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Record 1 2023-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
CONT

Multiplication of a sparse matrix with a dense matrix is a building block of an increasing number of applications in many areas such as machine learning and graph algorithms.

OBS

dense matrix: The plural form is "dense matrices" or "dense matrixes."

Key term(s)
  • dense matrices
  • dense matrixes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas para computación
CONT

Aunque no hay una definición precisa de matriz dispersa, podríamos definir las matrices dispersas como aquellas que tienen un número de coeficientes nulos suficientemente grande como para poder obtener ventaja de ello. Por contraposición, a las matrices que no son dispersas se las llama matrices densas.

OBS

matriz densa: El plural de "matriz densa" es "matrices densas".

Key term(s)
  • matrices densas
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Record 2 2023-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Environmental Management
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

The [study] will... provide an opportunity to present a "characterization matrix" approach to enable a more effective operational determination of what constitute large-scale and small-scale fisheries. This will allow for greater cross-comparability between the... case studies. The characterization matrix, which constitutes a flexible and case-by-case method to describe different categories of fisheries, will be tested using information from a number of regions, covering both marine and inland fisheries.

Key term(s)
  • characterisation matrix

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Pêche commerciale
CONT

L'étude [...] donnera [...] la possibilité de proposer une «matrice de caractérisation» pour permettre une détermination opérationnelle plus efficace de la notion de pêche artisanale et de pêche commerciale. Cela permettra une plus grande comparabilité entre les études de cas de l'étude. La matrice de caractérisation, qui constitue une méthode souple et au cas par cas pour décrire les différentes catégories de pêche, sera testée avec des informations provenant d'un certain nombre de régions et concernant à la fois les pêches marines et continentales.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Colaboración con la FAO
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Pesca comercial
CONT

La matriz de caracterización, que constituye un método flexible y que tiene en cuenta cada caso para describir las diferentes categorías de la pesca, se probará empleando información de una serie de regiones, que abarque tanto la pesca marina como la continental.

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Record 3 2022-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coils and Windings (Electrical Components)
CONT

Overall current density... means the total number of ampere-turns in the coil... divided by the total cross-section of the coil(comprising the superconducting filaments, the metallic matrix in which the superconducting filaments are embedded, the encapsulating material, any cooling channels, etc.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bobines et bobinage (Composants électrotechniques)

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Modelling (Mathematics)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

[The study] recommends the use of stage-structured models in which stages are embedded within age classes. This effectively increases the number of stages in a model. Such a population matrix can be constructed if one collects information on the stage of individuals in addition to age in order to construct a life table in which individuals are categorized into different age and stage classes. This approach is also useful when life history strategies are complex or when they do not exhibit age-dependent changes in vital rates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Modélisation (Mathématique)
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Protection of Farm Animals
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

The horizontal axis of each matrix lists five main categories of habitat use : breeding, nesting, reproduction[;] feeding, foraging[;] cover, resting, roosting, basking, and loafing[;] wintering[;] staging(for birds only). Each separate use of a habitat type by a species was recorded as one habitat use unit(i. e., the habitat use unit is not the number of species using a habitat, but the number of individual ways in which the habitat is used. For example Mallard feeding, Mallard nesting, and Mallard loafing in one habitat type would equal three habitat use units).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Protection des animaux (Agric.)
  • Comportement animal
OBS

unité d'utilisation de l'habitat : désignation approuvée par le Comité de terminologie d'Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
OBS

Trademark for a series of synthetic ion-exchange resins made from styrene divinylbenzene copolymers, having a large number of ionizable or functional groups attached to this hydrocarbon matrix.

OBS

A trademark of The Dow Chemical Company.

Key term(s)
  • Dowex

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
OBS

Nom déposé pour des résines échangeuses d'ions. La plus connue ou Dowex-50 sert à séparer les métaux de terres rares, le zirconium du hafnium, à adoucir les eaux, etc.

OBS

Marque de commerce de The Dow Chemical Company.

