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INITIAL CONDITION [28 records]

Record 1 2025-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
CONT

Sjögren reticular dystrophy is an exceedingly rare condition... with both autosomal recessive and dominant modes of inheritance. A bilateral and symmetric reticular pattern of RPE [retinal pigment epithelium] clumping, hyperplasia, and associated atrophic degenerative changes is noted that may or may not be associated with a slight decrease in central vision. In the initial stages, pigment granules accumulate at the site of the fovea with a network that resembles a "fishnet with knots. "The midperiphery and periphery may be spared, but in some cases this may be the principal area of involvement.... The reticular changes probably appear in infancy and are often fully developed by 15 years of age.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
CONT

La dystrophie réticulée de Sjögren [...] C'est une affection rare, apparaissant dans l'enfance, caractérisée par des altérations pigmentaires paracentrales donnant un aspect typique, en filet comportant des nœuds.

OBS

La dystrophie réticulée de Sjögren est de transmission autosomique dominante ou récessive.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dactyloscopy
CONT

Factors that affect the appearance of a latent print include the pliability of skin, condition of skin, deposition pressure, lateral movement, matrix(substance coating the ridges), substrate(surface on which the print is deposited), and development method. An important part of the initial analysis is the determination of how these factors might affect the latent print.

CONT

It is well known that the pressure of deposition is an important parameter for the success of latent fingermark visualization; the higher the pressure the more fingermark material that is left. Therefore, for this indirect method, it was suggested that the female donors may have applied less force while depositing the fingermarks, due to the lighter weight of their hands compared to those of the male donors ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dactyloscopie
CONT

Déformation quantitative d'impression de crête papillaire selon trois niveaux de pression de déposition et des mouvements vers le haut et vers le bas [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

The doctrine of "continuous trespass" applies only to omissions to remove something which has been brought on land and wrongfully left there; it does not extend to other cases where a defendant fails to restore the land to the same condition in which he found it, there the plaintiff can only treat the initial entry as trespass and must content himself with one action in which damages are recoverable for both past and future loss.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
DEF

The continuous aeration of sludge after its initial aeration for the purpose of improving or maintaining its condition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
DEF

Aération continue des boues d'égout après une première aération en vue d'améliorer ou de maintenir leur état.

Key term(s)
  • réaération de la boue

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The doctrine of "continuous trespass" applies only to omissions to remove something which has been brought on land and wrongfully left there; it does not extend to other cases where a defendant fails to restore the land to the same condition in which he found it, there the plaintiff can only treat the initial entry as trespass and must content himself with one action in which damages are recoverable for both past and future loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
DEF

Dommage déjà réalisé, par opposition au dommage futur.

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

a device for establishing an initial condition, such as the control values of a loop, or the value to which a parameter is to be bound.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

To establish an initial condition, such as the control values of a loop, or the value to which a parameter is to be bound. term standardized by ISO and officially approved by the Government EDP(Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee(GESC).

OBS

preset: term standardized by ISO and officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
DEF

Établir une condition initiale, telle que l'ensemble des valeurs de commande d'une boucle, ou bien la valeur à laquelle un paramètre doit être fixé. [Définition normalisée par l’ISO et uniformisée par le CNGI.]

OBS

prédéfinir; prérégler : termes normalisés par l’ISO et uniformisés par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
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Record 8 2011-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Electrochemistry
CONT

Hysteresis(electrode memory) occurs when there is a difference between the emf first observed in a solution containing a concentration of A and a second observation of the emf in the same solution after exposing the electrode to a different concentration of the solution in which the electrode was previously immersed. Hysteresis is thought to be a kinetic process. Normal, reversible responses are expected when sufficient time is allowed for the system to return to its initial condition.

Key term(s)
  • electrode memory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Électrochimie
DEF

En électrochimie, [...] un potentiel différent du potentiel initial après un changement de concentration et un retour à la valeur d'origine.

OBS

La reproductibilité d'une électrode présentant de l'hystérésis sera mauvaise. L'erreur systématique est généralement observée dans un sens qui tend à rapprocher la valeur du potentiel de celle correspondant à la solution initiale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química analítica
  • Electroquímica
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Record 9 2010-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

The grain placed in the drying bin should be relatively clean. Fines, chaff, small or broken seeds and weed seeds increase the grain’s resistance to airflow. Fines also tend to accumulate in the center of the bin and may spoil due to lack of conditioning.

