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DIMMING SYSTEM [5 records]

Record 1 2011-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Components
OBS

Complete system components and wiring for preset dimming control of television studio lighting including :. 1 Master Control Module. 2 Dimming Modules. 3 Prewired Connector Strips and Wall Boxes. 4 Studio Lighting Fixtures. 5 Power and Control Wiring.

OBS

Context taken from a text called "Television Studio Lighting and Control System (Project 700443), submitted for terminological research purposes by A. Mandeville of the Plans and Specifications Section in Montreal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants électrotechniques
OBS

Terme proposé à la suite d'explications données par un technicien en éclairage à la Société Radio-Canada, et d'après les sources suivantes, où «barrette de connexion» a été donné à titre d'équivalent pour : «connection strap» (CGE-6, 1980, p. 341; PIRAN, 1983, p. 61; GOELE, 1964, p. 95) et pour «connecting strip» (GRELE, 1976, p. 49).

OBS

«Précâblé» est donné comme équivalent pour «prewired» dans PIRAN, 1983, p. 236.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lighting
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
CONT

Complete system components and wiring for preset dimming control of television studio lighting including :. 1 Master Control Module. 2 Dimming Modules. 3 Prewired Connector Strips and Wall Bases. 4 Studio Lighting fixtures. 5 Power and Control Wiring.

OBS

Context taken from a text called "Television Studio Lighting and Control System (Project 700443", submitted for terminological research purposes by A. Mandeville of the Plans and Specifications Section in Montréal).

OBS

preset: To fix the value or level of a circuit, control or potentiometer before use.

OBS

preset control: The control, usually a potentiometer, located on a lighting control console, and used to program or preset the output of a dimmer, and in turn, the light output of a dimmer, and in turn, the light output of the luminaire connected to the dimmer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éclairage
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
OBS

Proposition faite à la suite d'explications données par un technicien en éclairage à la Société Radio-Canada et à la lumière du contexte suivant tiré de DUBTE, 1982, p. 171 : «preset fade» - «fondu préréglé». Fondu obtenu par le préréglage des gradateurs.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lighting
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
OBS

Complete system components and wiring for preset dimming control of television studio lighting including :. 1 Master Control Module. 2 Dimming Modules. 3 Prewired Connector Strips and Wall Boxes.... "

OBS

Context taken from a text called "Television Studio Lighting and Control System (Project 700443), submitted for terminological research purposes by A. Mandeville of the Plans and Specifications Section in Montreal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éclairage
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
OBS

Construction par inférence : «module de commande» (PIRAN, 1983, P. 63) et «système de gradation» (OLFLA, 1980; OACI, 1980, p. 1; CGE-6, 1980, p. 49).

OBS

Équivalent approuvé par un technicien en éclairage à la Société Radio-Canada.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamp Components
  • Lighting
CONT

Less obtrusive than an ambient on/off light control, the dimming system maintains a constant light level by varying the output of luminaires.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments de lampes
  • Éclairage
CONT

Un système de gradateurs couplés à des photocapteurs ou à d'autres commandes servant à diminuer le débit lumineux, le jour, offre d'excellentes possibilités d'économies d'énergie.

Spanish

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Record 5 1981-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lighting
OBS

[The section "Flight Compartment"] includes master warning light and warning light dimming systems, where not integrated with a central audio or visual system...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éclairage
OBS

[La section "Poste de pilotage"] comprend l'ensemble des voyants d'alarme principaux et les dispositifs d'atténuation des voyants, lorsqu'ils ne sont pas intégrés dans un système auditif ou visuel centralisé [...]

Spanish

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