant en cul-de-sac.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos de edificios
  • Almacenaje general
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Record 5 1992-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diachronic Linguistics and Etymology
DEF

A morpheme which can be used on its own as a word with a distinct meaning... (Hartmann and Stork, Dictionary on Language and Linguistics. New-York; John Wiley and sons, 1972, p. 88)

CONT

A free morpheme is one that may constitute a word by itself...(Robins, R. H., General Linguistics : An Introductory survey. London; Longmans, Grem and company ltd., 1966, p. 206)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique diachronique et étymologie
DEF

Un morphème (...) qui peut apparaître seul comme mot indépendant (...)

CONT

Bloomfield distingue entre morphèmes libres et morphèmes liés (free and bound morphemes). (German, Cl. et R. LeBlanc, Introduction à la linguistique générale. Montréal; Presses universitaires de Montréal, p. 26)

Spanish

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