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Record 1 2021-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Weapon Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

The single cell launcher(SCL) is designed to meet maritime force protection requirements leveraging the latest state-of-the-art MK41 [Vertical Launching System] launch control system, MK 25 quad pack Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile(ESSM) canister and a scalable, mechanical structure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces navales)
Key term(s)
  • lanceur mono-cellule

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
  • Thermal Insulation
CONT

Cork Insulation. Cork is the outer bark of an oak tree that flourishes only in the area surrounding the western Mediterranean Sea. Instead of being fibrous in structure, the bark of the cork oak is composed of tiny cells, so small that there are 200 million of them to every cubic inch of cork bark. These tiny cells give cork a high resistance to the passage of heat. Each cell is filled with still air, and next to a vacuum, still air is the best insulation known. Because the cells are so tiny, no convection currents in the air can be established to reduce its insulation properties. The cellular structure gives the material its high degree of natural moisture resistance. Each tiny cork cell is a perfect geometric shape, having 14 sides. The volume of cork includes more than 75% air. Its thermal conductivity is 0. 26 Btu per square foot per hour per degree temperature difference at 60 degrees F.(metric), and 0. 30 Btu per square foot per degree temperature difference at 180 degrees F(metric).

OBS

cork insulation: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
  • Isolation thermique
OBS

Les isolants peuvent être classés, selon leur origine, en 3 catégories : 1er les matériaux d'origine minérale [...]; 2e les matériaux d'origine végétale (liège, balsa, paille, varech); 3e les matériaux plastiques alvéolaires [...]

OBS

Le tronc du chêne-liège est recouvert d'une écorce épaisse, récoltée pour fabriquer des bouchons ou des matériaux isolants.

OBS

Cahier Enviroguide chlore, chap. 4.1.4.

OBS

isolant de liège : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

... the normalized winter pressure differential between the Icelandic Low and the Azores High centers of action.

CONT

Originally described in the diaries of the missionary Hans Egede Saabye as a see-saw in temperature between Greenland and Denmark (Saabye, 1942), the NAO was later defined by Sir Gilbert Walker as "the tendency for pressure to be low near Iceland in winter when it is high near the Azores and south-west Europe" (Walker, 1924; Walker and Bliss, 1932). Accounting for more than 1/3 of the total variance of the sea level pressure (SLP) field over the North Atlantic, the NAO is most pronounced during the winter months (December through March) due to an increased sea air temperature contrast (Barnston and Livezey, 1987).

OBS

Low(high) NAO index values occur when sea level pressure is above(below) average in the vicinity of the subpolar Icelandic Low and below(above) average near the subtropical Azores High pressure cell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Différence de pression au niveau de la mer entre les régions des Açores et l'Islande.

CONT

L'intensité de la circulation atmosphérique à grande échelle est liée à la différence de la pression atmosphérique nord-sud sur l'Atlantique Nord, variable appelée «indice de l'oscillation nord-atlantique». Lorsque l'indice est élevé, les vents du nord-ouest au-dessus du Labrador sont plus puissants, l'air et la mer, plus froids, et les glaces, plus abondantes. Lorsque l'indice est bas, les vents du nord-ouest sont faibles, les températures de l'air sont relativement élevées, la mer est plus chaude que la normale, et la couverture de glace est réduite.

OBS

nord-atlantique : considéré comme un nom de région, il prend la majuscule; considéré comme un adjectif, il prend la minuscule.

OBS

Oscillation équivalente à celle, plus connue et plus virulente, qui se produit dans le Pacifique sud, l'oscillation australe.

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Scientific Instruments
DEF

A sea surface temperature and salinity measurement system.

CONT

A TSG(Thermosalinograph) is an automated sea surface temperature and salinity measurement system making measurement onboard the ship using a water intake. A conductivity cell and a thermistor cell provide conductivity and temperature measurements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Instruments scientifiques
DEF

Instrument qui mesure en continu la température de l'eau en surface.

Spanish

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