Key term(s)
  • Dowex

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Banks and Databases
OBS

matrix : An ordered, hierarchical arrangement of data elements(words or numbers), each element of which requires a number of identifiers equal to the number of dimensions in the matrix.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banques et bases de données
OBS

Dont le déterminant est différent de zéro. C'est le contraire d'une matrice singulière.

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

Chromatography in which the adsorptive force is provided by molecules adhering to the surface of a solid packed in a column, spread as a thin film on a glass or plastic sheet, or as a coating inside a tube; the various components move through the stationary phase at different velocities, according to their degree of attraction to it, and are deposited at specific sites on the adsorbent.

CONT

Adsorption chromatography offers a powerful enzyme recovery technique as the relative specificity of interaction of the matrix used enables concentration and partial purification to be effected simultaneously. A number of examples exist where this method has been used very successfully in the initial recovery of extracellular enzymes on a large scale. However, most of those examples involve high cost enzymes, that is those required for research or analytical purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Type de chromatographie dont le processus élémentaire est constitué par un cycle d'adsorption-désorption; il se répète en principe de grain en grain à mesure que le fluide mobile progresse le long du solide.

CONT

La chromatographie en phase liquide est une méthode physique dans laquelle les composants à séparer sont répartis en deux phases : une «phase stationnaire», constituée d'un lit de matériaux au travers duquel s'infiltre une «phase mobile». On distingue différents modes suivant la nature de la phase stationnaire et le processus de séparation. [...] La chromatographie d'adsorption, la chromatographie de partage, la chromatographie par échange d'ions et [la chromatographie d'affinité].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
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Record 9 2009-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

Spurious signals become more important as the number of interrogated magnetic cores increases. In computer memories it is usual practice to wind the reading wire of a core matrix in such a way that unwanted effects cancel out to the maximum possible extent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
CONT

[Dans une mémoire à tores], la commande et la lecture de l'état magnétique du tore [...] sont assurées par des fils conducteurs constituant la matrice.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
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Record 10 - external organization data 2007-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Law
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

The CNSC' s regulatory document framework is based on a matrix of CNSC-designated service lines against the CNSC-established safety areas and associated programs. The framework was created with a number of high-priority documents using a risk-informed ranking approach.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit nucléaire
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Le cadre d'élaboration des documents d'application de la réglementation repose sur une matrice des secteurs d'activités réglementés par rapport aux domaines de sûreté établis par la CCSN et les programmes connexes. Il est formé d'un certain nombre de documents à priorité élevée, suivant une démarche de classement fondée sur le risque.

Spanish

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Record 11 2006-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
CONT

A covariance matrix is generated using the echo returns. The presence of at least one target within a single range cell is detected. A plurality of consecutive pulses are transmitted in a direction of the single range cell within a sufficiently short period so that at least one target remains within the single range cell while the plurality of consecutive pulses are transmitted. An echo signal is sampled from each of the plurality of pulses. An updated covariance matrix is estimated each time the echo signal is sampled. An eigenvalue decomposition is updated each time the covariance matrix is updated. The number of targets in the single range cell is estimated, based on the updated eigenvalue decomposition.

OBS

covariance matrix: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
CONT

La matrice de covariance permet d'obtenir une description des propriétés diffusantes de la cible.

OBS

matrice de covariance : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 12 - external organization data 2006-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
31.02.18 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

matrix used to record the number of correct and incorrect classifications of tentative examples by a set of rules

OBS

confusion matrix: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-31:1997].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
31.02.18 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

grille sur laquelle on enregistre le nombre d'exemples provisoires qui ont été classés correctement ou incorrectement lors de l'application d'un ensemble de règles

OBS

grille de correction; matrice de confusion : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-31:1997].

Spanish

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Record 13 2004-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
OBS

[Factor scores relate to] individual values of co-varying variables belonging to a cluster of variables ... in factor analysis.

CONT

If you perform a principal components analysis on a correlation matrix in SYSTAT, there are a number of relationships between component loadings, factor scores and eigenvalues that might be of interest in your analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
CONT

L'analyse en composantes principales (ACP) est une technique mathématique permettant de réduire un système complexe de corrélations en un plus petit nombre de dimensions. [...] Les scores des sujets peuvent également être calculés. Il s'agit en fait de leurs coordonnées dans l'espace décrit par les facteurs. Le tableau suivant fournit les scores factoriels (ou factorisés) de chacun des individus avant et après rotation.

