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DISTANCE STOPS [14 records]

Record 1 2017-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Control Systems (Motor Vehicles)
  • Braking Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

The distance travelled by the vehicle during the total braking time, i. e. distance travelled by the vehicle from the instant when the driver begins to actuate the control device until the instant when the vehicle stops.

OBS

stopping distance: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Dispositifs de commande (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Freins (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Distance parcourue par le véhicule pendant le temps total de freinage, c'est-à-dire parcourue par le véhicule depuis l'instant où le conducteur commence à actionner le dispositif de commande jusqu'à l'instant où le véhicule s'arrête.

OBS

distance d'arrêt : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
  • Fiabilidad y ensayos (Ingeniería)
  • Sistemas de regulación (Vehículos automotores)
  • Frenos (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
DEF

Distancia recorrida por el vehículo durante el tiempo de frenado total, es decir, la distancia recorrida por el vehículo desde el instante en que el conductor comienza a accionar el dispositivo de control hasta el instante en que el vehículo se detiene.

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Record 2 2016-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

In a given material, for an individual charged particle of one specified energy, the total distance this particle travels before it stops.

OBS

path length: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

path length: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Distance totale parcourue par une particule chargée, donnée d'énergie déterminée dans un milieu spécifié, jusqu'à son arrêt.

OBS

longueur de trajectoire : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

longueur de trajectoire : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Dashboards and Instrumentation (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

If [the] odometer sensor stops working, dead reckoning(DR) distance to waypoint(WP) readout will not count down to arrived-at-point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Tableau et instruments de bord (Véhicules automobiles)
CONT

Si le capteur de l’odomètre cesse de fonctionner, la distance estimée du point de cheminement n’indiquera pas le décompte de la distance à parcourir pour atteindre l’objectif.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mass Transit
CONT

Courtesy or discretionary stops will be accommodated if they are safe and do not affect distance and time factors. These stop requests are always at the discretion and authority of the driver, who may recognize a dangerous situation not obvious to the casual observer or passenger. You may ask the driver to let you off at a location other than a regular bus stop, if you feel threatened by an individual, or a situation [or if] through injury or age, you have great difficulty in walking.

OBS

courtesy stop: term recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports en commun
CONT

L'arrêt de courtoisie. [Offert] à compter de 21 h tous les soirs et sur toutes les lignes du réseau [d'autobus], ce service est plus particulièrement destiné aux passagers qui sont seuls le soir et [qui] souhaitent, pour des raisons de sécurité ou de mobilité, descendre plus près de leur destination ou à un endroit plus éclairé que l'arrêt habituel. Il suffit d'en aviser le chauffeur qui pourra ensuite arrêter son véhicule à l'endroit qu'il juge le plus sécuritaire entre deux arrêts d'autobus.

OBS

arrêt de courtoisie : terme recommandé par le Comité de terminologie et normalisé par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte público
CONT

Explicaron que las paradas de cortesía [significan] que pueden hacer paradas en puntos como, por ejemplo, el asilo "del Buen Señor" en Mazatepec a fin de que las personas de la tercera edad no caminen hasta la parada.

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Record 5 2009-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling (Rail Transport)
  • Railroad Safety
CONT

The train stopped just inside Block 3 is protected by Signal A125, but only if the second train stops at the signal correctly. Should it run past the signal, it will get "tripped" by the trainstop of A125. However, there is insufficient room for the train to stop before it collides with the first train. The safe braking distance is too short. To overcome this situation, each signal is moved back a safe braking distance from the entrance to the block. This distance is called the overlap... The overlap now provides a safe braking distance for any train which overruns a signal so that there is no risk of it colliding with a stopped train in front.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation (Transport par rail)
  • Sécurité (Transport par rail)

Spanish

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Record 6 - external organization data 2005-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Alphas and betas cause direct ionization. Each ion-pair created takes a small amount of energy and slows the alpha or beta a little bit. Eventually the particle stops. Alphas of a given energy all travel the same straight-line distance(range) in a given material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Les rayons alpha et bêta causent une ionisation directe. Chaque création de paire d'ions absorbe une petite quantité d'énergie et ralentit d'autant la particule. La particule finit par s'arrêter. Quelle que soit leur énergie, les alphas franchissent la même distance en ligne droite (dans une substance donnée, ils ont la même portée).

