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HOLD STATION [16 records]

Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Maritime Law
DEF

A court which may be summoned by the captain of H.M. ships on a foreign station, or by a consular officer ... Its jurisdiction is to hear a complaint by the master, mate, or any seaman, or to investigate if the interest of an owner or cargo-owner required it, or if a British ship is wrecked, abandoned or lost ... It is entirely different from a naval court-martial.

OBS

Any officer who commands a ship belonging to Her Majesty on any foreign station or any consular officer may hold such a court when a complaint which requires immediate investigation arises, when the owner's interest in any Canadian ship or cargo seems to require it or when a Canadian ship is abandoned, wrecked or lost.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Droit maritime

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Telecommunications
  • Air Transport
CONT

SHD [Shenandoah Valley Airport] is served by a supplementary aviation weather reporting station(SAWRS) and an automatic weather observing system(AWOS). Surface weather observations are made by [airline] employees who hold certificates issued by the National Weather Service(NWS). The weather reporting station is located in the main terminal building.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Télécommunications
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

An adverse inference generally is a legal inference, adverse to the concerned party, made from a party’s silence or the absence of requested evidence.

CONT

The term "adverse inference" means the court is permitted to draw a negative conclusion from the defendant's silence when interviewed at the police station; in other words, the court may hold the defendant's silence against him.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
CONT

Selon le juge du procès, il est tout à fait clair que le ministère public a prouvé ses prétentions et que l'histoire présentée par le défendeur est tout à fait invraisemblable. L'analyse sur l'inférence défavorable est, pour l'essentiel, faite après coup. Il n'est donc pas nécessaire de traiter de la question d'une inférence défavorable pouvant être tirée du fait de ne pas avoir présenté une preuve.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho probatorio
CONT

[Para] analizar la supuesta tensión entre el derecho al silencio y el derecho a ser oído [se] requiere una reformulación de este derecho al silencio, un derecho al silencio que no sólo implique el privilegio a no ser obligado a verter manifestaciones autoincriminatorias durante el proceso penal, sino también, a que no se puedan realizar inferencias adversas al silencio mantenido por el acusado.

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Record 4 2017-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Zarya control module, also known by the technical term Functional Cargo Block and the Russian acronym FGB, was the first component launched for the International Space Station and provides the station's initial propulsion and power.... The U. S.-funded and Russian-built Zarya, which means Sunrise when translated to English, is a U. S. component of the station although it was built and launched by Russia.... The Zarya module is 41. 2 feet long and 13. 5 feet wide at its widest point. It has an operational lifetime of at least 15 years. Its solar arrays and six nickel-cadmium batteries can provide an average of 3 kilowatts of electrical power. Using the Russian Kurs system, the Zarya will perform an automated and remotely piloted rendezvous and docking with the Service Module in orbit. Its docking power will accommodate Russian Soyuz piloted spacecraft and unpiloted Progress resupply spacecraft. Each of the two solar arrays is 35 feet long and 11 feet wide. The module's 16 fuel tanks combined can hold more than 6 tons of propellant. The attitude control system for the module includes 24 large steering jets and 12 small steering jets. Two large engines are available for reboosting the spacecraft and making major orbital changes.

CONT

The Zarya module now provides orientation control, communications and electrical power attached to the passive Unity module while the station awaits launch of the third component, a Russian-provided crew living quarters and early station core known as the Service Module ... The Service Module will enhance or replace many functions of the Zarya. Later in the station’s assembly sequence, the Zarya module will be used primarily for its storage capacity and external fuel tanks.

OBS

Zarya control module; FGB: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

PHR

Zarya -Y nadir port

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

[...] Zarya [«lever de soleil»] est un remorqueur, un véhicule orbital autonome qui contient les systèmes initiaux de propulsion, de guidage, d'orientation, de communications, d'alimentation électrique et de thermorégulation nécessaires au maintien de la Station spatiale internationale pendant ses premiers mois dans l'espace. Au fil des mois, le module Zarya est devenu ni plus ni moins qu'un couloir menant la station, un port d'amarrage et un réservoir de carburant. Construit par la Russie dans le cadre d'un marché américain, Zarya appartient aux États-Unis.

