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Record 1 2015-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

An equestrian event asking for speed and accuracy, in which the aim is, for the horse and rider, to jump a set course of fences, in the right order and without knocking them down, while working against the clock.

OBS

Show jumping competitions are held in an indoor or outdoor arena. The designer of the course can choose from a wide range of jumps that fall into three main categories: uprights, spreads and triples.

OBS

Show jumping has three main categories of competition : those which primarily test jumping ability but use time as the deciding factor in order to reach a final result; those which test jumping ability alone; and those which put a premium on speed and agility. Most competitions [fall] into the first category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Épreuve équestre alliant vitesse et précision dont l'objectif, pour le cavalier et sa monture, est de franchir tous les obstacles, dans l'ordre déterminé et sans les renverser, tout en courant contre la montre.

OBS

Les compétitions de saut d'obstacles peuvent se tenir sur une piste intérieure ou extérieure. Le concepteur du parcours choisit parmi une vaste gamme d'obstacles qui se divisent en trois principales catégories : les obstacles droits, les larges et les triples.

OBS

Le saut d'obstacles compte trois catégories d'épreuves : celle visant à déterminer l'habileté à sauter tout en utilisant le temps comme facteur déterminant; celle qui ne mesure que l'habilité à sauter; et celle qui insiste sur la vitesse et l'agilité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Juegos y competiciones (Deportes)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
CONT

Salto de obstáculos. La disciplina de saltos consiste en franquear a caballo un recorrido de varios obstáculos construidos con barras, sin cometer ninguna falta ni de rehúse ni de derribo. Las pruebas se disputan siguiendo varios baremos: contrarreloj, caza, potencia, con cronómetro, etcétera, y se clasifican en distintos grupos de acuerdo con las alturas, que oscilan entre 1,10 m y 1,60 m.

OBS

salto en pista; salto; salto hípico: términos utilizados generalmente en plural.

Key term(s)
  • saltos en pista
  • saltos
  • saltos hípicos
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Record 2 2013-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry
DEF

[An] examination process that studies genetic sequences in species.

CONT

Methods of identification used in cases of disasters must be scientifically sound [...] The primary and most reliable means of identification are fingerprint analysis, comparative dental analysis and DNA analysis.

OBS

Not to be confused with "DNA test. ""DNA analysis" is the main operation within a DNA test and is the actual studying of DNA composition once DNA is isolated.

Key term(s)
  • deoxyribonucleic acid analysis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Biologie moléculaire
  • Biochimie
CONT

Les méthodes d'identification utilisées en cas de catastrophe doivent être scientifiquement valables [...] Les méthodes fondamentales et les plus éprouvées sont l'analyse des empreintes digitales, l'analyse comparée des données dentaires et l'analyse d'ADN.

OBS

En pratique, les termes «analyse d'ADN» et «test d'ADN» sont souvent utilisés de façon interchangeable. Toutefois, il faut les distinguer : l'analyse est l'opération qui consiste à étudier la composition de l'ADN une fois l'ADN isolé tandis que le test d'ADN désigne l'ensemble des opérations dont l'analyse d'ADN fait partie.

Key term(s)
  • analyse de l'acide désoxyribonucléique

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

Instrumentation. - Two flow survey rakes ... were placed on the flat plate. The rakes were lent from NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, Ohio), where they were used as throat calibration rakes in the 10- by 10-ft supersonic wind tunnel. Each rake was 2 ft tall and had 16 total-pressure elements. Each rake was fitted with two hemispherical-tip five-hole probes for flow-angle measurements; these probes also incorporated static taps for instream static-pressure measurements.

