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WHISPER [11 records]

Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Science (General)
CONT

After some hurried whisper on the rostrum, a sideman rushed to Brezhnev and plopped some substitute pages in front of him.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signals (Military)
DEF

A mode of operation that attenuates alarm and speaker volumes while amplifying the operator’s voice.

OBS

whisper mode : designation and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions de campagne (Militaire)
DEF

Mode de fonctionnement atténuant le volume des alarmes et du haut-parleur et amplifiant la voix de l'opérateur.

OBS

mode à voix chuchotée; mode chuchoté : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Communication
  • Offences and crimes
  • Social Problems
CONT

[The] warnings whispered in private among women in work spaces [or] spoken at the bar with other women [or that] appear in my email inbox or my Twitter [direct messages are] the whisper network that exists, informally, among women who want to protect themselves and other women from sexual harassment.

CONT

This news [of widespread sexual assault perpetrated by media men] has brought to the surface the private conversations women have been having — the warnings whispered to each other to avoid getting hurt. As women have written in the past few days, these whisper networks are a lifeline.

CONT

The prevalence of sexual harassment in our workplaces constantly shocks me. However, the more women who are willing to share their experience, the bigger this ’whisper network’ becomes. This can lead to a powerful, underground circle of empathy and safeguards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la communication
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

C'est le privilège des hommes [...] de ne pas avoir besoin de savoir [les noms des prédateurs sexuels dans leur milieu de travail]. Pour les femmes, ce savoir, obtenu via [...] des réseaux de murmures, ce n'est pas quelque chose de trivial ou d'émoustillant. C'est un moyen de survie.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
OBS

whisper number : term extracted from the “Glossaire de l'économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
OBS

rumeurs sur les résultats d'une société : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Key term(s)
  • rumeur sur les résultats d'une société

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The laboratory is also involved in three other Cluster experiments : PEACE(Plasma Electron and Current Analyser), which is designed to measure the electrons, WHISPER(Waves of High Frequency and Sounder for Probing of Electron Density by Relaxation), and FGM(Fluxgate Magnetometer), which is going to study the continuous magnetic field.

Key term(s)
  • plasma electron and current analyzer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Engins spatiaux
DEF

Instrument employé sur Cluster pour analyser la répartition, la direction, le flux et la distribution d'énergie d'électrons de base à moyenne énergie.

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The experiment consists of a sounder that can be in passive mode to measure (via passive analysis) the natural wave emissions in high-frequency range, (4-80 kHz) or in active mode (emission of short pulses of sine wave during 1 millisecond and listening to the electric field signal transmitted to the other antennas) to identify the plasma resonances and then the total electron density.

OBS

WHISPER : Waves of High Frequency and Sounder for Probing of Electron Density by Relaxation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

Le laboratoire de physique et chimie de l'environnement (CNRS-Orléans) est responsable de l'expérience WHISPER [...] destinée à mesurer une composante électrique des ondes jusqu'à 80 kHz et à déterminer la densité en «sondant» le plasma.

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The WHISPER instrument [Waves of High Frequency and Sounder for Probing of Electron Density by Relaxation] yields two data sets :(i) the electron density determined via the relaxation sounder, and(ii) the spectrum of natural plasma emissions in the frequency band 2-80 kHz. Both data sets allow three dimensional exploration of the magnetosphere by the Cluster mission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

L'instrument WHISPER fait l'analyse par transformée de Fourier numérique des émissions électriques naturelles captées par l'instrument EFW (élément du WEC [Wave Experiment Consortium]) dans la gamme haute fréquence (de 2 kHz à 80 kHz). Complété par un émetteur construit au DSRI (Danish Space Research Institute), il mesure la densité du plasma par sondage à relaxation.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Respiratory System
  • The Larynx
DEF

Clear auscultatory transmission of the sound of the patient's whisper, heard over an area of lung consolidation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Appareil respiratoire
  • Larynx

Spanish

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Record 9 1994-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signals (Military)
  • Air Communications (Air Forces)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
CONT

The US Army's standard VHF-FM radio, the Singcars boasts an internal encryptor, a preset channel scanning capability and a whisper facility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions de campagne (Militaire)
  • Communications aériennes (Forces aériennes)
  • Émission et réception radio
CONT

Le poste standard VHF-MF Singcars de l'«US Army» possède un crypteur intégré, un scanneur de canaux préréglés et un mode chuchoté.

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signals (Military)
  • Air Communications (Air Forces)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
CONT

The US Army's standard VHF-FM radio, the Singcars boasts an internal encryptor, a preset channel scanning capability and a whisper facility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions de campagne (Militaire)
  • Communications aériennes (Forces aériennes)
  • Émission et réception radio
CONT

Le poste standard VHF-MF Singcars de l'«US Army» possède un crypteur intégré, un scanneur de canaux préréglés et un mode chuchoté.

Spanish

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Record 11 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Articles - Various
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
OBS

cool it with our powerful yet portable 20" fans. Two speeds : High for fast daytime cooling(...) Low for whisper quiet nighttime breezes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles ménagers divers
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
OBS

lorsque le support permet de poser l'appareil sur un meuble quelconque, le ventilateur est dit portatif

Spanish

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