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INITIAL OBJECT [11 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Relativity (Physics)
CONT

Theory developed by Einstein based on the hypothesis that the velocity of light is the same as measured by any one of a set of observers moving with constant relative velocity. According to Newtonian theory and the Galilean transformation, the mechanical motion of an object with respect to an inertial system could be predicted from a knowledge of the forces acting on it and the initial conditions, independently of any knowledge of the motion of the inertial system itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relativité (Physique)
DEF

Théorie selon laquelle les lois de la physique restent invariantes quel que soit le repère en translation uniforme dans lequel elles sont observées et selon laquelle la vitesse de la lumière reste constante, une des conséquences de cette théorie étant que l'énergie est liée à la masse par la relation E = mc[exposant2].

CONT

Selon le principe de la relativité restreinte, toutes les lois physiques doivent rester inchangées quand on passe d'un observateur lié à un référentiel d'inertie à un autre en mouvement relatif de translation uniforme.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

If a structure or other object is placed on another's land, not only the initial intrusion but also failure to remove it constitute an actionable wrong.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A hieroglyph that is located on the bottom of a sedimentary bed.

CONT

As currents flow across beds of sand, they often erode various kinds of scour marks. An overlying layer of sediment may later fill these depressed markings, forming positive-relief casts in the covering bed ... The casts are termed sole markings because they appear on the sole, or bottom, of the younger stratum.

CONT

Sole marks, or tool marks, are sedimentary structures found on the bottom of certain current-deposited strata, that indicate small-scale current disruption, or scour. Commonly preserved as streamlined flutings in the rock bed, the responsible obstacle may be a twig or pebble - anything large enough for sediment to preferentially erode and deposit around.

OBS

The initial erosion-producing event can result simply from current scour, or may result when an object, called a tool, is dragged by the current across the muddy bottom. Thus, some sole marks are also known as tool marks.

OBS

Erosional scours on bed surfaces are known as epiglyphs, whereas sole structures are also referred to as hypoglyphs. Together these are known as hieroglyphs ...

OBS

hypoglyph: Old name for "sole marking."

OBS

sole mark: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Hiéroglyphe formé à la face inférieure des bancs.

CONT

Généralement, l'empreinte est plus visible dans le grès où elle s'est mieux conservée. On observera également si elle se trouve à la surface supérieure ou inférieure d'un banc (épirelief ou hyporelief).

OBS

figure basale; structure basale; figure de base de banc; hyporelief; empreinte de mur; hiéroglyphe de mur : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

An array of contiguous octets of memory on the RF [radio frequency] tag, representing the application (or user) memory to be used exclusively for the encoding of objects, OIDs [object identifiers] and their associated precursor on the RF tag.

CONT

The logical memory map shall represent the application memory space of the RF tag being interrogated. Its size shall be determined by the physical block size multiplied by the number of blocks. This shall be determined through the initial interrogation of the RF tag. The memory is represented as contiguous octets where the first octet is octet 0, the next is octet 1 and so on to the last octet as octet n. The value(n+1) shall represent the data capacity, in octets, of the RF tag being interrogated. Object identifiers and data are written to the logical memory map from the least significant octet to the most significant octet.

OBS

logical memory map: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Télédétection
DEF

Ensemble d'octets de mémoire contigus sur une étiquette d'identification par radiofréquence qui représente la mémoire d'application (ou la mémoire d'utilisateur) à être utilisée uniquement pour l'encodage d'objets, d'identificateurs d'objet et leur précurseur sur l'étiquette d'identification par radiofréquence.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Safety
DEF

The penetration of one vehicle into another vehicle or object during initial or subsequent impacts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité routière

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

... Meanwhile, the credit for the second transaction may go to one of several places in the accounts of Department A, i. e. as a credit to its appropriation and to the standard object where the initial expenditure was charged.

Key term(s)
  • initial expenditures
  • initial outlays

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
CONT

[...] Dans l'intervalle, la somme créditée à la suite de la deuxième opération peut aboutir dans l'un des multiples comptes du ministère A, c'est-à-dire : comme une somme versée à son crédit et inscrite à l'article courant auquel la dépense initiale a été consignée.

Key term(s)
  • dépenses initiales

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • Navigation Instruments
DEF

The rate at which a body rotates as expressed by an angular change of position per unit time.

CONT

Angular rate gyro accuracy is characterized by two parameters: scale factor and drift. The scale factor describes the capability of the gyro to accurately sense angular velocity at different angular rates. This value is used to convert the voltage output from the gyro into an angular rate. System imperfections can cause small variations in the scale factor. These variations appear as a factor at the output of the gyro. Gyro drift characterizes the ability of the gyro to reference all rate measurements to the nominal zero point.

CONT

Angular velocity is the time rate of change of angular displacement. More simply it is a measure of how fast an object is rotating. For example, the measure of a skater's spinning speed during a sit spin is called angular velocity. Angular velocity is calculated by subtracting the initial angular position from the final angular position and dividing by the time it took to get from the initial to final position. Angular velocity is measured in radians/second(SI units) or degrees/second or revolutions/second(English units).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Instruments de navigation
CONT

Le gyroscope est un appareil capable de fournir une direction physique de référence et, corrélativement, une information de rotation angulaire, sous forme d'un écart angulaire, ou d'un angle total [...] compris entre 0 et 360°, vis-à-vis d'un référentiel absolu ou «inertiel». Le gyromètre est un appareil capable de fournir une information de vitesse angulaire, vis-à-vis d'un référentiel absolu (c'est-à-dire par rapport aux étoiles).

CONT

Le gyroscope tourne rapidement sur lui-même (vitesse angulaire [oméga]) dans la direction indiquée, en même temps qu'il précesse par rapport à la verticale à la fréquence [Oméga]. Le moment d'inertie du gyroscope par rapport à l'axe ê est I et le centre de masse est situé à une distance h du pivot P.

CONT

[Les satellites] apparaissent fixes pour un observateur situé sur la Terre [...] lorsque le satellite tourne [...] à une vitesse angulaire égale à celle de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 9 1986-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

A region immediately behind an object placed in the path of a sound wave whose wavelength is much smaller than the object, in which the initial sound wave is cut off by the object and the sound intensity is determined by the diffraction and interference of sound waves bent around the obstacle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
  • Acoustique (Physique)
CONT

Lorsqu'un son frappe une surface et qu'il se réfléchit, il se produit (...) un phénomène d'écho. (...) De l'autre côté de la surface réfléchissante, il peut se produire une véritable "ombre" acoustique; un auditeur qui se trouve séparé d'une source sonore par un obstacle peut donc ne pas entendre cette source si l'obstacle est assez grand (...)

CONT

(...) les méthodes de tracés de rayons acoustiques (...) permettraient d'appréhender la distribution de l'énergie sonore dans les salles et ainsi d'éviter l'existence de zones de focalisation, d'ombres acoustiques ou d'échos multiples (...)

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Here is an outline of how the problem was represented to GPS 1. Top goal : To transform the initial object into the desired object.

OBS

See also supergoal, overall goal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Voir aussi «but élevé».

Spanish

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Record 11 1983-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Aircraft)
  • Emergency Management
DEF

The interval of time elapsed from arrival of the first SAR resource at an initial search position until either the search object is located or the search is suspended.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et sauvetages (Aviation)
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Le temps qui s'écoule entre l'arrivée de la première ressource SAR en position pour commencer les recherches et la découverte de l'objet recherché ou l'abandon des recherches, selon le cas.

Spanish

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