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DIMENSION LINE [16 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
DEF

The algebraic difference between the actual size and the reference size of a dimension between a point, line or surface on an erected component and its corresponding reference point, line or plane.

OBS

erection deviation: term and definition standardized by ISO in the 1803-2 standard published in 1986, but not included in the 1997 version.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Structural Framework
CONT

Floors shall be supported by... framed or glued laminated wood arches that spring from the floor line and are at least 8 in. by 8 in. in nominal dimension.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpentes
CONT

Au-delà, il faut rechercher des types plus complexes, tels que le systèmes à trois articulations, des systèmes en portique ou des arcs à grande portée.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
  • Architectural Drafting and Tools
DEF

... a fine, dark, solid line terminated by arrowheads, which indicates the direction and extent of a dimension.

CONT

The dimension line meets the extension lines at right angles except in special cases...

CONT

Q.) How do I move the arrowhead or text of a dimension? A.) You can modify a dimension by selecting and dragging its text, arrow heads, or dimension line.

OBS

dimension line : term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
  • Dessin architectural et instruments
DEF

Trait terminé par deux flèches, au-dessus duquel on écrit la cote de la partie de pièce qu'elles délimitent.

CONT

L'inscription d'une cote comprend le tracé des lignes d'attache et de la ligne de cote proprement dite (en traits continus fins) [...]

CONT

Q.) Comment déplacer la flèche ou le texte d'une cote? R.) Dans une cote, vous déplacez simplement le texte, la flèche ou la ligne de cote en les sélectionnant, puis les glissant.

OBS

ligne de cote : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

For radar, the nadir line corresponds to the beginning of the range.

OBS

Range is the line of sight distance between the radar and each illuminated scatterer(target). In SAR usage, the term is applied to the dimension of an image perpendicular to the line of flight of the radar.

OBS

nadir line: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
CONT

Dans le cas du balayage linéaire, la dimension de l'élément de résolution varie entre la verticale du capteur, à proximité de la ligne nadir, définie comme la ligne située à la verticale de la plate-forme, et à la bordure du champ balayé.

OBS

ligne nadir : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facsimile
DEF

In television, any segment of a scanning line, the dimension of which along the line is exactly equal to the nominal line width; the area which is being explored at any instant in the scanning process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécopie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Facsímil
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Record 6 1999-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

In firearms, dimension measured parallel to the axis of the bore from the muzzle to a line at right angle to the axis and tangent at the rearmost point of the butt plate or grip.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Pour les armes à feu, dimension mesurée parallèlement à l'axe du canon, de la bouche à une ligne perpendiculaire à cet axe et tangente au point le plus reculé de la plaque de couche ou de la poignée.

OBS

longueur globale : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 7 1995-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

The residual set of an Apollonian packing.

CONT

The Apollonian construction concludes with five circles, three given and two Apollonian, which together define six circular triangles. Repeating the same procedure, we draw the largest inscribed circle in each triangle. Infinite further repetition is called Apollonian packing. To the resulting infinite collection of circles one adds its limit points, and one obtains a set I call Apollonian net. A portion of net within a circular triangle ... is to be called Apollonian gasket.

CONT

Formation of an Apollonian gasket : the points that are never inside any of the circles form a set of zero area which is, as it were, more than a line, but less than a surface. Its fractal dimension therefore lies between 1 and 2, though its exact value is not known. It is approximately 1. 3.

OBS

See Sierpinski gasket.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
DEF

L'ensemble non dénombrable des points à surface nulle qui restent non couverts par un bourrage apollonien.

OBS

Voir bourrage, entassement.

Spanish

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Record 8 1995-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
DEF

Any figure in Euclidean space having one or more boundary points than its number of dimensions, such as a line segment, which has one dimension and two boundary points.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Ensemble formé par les parties d'un ensemble.

Spanish

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Record 9 1994-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

the distance from the bend tangent line to the mold point.

OBS

In a 90-degree bend SB=R + t(radius of the bend plus thickness of the metal). The setback dimension must be determined prior to making the bend as it(setback) is used in determining the location of the beginning bend tangent line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance

Spanish

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Record 10 1993-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
DEF

A dimensioning method of indicating the position of a point, line, or surface by means of a linear dimension and an angle, other than 90 °, that is implied by the vertical and horizontal centre lines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
DEF

Méthode de cotation qui consiste à indiquer la position d'un point, d'une ligne ou d'une surface, à l'aide d'une dimension linéaire et d'un angle autre que 90 °, cet angle de 90 ° correspondant à l'angle formé par des lignes d'axe horizontales et verticales.