CONT

Good quality, clean, sound grain is much easier to maintain in storage than cracked and broken grain. Broken kernels will mold three to four times faster than whole kernels. Broken grain also is more susceptible to insect attack, since some insects feed only on broken or cracked kernels. It is critical that initial grain condition receives considerable attention.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Minoterie et céréales
DEF

Ensemble des grains cassés par le battage et diverses manutentions et qui sont utilisés dans l'alimentation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Molinería y cereales
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Record 10 2009-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Relays
DEF

An electrical relay whose contact returns to initial condition after removal of coil energization.

CONT

A monostable relay has one stable state, on or off, where no power is consumed while the other state requires constant power to keep it there. As soon as the power disappears, it returns to the original stable state.

OBS

monostable relay: term standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relais (Distribution électrique)
CONT

Relais monostable : C'est le plus courant des relais, lorsque sa bobine est sous tension, l'armature mobile actionne les contacts qui changent d'état. Lorsque le courant cesse, l'armature revient à la position initiale ainsi que les contacts.

OBS

relais monostable : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI).

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
CONT

In the single borehole dilution technique the tracer (e.g. a bromide or chloride salt) is mixed uniformly into the borehole standing water column and the concentration then measured by lowering an appropriate probe. The rate at which fluid is diluted or flushed out of the water column allows for the assessment of aquifer permeability and flow profiles with depth in the vicinity of boreholes.

CONT

Borehole dilution techniques use repeated fluid column profiling after establishment of an initial uniform condition to monitor the rate at which ambient ground water moves into a borehole.

Key term(s)
  • bore hole dilution technique
  • bore-hole dilution technique

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geología
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Record 12 - external organization data 2007-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Physics
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

This steady-state heat transfer solution was subsequently utilized as initial condition for the transient analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Physique
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Cette solution de transfert thermique en régime permanent a par la suite été utilisée comme condition initiale pour l'analyse des transitoires.

Spanish

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Record 13 - external organization data 2006-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
19.02.03 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

that operating mode of an analog computer during which the integrators are inoperative and the initial conditions are set

OBS

initial condition mode; reset mode : terms and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO 2382-19 : 1989].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
19.02.03 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

mode de fonctionnement d'un calculateur analogique au cours duquel on introduit les conditions initiales tout en laissant les intégrateurs inopérants

OBS

mode conditions initiales : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO 2382-19:1989].

Spanish

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Record 14 2004-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
DEF

The operating mode of an analog computer during which the integrators are inoperative and the initial conditions are set.

OBS

initial condition mode; reset mode : terms standardized by CSA and ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
DEF

Mode de fonctionnement d'un calculateur analogique au cours duquel on introduit les conditions initiales tout en laissant les intégrateurs inopérants.

OBS

mode conditions initiales : terme normalisé par la CSA et l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
DEF

En computadoras (ordenadores) analógicas, [es] una condición seleccionable de los circuitos de control en que los integradores permanecen inoperantes y las condiciones iniciales solicitadas se aplican por primera vez o por la siguiente.

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Record 15 2004-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
CONT

Carbonate reservoirs differ in several respects from sandstone reservoirs. Porosity is more likely to be localized, both laterally and vertically, within the rock layer. Although sheet porosity is possessed by a few carbonate rocks, this condition is exceptional. Within a given carbonate rock formation, even if several hundred feet in thickness, the porosity is in many places confined to the uppermost 25 to 50 feet. On the other hand, the pores may be much larger than in sandstone reservoirs, giving the rock an unusual permeability. For this reason, wells drilled into carbonate reservoirs hold the records for high initial yields, and limestone pools tend to be shorter-lived than sandstone pools.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
CONT

Les phénomènes de production sont plus compliqués et plus difficilement prévisibles pour les réservoirs carbonatés que pour les réservoirs gréseux. Dans les réservoirs sableux, les caractéristiques sont généralement assez carbonatées. Ces différences de propriétés pétrographiques entraînant des différences de perméabilité, donc des différences locales des vitesses des fluides, la récupération est moins bonne d'au moins 10% pour les calcaires que pour les grès, une partie de l'huile restant à jamais piégée dans les zones les moins perméables.

Spanish

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Record 16 2002-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
CONT

In a skidding turn, the gyro precesses towards the inside of the turn. After return on the aircraft to straight and level flight, the instrument shows a turn in the direction of the skid. In a normal turn, the gyro precesses towards the inside of the turn. The precession error is quickly corrected by the erecting mechanism.

