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FUNDAMENTAL POWER [15 records]

Record 1 2025-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geothermal Power Plants
  • Geothermal Energy
CONT

The double-flash steam plant is an improvement on the single-flash design that can produce 15-20% more power output for the same geothermal fluid conditions. The plant is more complex, more costly, and requires more maintenance, but the extra power output often justifies the installation of such plants.... Triple-flash plants add another stage of flashing, thereby further raising the efficiency of exergy utilization but at the expense of increased complexity, more equipment, and higher capital costs.... many aspects of double-and triple-flash plants are similar to a single-flash plant... The fundamental new feature is one or two additional flash processes imposed on the separated liquid leaving the primary separator in order to generate additional steam, albeit at lower pressures than the primary steam.

Key term(s)
  • triple flash steam power plant
  • triple flash steam plant
  • triple flash plant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales géothermiques
  • Énergie géothermique
OBS

Centrale géothermique employant trois étapes de vaporisation instantanée dans la production d'électricité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Satellite Telecommunications
DEF

Communication by means of a space system.

CONT

Finally, the FORCEnet concept requires the flexible, low-latency, worldwide communications that are only enabled by space-based communications capabilities. Each of the major concepts of Sea Power 21 is thus critically dependent on space-based communications, and a review of the specific elements within Sea Power 21 reveals that most of them carry fundamental dependence on space-based communications systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications par satellite
DEF

Télécommunication assurée à l'aide d'un système spatial.

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation and Interpretation
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

At the heart of machine translation and generative AI translation lies a fundamental distinction in their approach to translating text. MT relies on a rule-based approach, utilizing a vast database of parallel translation pairs to identify patterns and translate text accordingly.... In contrast, GenAI translation harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to generate human-quality translations. GenAI models are trained on massive amounts of text data, allowing them to learn the intricacies of language and generate translations that capture the subtleties of meaning, cultural nuances, and stylistic nuances.

Key term(s)
  • 10492612
  • IAGENAI25

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction et interprétation
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

La traduction par IA générative se fonde sur de grands ensembles de données textuelles, contrairement à la traduction automatique qui a plutôt recours à des bases de données de textes parallèles.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gymnastics and Trampoline
  • Dance
DEF

… an acrobatic move in which the performer alternates balancing the torso between either arm while swinging the [straddled] legs beneath in continuous circles.

OBS

It is a fundamental b-boying power move, and in gymnastics, it may be performed on a pommel horse or during the floor exercise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gymnastique et trampoline
  • Danse

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
CONT

Where a decision is contested on the basis that the administrative body's exercise of the delegated power is vitiated by the violation of a fundamental right, the only way to determine whether the infringement of the constitutional standard is justified is to consider the fundamental rights in issue and how they have been applied.

CONT

... notice and participation are not required to satisfy the minimal constitutional norm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
CONT

Lorsqu'on attaque une décision en prétendant que l'exercice par l'organisme administratif du pouvoir délégué est vicié du fait de la violation d'un droit fondamental, seule une analyse des droits fondamentaux en cause et de la manière dont ils ont été mis en œuvre permet de déterminer si la violation de la norme constitutionnelle est justifiée.

CONT

[...] le préavis et la participation ne sont pas requis pour satisfaire à la norme constitutionnelle minimale.

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
  • Military Strategy
CONT

Strategic aerospace doctrine in the CF [Canadian Forces] expresses fundamental and enduring principles that describe and guide the proper application of aerospace power. Because of its fundamental and enduring nature, strategic doctrine provides broad and continuing guidance on how aerospace forces are best organized and employed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
  • Stratégie militaire
CONT

La doctrine aérospatiale stratégique des FC [Forces canadiennes] se veut l’expression des principes fondamentaux et durables qui décrivent et guident l’utilisation adéquate de la puissance aérospatiale. En raison de sa nature fondamentale et durable, la doctrine stratégique assure un encadrement flexible et permanent de l’organisation et de l’emploi optimal des forces aérospatiales.

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

The application of nanoscale scientific concepts and principles to the study of biological and biomedical structures and systems.

