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FLOOR EFFECT [7 records]

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Record 1 2016-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
DEF

Carpet having the type of patterned effect produced by using pile yarn composed of two or more single yarns of different colours twisted together.

OBS

A type of mottled effect on fibre-bonded textile floor coverings may be obtained using a blend of fibres of two or more colours.

OBS

mottled carpet; flecked carpet; twisted carpet: terms and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
DEF

Moquette dont le type de dessin est obtenu en utilisant, pour le velours, un fil composé de plusieurs fils simples de couleurs différentes, retordus entre eux. [...] Un effet de chiné peut être obtenu sur un revêtement de sol textile à fibres liées, en utilisant un mélange de fibres de plusieurs couleurs différentes.

OBS

moquette chinée sur fil; moquette twinée sur fil; moquette mouchetée sur fil : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
DEF

In grain milling, machine used to separate bran particles and pieces of endosperm with adhering bran from particles of pure endosperm.

CONT

A purifier is essentially a long oscillating sieve, inclined downwards and becoming coarser from head to tail. Passing through the sieve in the direction from floor to ceiling are air currents. The buoyancy effect of the air causes the flour to stratify into endosperm chunks of different size. Thus, in addition to removal of bran, a purifier can be and is used to make a coarse separation of middlings.

OBS

Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
DEF

machine comprenant une à trois couches de tamis placés dans un bâti oscillant; elle utilise le principe de la séparation par grosseur et par densité pour calibrer un mélange d'albumen pur, de fragments vêtus et de particules de son, et les séparer

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
DEF

A katabatic wind, it is formed at night by the radiational cooling along mountainsides.

CONT

... at night the air in contact with the mountain is cooler than farther from the land mass and so the cooler air sinks along the slope producing the mountain breeze.

CONT

mountain breeze ... As the slopes become colder than the surrounding atmosphere, the lower levels of air cool and drain to the lowest point of the terrain. It may reach several hundred feet in depth, and extreme cases, attain speeds of 50 knots or greater. It blows in the opposite direction of a valley breeze.

CONT

During the night, the air along the mountain slopes begins to cool quickly because of longwave radiation loss... As the air cools, it becomes more dense and begins to flow downslope causing a mountain breeze. Convergence of the draining air occurs at the valley floor and forces the air to move vertically upward. The upward movement is usually limited by the presence of a temperature inversion which forces the air to begin moving horizontally. This horizontal movement completes the circulation cell system. In narrowing terrain, mountain winds can accelerate in speed because of the venturi effect. Such winds can attain speeds as high has 150 kilometers per hour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
DEF

Vent catabatique soufflant la nuit et aux premières heures après le lever du Soleil, le long des pentes, des montagnes vers les vallées ou les plaines.

CONT

Brise de pente [...] De nuit [...] l'air se refroidit au contact du sol et a tendance à descendre le long des pentes vers le fond de la vallée où s'instaure un courant général vers le bas de la vallée, c'est la brise d'amont.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Meteorología
DEF

Corriente de aire que desciende a lo largo de una ladera o cauce por efecto de la gravedad, cuando su densidad es mayor que la de las capas de aire contiguas situadas al mismo nivel.

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Record 4 1999-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
CONT

The second way that dependent variable specification problems can occur is when there are floor and ceiling effects to the measures. If the achievement measure has a ceiling or a floor effect, then many of the students making a perfect or a zero score have accomplishments that are not being measured.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
CONT

Variable truncation also occurs when the tests have either floor or ceiling effects, when only one specific segment of the enrollment is used (such as at risk students or college students) or when data are not available for the entire sample being analyzed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie

Spanish

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Record 6 1982-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

Because of its powerful recirculating effect, the gas mixing method allows the construction of digesters with a gradually sloping floor; as a result these are cheaper. The cover often takes the form of a fixed roof. Floating covers can also be used, but they are fairly costly to install and maintain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

La technique du brassage au gaz, du fait de son puissant effet de recirculation, permet la construction d'ouvrages à radier à faible pente et, par là, plus économiques. La couverture est le plus souvent réalisée sous forme de coupole fixe. Des toits flottants peuvent être également utilisés mais ils entraînent des coûts d'investissement et des sujétions d'entretien assez importants.

Spanish

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Record 7 1982-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

Because of its powerful recirculating effect, the gas mixing method allows the construction of digesters with a gradually sloping floor; as a result these are cheaper. The cover often takes the form of a fixed roof. Floating covers can also be used, but they are fairly costly to install and maintain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

La technique du brassage au gaz, du fait de son puissant effet de recirculation, permet la construction d'ouvrages à radier à faible pente et, par là, plus économiques. La couverture est le plus souvent réalisée sous forme de coupole fixe. Des toits flottants peuvent être également utilisés mais ils entraînent des coûts d'investissement et des sujétions d'entretien assez importants.

Spanish

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