Spanish

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Record 14 2004-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
CONT

Principal components analysis (PCA) is a widely used multivariate analysis method, the general aim of which is to reveal systematic covariations among a group of variables. ... there are a number of ... properties of the components that can be derived: - variances of each component, and the proportion of the total variance of the original variables are given by the eigenvalues; - component scores may be calculated, that illustrate the value of each component at each observation; - component loadings that describe the correlation between each component and each variable may also be obtained; ...

CONT

The PCA (principal components analysis) was performed to reduce the 240-intercorrelated weather variables into a small number of linearly independent component variables, which explain much of the variance within the original dataset. Component loadings were calculated, which express the correlation between the original weather variables and the newly formed components. The number of principal components, of which the eigenvalue was greater than one, was retained to calculate component scores. Days with similar meteorological situations tend to exhibit approximately similar component scores.

CONT

If you perform a principal components analysis on a correlation matrix in SYSTAT, there are a number of relationships between component loadings, factor scores and eigenvalues that might be of interest in your analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
OBS

Obtenir des données numériques relatives à l'ACP [analyse en composantes principales]. La fenêtre session affiche les valeurs propres et les «loadings» ou «coefficients des variables». On peut obtenir les scores des individus en utilisant le bouton «Stockage» de la fenêtre de dialogue de l'ACP.

OBS

La matrice suivante est identifiée par SPSS [nom d'un logiciel d'analyse] comme étant la «Factor Matrix» et elle correspond à la matrice des poids factoriels («factor loadings») avant rotation.

OBS

Analyse en composantes principales. [...] faites défiler l'écran vers les résumés contenant les coordonnées, parfois appelées poids («loadings»). Les coordonnées informent sur le degré de corrélation entre les composantes (en colonnes) et les bandes originelles (en lignes).

OBS

Saturation aij [(en anglais :] «factor loading») : Corrélation entre une variable originale i et une composante j, indique le poids de chaque variable dans la composante ou (une fois mise au carré) la proportion de variance partagée. Chaque composante est donc interprétée d'après les variables originales avec lesquelles elle présente de fortes saturations (ou partage beaucoup de variance), en tenant compte de leur force et de leur direction. L'interprétation se base en général sur les saturations après rotation.

Spanish

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Record 15 2004-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
CONT

Principal components analysis (PCA) is a widely used multivariate analysis method, the general aim of which is to reveal systematic covariations among a group of variables. ... there are a number of ... properties of the components that can be derived: - variances of each component, and the proportion of the total variance of the original variables are are given by the eigenvalues; - component scores may be calculated, that illustrate the value of each component at each observation; - component loadings that describe the correlation between each component and each variable may also be obtained; ...

CONT

The PCA (principal components analysis) was performed to reduce the 240-intercorrelated weather variables into a small number of linearly independent component variables, which explain much of the variance within the original dataset. Component loadings were calculated, which express the correlation between the original weather variables and the newly formed components. The number of principal components, of which the eigenvalue was greater than one, was retained to calculate component scores. Days with similar meteorological situations tend to exhibit approximately similar component scores.

OBS

If you perform a principal components analysis on a correlation matrix in SYSTAT, there are a number of relationships between component loadings, factor scores and eigenvalues that might be of interest in your analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
OBS

Obtenir des données numériques relatives à l'ACP [analyse en composantes principales]. La fenêtre session affiche les valeurs propres et les «loadings» ou «coefficients des variables». On peut obtenir les scores des individus en utilisant le bouton «Stockage» de la fenêtre de dialogue de l'ACP.

OBS

L'analyse en composantes principales (ACP) est une technique mathématique permettant de réduire un système complexe de corrélations en un plus petit nombre de dimensions. [...] Les scores des sujets peuvent également être calculés. Il s'agit en fait de leurs coordonnées dans l'espace décrit par les facteurs. Le tableau suivant fournit les scores factoriels (ou factorisés) de chacun des individus avant et après rotation.