CONT

Wind Tunnel Mechanical Technologist. … Key Activities. Under the supervision of the Uplands Facilities Operations Supervisor, the main duties will be to : Assist more experienced technicians to prepare test sections, instrumentation(i. e. cable routing, mounting hardware etc.) and model support systems for wind tunnel testing. Inspect, install, and maintain mechanical components such as model support struts, flow survey rakes and flow measurement devices; …

OBS

rake (peigne de mesure): A device consisting essentially of a row of pressure-measuring tubes or temperature-sensitive elements arranged like a rake or comb, used to sense the pressure or temperature at desired intervals in a fluid flow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

Le LEA [Laboratoire d'Études Aérodynamiques] traite de la mécanique des fluides, avec une vocation marquée pour l’étude des écoulements instationnaires turbulents ou non, dans l’hypothèse d’incompressibilité ou au contraire avec effets de compressibilité. Ses activités de recherche s’appuient traditionnellement sur des installations expérimentales conséquentes, et font fortement appel à des techniques de mesure et d’analyse diverses.

OBS

Ce «peigne» est destiné à mesurer la répartition des pressions instationnaires en écoulement interne.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
DEF

The use of the computer to manage teaching and learning in educational and training systems. The computer performs one or more of four main tasks :test marking/analysis/production; the routing of students/trainees through an individualised course of study; the keeping of classroom records; the writing of reports for teachers, trainees, etc.

CONT

... the NDP [National Development Programme] report considered that computer-assisted and computer-managed learning are "extremely high cost technologies and are the most expensive tools yet introduced into the teaching process..."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
DEF

Planification informatisée des objectifs d'apprentissage, par l'éducateur et par l'élève.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

One of the main objectives of the GCFR project is to contribute towards the development of the 50 MW Experimental Test and Demonstration Reactor(ETDR), which is designed to be the first gas cooled fast reactor to be constructed. The ETDR will be fuelled initially with "traditional" fast reactor MOX fuel in stainless cladding and will progressively test advanced GCFR fuels including dense(carbide/nitride) fuels contained in a ceramic matrix.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
DEF

[...] réacteur rapide gaz [mis au point par le Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA]) dédié essentiellement à la qualification du combustible [...]

OBS

Le REDT est un réacteur expérimental de petite puissance (30-50 MWth) conçu pour qualifier en conditions représentatives les combustibles, matériaux et autres technologies spécifiques du GFR, ainsi que pour en tester les principes de sûreté et les systèmes associés.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Instruments are installed for two purposes, one to display current conditions, the other to notify of unsatisfactory conditions... Certain system failures are immediately indicated on an annunciator panel on the main instrument panel. A master caution light and a light indicating the faulting system flash on. The master light may be reset to "Off, "but the indicating light will remain "On" until the fault is corrected or the equipment concerned is shut down. By resetting, the master caution light is ready to warn of a subsequent fault even before correction of the initial fault. A press to test light is available for testing the circuits in this system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

voyant de signalisation; voyant de mise en garde : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

voyant de signalisation : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

A thermal vacuum test on the first flight vehicle of the H-II Transfer Vehicle(HTV) has been carried out at the Spacecraft Integration and Test Building at the Tsukuba Space Center. The purpose of the test is to evaluate the thermal design of the structure and to verify its endurance in the harsh environment of space by stimulating the vacuum and thermal environment in space. Thermal vacuum test for the Pressurized Carrier and Unpressurized Carrier have already been completed, and the main part of Avionics Module and Propulsion Module combined is now in the 13-meter diameter space chamber for testing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

test de vide thermique : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale - CUTS.

Spanish

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Record 8 - external organization data 2008-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Defects and Failures
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

A failure of equipment, of a control device, of a component of a system, or a combination of such failures, that creates at the time of its occurrence during a test scenario the main abnormal condition, failure or transient that must be addressed by the candidate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défectuosités et pannes (Électronique)
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Panne d'une pièce d'équipement, d'un élément ou d'un dispositif de commande d'un système, ou combinaison de telles pannes, qui provoque, au moment où elle survient durant un examen sur simulateur, la principale condition anormale, panne ou perturbation de la centrale à laquelle le candidat doit faire face.

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

The propulsion system for the Ariane-5 launcher's cryogenic main stage operated successfully for 280 seconds(the nominal time authorised for a battleship tank configuration) in a test carried out on Thursday, 17 November 1994 in the launch zone at the Guiana Space centre(CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana.

Key term(s)
  • heavy walled tank
  • heavy-wall tank
  • heavy wall tank

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
DEF

Réservoir d'essai dont les parois sont plus épaisses.