CONT

The only really tricky part of the attitude indicator is its erecting mechanism. When power(vacuum) is first applied to the instrument, the mechanism quickly erects the gyro spindle to plumb-vertical in order to align the artificial horizon with the natural horizon. In flight, the erecting mechanism continually compensates the gyro for precession errors in order to keep it aligned throughout the course of a long flight. The design of the erecting mechanism is quite clever. In an air-driven attitude gyro, there are "pendulous vanes" suspended from pivots attached to the lower portion of the sealed gyro housing, one vane for each exhaust port. The vanes are positioned so that, when the gyro is erect, each vane half-covers its associated exhaust port. If the gyro tilts so that its axle is not plumb, the pendulous vanes shift so that one exhaust port is more-than-half-covered and the opposite exhaust port is less-than-half-covered. The resulting imbalance of discharge air exerts a force on the rotor housing at right angles to the direction of tilt, causing the gyro to precess to the erect position. As soon as the gyro is erect, the pendulous vanes return to a balanced condition to remove the precessing force. Pure magic! The erecting mechanism can erect the gyro quite quickly at initial power-up because the gyro doesn’t exhibit much gyroscopic rigidity at low rotor RPMs. Typically, the horizon bar becomes level within the first 10 or 15 seconds, and then its oscillations(caused by precessional nutation of the gyro) are damped out within a minute or so as the rotor comes up-to-speed.

Key term(s)
  • gyroscope erecting mechanism
  • gyro erecting mechanism
  • erection mechanism

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
CONT

Dans un virage dérapé, le gyroscope «précesse» du côté du virage. Une fois l'avion revenu au vol rectiligne en palier, l'instrument indique un virage dans la direction du dérapage. Dans un virage normal, le gyroscope «précesse» du côté du virage. Le mécanisme de redressement du gyroscope corrige rapidement l'erreur de précession.

CONT

Description d'un Épervier [drone] [...] d. Le gyroscope vertical: Dans ce cas, les deux axes, ROLL et PITCH sont terminés par les potentiomètres qui détectent les écarts de positions angulaires du corps par rapport aux horizons roll et pitch. Les mécanismes d'érection ne sont prévus que pour maintenir la verticalité parfaite de la masse en rotation.

OBS

Horizon gyroscopique [...] La verticalité de l'axe de toupie [delta] est approximativement assurée par un érecteur (mécanique, électro-mécanique, pneumatique) produisant une raideur en quadrature de signe convenable.

Key term(s)
  • mécanisme de redressement du gyroscope

Spanish

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Record 17 2002-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Every pair of users in the network is assigned exclusive bilateral master keys, and these in turn are responsible for generating a unique session key which renews independently the structure and the initial fill condition of the non-linear algorithm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Une clé maîtresse bilatérale exclusive est affectée à chaque paire d'abonnés d'un même réseau.

Key term(s)
  • clef maîtresse bilatérale exclusive

Spanish

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Record 18 2001-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A type of circuit which contains instructions restoring all locations affecting the operation of the loop to their initial condition as an entry of the loop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Ciclo que contiene instrucciones que restauran, todas las posiciones que afectan el funcionamiento del ciclo (bucle o lazo), a la condición original en que se encontraba al entrar en él.

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Record 19 2001-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
DEF

The mode of operation of a vertical gyro in which the gyro is being erected or slaved initially.

CONT

Gyroscopic instruments... Once the artificial horizon line is aligned with the natural horizon of the earth during initial erection, the artificial horizon is kept horizontal by the gyro on which it is mounted. An erection mechanism automatically rights the gyro when precession occurs due to maneuvers or friction. When the older-type gyro tumbles as a result of extreme attitude changes, the rotor normally precesses slowly back to the horizontal plane. Even an attitude indicator in perfect condition can give slight erroneous readings. Small errors due to acceleration and deceleration are not significant because the erection device corrects them promptly; nonetheless, the pilot should be aware of them...

OBS

The initial erection rate is usually relatively high.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation

Spanish

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Record 20 2001-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Data representing the current state of the global atmosphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère

Spanish

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Record 21 2001-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Oil Production
CONT

Figure 3 shows the reservoir and base and cap rock at an initial temperature Tr. At time t =0, heat is applied ... The initial and boundary conditions are: t(y,0) = ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

Si on ne considère que la formation encaissante supérieure cette équation différentielle valable seulement pour [...] avec 0(z,t) = 0 pour t<T (condition initiale) [...] et 0 (Z/2,t) = 0c pour t >/ T (condition à la limite), a pour solution [...]

