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BALANCE CHART [6 records]

Record 1 2023-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
DEF

A graphical display that may be used to show the relative frequency distribution of a categorical variable according to the categories of another variable.

CONT

... a stack bar chart... is based on stacking the components of each bar on top of one another. It is also known as a component bar chart because it shows how each bar is made of its component parts. A stacked bar chart is particularly useful if you want to emphasize the relative proportions of each category, in other words, to show the balance with the categories of one attribute... between the categories of another attribute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diagramas y gráficos estadísticos
DEF

Gráfico utilizado para representar la información obtenida a partir de la medición de dos variables.

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Record 2 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Military Equipment Maintenance
CONT

To ensure balance in the maintenance system, it is important that responsibilities of each maintenance level be kept in perspective. It is a tactical necessity for owning units to perform preventive maintenance. The maintenance allocation chart(MAC) designates overall authority and responsibility for the performance of maintenance functions on an item.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Maintenance du matériel militaire

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
DEF

A precipitation gauge consisting of a receiver in the shape of a funnel which empties into a bucket mounted upon a weighing mechanism.

OBS

The weight of the catch is recorded as inches of precipitation.

CONT

Weighing gauges are most useful in areas with frequent snow, since they measure any form of precipitation simply by weighing on a balance whatever falls into a pail. The downward motion of the pail as it fills with precipitation is transmitted to a recording chart on a clock-turned drum. Many of these gauges are equipped with a funnel which can be removed to permit the snow to fall directly into the pail. If accuracy of the snowfall measurements is important, the gauge should, of course, be shielded.

CONT

The two types of automatic rain gages used in the County are weighing buckets and tipping buckets. Most of the rainfall records in the County are collected with weighing bucket gages. A weighing bucket consists of a collection bucket for receiving and storing the precipitation, a weighing device for measurement, and an indicating dial to display, in inches, precipitation gathered by the collector. The weighing bucket mechanically converts the depth of accumulated precipitation during a given period (5 or 15 minutes), to a code disk position. This code disk position is recorded on punched paper tape at the selected intervals.

Key term(s)
  • weighing-type rain gauge
  • weighing-type raingage
  • weighing-type raingauge
  • weighing type raingage
  • weighing type raingauge
  • weighing type rain gauge
  • weighing type rain gage
  • weighing raingage
  • weighing-bucket gauge
  • weighing-bucket gage
  • weighing bucket gauge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

[...] pluviographe consistant en un réceptacle de la forme d'un entonnoir qui se déverse dans un récipient monté sur une balance.

OBS

Le poids du récipient est enregistré sur une feuille à diagramme enroulée sur un tambour d'horlogerie.

CONT

Pluviographe à balance : le seau de réception est monté sur une balance à peson liée au système d'inscription. La fusion des précipitations solides dans les pluviographes est généralement obtenue par réchauffement du cône (manchon chauffant électrique, brûleur à gaz de propane, ampoules à incandescence, ...) commandé par un thermostat.

OBS

Pluviographes [...] Type à pesée. Dans ces instruments, le poids d'un récipient récepteur, plus la hauteur de pluie recueillie depuis le début de l'enregistrement, est enregistré continuellement soit au moyen d'un mécanisme à ressort, soit par un système de poids de balance. Toutes les précipitations sont ainsi enregistrées au fur et à mesure qu'elles sont recueillies [...] Ce type d'instrument est principalement utile pour enregistrer la neige, la grêle et des mélanges de neige et de pluie [...] Il enregistre les précipitations solides sans qu'elles aient à être fondues préalablement.

Key term(s)
  • pluviographe de type à pesée

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
DEF

Dispositivo para registrar la cantidad de lluvia recogiendo el agua de lluvia en un recipiente que se pesa por un mecanismo de balanza.

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Record 4 2000-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
  • Air Freight
CONT

The balance chart is a means of showing that the loaded aircraft is in balance and the centre of gravity is within the permitted range. It is not obligatory but... when used it becomes part of the loadsheet...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
  • Fret aérien
CONT

La feuille de centrage permet pour chaque vol la détermination pratique du centre de gravité de l'avion. Elle fait partie des documents de bord.

OBS

feuille de centrage : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte aéreo
  • Carga aérea
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Record 5 1991-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management
DEF

Method of scheduling and displaying the progress of manufacturing or project work, comparing planned and actual progress at particular points in time.

CONT

The line of balance(LOB) technique is a charting technique for monitoring assembly line progress. The four inputs which are required for an LOB chart are(1) the production plan, showing the key-milestone events of the production process;(2) the cumulative schedule of time to reach each milestone;(3) the production progress, recorded on a vertical Gantt bar chart; and(4) the line of balance, which is a stairstep line obtained by calculating the cumulative number of units which must be completed to meet the schedule for each milestone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production
OBS

Au sens économique, équilibre signifie l'obtention de résultats acceptables.

Spanish

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Record 6 1988-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
OBS

"The line of balance technique differs from gantt and bar charts in its layout and its primary area of application".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
OBS

"Le graphique à la ligne de progression servait dans les cas de production de masse, à la chaîne".

Spanish

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