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METHOD CONVERTING [26 records]

Record 1 2024-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • General Medicine
DEF

A method for converting capital cost into an equivalent annual cost, calculated on the basis of the lifespan, initial cost(acquisition cost) and end-of-lifespan value of the equipment, and the interest rates on the invested capital.

OBS

This method can also be applied to income.

OBS

annualisation: term and definition standardized by the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary English Editorial Board and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Médecine générale
DEF

Méthode de conversion du coût en capital en coût annuel équivalent, calculé à partir de la durée de vie de l’équipement, de son coût initial (coût d’acquisition), de sa valeur à la fin de sa durée de vie et des taux d’intérêts du capital investi.

OBS

La méthode d'annualisation peut également s'appliquer aux revenus.

OBS

annualisation : terme et définition normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.

OBS

calcul sur une base annuelle : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad
  • Medicina
DEF

Proceso de elevar a tasa anual [un] período de referencia inferior al año.

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Record 2 2023-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Probability (Statistics)
  • Environmental Management
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

A method of converting the total catch-at-age data into estimates of absolute population size and fishing mortality...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Probabilités (Statistique)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Méthode de conversion des données sur les prises totales en fonction de l'âge en estimation de la taille absolue des populations et de la mortalité par pêche [...]

Spanish

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

El método de análisis de las poblaciones virtuales, cuyos principios han sido puestos por Fry (1949) fue utilizado por Neal (1967) en Penaeus aztecus del Golfo de México.

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Record 3 2016-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steelmaking
CONT

Throughout the world, the basic oxygen furnace(BOF) produces more steel than any other process, and it is the primary steel production method in the United States. While the basic oxygen furnace is an improvement over the earlier open hearth and Bessemer processes, the vessel for converting pig iron into steel in a basic oxygen furnace is similar in design to its predecessor, the Bessemer converter. There is no heat source associated with the converter; it relies on the exothermic reaction between iron and oxygen. Therefore, a basic oxygen converter is not a furnace. However, there are some vessels that may use an additional hydrocarbon heat source.

OBS

basic oxygen furnace: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élaboration de l'acier
CONT

L'aciérie de Port Kembla qui utilise un convertisseur à oxygène transforme la ferraille et le fer liquide en acier brut, en utilisant de l'oxygène et des flux pour former le laitier. Après avoir prélevé des échantillons pour vérifier la température et la composition chimique, l'acier est coulé dans une poche de coulée réfractaire, et des alliages sont ajoutés pour produire la qualité d'acier requise.

OBS

convertisseur basique à oxygène : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Rotary Machines
  • Wind Energy
DEF

The method or methods used to prevent the wind machine from exceeding the design maximum rpm [revolutions per minute].

OBS

Distinctions for control are made on the basis of input signal(e. g. centrifugal forces, tachometer), the method of converting that signal to a response(e. g. mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, hydraulic, or other), and the type of response(e. g. blade feather, tail fold, change in orientation).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines tournantes électriques
  • Énergie éolienne
DEF

Méthode permettant de contrôler la vitesse du rotor lors des périodes de grands vents ou advenant une perte de la charge.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas rotativas eléctricas
  • Energía eólica
CONT

El control de exceso de velocidad avanzado también ofrece diferentes niveles de control de carga de acuerdo con la velocidad del viento, lo que aumenta enormemente la fiabilidad de las turbinas.

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Record 5 2012-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
DEF

A high speed method for converting crimped continuous filament tow into highly bulked, uniformly spread webs of up to 108-inch widths. The webs are useful in a variety of products, such as cigarette filters, sleeping pillows, and batting.

Key term(s)
  • threaded roll process

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
DEF

Procédé à vitesse élevée permettant de transformer des câbles de filaments continus frisés en nappes à grand gonflant uniformément réparti. Ces nappes sont employées dans certains produits comme les filtres à cigarettes, les oreillers et les nappes pour ouatinage

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Calculating Procedures (Mathematics)
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

For numerical simulation, the continuous space and time variables must be discretized … In all members of the TOUGH/MULKOM family of codes, space discretization is made directly from the integral form of the basic conservation equations, without converting them into partial differential equations. This “integral finite difference” method … avoids any reference to a global system of coordinates, and thus offers the advantage of being applicable to regular or irregular discretizations in one, two, and three dimensions.

Key term(s)
  • space discretisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de calcul (Mathématiques)
  • Physique nucléaire
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
CONT

Historiquement on peut dire que les méthodes nodales deconception sont l’aboutissement des efforts des neutroniciens pour résoudre l’équation de la diffusion. Les premières générations de codes neutroniques souffraient des faiblesses des ordinateurs qui, limités en taille mémoire, ne permettaient qu’une faible discrétisation spatiale. Les méthodes nodales diffusives sont le résultat de la mise au point d’une procédure interne au processus de convergence du code qui permet une meilleure évaluation du couplage entre les mailles homogènes de calculs.

