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FUSION CENTER [3 records]

Record 1 2023-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermonuclear fusion
  • Plasma Physics
CONT

One application... is the use of laser-driven proton beams to ignite a fast-ignition(FI) target(in fast ignition, a pulse of energy is fired into the center of the compressed fusion fuel to ignite the fusion reaction).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fusion thermonucléaire
  • Physique des plasmas
DEF

Allumage par point chaud effectué au moyen de deux impulsions laser successives, la première comprimant la cible de fusion inertielle, la seconde, plus puissante et très brève, étant convertie au niveau de la cible en un faisceau d'électrons qui se propagent vers le centre de celle-ci et allument le plasma.

OBS

allumage rapide : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 2 février 2023.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Emergency Management
OBS

The Homeland Infrastructure Threat and Risk Analysis Center(HITRAC) is the Department [of Homeland Security's] infrastructure-intelligence fusion center... HITRAC creates actionable risk-informed analysis for federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, private sector and international partners.

Key term(s)
  • Homeland Infrastructure Threat and Risk Analysis Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités gouvernementaux non canadiens
  • Gestion des urgences
Key term(s)
  • Homeland Infrastructure Threat and Risk Analysis Centre

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

An epiphyseal center which is partially or completely buried in the metaphysis, and usually with the shape of a cone, seen in many dysostoses and dysplasias. [From PAROE, 1972, pp. 63, 64.]

OBS

A ball and socket configuration is similar except that the center is more rounded than cone-shaped, and results from acquired central fusion of the distal femoral growth plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Déformation en pointe de la partie métaphysaire de l'épiphyse, qui s'enfonce dans la métaphyse déformée en «V»; cet aspect est évocateur de nombreuses dysostoses et dysplasies, mais peut être rencontré chez le sujet normal. [D'après EMSQU, 30320, A10, s.d., p. 7.]

OBS

source d : EMSQU, 30320, A10, s.d., p. 7.

Spanish

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