CONT

Le module russe Zarya et le nœud américain Unity sont reliés par l'Adaptateur 1 [...] Ce module, jadis appelé FGB, est la salle des machines de la station et assure les fonctions de propulsion, d'alimentation électrique et d'orientation du futur complexe spatial.

OBS

module de contrôle Zarya; FGB : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

PHR

système de photopiles du module russe Zarya

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Airport Runways and Areas
CONT

ATC [air traffic control] and FSS [flight service station] will hold vehicles and pedestrians and ATC will hold taxiing aircraft at published holding positions or at least 200 ft [feet] from the runway edge until an aircraft taking off or landing has passed the holding traffic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
  • Pistes et aires d'aéroport
CONT

L'ATC [contrôle de la circulation aérienne] et les FSS [stations d'information de vol] tiendront à l'écart les véhicules et les piétons, et l'ATC tiendra à l'écart les aéronefs circulant au sol aux points d'attente publiés ou à au moins 200 pi [pieds] du bord de piste jusqu'à ce qu'un aéronef qui décolle ou qui atterrit ait dépassé le trafic en attente.

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Airport Runways and Areas
CONT

ATC [air traffic control] and FSS [flight service station] will hold vehicles and pedestrians and ATC will hold taxiing aircraft at published holding positions or at least 200 ft from the runway edge until an aircraft taking off or landing has passed the holding traffic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
  • Pistes et aires d'aéroport
CONT

L’ATC [contrôle de la circulation aérienne] et les FSS [station d'information de vol] tiendront à l’écart les véhicules et les piétons, et l’ATC tiendra à l’écart les aéronefs circulant au sol aux points d’attente publiés ou à au moins 200 pi du bord de piste jusqu’à ce qu’un aéronef qui décolle ou qui atterrit ait dépassé le trafic en attente.

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Spacecraft
CONT

StratSat provides a geo-stationary platform at 20 km altitude capable of remaining on-station for up to five years. Payloads include high speed Internet services, direct broadcast TV, mobile telecommunication, etc. The envelope operates as a super-pressure hull(i. e. with no ballonet pressure control system). The hull will be of laminated fabric construction with Tedlar/Teflon, helium/weather barrier developed from AT-10/04. Multiple catenary curtain system supporting a payload module enclosed completely by the envelope. [The] payload module... comprises a single structural module with an externally mounted payload/mission system. The payload module provides a home for all of the airship's primary systems except for the propulsion system. The systems are close packed within the highly insulated module ensuring efficient heat and energy management. The payload module is pendulum stabilised within the envelope. The solar array provides the sole source of renewable energy for the airship. The array is placed over the upper quarter of the hull and extends over approximately three-quarters of the length of the craft. The array can be realigned to the daily sun location/angle by the roll rotation of the whole airship. The energy collected by the solar array is stored for use during the night in the series of batteries. Located in the stored for use during the night in a series of batteries. Located in the payload module, the batteries run the propulsion system, airship services and provide power to the mission system for up to 14 hours(during winter). The airship is propelled and steered by means of a ’Contra-Rotating Coned Rotor’ mounted on a tailcone at the rear of the envelope, as a part of a compound propulsion system. The unit provides longitudinal thrust(to counter the prevailing stratospheric winds) and lateral force(for manoeuvering) to enable the airship to hold station within a 1 km cube. The airship will be equipped with a multi-channel Flight Control Sy

OBS

StratSat® is a registered trademark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

[...] le dirigeable géostationnaire britannique StratSat®, conçu par ATG (Advanced Technology Group) [est un] dirigeable souple d'environ 200 m de long pour 48 m de diamètre, [qui] devrait faire ses premiers vols vers 2005/2006 [...] Il pourra emporter 2 t de charge utile à 20 km d'altitude, avec une autonomie allant jusqu'à 5 ans. Pouvant se maintenir à poste avec une précision d'1 km³, il couvrira une surface au sol de 115 km de rayon.

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Cartography
CONT

Consider using one of the following : a micro-hydro generating station in Canadian northern and remote locations; a small dam on a creek to hold eight to 10 hours of full load production...