CONT

Nanobiology combines the ideas and theories of nanoscience and the materials and tools of nanotechnology with those of biology at the nanoscale(10[ to the minus 9 power] meters) level. The ability to observe, analyze, understand, and eventually manipulate biological systems at the sub-cellular and even molecular scales holds great promise for various branches of biology(for example, biochemistry, molecular, sub-cellular and structural biologies) and opens the way for important scientific contributions ranging from the development of new bio-imaging devices and sensors to the synthesis and characterization of novel bionanomaterials to advances in the theory, modeling and simulation of diverse nanoscale biological and fundamental life processes.

Key term(s)
  • bio-nanoscience
  • bio nanoscience
  • nano-biology
  • nano biology
  • nano bioscience

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Domaine de la nanoscience qui s'intéresse à la biologie et plus spécifiquement au comportement d'éléments qui entrent dans la composition d'organismes vivants, dans le but de créer des matériaux ou des dispositifs dotés de propriétés novatrices.

CONT

La nanobiologie est une science visant à exploiter des principes biologiques à l'échelle nanométrique, notamment en créant des dispositifs liant la vie à une machine. On pourrait, par exemple, propulser un nanorobot à l'aide d'un flagelle ou d'une hélice alimentée avec de l'ATP [adénosine triphosphate], permettant la création de nanorobots pouvant se nourrir de l'environnement cellulaire.

Key term(s)
  • nano bioscience
  • nano-bioscience
  • bio-nanoscience
  • bio nanoscience
  • nano-biologie
  • nano biologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física atómica
  • Ciencias biológicas
DEF

[...] campo de la investigación que surge como una interfase entre las nanociencias y las ciencias biológicas [y que] se focaliza en fenómenos biológicos, bio-mímica y materiales bioinspirados, al nivel de la nanoescala.

CONT

[…] la nanobiociencia está relacionada a una actividad multidisciplinaria dentro de la cual se estudian los fenómenos físicos, químicos y biológicos, entre otros, a escala nanométrica.

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Record 8 2009-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measurements of Electricity
OBS

fundamental power : term standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission(IEC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures de grandeurs électriques
OBS

puissance fondamentale : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI).

Spanish

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Record 9 2008-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
DEF

A government defined by the existence of a constitution — which may be a legal instrument or merely a set of fixed norms or principles generally accepted as the fundamental law of the polity — that effectively controls the exercise of political power.

OBS

Statute cited: Emergency Management Act.

PHR

Continuity of the constitutional government.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
DEF

Gouvernement dont les pouvoirs sont délimités par une constitution.

OBS

Entendus dans leur sens général, les termes «État» et «gouvernement» ne sont pas interchangeables. Toutefois, ces mêmes termes lorsqu'ils sont qualifiés par l'adjectif «constitutionnel» s'entendent au sens de «ensemble des pouvoirs publics» et renvoient par conséquent à la même notion.

OBS

Loi citée : Loi sur la gestion des urgences.

PHR

Continuité du gouvernement constitutionnel.

PHR

Continuité de l'État constitutionnel.

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Physics
  • Scientific Research Methods
  • Physics of Solids
CONT

The Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3 is an Exploration Systems’ transition flight experiment in the Human System Research and Technology area. BCAT-3 provides a unique opportunity to explore fundamental physics and simultaneously develop important future technology, including computers operating on light, complex biomolecular pharmaceuticals, clean sources of geothermal power, and novel rocket engines for interplanetary travel. These studies depend entirely on the microgravity environment provided by the International Space Station(ISS) ;in all other locations accessible to science, gravity dominates and precludes investigation of any other effects of interest. The experiment itself [consists of] photographing samples of colloidal particles with a digital camera onboard the ISS. Colloids are tiny nanoscale spheres of plexiglass a thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair(submicron radius) that are suspended in a fluid. They are ubiquitous(e. g., milk, smoke, and paint) and therefore interesting to study directly. Colloids are also small enough that they behave much like atoms and so can be used to model all sorts of phenomena because their size, shape, and interactions can be controlled. The 10 samples in BCAT-3 are made from the same ingredients, each a recipe with different proportions, and are grouped into three experiments : critical point, binary alloy, and surface crystallization. [Text followed by an illustration of a BCAT-3 sample holder. ]

