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The alighting of a spacecraft on the sea.  2, record 1, English, - splashdown

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Splashdown occurs at a velocity of about 80 feet per second(24 meters per second). It's not exactly a smooth impact, but that's slow enough for the capsule to thwack into the ocean and absorb shock from the impact without damaging its structure, its payload or any astronauts inside.  3, record 1, English, - splashdown

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Retombée d'un vaisseau spatial dans une étendue d'eau, en général un océan.  2, record 1, French, - amerrissage

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Dès l'amerrissage, les contrôleurs de vol du centre spatial Johnson de la NASA ont procédé à une série de vérifications en pleine mer afin de recueillir des données supplémentaires sur le comportement de la capsule Orion après sa rentrée atmosphérique.  3, record 1, French, - amerrissage

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Acción de posarse en la superficie del agua una cápsula o nave espacial al cabo de su retorno a la Tierra.  3, record 1, Spanish, - amaraje

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The meter per second is the derived unit of speed in the International System of Units(SI). The meter per second(m/s) is equal to 3. 6 kilometers per hour(km/h), or about 2. 236936 miles per hour(mph), or 3. 28084 feet per second(ft/s), or 39. 370079 inches per second(in/s) or 1. 943844 knots(kn). The speed is the distance traveled by an object during a period of time. Thus, meters per second(meters/second) show how many meters are traveled in one second. The meter is a unit of length in the metric system[, ] while the second is a unit of time.  5, record 2, English, - metre%20per%20second

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metre per second; meter per second; meter/second: designations usually used in the plural.  6, record 2, English, - metre%20per%20second

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mètre par seconde : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.  3, record 2, French, - m%C3%A8tre%20par%20seconde

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A cabling system using relatively stiff, large-diameter cable to connect [Ethernet] transceivers.  3, record 3, English, - 10Base5

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The term 10Base5 means that cabling is provided for a range of 10 Mbps [megabits per second], and a maximum segment length of 500 meters can be supported. This technology allows a maximum interconnection of 5 segments using repeaters.  2, record 3, English, - 10Base5

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Système relativement rigide, basé sur un câble de grand diamètre, utilisé pour connecter les boîtiers Ethernet entre eux.  2, record 3, French, - 10Base5

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… respiration rate(breaths per minute) increased significantly with swimming speed(meters per second) according to a linear function for both males … and females …  1, record 4, English, - swimming%20speed

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L'augmentation de la vitesse de nage (associée aux comportements d'évitement des navires) peut entraîner une augmentation estimée de 20 % des dépenses énergétiques […], ce qui signifie que moins d'énergie est disponible pour d'autres fonctions vitales et que les besoins caloriques augmentent.  3, record 4, French, - vitesse%20de%20nage

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Motor and proprioceptive fibers of the A type having conduction velocity of 70 to 120 meters per second and ranging from 13 u to 22 u in diameter.  1, record 5, English, - alpha%20fiber

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The word "alpha" must be replaced by the corresponding Greek letter.  2, record 5, English, - alpha%20fiber

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Fibre nerveuse myélinisée, motrice ou sensorielle.  1, record 5, French, - fibre%20alpha

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Le mot «alpha» doit être remplacé par la lettre grecque correspondante.  1, record 5, French, - fibre%20alpha

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The speed at the tip of a rotor blade as it moves through the air, often given in feet or meters per second.  3, record 6, English, - tip%20speed

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Vitesse observée à l'extrémité d'une pale de rotor en mouvement dans l'air, exprimée couramment en pieds ou mètres par seconde.  3, record 6, French, - vitesse%20en%20bout%20de%20pale

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A speed-up effect created by wind pressure in a natural corridor which allows a wind turbine to harness wind kinetic energy stronger than in the surrounding area.  3, record 7, English, - tunnel%20effect

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Speed up effects : Tunnel effect. If you push an ordinary bicycle air pump,... you will notice that the air leaving the nozzle moves much faster than the speed with which you are pushing. The reason, of course, is that the nozzle is much narrower than the cylinder in the pump. If you take a walk between tall buildings, or in a narrow mountain pass, you will notice that the same effect is working : the air becomes compressed on the windy side of the buildings or mountains, and its speed increases considerably between the obstacles to the wind. This is known as a "tunnel effect. "So, even if the general wind speed in open terrain may be, say, 6 metres per second, it can easily reach 9 meters per second in a natural "tunnel". Placing a wind turbine in such a tunnel is one clever way of obtaining higher wind speeds than in the surrounding areas.  4, record 7, English, - tunnel%20effect

