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X-Y COORDINATES [6 records]

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Record 1 2001-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
OBS

[The] insert position function... allows the TACNAV, NAVCOM, NASO 1, or NASO 2 to display a position symbol with a latitude/longitude or X-Y coordinate readout at the position on his multipurpose display corresponding to the operator-entered coordinates;...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A class of output primitives that are defined in normalized projection coordinates but are placed with respect to a reference point which may be anywhere in modelling coordinate space. The plane on which the annotation appears is always parallel to the x-y plane of the display space and is unaffected by modelling and viewing transformations, but the reference point is transformed in the normal manner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gráficos de computadora
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Record 3 1984-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
OBS

x-y loading : An option that enables some receive only terminal screens to be written from a data source that specifies, in parallel, both the character and the horizontal and vertical coordinates on the screen at which the character is to be displayed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
OBS

Si l'on rajoute deux transistors MOS en série avec T (indice 5) et T (indice 6) on peut réaliser ce que l'on appelle une sélection X-Y (sélection d'un seul point mémoire par une ligne X et une ligne Y).

Spanish

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Record 4 1980-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Navigation Aids
OBS

[The] X-Y coordinates function(...) allows the TACNAV, NAVCOM, NASO 1, or NASO 2 to change the true and/or grid latitude/longitude readouts to true and/or grid X-Y coordinate readouts at the operator's station;(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne

Spanish

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Record 5 1980-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Navigation Aids
OBS

[The] X-Y coordinates function(...) allows the TACNAV, NAVCOM, NASO 1, or NASO 2 to change the true and/or grid latitude/longitude readouts to true and/or grid X-Y coordinate readouts at the operator's station;(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

The position of the chord line is defined by the coordinates(x, y, z) of its quarter-chord point and its inclination(o) to the x-y plane. The direction and sign conventions of the co-ordinate axes are given in the Appendix. The origin of the co-ordinates is a fixed point in the plane of symmetry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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