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COMPOSITE OPERATION [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2021-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
DEF

[The] air actions interrelated and/or limited in both time and space, where units differing in type and/or role are put under unified control to achieve a common objective.

OBS

composite air operation : designation usually used in the plural.

OBS

composite air operation; COMAO : The plural form of this designation(composite air operations), the abbreviation and the definition are standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • composite air operations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
DEF

Opération aérienne d'envergure ou limitée dans le temps et l'espace, dans laquelle les unités engagées, équipées de matériels différents ou ayant un rôle différent, sont placées sous un commandement unique pour atteindre un objectif commun.

OBS

opération aérienne combinée; opération aérienne mixte : désignations généralement utilisées au pluriel.

OBS

opération aérienne combinée : La désignation au pluriel (opérations aériennes combinées), l'abréviation et la définition sont normalisées par l'OTAN.

Key term(s)
  • opérations aériennes combinées
  • opérations aériennes mixtes

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Air Forces
CONT

... the air arm of the Eighth Army was the first British experiment in a composite air unit completely integrated with army operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Forces aériennes

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Cinematography
DEF

The process of making a recording by reproducing a recorded sound source and recording this reproduction.

CONT

Whenever a sound track is recorded a second time it is said to be rerecorded. In the motion picture industry, it is common practice to rerecord all sound tracks into one composite track called a master. During the rerecording operation, music and sound effects are added as required and the levels smoothed out.

OBS

In some sources, "dubbing" and "rerecording" are treated as synonyms while in others, including the International electrotechnical commission standards, they are not.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Enregistrement fractionné consistant à ajouter des signaux par recopie et mélange sur une nouvelle liste. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

réenregistrement : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Key term(s)
  • repiquage

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

Ariane 5 Launcher. Propulsion for the main cryogenic stage is provided by a single Vulcain engine fed by cryogenic fuels-liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen-which are stored in two tanks separated by a common bulkhead. Engine thrust is transmitted through a thrustframe to the upper composite by means of the aft skirt, the tank walls and the stage's forward skirt. This frame, containing most equipment required for stage operation, constitutes the propulsion bay. The forward skirt also takes up the thrust of the two large solid boosters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
DEF

Partie d'un véhicule spatial où se trouvent groupés les moteurs et certains organes de pilotage.

OBS

module propulseur : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale - CUTS.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Continuous Handling
  • Underground Mining
  • Ore Extraction and Transport
DEF

The structure used in a mine shaft for the conveyance of men and materials.

CONT

The approximate weight of a steel cage is 1 1/2 times that of the coal it carries, or about equal to the weight of the coal and the mine cars. Cages are usually designed to take one or two cars per deck and may be single or multi-decked. Where multidecked cages are used, simultaneous or consecutive discharge of decks can be employed. The modern trend is towards consecutive decking with power-operated cage unloading equipment. Cages can be either steel, composite or all-alloy construction. An all-alloy cage is about half the weight of its all-steel equivalent. The cage is suspended from bridle chains which in turn are attached to the cappel of the winding rope. Normally there are two cages in simultaneous operation in the shaft and travelling in opposite directions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manutention continue
  • Exploitation minière souterraine
  • Extraction et transport du minerai
DEF

[...] carcasse métallique, de forme parallélépipédique, suspendue à un câble d'extraction dans un puits ou dans un bure, dans laquelle prennent place des berlines ou le personnel pour être remontés ou descendus à une recette par la machine d'extraction [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
DEF

Sampling unit collected by a single operation of a sampling device and being used in a composite sample.

OBS

Term and definition standarized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
DEF

Unité d'échantillonnage prélevée en une seule opération d'un dispositif d'échantillonnage et utilisée pour constituer un échantillon composite.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par ISO.

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

Is a standard shorthand notation for assemblies of SDL concepts.

OBS

SDL means: specification and description language.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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