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management
CONT

"Single minute exchange of die" or "SMED" is a method for rapidly and efficiently converting a process from running the current product to running the next product. It is also often referred to as "quick changeover". The SMED method can [be], and often is, used in starting up a process and rapidly getting it to running condition with minimum waste. "SMED" or "single minute exchange of die" is a concept that says all changeovers(and startups) can and should take less than 10 minutes... hence the phrase "single minute".

Key term(s)
  • single minutes exchange of dies
  • quick change-over

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production
DEF

Méthode mise en œuvre dans une chaîne de production qui permet, lors d'une modification ou d'un changement de l'objet fabriqué, de remplacer un outillage dans un délai aussi court que possible.

CONT

Selon le principe directeur du juste-à-temps, l'organisation de la production doit permettre une conversion rapide des chaînes de montage afin de répondre le plus efficacement possible à la demande : on parle alors de système de production flexible [...]. Ce système de production est caractérisé par des temps de changement (d'outil, de série, de produit, etc.) très courts. Il est alors question d'une méthode de mise en course rapide ou de mise en route rapide, ou encore de changement rapide d'outil, la méthode SMED (single minutes exchange of die), littéralement «changement d'outil à la minute» et dont l'objectif est de réduire le temps d'adaptation d'un poste de travail à la fabrication d'une nouvelle série.

OBS

changement rapide d'outillage; CRO; échange minute d'outillage : termes, abréviation et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 8 juin 2011.

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pensions and Annuities
CONT

1) the method for converting any optional ancillary contributions to optional ancillary benefits upon retirement, termination of membership, pension commencement, pre-retirement death or winding up of the pension plan;...

Key term(s)
  • preretirement death
  • pre retirement death

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pensions et rentes
CONT

1) la méthode pour convertir toutes cotisations accessoires optionnelles en prestations accessoires optionnelles à la retraite, à la cessation de participation, au début du service de la pension, au décès préretraite ou à la liquidation du régime de pension; [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 2008-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Telephone Services
DEF

A method of converting a phone number into a domain name.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Services téléphoniques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Servicios telefónicos
DEF

Protocolo que convierte los números telefónicos internacionales de la norma E.164 en direcciones de Internet utilizando el Sistema de Nombre de Dominio (DNS) para que los recursos asociados con un número telefónico puedan resolverse en el dominio IP [Protocolo de Internet].

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Record 10 2007-01-09

English

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

[A] universal method of converting an analog video signal to digital.

OBS

Since an incoming video signal arrives one pixel at a time, it is sampled at fixed time intervals (in nanoseconds).

French

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

Conversion d'un signal vidéo analogique en signal vidéo numérique par traitement unitaire des pixels à intervalle régulier (nanosecondes).

Spanish

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Record 11 2006-12-05

English

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

A method for overcoming the incompatibility of film and video frame rates when converting or transferring film to video.

OBS

It involves displaying 24 frames/second motion picture film on a 30 frames/second (interlaced) television system. One film frame is shown for three television fields and the next frame is shown for two television fields. Thus, two of every five video frames consist of fields that contain information from two different film frames. Those video frames are called interfield frames.

French

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

Méthode qui vise à palier l'incompatibilité entre la fréquence des trames sur support vidéo et celle des images sur support film lors de la conversion du film à la vidéo.

OBS

La première image est diffusée sur trois trames au lieu de deux.

Spanish

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Record 12 2006-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

Threaded-roll process is a high speed method... for converting crimped continuous filament tow into highly bulked, uniformly spread webs of up to 108-inch widths.

Key term(s)
  • highly-bulked web

French

Domaine(s)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)

Spanish

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Record 13 2005-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
CONT

Travelling Saws. The most convenient method of converting large sheets into smaller sized panels is to clamp the sheets and pass a travelling saw across them. These saws range from simple manually-operated machines to the more sophisticated power-operated clamped beam and wall mounted saws.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 14 2005-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Applications of Automation
  • Video Technology
DEF

A standard of quality for the reproduction of video signals.

CONT

There is a further version of the CD-I known as full-motion video (FMV). In this format, audio and video are encoded using the MPEG standard ... This means that full-motion video with high-quality stereo can be output from a CD.

CONT

Although real motion video is the holy grail of multimedia, it still is impractical using today's technology. The current method for working with video is by capturing and converting the analog signal from a video source and either manipulating the image's data(which is written to video tape) or compressing the data using compression techniques(either software-only compression or a combination of hardware and software compression). To display or capture a single screen of an NTSC [National Television System Committee] signal, you must have a video frame grabber.... Real-time frame grabbers capture full-motion video at a rate between 15 and 30 frames-per-second using video compression...