Spanish

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Record 16 2004-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
CONT

The component scores for each day are computed and the 2873 by 6 data matrix are used in the clustering analysis. To determine the number of clusters that are [used] in the k-means procedure, the pseudo-F and pseudo-T2 statistics are used as guide lines(Davis and Kalkstein, 1990). The pseudo-F statistic describes the ratio of between cluster variance to within cluster variance. Peaks in the pseudo-F statistic are indicators of greater cluster separation. Pseudo-T2 quantifies the difference between the two clusters that are merged at a given step. Thus, if a given cluster(k) solution gives a jump in the pseudo-T2 statistic, than the k+1 cluster solution in selected as the optimal cluster. Any cluster represented with more than 20 percent of the total number of days would then be sub-clustered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
CONT

À chaque permutation, une matrice de variables ajustées a été obtenue de par application de la procédure de régression [choisie]. Une statistique pseudo-F a été calculée pour chacune des matrices permutées [...]

Spanish

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Record 17 2004-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
  • Computer Display Technology
  • Micrographics
DEF

Character image on a VDT display screen that is represented by an appropriate number and location of dots within a defined cell or matrix of dot positions.

Key term(s)
  • dot-matrix character
  • matrix character

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
  • Micrographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipografía (Caracteres)
  • Técnicas de visualización (Computadoras)
  • Micrografía
DEF

Carácter que se obtiene, en una pantalla de visualización o en una impresora, mediante una matriz de puntos.

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Record 18 2003-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A matrix used to record the number of correct and incorrect classifications of tentative examples by a set of rules.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Grille sur laquelle on enregistre le nombre d'exemples provisoires qui ont été classés correctement ou incorrectement lors de l'application d'un ensemble de règles.

Spanish

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Record 19 2001-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

There are tow types of matrix multiplication : scalar-by-matrix multiplication and matrix-by-matrix multiplication. As a noun, a scalar is a single number or scale factor that all the matrix elements are multiplied by in scalar multiplication. This is used to scale down all the elements of a matrix in equal proportion. In graphics, this is used on row and column vectors that represent points in space. It moves a point radially toward or away from the origin(0, 0, 0). This is often done to put the values of x, y, and z within a range that graphics routines can more easily handle, especially when integer arithmetic is being performed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 20 1999-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Audio Technology
DEF

the whole number or records made at one time [from a matrix by compression or injection molding].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Ensemble des copies d'un disque enregistré, obtenues à partir d'un même original.

OBS

tirage : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 21 1998-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
DEF

The rank of a matrix A is the number of nonzero rows in the reduced row echelon form of A.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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Record 22 1996-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

The coat of the HIV virion bears numerous viral proteins "spikes" that project into the external medium. Each spike probably consists of four molecules of a protein called gp120 on the outside and the same number of gp41 embedded in the membrane. These envelope proteins play a crucial role when HIV binds to, and enters target cells. Underneath the envelope is a layer of matrix protein called p17, which in turn surrounds the core, or capsid. Gp stands for glycoprotein-the proteins are linked to sugars-and the number refers to the mass of the protein, in thousands of daltons. [From source a].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

Le génome viral du VIH comprend 3 gènes principaux soit le gag, le pol et l'env. Les glycoprotéines 120 et gp41 sont codées par le gène env tandis que le gène gag code les protéines du noyau [core proteins] telles les p55, p40, p24,p17 et p7; le gène pol code les protéines p66 et p51 (transcriptase inverse), p11 (protéase), et p32 (intégrase).

Spanish

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Record 23 1996-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
  • Industrial Ceramics
CONT

... research at the Rockwell International Science Center has focused on developing a generic technology for the consolidation of high-level wastes into polyphase ceramics. The basic approach has been to tailor waste compositions with chemical additives so that upon consolidation a dense ceramic assemblage is formed that chemically binds the waste species into known phases.

CONT

Research trends in the USSR for the incorporation of highly radioactive wastes into glass and ceramics have been presented ...: phosphate and borosilicate glasses, composites such as glass-like materials embedded in metal matrices and glasses containing crystalline host phases for radionuclides are under investigation.