CONT

BCAT-3 is comprised of three separate experiments, which are individually referred to as a binary alloy (BCAT-3-BA), surface crystallization (BCAT-3-SC) and critical point (BCAT-3-CP). The critical point investigation is continuing with additional samples on future ISS [International Space Station] expeditions and will be referred to as Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 4. BCAT-4 will consist of two sets of samples referred to as BCAT - 3 and 4: Critical Point (BCAT-3-4-CP) and BCAT-4:Polydisperse (BCAT-4-Poly). ... The Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3 (BCAT-3) hardware supported three investigations in which ISS crews photographed samples of colloidal particles (tiny nanoscale spheres suspended in liquid) to document liquid/gas phase changes, growth of binary crystals, and the formation of colloidal crystals confined to a surface. Colloids are small enough that in a microgravity environment without sedimentation and convection, they behave much as atoms and so can be used to model all sorts of phenomena because their size, shape, and interactions can be controlled. The BCAT-3 payload consists of ten small samples of colloid alloys in which the microscopic colloid particles are mixed together into a liquid. These ten samples are contained within a small case that is the size of a school textbook. At the start of an experiment run, all ten samples are shaken to completely remix the colloid samples, much in the same way that salad dressing must be shaken to remix oil and vinegar. After the samples are mixed, what remains is periodically photographed using a digital camera until the colloid and liquid components of those samples have separated or the polymers have formed crystals. The samples can be remixed to repeat the experiment. The ten samples in BCAT-3 were selected as part of three separate experiments examining different physical processes: critical point, binary alloys, and surface crystallization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique spatiale
  • Méthodes de recherche scientifique
  • Physique des solides
OBS

Contexte: recherches en microgravité sur les structures colloïdales; test avec alliages binaires (c'est-à-dire composés de deux éléments) mis à l'état colloïdal.

OBS

test BACT (croissance d'alliages binaires à partir de particules colloïdales en suspension) : il faut articuler le syntagme pour rendre compte de la réalité du texte où il est question de la croissance de cristaux binaires qui se développent à partir de particules colloïdales en suspension dans un liquide.

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Committees and Boards (Admin.)
OBS

Under the Federal Constitution, the Nationalrat, jointly with the Bundesrat, exercises the legislative power at federal level. The Members of the Nationalrat are elected by the people; the Federal Constitutional Act, the State Treaty and the First Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms stipulate the following principles governing elections : All Austrian citizens-irrespective of their sex, class, property, education, religious creed, etc.-having reached voting age are entitled to vote and to be elected. Exclusion from general suffrage is possible only as the consequence of a court conviction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Comités et commissions (Admin.)

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

The time average of the instantaneous power passing through a given transverse cross-section of a transmission line in an interval equal to the fundamental period.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

Moyenne, pendant une période, de la puissance instantanée d'une onde électromagnétique périodique qui traverse une section droite donnée d'une ligne de transmission.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
DEF

Para una onda periódica, tiempo medio de la potencia instantánea que pasa a través de una sección transversal determinada de una línea de transmisión en un intervalo equivalente al período fundamental.

OBS

En una línea de transmisión.

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Record 13 2002-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tactical Operations (Air Forces)
  • Air Defence
DEF

Fundamental principles designed to provide guidance for the employment of air power in tactical air operations to attain established objectives.

OBS

tactical air doctrine: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations tactiques (Forces aériennes)
  • Défense aérienne
DEF

Principes fondamentaux servant de guide à l'emploi des moyens aériens dans les opérations aériennes tactiques, en vue d'atteindre des objectifs donnés.

OBS

doctrine tactique aérienne : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones tácticas (Fuerzas aéreas)
  • Defensa aérea
DEF

Principios fundamentales por los que se rige el empleo de los medios aéreos en las operaciones aerotácticas a fin de conseguir los objetivos establecidos.

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Record 14 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Environmental Law
CONT

This is the fundamental case for us humans to do everything within our power to retain the norms of Earth at almost any(temporary) hardship or cost.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Droit environnemental
CONT

Pourtant, bien que ces normes planétaires aient elles-mêmes donné naissance à l'espèce humaine dans le cadre de processus naturels, il semble bien que la destruction délibérée ou inconsciente de la riche biodiversité de vastes régions de la planète, dans un laps de temps extrêmement court (quelques siècles), constitue un écart inhabituel par rapport à ces normes.

Spanish

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Record 15 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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