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DISTANT STATION [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Appliances and Equipment
  • Fire Safety
CONT

All electrical ventilation systems shall be provided with remote control means for stopping the motors in case of fire or other emergency. For the machinery space ventilation systems there shall be provided two emergency stop stations.... The second emergency stop station shall be located as distant as practicable from the other... "in case of fire trip to stop ventilation. "

OBS

emergency stop station: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage électrique
  • Sécurité incendie
CONT

Les clapets de fermeture [...] sont utilisés comme volets de séparation et d’arrêt dans les systèmes de ventilation industriels ainsi que dans les tunnels et les centrales électriques. [...] Clapet pour poste d'arrêt d'urgence. [...]

OBS

poste d'arrêt d'urgence : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Switching
DEF

A momentary interruption in the direct current flowing in the loop of a calling telephone, produced by the opening and closing of pulse springs on the calling telephone’s dial.

CONT

On local calls within the office(class 5 office), or calls completing from distant offices, dial pulses actuate switches or relays in proper sequence to connect the calling customer to the called station.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commutation téléphonique
CONT

Les dispositifs de réception et d'enregistrement des impulsions de numérotation devront fonctionner correctement dans les conditions suivantes : 1- Avec des impulsions dont la vitesse d'émission pourra être comprise entre 8 et 12 impulsions par seconde [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Conmutación telefónica
DEF

Interrupción en el ciclo de corriente continua de una llamada por teléfono. La interrupción se produce por el rompimiento y el establecimiento de los contactos de pulsos de marcado de una llamada telefónica al marcarse un dígito. El ciclo de corriente se interrumpe una vez por cada unidad de valor del dígito.

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Record 4 2002-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Switching
OBS

Any call(attempted or completed) with the local service area of the calling telephone.(SMICO, 71 : 227) On local calls within the office(class 5 office) or call completing from distant offices, dial pulses actuate switches or relays in proper sequence to connect the calling customer to the called station.(DISATT, 75 : 4, 5)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commutation téléphonique
OBS

Communication interne à un centre de commutation. (NEF 1, 77: 2.1, 3) Une communication est dite locale lorsque les deux abonnés sont rattachés à un même central. (TECHNI, E-2875: 2)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Conmutación telefónica
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Record 5 2001-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Instruments
  • Mathematical Geography
DEF

An instrument used in geodetic surveying to aid in making long-distance(up to 320 km) observations and composed of one or more plane mirrors so mounted and arranged that a beam of sunlight may be reflected by it in any desired direction(such as toward a distant survey station where it can be observed with a theodolite).

OBS

It is sometimes used as an observation signal in triangulation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'arpentage
  • Géographie mathématique
DEF

Instrument servant à renvoyer les rayons solaires à grande distance et servant à faire des signaux convenus.

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A channel for transmitting data between distant points; e. g. to connect a remote data station to a central computer system.

CONT

The computer communication channel is very restricted, usually a keyboard and a screen, whereas people combine data from a wide variety of sources, like voice effects or facial expressions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Ensemble de deux voies de transmission associées pour permettre la transmission des données dans les deux sens.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Canal para la transmisión de datos entre puntos distantes; por ejemplo, para conectar una estación de datos situada a distancia con un sistema central de computadora (ordenador).

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Record 7 1991-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

... a licensed television station that is not a local television station, a regional television station or an extra-regional television station....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

Station de télévision autorisée qui n'est ni une station de télévision locale, ni une station de télévision régionale, ni une station de télévision extra-régionale.

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioelectricity
OBS

scientific commission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radioélectricité

Spanish

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