Spanish

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Record 11 1993-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
CONT

Chain dimensioning also known as point-to-point dimensioning, is a method of dimensioning from one feature to the next. Each dimension is dependent upon the previous dimension or dimensions. This is a common practice, although caution should be used as the tolerance of each dimension builds on the next, which is known as tolerance buildup, or stacking.

CONT

Two plans of dimensioning are used on mechanical drawings.... One is called point-to-point or chain dimensioning; each length is dimensioned from the end of the preceding one. These dimensions are usually taken directly from the designer's sketch; however tolerances are cumulative and, rather than averaging out, usually add or subtract so that intermediate clearances may be disturbed. In the other plan, called datum dimensioning..., all dimension lines in each direction extend from a datum or reference line or plane which is usually the first machined surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
CONT

Cotation en chaîne ou en série (...). Cette disposition n'est pas à conseiller puisqu'une erreur commise dans un premier élément se répercute sur tous les suivants.

CONT

Les cotes des divers éléments d'un même côté de l'objet peuvent être une même ligne : c'est la cotation en série.

Spanish

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Record 12 1993-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
CONT

When several dimensions emanate from a common reference point or line, the method is called common-point dimensioning... Dimensioning from reference lines(base or origin lines) may be executed as parallel dimensioning or as superimposed running dimensions... Superimposed running dimensioning is simplified parallel dimensioning and may be used where there are space problems... The origin is indicated by a circle and the opposite end of each dimension is terminated with an arrowhead. Dimensions are placed near the arrowhead.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
CONT

Les cotes des divers éléments d'un même côté de l'objet peuvent être sur une même ligne : c'est la cotation en série. Si, sur cette même ligne, chaque cote donne des chiffres de cote qui sont ceux de chaque élément, mais ajoutés les uns aux autres (de telle sorte que les chiffres de cote s'obtiennent par différence) c'est une cotation à cotes superposées.

CONT

Cotation à cotes superposées ou cumulées (...) Une seule ligne de cote, une seule origine (matérialisée par un triangle poché en noir), les dimensions sont cumulées par rapport à l'origine et elles sont écrites dans le prolongement de la ligne d'attache (...)

Spanish

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Record 13 1993-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
DEF

A sectional view taken from the location of the section cutting plane and placed in any convenient location of the drawing, generally labeled in relation to the cutting plane.

CONT

Revolved and removed sections are used to show the cross-sectional shape of ribs, spokes, or arms when the shape is not obvious in the regular views... The removed section differs in that the section, instead of being drawn right on the view, is removed to an open area on the drawing... Frequently the removed section is drawn to an enlarged scale for clarification and easier dimension. Removed sections of symmetrical parts should be placed, whenever possible, on the extension of the centre line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
CONT

Section sortie (...) Elle est utilisée pour indiquer la forme de la section des pièces à section constante ou variable (profilés, bras de poulie, leviers).

CONT

Section sortie. Dans ce cas, la section est sortie en dehors de la vue, après rabattement, par un glissement le long de son axe. Employer le trait continu fort. Repérer le plan de section et désigner celle-ci comme une coupe.

Spanish

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Record 14 1990-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Forming
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formage des métaux
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 15 1981-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

Performs one or more functions :(1) selects which of the many activity outputs to be measured;(2) does the actual measuring; e. g., counting the number of units per hour coming off an assembly line; and(3) converts the sensed information to another dimension; e. g., units per hour to dollar production volume per day.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 16 1980-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
OBS

The ratio of the linear dimensions of the original to those of the final reproduction. References such as "half size", "quarter size", "same size", "size as", etc., relate to area and are therefore confusing and should not be used. Following are examples of preferred methods of marking copy :(a) Per cent--such as 25%(b) Fraction--such as 1/4(c) 0. 25X(d) Dimension marks, such as a line drawn parallel to an 8-inch dimension and marked "2 inches". All these expressions indicate that a linear dimension is to be reduced to 25% of its original length.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

Rapport des dimensions linéaires de l'original à celles de la reproduction finale. Les expressions "moitié", "quart", etc. se rapportent à la surface, elles entraînent donc une confusion et doivent être évitées. Il faut préférer les exemples suivants: a) pourcentage -- exemple: 25% b) fraction -- exemple: 1/4 c) 0.25X d) Marques dimensionnelles (par exemple une ligne parallèle à une dimension de 8 pouces, marquée "2 pouces"). Toutes ces expressions indiquent que les dimensions linéaires doivent être égales à 25% des dimensions originales.

Spanish

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