Spanish

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Record 22 1997-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
CONT

Middle-range theory consists of three fundamental assumptions that archaeologists must use to reconstruct the dynamic behaviors of the past from the static objects found in the archaeological record : 1) Once the components of the archaeological record ceased to be affected by the cultural system that created them, a static condition was achieved that has since been affected by natural processes and cultural behaviors unrelated to the initial formation of the record. 2) The archaeological record is a static phenomenon that exists only in the present. At any other moment in time, the actual manifestation of this record may be different than what you see right now. 3) To reconstruct the past dynamic behaviors, we must understand the relationship between the static record and the behaviors that created it. Middle range-research intends to address these assumptions by examining the factors that create and influence the relationship between the archaeological record and the original dynamic behaviors. As discussed in class, this research includes ethnographic analogy, ethnoarchaeology, and experimental archaeology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 23 1995-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Intelligence (Military)
  • Encryption and Decryption
CONT

Every pair of users in the network is assigned exclusive bilateral master keys, and these in turn are responsible for generating a unique session key which renews independently the structure and the initial fill condition of the non-linear algorithm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre électronique
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
CONT

À son tour, cette clé génère à chaque conversation téléphonique une clé unique qui renouvelle la structure et l'état initial de l'algorithme non linéaire.

Spanish

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Record 24 1994-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Representing the evolution in time of a dynamic system by left shifts of the digits in a suitable number system brings out another important property of systems for which such a representation is possible. No matter how accurately the initial condition x0 of a coordinate is known, the accuracy will always be finite, that is, the digits of x0 to the right of the last known digit will be unknown. As the dynamic system evolves in time, the unknown digits will be shifted to the left; that is, they will grow in significance, and will sooner or later arrive at the "decimal" point and thus dominate the behavior of the system. And because the digits are unknown, this behavior will be completely unpredictable. The resulting motion is called chaotic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
DEF

Se dit de structures ou de systèmes dont on ne peut prédire l'évolution à partir d'un état initial donné, ni d'états connus pour une longue période de temps, et dans lesquels un changement infime, se propageant en cascade, peut provoquer des modifications subites importantes.

OBS

Qualifie une situation qui évolue de façon irrégulière, mais dont les lois sous-jacentes sont relativement simples et ne laissent aucune place au hasard. Ainsi, un régime périodique peut devenir chaotique par intensification de déstabilisations intermittentes, par cascade de doublement de période ou via la quasi-périodicité. S'oppose à «non chaotique». Certains auteurs attribuent à ce terme le sens «erratique», «aléatoire», «désordonné» (sens usuel en langage courant).

PHR

attracteur, caractère, changement, comportement, condition, dynamique, état, évolution, fluctuation, forme, nature, orbite, potentialité, processus, régime, réseau faiblement chaotique, réseau fortement chaotique, série, situation, système, trajectoire chaotique.

Spanish

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Record 25 1993-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
CONT

A limit set relative to some initial condition is the set of accumulation points of the corresponding trajectory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
CONT

Un ensemble limite relatif à une condition initiale donnée est le point d'accumulation de la trajectoire correspondante.

OBS

Un ensemble limite exceptionnel ne peut être atteint que pour des conditions initiales prises juste sur sa variété stable, son entrant est de mesure nulle.

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Record 26 1993-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
OBS

The percentage of initial reports of out-of-service conditions which are cleared within 24 hours(excluding week-ends and holidays) of the customer reporting the condition.(NorthwesTel Inc.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
OBS

Pourcentage de rapports de panne initiaux qui ont été réglés en moins de 24 heures (sauf les fins de semaine et les jours fériés) suivant la réception de la demande présentée par l'abonné. (Norouestel Inc.)

OBS

Titre d'un paragraphe.

Spanish

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Record 27 1985-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Defence
CONT

Attack by hostile aircraft and/or missiles is improbable. May be called either before or after "warning yellow or red". The initial declaration of air defence emergency will automatically establish a condition of air defence warning other than white for purposes of security control of air traffic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défense aérienne
CONT

L'attaque par aéronefs ou missiles ennemis est improbable. L'avertissement peut précéder ou suivre un avertissement jaune ou rouge. La déclaration d'état d'urgence entraîne automatiquement un "avertissement blanc" et l'instauration de mesures de sécurité plus rigoureuses en matière de circulation aérienne.

OBS

Terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie de l'Artillerie royale canadienne et par le Sous-comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'armée.

Spanish

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Record 28 1985-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
OBS

steady state : A condition in which circuit values remain essentially constant, occurring after all initial transients or fluctuating conditions have settled down.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques

Spanish

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