OBS

In the NTSC format, it is achieved when the video signal is reproduced at 30 frames per second and in the PAL format, it occurs at 25 fps.

OBS

The Dictionary of New Media is available at: <a href="http://hepdigital.com/" title="http://hepdigital.com">http://hepdigital.com</a>.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Infographie
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Vidéotechnique
CONT

Le CD-I fait appel à des techniques très sophistiquées de compression d'images pour pouvoir stocker des images animées, très consommatrices d'espace. L'algorithme de compression est baptisé «Full Motion Video» (FMV). C'est la mise au point de cet algorithme qui a permis au CD-I de pouvoir afficher jusqu'à 72 minutes d'images animées plein écran. La qualité de l'image ainsi traitée est équivalente à celle d'un magnétoscope VHS mais inférieure à celle d'un LaserDisc.

Spanish

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Record 15 2004-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biomass Energy
  • Energy Transformation
CONT

Gobar gas.... An effort is underway to spread a design method of converting this manure into methane to use as cooking fuel. A circular pit made of concrete is sealed and manure is added over time. Pipes lead from this container into the house, where gas is emitted at the cooking location. Residue from the combustion process comes out at a different location in a concentrated form and is used for fertilizer. Human waste may also be used with the addition of an outhouse, but this is sanitarily unfriendly to the Nepalis, even though the bacteria is killed in the combustion process.

OBS

Gobar is the Nepali term for manure.

OBS

gobar gas: term extracted from the Glossaire de l’agriculture anglais/français and reproduced with the authorization of the OECD.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie de la biomasse
  • Transformation de l'énergie
CONT

La bouse est utilisée comme engrais dans les champs, et aussi pour fabriquer par fermentation du gaz (gober gas = gaz de bouse de vache) qui est récupéré pour faire la cuisine.

OBS

gobar : Mot anglo-indien désignant le biogaz obtenu par fermentation anaérobie de la bouse de vache.

OBS

gaz de bouse : terme extrait du Glossaire de l'agriculture anglais/français et reproduit avec l'autorisation de l'OCDE.

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Record 16 2003-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
  • Heat (Physics)
CONT

A certain class of ceramic and metallic materials can be manufactured by the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis method. Even though by now this process has included reaction systems of the solid-gas and solid-liquid types, the original work was directed towards the reactions investigated where not only the reactants but also the final products formed in the solid phase. These reactions are therefore generally referred to as gasless, solid-solid or condensed phase combustion reactions.

CONT

Condensed phase combustion is a complex phenomenon of theoretical and practical interest, in particular, as a method to synthesize materials. This combustion synthesis process involves a self-sustained combustion wave which propagates through initial reactants converting them into a desired product. In condensed phase combustion the initial reactants as well as final, and possibly intermediate products, remain in the condensed phase throughout the reaction. Though the combustion process occurs in a heterogeneous medium composed of reactive particles, typical models of condensed phase combustion treat the medium as homogeneous.

CONT

A deflagration analysis of porous energetic materials with two-phase flow and a multiphase sequential reaction mechanism. ... A theoretical analysis for the unconfined deflagration of a porous energetic material is developed for a two-step global reaction mechanism that consists of the condensed-phase combustion of the reactive material to produce gas-phase intermediates, followed by a gas-phase reaction that produces final gas-phase products.

OBS

Combustion is a chemical reaction, it gives off heat and is self-sustaining. It can occur in a condensed-phase (glowing), a gas-phase (flame) or both. Fire results when a combustible material (fuel) in the presence of an oxidizing agent (oxygen) is heated to a critical temperature (ignition temperature).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
  • Chaleur (Physique)
CONT

Synthèse auto-propagée à haute température. La synthèse auto-propagée est un processus de combustion en phase condensée (en anglais «SHS» - «self-propagating high temperature synthesis») développé pour produire des céramiques et des matériaux refractaires.

OBS

état condensé : État de la matière dans lequel les atomes du corps sont très proches les uns des autres. (Les états solide et liquide sont des états condensés).

Spanish

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Record 17 2001-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

threaded-roll process : A high speed method for converting crimped continuous filament tow into highly bulked, uniformly spread webs of up to 108-inch widths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
OBS

câble : Assemblage, sans torsion ni entrecroisement, d'un grand nombre de filaments (quelques centaines de milliers environ).

Spanish

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Record 18 2001-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

threaded-roll process : A high speed method for converting crimped continuous filament tow into highly bulked, uniformly spread webs of up to 108-inch widths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)

Spanish

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Record 19 2001-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

threaded-roll process : A high speed method for converting crimped continuous filament tow into highly bulked, uniformly spread webs of up to 108-inch widths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
OBS

câble : Assemblage, sans torsion ni entrecroisement, d'un grand nombre de filaments (quelques centaines de milliers environ).

