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INHERENT DISTORTION [5 records]

Record 1 2009-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Transmission
  • Radioelectricity
  • Facsimile
DEF

Inherent distortion introduced in the process of quantization of a waveform.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission de données
  • Radioélectricité
  • Télécopie
DEF

Distorsion qui résulte de la quantification d'un signal original.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión de datos
  • Radioelectricidad
  • Facsímil
DEF

Ruido causado por errores en las aproximaciones en la cuantificación de la señal.

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Record 2 2005-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

... the paramount consideration is the welfare of the patient, and given good faith on the part of the doctor. I think the exercise of his discretion in the area of advice must depend upon the patient's overall needs. To be taken into account should be the gravity of the condition to be treated, the importance of the benefits expected to flow from the treatment or procedure, the need to encourage him to accept it, the relative significance of its inherent risks, the intellectual and emotional capacity of the patient to accept the information without such distortion as to prevent any rational decision at all, and the extent to which the patient may seem to have placed himself in his doctor's hands with the invitation that the latter accept on his behalf the responsability for intricate or technical decisions.

OBS

inherent risks: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • inherent risk

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

[ ... ]seul le common law canadien a apporté une distinction entre les aléas inhérents à une intervention particulière, que le médecin a l'obligation de révéler, et les risques inhérents à toute opération que le praticien peut garder sous silence. En d'autres termes, le médecin n'a pas à instruire le patient des risques qui sont de commune renommée.

OBS

risques inhérents; aléas inhérents : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • risque inhérent
  • aléa inhérent

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Photography
CONT

An alteration in magnification from the center of the field to any point in the field, measured in a radial direction from the center of the field. Some radial distortion is inherent in most optical systems, but can be reduced by proper design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Photographie
CONT

La distorsion radiale est due au fait que le grandissement linéaire n'est pas le même pour les rayons paraxiaux et pour les rayons éloignés de l'axe. Elle dépend de la position du diaphragme d'entrée vis à vis de l'objet, la lentille, et l'image.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

A sawtooth waveform, recurring at line frequency, introduced into the picture signal to compensate for inherent amplitude distortion in the camera output.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

Signal périodique à la fréquence de ligne, en forme de dents de scie, utilisé pour corriger la distorsion de luminance due au tube analyseur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Televisión (Radioelectricidad)
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Record 5 1984-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
DEF

Degree of output distortion when the applied input signal is undistorted. Note 1-By inherent distortion is meant the combination of the different types of distortion caused by the channel(bias, characteristic, etc.). Note 2-This notion may be extended to the constituent elements of a channel, such as telegraphy relay. Note 3-It will be necessary to specify in what conditions the channel is used(type of apparatus, modulation rate, manual or automatic keying, etc.) and to effect the modulation under these conditions. In particular the point of entry at which the distortionless modulation is applied and the terminal point where the distortion is measured should be defined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
DEF

Degré de distorsion à la sortie lorsque le signal est appliqué à l'entrée sans distorsion. Remarque 1 - Par distorsion propre, on entend la combinaison des différents types de distorsion causée par la voie (biaise, caractéristique, etc.). Remarque 2 - Cette notion s'étend à des éléments constitutifs de voie tels qu'un relais télégraphique. Remarque 3 - On devra spécifier dans quelle conditions la voie est utilisée (type d'appareil, rapidité de modulation, modulation manuelle ou automatique, etc.) et effectuer la modulation dans ces conditions. On précisera, en particulier, le point d'entrée où l'on applique la modulation sans distorsion et le point de sortie où l'on mesure la distorsion.

Spanish

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