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MAVERICK [8 records]

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Record 1 2011-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
CONT

... the Laser Maverick missile... will offer tremendous tactical advantages in close air support interdiction and sea-lane control missions.

Key term(s)
  • sea lane control mission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
DEF

An animal that does not carry a brand.

CONT

Maverick is a term, usually referring to cattle, for an animal that does not carry a brand. In the period of the United States open range, such animals were relatively common. Many cows would give birth in wild or semi-wild conditions, not be located in an annual round up, and their ensuing calf could thus grow to maturity without having been captured and branded for ownership. The term derived from Samuel Maverick, who, among his other claims to fame, was notorious for not branding his cattle. Other U. S. terms for unbranded cattle include slick, hairy dick, and, in Spanish-speaking areas of the Southwest, orejano. In other parts of the world, different terms are used. In Australia and New Zealand, for example, an unbranded animal is a cleanskin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux
OBS

Le marquage au fer est initialement lié à l'élevage pour indiquer le propriétaire d'une bête.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado
DEF

Animal que carece de marca o señal a hierro ardiendo que acredite la propiedad.

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Record 3 2007-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing Research
  • Saving and Consumption
DEF

Relating or appealing to lower-income consumers.

CONT

Cars of similar size are often distinguished by market entry level. The Ford Maverick is more downmarket than the Ford Granada. The Chevrolet Cavalier was conceived as an upmarket alternative to the downmarket Chevrolet Chevette.

OBS

Down-market or downscale product, car, newspaper.

Key term(s)
  • down market
  • downmarket
  • down scale

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étude du marché
  • Épargne et consommation
CONT

[Une extension de gamme est l'action] d'une marque qui va proposer un ou plusieurs nouveaux produits au sein d'une gamme de manière à toucher une nouvelle cible de clients exprimant un besoin auquel va répondre le ou les nouveaux produits. Une extension de gamme vers le haut ou le bas de gamme peut également servir à changer le positionnement de la marque.

OBS

Produit ou voiture bas de gamme. Journal populaire, grand public ou à grande diffusion.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
  • Weapon Systems (Air Forces)
CONT

Deliveries of the F/A-18C/D, with improved electronic countermeasures and provisions for the Maverick and the AIM-120, began in 1987.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre électronique
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces aériennes)

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

Tests [of the Maverick missile] have involved television-guided versions only, although the missile also is designed with laser and imaging infrared seekers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

L'autodirecteur à imagerie infrarouge [...] est capable, en traitant instantanément les images reçues au cours du vol, de poursuivre sa cible de façon sûre et d'assurer un impact de grande précision, malgré les contre-mesures et les perturbations du champ de bataille.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
CONT

When using a Maverick missile, the pilot engages the target autotracker and the pod hands the target off to the weapon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Armes de haute technicité
CONT

Pour tirer un missile Maverick, le pilote engage la poursuite automatique et la nacelle transmet au missile les paramètres du but.

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Computers and Calculators
CONT

When using a Maverick missile, the pilot engages the target autotracker and the pod hands the target off to the weapon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
CONT

Pour tirer un missile Maverick, le pilote engage le dispositif de poursuite automatique et la nacelle transmet au missile les paramètres but.

Spanish

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Record 8 1989-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

The first major contract for a D-HUD system has been for the US Air Force LANTIRN(Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infra-Red for Night) programme, which is to provide the F-16 and A-10 aircraft with a night and below-the-weather capability by the addition of two pods carrying a forward-looking infra-red sensor, together with automatic target recognition, automatic handover equipment for the infra-red homing Maverick missile, automatic laser tracker and target designator and a terrain-following/navigation radar from Texas Instruments.

Key term(s)
  • terrain-following radar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
CONT

Le premier contrat important signé pour un système D-HUD s'applique au programme LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infra-Red for Night). Ce système est conçu pour donner aux F-16 et A-10 une capacité nuit/tout-temps grâce à l'emport de deux nacelles renfermant une caméra thermique (FLIR), divers équipements pour la détection, l'acquisition et la poursuite automatique des cibles et le transfert des données à l'autodirecteur IR du missile Maverick, ainsi qu'un radar de suivi de terrain/navigation de Texas Instruments.

Spanish

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