Spanish

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Record 20 2001-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

threaded-roll process : A high speed method for converting crimped continuous filament tow into highly bulked, uniformly spread webs of up to 108-inch widths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
OBS

câble : Assemblage, sans torsion ni entrecroisement, d'un grand nombre de filaments (quelques centaines de milliers environ).

Spanish

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Record 21 1995-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Video Technology
OBS

Although real motion video is the holy grail of multimedia, it still is impractical using today's technology. The current method for working with video is by capturing and converting the analog signal from a video source and either manipulating the image's data(which is written to video tape) or compressing the data using compression techniques(either software-only compression or a combination of hardware and software compression).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Vidéotechnique
CONT

Grâce à une carte d'acquisition vidéo, il devient possible de capturer des séquences issues d'un magnétoscope ou d'un caméscope [...] Les cartes d'acquisition ont pour fonction de numériser les images analogiques. Cette numérisation doit se faire en temps réel. L'objectif est donc d'acquérir, de numériser, de compresser et de stocker sur disque 25 images à la seconde. Bien sûr, toutes les cartes n'offrent pas ces performances.

Spanish

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Record 22 1995-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Computer Display Technology
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Although real motion video is the holy grail of multimedia, it still is impractical using today's technology. The current method for working with video is by capturing and converting the analog signal from a video source and either manipulating the image's data(which is written to video tape) or compressing the data using compression techniques(either software-only compression or a combination of hardware and software compression). To display or capture a single screen of an NTSC signal, you must have a video frame grabber. These are lowest on the rungs of the video ladder, in that they have less capability than boards that capture streaming video. These cards enable you to grab a single frame of video from a Laser Disk or a VCR. Video frame grabbers come in two varieties : single-frame capture and real-time capture. Single-frame capture boards enable you to freeze a selected frame and record it to your hard disk. In this function, single-frame boards are similar to scanners-they provide a means of capturing an image and saving it for use in a multimedia title.... Real-time frame grabbers capture full-motion video at a rate between 15 and 30 frames-per-second using video compression....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
  • Infographie
OBS

[...] vidéo en temps réel [...] cette technique traite exclusivement les images individuelles et non les séquences.

Spanish

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Record 23 1995-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Video Technology
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Although real motion video is the holy grail of multimedia, it still is impractical using today's technology. The current method for working with video is by capturing and converting the analog signal from a video source and either manipulating the image's data(which is written to video tape) or compressing the data using compression techniques(either software-only compression or a combination of hardware and software compression). To display or capture a single screen of an NTSC signal, you must have a video frame grabber. These are lowest on the rungs of the video ladder, in that they have less capability than boards that capture streaming video. These cards enable you to grab a single frame of video from a Laser Disk or a VCR. Video frame grabbers come in two varieties : single-frame capture and real-time capture. Single-frame capture boards enable you to freeze a selected frame and record it to your hard disk. In this function, single-frame boards are similar to scanners-they provide a means of capturing an image and saving it for use in a multimedia title.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 24 1993-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Biomass Energy
CONT

Several thermochemical methods for converting biomass into chemicals, fuels and synthetic gases are currently under development. Various reactor configurations, catalysts and reaction conditions are employed depending primarily upon the desired product. Steam gasification is one method being developed for the production of synthetic gases from biomass. Steam gasification involves contacting biomass at elevated temperatures with water vapor. The overall conversion of biomass to gases can be represented by two stages. During the first stage-the rapid volatilization stage-biomass reacts rapidly to produce gases, condensible liquids and a char residue. In the second stage the char residue is slowly converted to gases by pyrolysis and the carbon-steam reaction....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Énergie de la biomasse
DEF

Méthode employée pour la production de gaz de synthèse par la dégradation de biomasse à une température élevée en phase vapeur.

CONT

La vapogazéification des charbons de bois (...) est examinée à la pression atmosphérique et pour des températures atteignant 900 °C (...)

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Record 25 1986-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Calorimetry
  • Thermoanalysis
CONT

A method of converting the Thermovision tape data to digital form is presented. A means of processing these digital data on a computer to obtain a gray map is discussed. A method of gaining absolute temperatures from the digital Thermovision data is outlined, and data processing results using these temperatures are presented.

OBS

Thermovision is reported as a trade name in the Trade Names Dictionary (CRNAM, 1982, vol. 2, p. 1060) but as a common name in the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (ENSCI, 1982, vol. 3, p. 438.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Calorimétrie
  • Thermo-analyse

Spanish

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Record 26 1985-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Transmission
DEF

A method of interleaving digital data signals that are either synchronous or asynchronous without converting the data into an analog signal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission de données

Spanish

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