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FUNDAMENTAL FACTOR [5 records]

Record 1 2025-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Climatology
DEF

The ability of plants to either postpone dehydration or tolerate dehydration during a period of drought such that damage is prevented, reduced, or repaired.

CONT

Most species of plants can survive short dry periods without serious injury, but a prolonged period of soil water deficiency is highly injurious or lethal to all except those species of plants with a well-developed capacity for drought resistance... A fundamental factor in the drought resistance of plants therefore appears to be a capacity of the cells to endure a substantial reduction in their water content without suffering injury.

Key term(s)
  • SUSTAGRIDUR2025

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Climatologie
DEF

Capacité d'une plante à retarder la déshydratation ou à la tolérer pendant une période de sécheresse, qui lui permet d'empêcher ou de réduire les dommages qui en découlent ou d'y remédier.

Key term(s)
  • résistance à la sècheresse

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Climatología
DEF

Capacidad de [resistir] desecación.

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Record 2 2012-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

European Payload. [The core of the] ACES(Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space) [project] is a laser-cooled caesium atomic clock(Pharao), which exploits the microgravity conditions onboard the Space Station... Pharao will improve clock frequency stability and accuracy by a factor of 100 compared with the best measurements currently achievable on Earth, opening up new opportunities in various fields of fundamental research and applications. This ultra-precise measurement of time will allow relativistic measurements and tests, applications in atmospheric physics and geodesy, navigation and advanced telecommunications.

OBS

Pharao; laser-cooled caesium atomic clock: terms officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

Pour tester la Relativité générale dans le système solaire, le CNES [Centre national d'études spatiales] développera d'abord de nouveaux outils de métrologie temps - fréquence (tels que ceux du projet d'horloge atomique à atomes refroidis PHARAO, installé en 2005 sur la station spatiale et dont l'exactitude et la stabilité atteindront 10-16 par jour), ainsi que des techniques de transfert de temps ultra précis.

OBS

Pharao; horloge atomique à atomes refroidis : termes uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The fourth factor is the nature of the interest affected. This involves the right of parents to choose the language in which their children will be educated. Despite the importance some have sought to attribute to this right, it must be noted that neither in Canada nor abroad is this regarded as a fundamental right.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Le quatrième facteur est la nature du droit touché. Il s'agit ici de la possibilité, pour les parents, de choisir la langue d'instruction de leurs enfants. Malgré l'importance que certains voudraient attribuer à ce droit, force est de constater que ni au Canada, ni à l'étranger, ce droit n'est considéré comme un droit fondamental.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Fatty Substances (Food)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
CONT

In the food industry, controlling crystallization is a key factor in quality as it relates to texture, with some foods requiring the promotion of crystallization and others its prevention.... Crystallization in Foods covers fundamental principles in ice, sugar, and lipid crystallization, and their applications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Corps gras (Ind. de l'aliment.)
  • Techniques industrielles
DEF

Phénomène par lequel un corps gras se solidifie en passant à l'état de cristaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Substancias grasas (Industria alimentaria)
  • Procesos y técnicas industriales
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Record 5 1981-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioelectricity
  • Audio Technology
CONT

The [DFM] meter indicates the distortion factor, which is the ratio of the rms total distortion to the amplitude of the fundamental frequency, including harmonics.

OBS

A common measurement is total harmonic distortion(thd) where the fundamental of a very low distortion sine-wave test signal is removed by a steep notch filter. The summed harmonics that remain are then measured as a voltage of the fundamental at the required test power of the amplifier.(When measured in this manner the term thd is not really correct since the distortion also has the amplifier noise added to it within the test passband. The correct term is distortion factor).(GRAEL, 1977, p. 326).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radioélectricité
  • Électroacoustique
CONT

[Dans le Teac AS M50] les taux de distorsion restent très faibles quelle que soit la puissance, et (...) la décroissance des amplitudes dans l'analyse du spectre de distorsion par harmoniques est régulière.

Spanish

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