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HABITABILITY [13 records]

Record 1 2025-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Laboratories and Centres
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Climate Change
OBS

Research at NASA's [National Aeronautics and Space Administration's] Goddard Institute for Space Studies(GISS) emphasizes a broad study of global change, an interdisciplinary initiative addressing natural and man-made changes in [the] environment that occur on various time scales — from one-time forcings such as volcanic explosions, to seasonal and annual effects such as El Niño, and on up to the millennia of ice ages — and that affect the habitability of [the] planet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laboratoires et centres de recherche
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Changements climatiques
OBS

Créé en 1961, cet institut est un centre de pointe en matière de modélisation atmosphérique et de recherche sur le changement climatique.

OBS

Institut Goddard d'études spatiales : bien que cette appellation soit utilisée, elle n'est pas officielle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Laboratorios y centros de investigación
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Cambio climático
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Record 2 2022-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sonar and Underwater Detection (Military)
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
CONT

Patrol quiet state. This is the most common quiet state of a vessel at sea in peacetime. This quiet state is the default if no other state is promulgated. No threat exists and habitability, training and maintenance are primary considerations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sonar et détection sous-marine (Militaire)
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
CONT

Mode silencieux de patrouille. Mode silencieux le plus commun d'un navire en mer (temps de paix) [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Node 3 connecting module... controls and distributes resources from Node 1 to the connected elements : Crew Return Vehicle, Cupola, Pressurised Mating Adapter 3, Habitation Module. It also houses redundant key environmental control and Life Support systems for atmosphere revitalisation, oxygen generation, crew hygiene, waste management and water processing. It also accommodates equipment to support internal habitability and the distribution of avionics and fluid resources.

OBS

Node 3: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

Les Nœuds 2 et 3 [ont] une longueur de 7,1 mètres, un diamètre de 4,5 mètres et [...] une masse de 15 tonnes. Ils contiennent des «bâtis» et [contribuent au bon fonctionnement] des autres éléments de la Station.

CONT

En 2003, la Station recevra le Nœud 3 [qui sera] fixé sous Unity et sous lequel sera [amarré] le véhicule de sauvetage.

OBS

Nœud 3 : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Earth (Astronomy)
  • Planets
CONT

These days habitability varies widely across Earth, so that large portions of its surface are relatively devoid of life-think of arid deserts, the nutrient-poor ocean and frigid polar regions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terre (Astronomie)
  • Planètes

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Interplanetary Space Exploration
DEF

A robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] on November 26, 2011 ... which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012.

OBS

The overall objectives include investigating Mars’ habitability, studying its climate and geology, and collecting data for a manned mission to Mars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Exploration interplanétaire
DEF

Mission d'exploration au sol de la planète Mars développée par la N.A.S.A [National Aeronautics and Space Administration].

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Earth (Astronomy)
  • Planets
DEF

[The zone in which] the sum of the physical and chemical conditions ... would support the presence of liquid water.

CONT

It is no longer evident that the habitability zone, in which planets and their satellites may develop life, need to be found in a limited region near the star. In the case of our solar system, the habitability zone has been taken to lie outside the orbit of Venus(0. 7 AU [astronomical units]) and beyond the orbit of Mars(1. 5 AU [astronomical units]).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terre (Astronomie)
  • Planètes
DEF

[....] zone dans laquelle la quantité d'énergie reçue par la planète permet à l'eau d'exister sous forme liquide.

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

A promise by a landlord that at the inception of the lease there are no latent defects in facilities vital to the use of premises for residential purposes, and that these facilities will remain in usable condition during the duration of the lease. (Yogis, 1983, p. 225)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

garantie d'habitabilité : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Residential Architecture
  • Building Elements
  • Urban Studies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'habitation
  • Éléments du bâtiment
  • Urbanisme
DEF

Ensemble des qualités qu'un local offre pour la vie des habitants, telles que, notamment, la dimension, l'éclairement, l'isolation, l'hygiène.

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Helicopters (Military)
  • Ship's Aircraft (Military)
CONT

The helicopter landing platform can be used in support of helicopter assaults and logistic operations. The helicopter deck is removable and has one landing spot. Up to 90 tons JP-5 fuel is carried for helicopters. The ships’ habitability features provide for the berthing, messing and cargo transportation of approximately 300 fully equipped combat troops of the landing force in addition to the 360 crew members assigned.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
  • Aéronefs embarqués (Militaire)
OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • plate-forme d'appontage d'hélicoptère

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Structure
  • Astronautics
OBS

A component of ESA (European Space Agency).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Structures de l'entreprise
  • Astronautique
OBS

Composante de l'ASE [Agence spatiale européenne].

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

Assured Safe Crew Return [...] provides mitigation capability for life threatening illness, unrecoverable loss of Station habitability, or extended problem requiring resupply/servicing, which is prevented from occurring due to launch problems. Consists of actions, operations and functions necessary to safely populate the Crew Return Vehicle(CRV), separate the CRV, return the CRV to earth, and egress the CRV upon recovery on the ground.

OBS

assured safe crew return; ASCR : term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
OBS

procédure de sécurité pour le retour de l'équipage sur Terre; ASCR : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 12 1987-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme
CONT

L'élévation générale du niveau de vie fait que, parallèlement, le seuil d'habitabilité s'élève.

Spanish

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Record 13 1982-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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