OBS

dam on stream: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Cartographie
CONT

Envisager d'utiliser une microcentrale hydroélectrique (dans les régions nordiques ou éloignées du Canada), un petit barrage sur un ruisseau en vue de huit à dix heures de production à pleine charge [...]

OBS

barrage sur un ruisseau : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The cable caddy is a small 50-pound carrier designed to hold about 20 feet of spar electrical line for the space station.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

An electronic hand-held weather recording device used, for instance, by car racing teams, sailors, farmers, outdoor and weather enthusiasts.

CONT

... hand held weather stations take about every weather factor into consideration. ... Very sophisticated ones not only measure weather conditions every second but make E.T. or throttle stop predictions every 4 seconds. A sophisticated drag racing weather station will allow you to store data on as many as 256 previous runs and performs an analysis to give you a prediction based on the weather conditions instantly. It can keep and use separate databases for separate vehicles, tracks, or classes. Some of the really sophisticated stations have a prediction deviation function [which] gives a reliability value of the prediction. It gives you a margin of error based on the information in the database that you chose. Within the last few years, windmeters have been added to the weather station box of tricks.

CONT

The Kestrel line of wind meters or anemometers... in less than 60 seconds, provide the answer to the major spraying season question that haunts producers each morning :"How windy is it?" The Kestrel 1000... gives a fast answer to wind speed average and gusts.... the model 2000 will add temperature and for those really cold days on the sprayer, add wind chill to that list. The 3000 adds humidity, dew point and heat stress index.... But for an all out weather station you can hold in the palm of your hand, the Kestrel 4000 provides all of this, in addition to wet bulb, altitude, air density and barometric pressure. Most importantly, 250 of these readings can be recorded in the device's memory and later transferred to the farm computer.... Michael Naughton of Nielsen Keller-man said the company released the 1000 in 1999 with the intention of it being a tool for sailors and outdoor sports and weather enthusiasts. "Farmers are turning out to be a really big part of our business. The 4000 is really popular with them. We were surprised by the demand for little hand-held weather stations, "he said.

OBS

Not to be confused with "manual (weather) station."

Key term(s)
  • hand-held station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Appareils de mesure
CONT

Station portative EB312. Petite station météo portative 3 fonctions : prévisions météo par icônes, température ambiante et horloge-calendrier. Idéal pour les activités de plein air : un appareil commode et peu encombrant à mettre dans toutes les poches.

CONT

Station météorologique portative. [...] un instrument destiné à faciliter les observations météorologiques dans les excursions de plus en plus fréquentes qu'exécutent les touristes [...] Cet instrument est composé de façon à pouvoir déterminer exactement, en tous lieux, d'une manière commode et prompte, les trois données météorologiques les plus importantes de l'air, savoir : sa pression, sa température et son degré d'humidité. C'est le groupement d'un baromètre, d'un thermomètre, d'un hygromètre et d'une boussole. L'agencement de ces appareils constitue un instrument d'un volume restreint, renfermé dans un étui unique [...]. la Nature, 1874, deuxième semestre, p. 112.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «station (météo) manuelle».

Key term(s)
  • station météorologique portable
  • station portable
  • station météorologique de poche

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The freighter's docking probe [Progress P6 supply ship] penetrated the aft port of the Zvezda service module and was captured during last Wednesday's link up. However, the debris prevented the probe from fully retracting as designed to bring the craft and station together in a tight fit. The end result was the inability of eight latches to engage that would firmly hold the Progress in place for its 80-day stay at orbiting complex.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Progress 7 s'est connecté en douceur au port d'amarrage arrière du module de service Zvezda de la station à 14 h 58, HNC (2058, TU) pendant que les deux vaisseaux survolaient l'Asie centrale à une altitude de 240 milles terrestres. En quelques minutes, les crochets et les verrous de la sonde d'amarrage de Progress et du mécanisme d'amarrage de Zvezda ont été activés, assurant de ce fait une liaison étanche.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The tool stanchion primarily serves as a temporary storage for EVA [Extra-Vehicular Activity] tools and equipment. The tool head is designed to hold up to four single-sided or two double-sided tool boards. Four bayonet fitting receptacles can be used to hold tools, and two EVA changeout mechanism sockets mounted on top of the tool head can be used to store ORUs [Orbital Replaceable Units]. Two tool stanchions are baselined for the station.

