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HARMONIC COMPONENT [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

A depreciation... used when referring to the life applicable to an entire category or plant account wherein the average is the harmonic or reciprocal average of the component groups.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Any of the simple sinusoidal components into which a periodic quantity may be resolved.

CONT

Here, we apply the theory of poroelasticity to predict the magnitude and phase of tidally induced temperature and velocity signals at the seafloor relative to each harmonic component of the ocean tide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Chacune des variations élémentaires du niveau de l'eau s'appelle une composante harmonique. La représentation de ces ondes (amplitude en fonction de la fréquence de l'onde considérée) constitue le spectre de marée déterminé à partir des élévations dans le temps du niveau des océans en un point donné.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Uno de los elementos armónicos en una expresión matemática de la fuerza productora de la marea y en las fórmulas correspondientes para la marea o corriente de marea.

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