OBS

TiO2-A ceramic matrix.... the encapsulation of waste particles in a nonradioactive matrix has been used in a number of processes(e. g. Vitromet, glass in a lead matrix). However, in most cases metals were used as matrix materials because of their low melting points in comparison to ceramics.

OBS

See also "solidification" in TERMIUM.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
  • Céramiques industrielles
CONT

Certaines recherches portent sur le conditionnement des déchets de réacteur (cémentation des résines échangeuses d'ions, fusion des cendres d'incinérateur, etc.) mais l'effort majeur concerne les déchets de retraitement [...] : déchets de gainage (compactage sous pression élevée)[...], résidus de dissolution (solidification en matrice céramique), cendres d'incinérateur [...], déchets tritiés (immobilisation sous forme d'hydrite de zirconium) [...].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
  • Cerámicas industriales
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Record 24 1996-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Ceramics
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

TiO2. A ceramic matrix.... When considering various materials used for the molecular fixation of high-level waste in crystalline or glassy structures, uniform treatment of all waste elements is always a critical point.... A different concept, the encapsulation of waste particles in a nonradioactive matrix, has been used in a number of processes(e. g. Vitromet, glass in a lead matrix). However, in most cases metals were used as matrix materials because of their low melting points in comparison to ceramics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Céramiques industrielles
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
CONT

Certaines recherches portent sur le conditionnement des déchets de réacteur [...] mais l'effort majeur concerne les déchets de retraitement, notamment les déchets contaminés par des émetteurs alpha : déchets de gainage [...], résidus de dissolution (solidification en matrice céramique), cendres d'incinérateur [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cerámicas industriales
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 25 1989-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

Spurious signals become more important as the number of interrogated magnetic cores increases. In computer memories it is usual practice to wind the reading wire of a core matrix in such a way that unwanted effects cancel out to the maximum possible extent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
CONT

Les mémoires à tores [...] sont constituées de petits anneaux magnétiques en ferrite traversés par des fils selon une disposition matricielle. La commande et la lecture de l'état magnétique du tore [...] sont assurées par des fils conducteurs constituant la matrice.

Spanish

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Record 26 1989-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Facilities
  • Telecommunications Switching
CONT

The control distribution matrix(extreme left cabinet) [which is a part of the distribution and supervisory subsystem seen in the ICS3 installation on HMS Invincible] contains a number of press-button switches which allow any user to be rapidly connected to any radio circuit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de télécommunications
  • Commutation (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 27 1986-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Workplace Organization Research
  • Operations Research and Management
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
DEF

A matrix displaying the overall project timing of a definite number of projects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et développement (Org. du travail)
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)

Spanish

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Record 28 1986-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Workplace Organization Research
  • Organization Planning
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
DEF

A matrix displaying the overall project strength of a definite number of projects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et développement (Org. du travail)
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)

Spanish

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Record 29 1981-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

The Probability-Diffusion Matrix displays predictions in terms of probability rather than in terms of certainty or inevitability. It serves as a check on the consistency of a large number of predictions from two viewpoints. The Probability-Diffusion Matrix is a means of visualizing-the probability of socio-political trends or future events;-the expected diffusion of trends or events.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
OBS

La matrice probabilité-dispersion expose les prédictions en fonction de la probabilité et non en fonction de la certitude ou de l'inévitabilité. Elle sert à contrôler l'uniformité d'un grand nombre de prédictions à partir de deux points de vue. La matrice probabilité-dispersion constitue un moyen de concevoir - la probabilité de tendances socio-politiques d'événements futurs; - la dispersion prévue de tendances ou d'événements.

Spanish

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Record 30 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
CONT

A multi-nucleated city... would include growth around a number of relatively uniformly distributed sub-centres in a low density matrix so that travel patterns are widely dispersed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
CONT

Il faut envisager la création de nouvelles cités de producteurs [...] car les communautés devront être des villes polynucléaires à noyaux compacts et non des banlieues débitées au kilomètre.

Spanish

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