CONT

The [Workable Work Platform] comprises several components: an articulating portable foot restraint (APFR), a tool stanchion, and a temporary equipment restraint aid (TERA).

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

porte-outils : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Maneuvering of Ships
CONT

The S-445, when dynamically stationed, has complete freedom to head into prevailing wind, waves or currents thereby reducing the size thrust necessary to hold the vessel on station and also improving the ship's motion characteristics.

OBS

Dynamic stationing is the technology of maintaining a vessel’s position by means of thrust.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Manœuvre des navires
CONT

En 1974, malgré la perte d'une hélice [...], le Pélican a pu continuer à forer en position dynamique sans problème important.

OBS

Le principe de l'ancrage dynamique [...] consiste à maintenir un support flottant en station en opposant en permanence à la force de dérive résultant de l'action des éléments la réaction conjuguée de propulseurs contrôlés en intensité et en direction par un calculateur alimenté par les informations d'un dispositif détecteur d'écart.

Key term(s)
  • en positionnement dynamique

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Telecommunications
  • Telephone Services
DEF

A feature of some PABX's which enables a PABX station to hold a trunk call while calling another local station for consultation.(SMICO, 7 : 95) The user can alternate between the original and the consultation call by operating the hold button and then depressing the line pick-up button for the line desired.(GOSWI 9, 77 : 43)

OBS

consultation hold: officialized by Bell Canada

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Télécommunications
  • Services téléphoniques
OBS

Dans une installation d'abonnés avec postes supplémentaires, possibilité de suspendre provisoirement une conversation en cours sur la ligne principale (la communication étant mise en garde) pour établir pendant ce temps, à partir du même poste intérieur une communication avec un autre poste supplémentaire. Après rupture de cette communication intérieure, la ligne principale peut être reprise pour continuer la conversation interrompue. L'agencement mécanique et électrique des postes double ligne permet aux utilisateurs de mettre en garde une communication réseau pour appeler, via l'autocommutateur, un usager, et de reprendre le réseau à la fin de cette communication de double appel.

OBS

double appel : uniformisé par Bell Canada.

OBS

L'usager peut suspendre un appel pour en établir ou en recevoir un autre et passer d'un correspondant à un autre.

Spanish

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Record 15 1996-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
  • Military Materiel Management
  • Inventory and Material Management
OBS

A supply facility in which base or station second line stocks are positioned in or adjacent to a major user wherever activity and essentiality of prompt response to requirements necessitates such action. Materiel held in supply groups remains under the control of the base or station supply officer and constitutes a part of the base or station assets. Supply groups may hold total base or station assets of certain ranges of materiel, e. g. repair parts, or may hold a portion of the base or station assets. Supply groups will stock a quantity and range of materiel to meet the needs of the users being serviced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
OBS

Établissement d'approvisionnement où les stocks de deuxième échelon d'une base ou d'une station sont entreposés ou placés à proximité d'un usager majeur, lorsque les travaux en cours ou l'importance d'une réponse rapide aux besoins rend indispensable une telle mesure. Le matériel conservé par les groupes d'approvisionnement relève de l'officier d'approvisionnement et constitue une partie des actifs de la base ou de la station. Les groupes d'approvisionnement peuvent détenir la totalité des actifs de certaines gammes de matériel conservé à la base ou à la station, par exemple, les pièces de rechange, ou une partie seulement. Ils doivent conserver une quantité et une gamme de matériel leur permettant de répondre aux besoins de leurs usagers.

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Record 16 1978-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Dynamic stationing is the technology of maintaining a vessel' s position by means of thrust. The S-445, when dynamically stationed, has complete freedom to head into prevailing wind, waves or currents thereby reducing the size thrust necessary to hold the vessel on station and also improving the ship's motion characteristics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Le principe de l'ancrage dynamique [...] consiste à maintenir un support flottant en station en opposant en permanence à la force de dérive résultant de l'action des éléments la réaction conjuguée de propulseurs contrôlés en intensité et en direction par un calculateur alimenté par les informations d'un dispositif détecteur d'écart.

Spanish

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