CONT

1992, dans l'été, un réservoir lourd de l'étage central d'Ariane 5 est monté sur une structure support en métal et amené sur la zone de lancement pour des tests de compatibilité. Cette version Battle Ship BS sera équipé d'un moteur Vulcain et servira en 1994 pour des essais de mise à feu sur le pad.

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earth-based Stations
CONT

Satellite control terminal facility... Main tasks-Satellite station keeping, satellite health operation management, ground satellite control management, communication service monitoring management, in-orbit test and acceptance test management and enforcement, power supply system operation, maintenance, management, technical support to customers, consulting service, satellite communication and communication satellite system training, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations terriennes

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
CONT

Baudouin et al.(1992) assessed the possible ocular-protective effect of Ginkgo extract(EGb761) in rabbits. A model of periretinal proliferation was used to simulate retinal detachment by means of an immunologically-mediated inflammatory reaction, which in turn stimulated intra-ocular growth of vitreous stands. Their test followed observations of a possible immunologically-mediated activation of cell proliferation which they observed in specimens from human cases of periretinal proliferative disorders, which are the main cause of retinal-origin blindness. The researchers also found evidence of intravitreal macrophages and lymphocytes in the rabbits, indicating an immune-mdiated inflammatory response involved in the pathological state induced, and hypothesized in the etiology of proliferative retinal diseases in humans.

Key term(s)
  • immunologically mediated-inflammatory response
  • immunologically mediated inflammatory response
  • immune mediated inflammatory reaction
  • immune-mediated inflammatory reaction
  • immunologically mediated inflammatory reaction
  • immune mediated inflammatory response

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

Des souris immunisées dans le coussinet plantaire avec C.P. (Corynebacterium parvum) développent un mécanisme général capable de détruire les cellules tumorales de sensibilité générale aux antigènes de C.P. qui permet à une réaction inflammatoire à médiation immunologique de se concentrer au siège d'une injection de cellules tumorales ou dans le lit d'une tumeur établie, ce qui entraîne l'inhibition complète de la croissance des premières et la régression de la dernière.

OBS

réaction inflammatoire à médiation immunologique : terme tiré de la base de données PASCAL no : 76-0151428.

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
  • Optics
  • Scientific Instruments
CONT

What is the component needed to check the focal range of the eyepiece assembly? a. collimation bridge; b. [good answer:] diopter scope; c. detector probe.

CONT

Collimation and Diopter Scope - Binocular alignment of the NVD is performed with the Collimation Bridge. Eye Piece diopter range can be verified with the calibrated, full range Diopter Scope. (Optional). ... Collimation Bridge: Contains two beam combining prisms in rugged bridge for evaluation of goggle optical alignment. Allows left-to-right, right-to-left checking.

CONT

Test set infrared viewer... Matl :Main light source and console, gain probe, battery case, ac power cord, AN/AVS-6 adapter, diopter, collimation bridge, manual. Func : This portable NVG test instrument is used for evaluating performance of most goggles, it tests goggles and weapon sights.

OBS

collimation: the process by which a divergent beam of energy is converted into a parallel beam. [in French:] "collimation."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Optique
  • Instruments scientifiques
CONT

Radiothérapie de haute énergie. Dans ces unités de traitement, l'élément radioactif est confiné dans une capsule cylindrique scellée (diamètre : 2 cm), placée au centre d'un container de protection (plomb), muni d'un obturateur et d'un dispositif de collimation du faisceau.

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

The main objectives of the project were to test acoustic instrumentation for measuring sediment plume dynamics and to develop and refine procedures for monitoring movement of dredged material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Les principaux objectifs de ces observations étaient de tester des appareillages acoustiques pour mesurer la dynamique des sédiments en suspension dans la colonne d'eau à la suite des déversements et de développer une meilleure approche pour l'échantillonnage des déblais immergés.

Spanish

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Record 14 2001-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

The main objectives of the project were to test acoustic instrumentation for measuring sediment plume dynamics and to develop and refine procedures for monitoring movement of dredged material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Les principaux objectifs de ces observations étaient de tester des appareillages acoustiques pour mesurer la dynamique des sédiments en suspension dans la colonne d'eau à la suite des déversements et de développer une meilleure approche pour l'échantillonnage des déblais immergés.