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Effet accélérateur engendré par la compression du vent dans un couloir naturel et qui permet à l'éolienne qui y est installée de capter une énergie cinétique du vent supérieure à celle de la zone ambiante.  2, record 7, French, - effet%20de%20tunnel

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Efecto túnel. Si tomamos un camino entre dos edificios altos o en un paso estrecho entre montañas observaremos que el aire al pasar a su través se comprime en la parte de los edificios o de la montaña que está expuesta al viento, y su velocidad crece considerablemente entre los obstáculos del viento. Esto es lo que se conoce como efecto túnel.  3, record 7, Spanish, - efecto%20t%C3%BAnel

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A measure of the wind velocity reduction in the wake of a wind turbine, generally expressed in meters per second, in comparison to the air flow stream.  2, record 8, English, - velocity%20deficit

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Mesure de la réduction de la vitesse du vent au contact d'une éolienne, normalement exprimée en mètres par seconde, comparativement à une situation de vent en écoulement libre.  3, record 8, French, - d%C3%A9ficit%20en%20vitesse

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The physical separation of the slab from the bed surface and surrounding snow during the initiation of a slab avalanche.  2, record 9, English, - fracture

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... "failure" [is] when the snow begins to progressively loose strength. [Snow can fail without fracturing. Fracture is when a snow layer] snaps right off... Failure is thought, by some, to precede fracture--perhaps over the course of minutes to hours. But others believe that fracture doesn’t always require a preceding failure. There's a lot of evidence that they can both occur at the same time. When we add a rapid change to the snowpack, just like silly putty, it introduces stored elastic energy into the system making it capable of propagating a fracture.... Failure occurs slowly at perhaps centimeters per hour and fracture occurs catastrophically and has been measured at around 20 meters per second.  2, record 9, English, - fracture

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Fractures within the shallow weak areas can still propagate into wind loaded slopes nearby. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]  3, record 9, English, - fracture

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fracture: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.  4, record 9, English, - fracture

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Les ruptures qui se produisent dans les secteurs où le manteau neigeux est peu profond et mal consolidé peuvent se propager aux pentes voisines, surchargées par le vent. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]  1, record 9, French, - rupture

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rupture; cassure; fracture : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.  2, record 9, French, - rupture

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Myelinated nerve fiber with a diameter of 1 µ to 22 µ and a conduction velocity of 5 to 120 meters per second.  1, record 10, English, - A%20fiber

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A fibers can be subdivided into motor and sensory fibers.  1, record 10, English, - A%20fiber

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Fibre nerveuse myélinisée de 2 à 20 µ de diamètre, dans laquelle la vitesse de l'influx peut varier entre 5 et 120 mètres par seconde.  1, record 10, French, - fibre%20A

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On distingue les fibres A motrices et les fibres A sensorielles.  1, record 10, French, - fibre%20A

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A radiosonde carried by a balloon rising at a few meters per second does not measure such inversions accurately because the response time of the thermistor is several seconds. To quantify this error, we flew a radiosonde on a tethered kite on several occasions in winter at South Pole Station immediately prior to the routine launch of the same sonde on a weather balloon. In all cases, the equilibrated temperatures measured by the tethered sonde at a given pressure level were higher than those from the balloon-borne sonde throughout most of the inversion layer. Assuming that the tethered sonde data represent the true atmospheric temperature profile, a procedure can be developed to correct the temperature data from routine radiosonde soundings for the finite response time of the thermistor.  1, record 11, English, - tethered%20sonde

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Sur le modèle de «ballon captif».  1, record 11, French, - sonde%20captive

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ballon captif : aérostat retenu par un câble.  2, record 11, French, - sonde%20captive

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The study and measurement of acoustic vibrations in stars in order to learn more about stellar structure and evolution.  2, record 12, English, - astroseismology

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Astroseismology, an outgrowth of helioseismology, had to await the development of instruments capable of detecting radial(up and down) movements in a star's surface of a few meters per second over distances measured in light-years. Such instruments are now available and are also used to search for extrasolar planets.  2, record 12, English, - astroseismology

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Étude des phénomènes vibratoires observés à l'échelle d'un astre, permettant d'approfondir la connaissance de sa structure et de sa dynamique internes.  2, record 12, French, - astrosismologie

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L'astrosismologie recouvre à la fois la sismologie des planètes et la sismologie stellaire. On rencontre parfois le terme «astérosismologie», qui est déconseillé.  2, record 12, French, - astrosismologie

