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TRIGONOMETRY [11 records]

Record 1 2019-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Surveys
DEF

A survey in which the effect of the curvature of the earth is almost entirely neglected, and computations of the relative positions of the stations are made using the principles of plane geometry and plane trigonometry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levés et relevés techniques (Arpentage)

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
  • Various Industries
CONT

Template maker : designs and fabricates templates of assorted materials, for example metal, fiberglass, wood, and plastic, for laying out reference points and dimensions on metal plates, sheets, tubes, and structural shapes used for fabricating, welding, and assembling structural metal products or dies; plans and develops layout according to blueprints, work orders, tool planning orders, mockups, or sample parts, applying knowledge of trigonometry, product design, and properties of metal; lays out design onto template material, using instruments, for example compass, protractor, dividers, and ruler, and marks shape and reference points, using scriber, pencil, chalk, and punch; cuts, trims, drills, reams, files, shapes, and forms templates, using handtools, power tools, and fabricating machines, for example bandsaw, drill press, jointer, punch press, and shear; nails, glues, screws, bolts, solders, or welds component parts to assemble templates; marks job numbers, file codes, dimensions, layout, and fabricating instructions on templates; repairs and reworks templates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
  • Industries diverses

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Educational Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
Universal entry(ies)
F81.2
classification system code, see observation
DEF

... a specific impairment in arithmetical skills that is not solely explicable on the basis of general mental retardation or of inadequate schooling[, that] concerns mastery of basic computational skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division rather than of the more abstract mathematical skills involved in algebra, trigonometry, geometry, or calculus.

OBS

F81.2: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie scolaire
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Psychologie clinique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
F81.2
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Altération spécifique des performances en arithmétique, non imputable exclusivement à un retard mental global ou à une scolarisation inadéquate[, qui] concerne la maîtrise des éléments de base du calcul : addition, soustraction, multiplication et division (c'est-à-dire, n'est pas limitée aux capacités mathématiques plus abstraites impliquées dans l'algèbre, la trigonométrie, la géométrie ou le calcul différentiel et intégral).

OBS

F81.2 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trigonometry
CONT

In trigonometry, we distinguish sines and cosines, secants and cosecants, tangents and cotangents, and the arcs of a circle for which a trigonometric line is given.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trigonométrie
CONT

Une [des] grandes idées [des géomètres] fut de se servir des arcs plutôt que des angles pour effectuer leurs mesures. Ces arcs de cercle ont pour centre un sommet du triangle et sont compris entre les côtés se rapportant à ce sommet. Ces considérations menèrent tout naturellement les géomètres à remplacer les arcs par les segments de droites dont ils dépendent. Ces segments s'appellent les lignes trigonométriques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trigonometry
DEF

Form of trigonometry that deals with triangles in the Euclidean plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trigonométrie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trigonometría
DEF

Parte de las matemáticas que trata del cálculo de los elementos de los triángulos planos [...]

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Record 6 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trigonometry
DEF

The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationship between the sides and the angles of triangles and the calculation based on them, particularly the trigonometric functions.

OBS

trigonometry; trig : term and abbreviation to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trigonométrie
DEF

Branche des mathématiques dont le principal objet est l'application du calcul à la détermination des éléments des triangles, au moyen des fonctions circulaires ou lignes trigonométriques.

OBS

trigonométrie; trig : terme et abréviation d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trigonometría
DEF

Parte de las matemáticas que estudia la resolución de triángulos por medio de la relación entre los ángulos y lados de un triángulo rectángulo y sus funciones circulares o trigonométricas.

CONT

Los seis elementos principales en todo triángulo son sus tres lados y sus tres ángulos. Cuando se conocen tres de estos elementos, con tal que al menos uno de ellos sea un lado, la trigonometría te enseña a "solucionar el triángulo", esto es, a encontrar los otros tres elementos.

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Record 7 2010-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
CONT

The aircraft sustained damage to its right wing, right landing gear leg, and horizontal stabilizer.

CONT

A dihedral wing is producing equal lift on the port and the starboard wing in straight and level flight. If the starboard wing dips, it's vertical lift component will begin to increase and it's horizontal lift component will begin to decrease until the wing is parallel to the flow(trigonometry and the lift force components on your wing) and at the same time the vertical lift component on the port wing will decrease. This makes the starboard wing rise and the port wing dip until it reaches it's equilibrium position(hopefully, level and straight).

PHR

Incidence on the starboard wing, root of the starboard wing.

PHR

The right wing leading edge.

PHR

Aileron on the right wing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
CONT

En s'abaissant, l'aileron de droite devrait augmenter la portance sur l'aile droite mais, en pratique, il est possible qu'il la réduise en augmentant l'angle d'attaque au-delà de l'angle de portance maximal. Mais ce qui est tout à fait certain, c'est que la traînée de l'aile droite augmente énormément et tend à retenir l'aile pour faire tourner l'avion à droite.

PHR

Bout, extrémité, hauban, perte de sustentation, portance, réservoir, réservoir auxiliaire, traînée (sur, de) l'aile droite.

PHR

L'aile droite de l'avion s'est rompue en vol.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Air Forces
CONT

... for night flying, we learned astro navigation, taking star shots, with a bubble sextant, of recognisable stars, and applying the readings taken, using the air almanac provided, to enable us to plot our position. This entailed the use of spherical trigonometry to determine the sub-stellar point and your distance from it. Applying readings from two stars gave you a fix over the point on the earth at the time of taking the star shot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Forces aériennes

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
DEF

The study of relationships between abstract entities according to certain rules. Its various branches include arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, and topology. Compare applied mathematics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas
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Record 10 1990-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • River and Sea Navigation
OBS

trigonometry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime

Spanish

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Record 11 1985-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • The Stars (Astronomy)
DEF

A parallax that may be determined for the nearest stars(less than 300 light-years or 2. 84 X 10 to the eighteenth power m) by a direct method utilizing trigonometry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Étoiles (Astronomie)
DEF

Parallaxe annuelle déterminée astronomiquement par comparaison, dans un petit champ stellaire, des positions successives d'un astre à celle d'astres présumés beaucoup plus éloignés.

OBS

Ces parallaxes sont des parallaxes trigonométriques relatives. Si on les corrige des effets des parallaxes des étoiles de référence, on obtient les parallaxes trigonométriques absolues.

Spanish

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