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Space Shuttle stops within 50 meters of Mir, which is approximately one-half the length of a football field. From that position the Space Shuttle waits for clearance from Mission Control to continue. When the command is given to continue, the Reaction Control System is activated again and the Space Shuttle closes in on Mir at a speed of about 0. 05 meters per second until it reaches a distance of about 9 meters. There, the Space Shuttle stops again and waits for approximately 5 minutes. The Commander and Pilot make sure they can see the docking target clearly and fine-tune the alignment of the Space Shuttle with the docking target. A large black cross called the Stand-off Cross is mounted 30 centimeters(cm) above the back plate in the center of the target. When the Commander has the Stand-off Cross squarely in line with the docking target, he or she maneuvers the Space Shuttle and makes contact with the docking ring. Once a series of hooks is engaged, the Space Shuttle is then successfully docked with Mir.

OBS

docking target: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

Voici le module d'habitation Zvezda [...] Le «bras» que l'on voit en bas à gauche porte une cible [d'amarrage] dont se servent justement les Progress et les Soyouz pour se guider.

OBS

cible d'amarrage : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
CONT

The alpha particle or neutron will move only a short distance before its energy is all absorbed and it stops, so it has a high rate of energy transfer per unit length travelled.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique
CONT

[...] les survivants d'Hiroshima et Nagasaki ont été essentiellement exposés à des rayonnements à faible transfert d'énergie linéique (TEL) [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

FWD LOWER CARGO DOOR... Install barrier... Pencil mark barrier stops along upper edge of cargo door rub blocks... Measure distance from pencil mark to end of barrier stop... If minimum dimension not met, shim up cargo door rub block(s) as required, using MICARTA sheet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

cale : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

The pot is a small-bore plunger cylinder without a torpedo. The two cylinders are connected by a valve. When the valve is open, the melting or plasticizing cylinder pushes the material into the nozzle end of the pot, forcing the plunger back. When the plunger moves back an experimentally predetermined distance, the filling stops and the valve is closed, because the backward motion of the plunger actuates a limit switch. At the appropriate time in the cycle the material is injected into the mold from the second cylinder, the so-called shooting cylinder or pot.

OBS

injection cylinder: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • feed cylinder

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
CONT

Cette technique de plastification [...] correspond à la majorité des cas. Mais il est possible d'améliorer sa performance en l'associant à un système à pot d'injection indépendant. [...] L'avantage de ce système consiste à rendre à la vis sa seule fonction, celle de plastification, et à confier la phase d'injection à un piston indépendant.

OBS

pot d'injection : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 11 1998-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

The pot is a small-bore plunger cylinder without a torpedo. The two cylinders are connected by a valve. When the valve is open, the melting or plasticizing cylinder pushes the material into the nozzle end of the pot, forcing the plunger back. When the plunger moves back an experimentally predetermined distance, the filling stops and the valve is closed, because the backward motion of the plunger actuates a limit switch. At the appropriate time in the cycle the material is injected into the mold from the second cylinder, the so-called shooting cylinder or pot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie

Spanish

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Record 12 1997-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

When the valve is open, the melting or plasticizing cylinder pushes the material into the nozzle end of the pot, forcing the plunger back. When the plunger moves back an experimentally predetermined distance, the filling stops and the valve is closed, because the backward motion of the plunger actuates a limit switch. At the appropriate time in the cycle the material is injected into the mold from the second cylinder, the so-called shooting cylinder or pot. This method of operation gives much better mixing of the plastic, more even temperature distribution, and better control of speed, pressure, and the amount of material. This type machine is called a preplasticizing machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie

Spanish

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Record 13 1994-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying
DEF

A command term utilized by the tapeman to indicate a correct position when measuring distances and marking measuring points.

DEF

good: A call used when simultaneous observations are being made, to indicate to the second person the moment a reading is to be made, as when the time of a celestial observation is to be noted; or the moment a reading is a prescribed value.

CONT

When the head tapeman applies the tension, the rear plumb bob may be pulled a short distance off the point. The rear tapeman must pull the tape back at once with a smooth notion. He or she must try to hold the tape stationary and, as soon as it is in the correct position, call "mark". He or she should continue to call "mark" while it is in correct position and stop calling if it goes off. He or she stops calling "mark" when the head tapeman relieves the tension.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arpentage
DEF

Dans la mesure des distances, mot d'ordre utilisé par le chaîneur pour indiquer ou marquer une portée de chaîne.

CONT

L'opérateur aligne l'aide sur la ligne d'opération, celui-ci tend la chaîne [...], le chaîneur vérifie la coïncidence de l'origine avec le repère et annonce bon, l'aide marque l'autre extrémité avec un trait à la craie ou une fiche et annonce à son tour bon puis relâche la tension.

Spanish

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Record 14 1981-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plywood
  • Natural Construction Materials
  • Wood Products
Key term(s)
  • stop
  • spacer bar
  • distance stop
  • spacing stick

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contreplaqués
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
  • Produits du bois
Key term(s)
  • liteau d'écartement
  • cale

Spanish

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