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The Space Shuttle stops within 50 meters of Mir, which is approximately one-half the length of a football field. From that position the Space Shuttle waits for clearance from Mission Control to continue. When the command is given to continue, the Reaction Control System is activated again and the Space Shuttle closes in on Mir at a speed of about 0. 05 meters per second until it reaches a distance of about 9 meters. There, the Space Shuttle stops again and waits for approximately 5 minutes. The Commander and Pilot make sure they can see the docking target clearly and fine-tune the alignment of the Space Shuttle with the docking target. A large black cross called the Stand-off Cross is mounted 30 centimeters(cm) above the back plate in the center of the target. When the Commander has the Stand-off Cross squarely in line with the docking target, he or she maneuvers the Space Shuttle and makes contact with the docking ring. Once a series of hooks is engaged, the Space Shuttle is then successfully docked with Mir.  2, record 13, English, - docking%20target

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docking target: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).  3, record 13, English, - docking%20target

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Voici le module d'habitation Zvezda [...] Le «bras» que l'on voit en bas à gauche porte une cible [d'amarrage] dont se servent justement les Progress et les Soyouz pour se guider.  2, record 13, French, - cible%20d%27amarrage

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cible d'amarrage : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).  3, record 13, French, - cible%20d%27amarrage

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The rate, in meters per second, at which the detonation wave is transmitted through the uncontained explosive.  3, record 14, English, - velocity%20of%20detonation

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The rate of propagation of a detonation wave in an explosive.  4, record 14, English, - velocity%20of%20detonation

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Vitesse, en mètres par seconde, à laquelle l'onde de détonation est transmise à travers l'explosif sans enserrement.  2, record 14, French, - vitesse%20de%20d%C3%A9tonation

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Vitesse de déplacement de l'onde de détonation.  3, record 14, French, - vitesse%20de%20d%C3%A9tonation

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vitesse de détonation : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre; terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie et le Groupe de travail de terminologie des Munitions.  4, record 14, French, - vitesse%20de%20d%C3%A9tonation

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A theory which attempts to explain the behavior of physical systems on the assumption that they are composed of large numbers of atoms or molecules in vigorous motion; it is further assumed that energy and momentum are conserved in collisions of these particles, and that statistical methods can be applied to deduce the particles’ average behavior.  3, record 15, English, - kinetic%20theory

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According to the kinetic theory, the absolute temperature is proportional to the kinetic energy of motion of molecules in a gas.... By assuming that the major part of the heat energy of a gas consists of kinetic energy of motion of the molecules, one finds that the average velocity of a molecule is several hundred meters per second under ordinary conditions.  4, record 15, English, - kinetic%20theory

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Théorie expliquant un ensemble de phénomènes à partir des seuls mouvements des particules matérielles.  2, record 15, French, - th%C3%A9orie%20cin%C3%A9tique

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La théorie cinétique explique d'emblée le mouvement brownien. Dans le cas de molécules polyatomiques (...), il faut tenir compte de la vitesse de rotation des molécules autour de leurs centres de gravité et des vibrations des atomes autour de leur position d'équilibre. (...) La théorie cinétique des gaz ne constitue un bon modèle que pour des gaz très dilués (...)  2, record 15, French, - th%C3%A9orie%20cin%C3%A9tique

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A unit of force in the English gravitational system of units, equal to the gravitational force experienced by a pound mass when the acceleration of gravity has its standard value of 9. 80665 meters per second per second(approximately 32. 1740 ft/sec [upscript 2]) equal to 4. 4482216152605 newtons. Abbreviated lb. Also spelled Pound(Lb). Also known as pound force(lbf).  1, record 16, English, - pound

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1 lbf = 4,448222N.  1, record 16, French, - livre%2Dforce

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L'unité SI de force est le newton (...)  2, record 16, French, - livre%2Dforce

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Le newton remplace de kilogramme-force.  3, record 16, French, - livre%2Dforce

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A unit of volume transport equal to 1, 000, 000 cubic meters per second. Dict. of scient. & tech. terms, McGraw-Hill.  1, record 17, English, - sverdrup

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Équivalence en français confirmée par Mohammed Elsabh, océanographe, INRS, Rimouski. Selon lui, cette unité est utilisée davantage par les auteurs anglophones. Elle sert surtout pour le calcul des grands débits (océans). L'unité la plus utilisée en français est le m3/s. Unités, mécanique des fluides. SG 25/2/80.  1, record 17, French, - Sv

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