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FLOODLIGHTING [7 records]

Record 1 2023-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lighting
  • Urban Sites
DEF

The lighting of a large area or surface by means of light from projectors situated at some distance from the surface.

Key term(s)
  • flood lighting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éclairage
  • Sites (Urbanisme)
DEF

Éclairage d'un site limité ou d'un objet par des projecteurs, à l'effet d'en augmenter fortement l'éclairement par rapport à l'entourage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Iluminación
  • Emplazamientos urbanos
CONT

La iluminación por proyección desde el propio edificio y el entorno […] ya ponía de manifiesto los problemas que los diseñadores de iluminación tratarían de resolver más tarde como la dificultad para el reparto de la iluminación en sentido vertical o la aparición de sombras no deseadas.

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Record 2 2013-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airport Runways and Areas
  • Signalling and Illumination (Air Transport)
CONT

[...] airport lighing includes such items as beacons, illuminated wind cones or wind tees, ceiling light projectors, guidance signs, and apron floodlighting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pistes et aires d'aéroport
  • Signalisation (Transport aérien)
CONT

Le balisage nocturne, ou balisage lumineux, comporte en premier lieu un balisage d'approche, [...] généralement constitué par une ligne médiane de feux et des lignes transversales.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of NATO Publications
Universal entry(ies)
STANAG 3892
publication code, see observation
OBS

STANAGS (Standardization Agreements) are NATO publications used by the Department of National Defence as works of reference.

OBS

STANAG 3892: STANAG 1203: NATO standardization agreement code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres des publications de l'OTAN
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
STANAG 3892
publication code, see observation
OBS

STANAG 3892 : STANAG 1203 : code d'accord de normalisation de l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Renewable Energy
CONT

... in spite of ever stricter energy-conservation rules and regulations, overall energy consumption refuses to drop toward the cellar. People always seem to find new uses for energy-hot tubs, floodlighting for their houses, central-air conditioning-most of which were unknown a generation ago.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergies renouvelables

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Illumination Engineering
CONT

Incandescent lamps... Outdoor applications include building floodlighting, fountain and spotlighting on flag standards and sculpture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Éclairagisme
CONT

L'éclairage des monuments, ou des façades de certains bâtiments dont le caractère architectural mérite d'être souligné, constitue un des succès les plus spectaculaires de la technique de l'éclairage et contribue à la mise en place de points d'attraction dans une ville.

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airfields
  • Signalling and Illumination (Air Transport)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérodromes
  • Signalisation (Transport aérien)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lighting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éclairage

Spanish

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