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FREE-RUNNING [10 records]

Record 1 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Ship Piloting
  • Saving and Consumption
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

For a fishing vessel with a requirement to tow large loads at low speeds and to have a reasonable free-running speed, a controllable pitch propeller would seem the obvious choice. The propeller efficiency can be maintained at a high level in the two major modes of operation[, ] which realizes a considerable saving in fuel over the life of the vessel.

Key term(s)
  • free running speed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pilotage des navires
  • Épargne et consommation
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Traditionally, two basic approaches have been taken to the design of acoustic systems for determining the position of a surface vessel relative to a reference point on the sea floor. The first is known as the long-baseline system... The second, called the short-baseline system, uses only a single free-running seafloor beacon and measures the relative pulse arrival times at three widely spaced and precisely positioned receiving hydrophones on the surface vessel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Système identique à la base longue mais avec une portée inférieure qui favorise la précision de la localisation.

CONT

Le bateau maintient sa position selon un principe [...] qui utilise l'action d'hélices transversales et longitudinales, la référence par rapport à la verticale du puits étant acquise pour des raisons de sécurité au moyen de deux systèmes différents : [...] l'inclinomètre sur fil tendu entre le fond et le navire, [...] l'écartomètre à base de mesure sous le navire, dit «base courte». Ce dernier procédé comporte [...] un émetteur sonar lié au bateau, un répondeur acoustique solidaire de la tête de puits au fond, et trois hydrophones liés au bateau qui enregistrent les temps de réponse du signal de retour.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oscillators and Oscillating Circuits (Electronics)
CONT

The frequency stability of a free-running oscillator is determined by the Q of the cavity and the temperature characteristics of the materials used in the design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits oscillants et oscillateurs (Électronique)

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
DEF

An aircraft which is fitted out with a free-running fan driven by tip turbine from external gas supply installed only for lift.

OBS

lift-fan aeroplane: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • lift fan aircraft
  • lift fan airplane
  • lift fan aeroplane

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
OBS

avion à soufflante de sustentation : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oscillators and Oscillating Circuits (Electronics)
  • Electrical Components
DEF

A circuit having two momentarily stable states, between which it continuously alternates remaining in each for a period controlled by the circuit parameters and switching rapidly from one to the other.

CONT

The Flip Flop is a Free-Running Multivibrator. The circuit is self-starting and only one LED is on at a time. It is a free-running multivibrator(this means it does not stop) and we will describe its operation in a non-technical way. A free-running multivibrator is also called an astable multivibrator(meaning it has no stable states) and that is why it flips from one state to the other continuously.

OBS

... the astable multivibrator uses capacitor (ac) coupling between the transistor amplifier stages. Astable multivibrators have no stable state; ... This characteristic makes them useful as generators for producing repetitive waveforms of a triangular nature.

Key term(s)
  • free-running astable multivibrator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits oscillants et oscillateurs (Électronique)
  • Composants électrotechniques
DEF

Multivibrateur n'ayant aucune position d'équilibre stable.

OBS

[Dans le cas d'un] multivibrateur astable (ou auto-oscillateur), si le couplage est assuré par capacité, il conduit à un oscillateur qui produit un train continu d'oscillations rectangulaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Osciladores y circuitos oscilantes (Electrónica)
  • Componentes eléctricos
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Record 6 2001-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
  • Grain Growing
CONT

... physical means, such as "turning" bins and/or passing grain through cleaners, eliminate part of an infestation :free-running insects and larvae are killed by the mechanical action. In the milling industry, the entoleter, usually located just before the packaging equipment, uses impact to remove insects.... Other physical methods of control include : aeration, controlled atmosphere storage, heat, cold, and ionizing radiation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Les procédés physiques, comme le transilage du contenu des cellules et le tamisage du grain, permettent d'éliminer partiellement les infestations, car les insectes en mouvement et les larves sont tués par l'action mécanique. Dans l'industrie de la meunerie, le «Entoleter», situé habituellement juste avant l'équipement d'empaquetage, détruit les insectes par impact. [...] D'autres procédés physiques comprennent l'aération, l'entreposage en atmosphère contrôlée, la chaleur, le froid et les radiations ionisantes.

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
DEF

A cylindrical component located inside the VCR which holds the video heads, rotates at 1 800 rpm and is set at an angle.

CONT

The video head drum is free-running at slightly more than 30Hz; it drives the two video heads which are attached to the opposite ends of a flat metal bar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
CONT

Sur les magnétoscopes VHS, l'enregistrement des signaux vidéo s'effectue grâce à deux têtes magnétiques placées sur un tambour vidéo de 62 mm de diamètre autour duquel passe la bande.

Spanish

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Record 8 1992-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
OBS

Learning in Boltzmann Machines.... With none of the visible units clamped,... this distribution represents a free-running(unclamped) system in equilibrium at some temperature....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Si nous considérons (...) le mode de fonctionnement libre original du réseau (neuronal), c'est-à-dire le mode de fonctionnement où aucune unité n'est forcée au départ, nous en déduisons la nouvelle formulation du problème de l'apprentissage dans une machine de Boltzmann : il s'agit d'égaler les distributions de probabilités des états globaux du réseau observées en mode libre et en mode forcé.

Spanish

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Record 9 1989-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers
CONT

A free-running mode for gain-guided diode lasers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Tube V3301 is connected as a plate-coupled, free-running multivibrator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Ce tube est monté comme un multivibrateur à relaxation à couplage par la plaque

Spanish

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