Spanish

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Record 15 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Telecommunications
  • Data Transmission
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

The Inter-Orbit Communication(IOC) instrument is a technological experiment designed to provide a pre-operational inflight test and demonstration of the main functions, services and equipment typical of those required for a data relay system, namely : bi-directional, end-to-end data transmission between the user spacecraft and a dedicated ground station via a relay satellite in the 20/30 GHz frequency band; tracking of a data relay satellite; tracking of a user spacecraft; ranging services for orbit determination of a user spacecraft via a relay satellite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télécommunications
  • Transmission de données
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 16 2000-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The next ATV phase flights will include approach and landing tests from 1, 000m altitude. A next-generation Powered Test Vehicle is planned which will incorporate a Fastrac main engine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

Deux autres vols avec translation seront réalisés avec les essais de la version PTV (Powered Test Vehicle) dotée du moteur Fastrac de la NASA.

Spanish

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Record 17 2000-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gas and Oil Heating
  • Burners and Steamfitting
DEF

A test to determine if the smallest pilot capable of holding in the flame relay is large enough to safely light off the main burner.

OBS

turndown: the ratio of the maximum usable flow to the minimum controllable flow through a valve; usually somewhat less than the rangeability, as the maximum usable or required flow is usually less than the total flow capacity of a valve.

OBS

See record "valve turndown / marge de réglage effective."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage au gaz et au mazout
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
OBS

Voir la fiche «marge de réglage effective / valve turndown».

Spanish

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Record 18 1999-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Air Transport
OBS

The main effort at Warton is now concentrated on the single-aircraft Experimental Aircraft Program(EAP), which is a demonstrator to test technology for use in EFA, particularly the extensive use of carbon-fibre composite(CFC), active fly-by-wire controls and an advanced electronic cockpit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 19 1998-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
CONT

Test the effect of species of log, soil contact, insects, and diameter on the rate of log decomposition and release of nutrients... The experiments are being conducted at six sites located within intact old-growth Douglas-fir-western hemlock forests. The experimental design is a split-split plot in time. Each site represents a block, and log species is the main plot effect. Substrate layer(that is, inner bark, outer bark, sapwood, and heartwood) is the subplot effect. The plan is to resample logs annually for the first 5 years, and then spread out sampling over 2, 5 and 10 years as time passes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture

Spanish

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Record 20 1994-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Concrete
CONT

Test with fillerised sand. In view of the low fines content of the rolled sand, used in the main study, we added [...] a fillerised crushed sand of the same mineralogical origin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de béton
CONT

Essai avec un sable fillerisé. Compte tenu de la faible teneur en fines du sable roulé, utilisé dans l'étude principale, nous avons ajouté [...] un sable concassé fillerisé de même origine minéralogique.

Spanish

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Record 21 1986-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Air Safety
CONT

To enable the test crew to eject, should any serious problems arise, Piaggio has fitted a pyrotechnics-based emergency escape system... designed to blow the main door hinges and sequentially shoot the pilot's and copilot's seats back level with the door opening.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
CONT

Pour permettre à l'équipage d'essai de s'éjecter de l'avion si des problèmes graves survenaient, Piaggio a installé un système d'évacuation d'urgence à dispositif pyrotechnique (...) qui sectionnera les charnières de la porte principale et fera reculer de manière séquentielle les sièges du pilote et du copilote pour les placer face à la porte.

Spanish

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Record 22 1984-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

Mechanical tests on Meteosat were the main test activities at CNES Toulouse. Improvements were made on the motion system of SIMLES(a testing device) to accommodate a test specimen requiring precise attitude levelling to test the heat pipe performance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace

Spanish

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Record 23 1981-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

(...) the main Qualification Test(QT) [for the new F/A-18] was passed by 30 July 1979, broadly confirming all performance characteristics for production engines(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

L'épreuve principale de qualification s'est achevée le 30 juillet 1979 (...)

Spanish

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