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Record 1 2017-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Currents
CONT

Current error(ratio error) : The error [which] a transformer introduces into the measurement of a current and which arises from the fact that actual transformation ratio is not equal to the rated transformer ratio. The current error expressed in percentage is given by the formula :Current error, percent=(Ka. Is-Ip) x 100/Ip where... Ip=actual primary current... Is=actual secondary current when Ip is flowing under the conditions of measurement.

OBS

actual primary current: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courants (Électrocinétique)
CONT

Rapport de transformation d'un transformateur de courant : rapport entre le courant primaire réel et le courant secondaire réel d'un transformateur de courant.

OBS

courant primaire réel : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • Finance
CONT

The IMFC [International Monetary and Financial Committee] noted that quota reform is crucial for increasing the legitimacy and effectiveness of the Fund, and stressed that the IMF [International Monetary Fund] is and should remain a quota-based institution. It supported a shift in quota share to dynamic EMDCs [emerging market and developing countries] of at least 5 percent from over-represented countries to under-represented countries using the current quota formula as a basis to work from, while protecting the voting share of the poorest members.

OBS

International Monetary Fund.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Finances
CONT

Dans le prolongement des réformes de 2008, la quatorzième révision générale des quotes-parts [...] transférera plus de 6 % des quotes-parts des pays surreprésentés aux pays sous-représentés [...]

OBS

Fonds monétaire international.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Relaciones internacionales
  • Finanzas
CONT

Está previsto que los titulares de economía y finanzas aborden ese trasvase de poder de los países sobrerrepresentados en el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) dado su peso en la economía global a los infrarrepresentados.

OBS

Fondo Monetario Internacional.

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Record 3 2015-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations and Associations (Admin.)
  • Decision-Making Process
CONT

A member country's quota determines its maximum financial commitment to the IMF [International Monetary Fund], its voting power, and has a bearing on its access to IMF financing.... The current quota formula is a weighted average of GDP [gross domestic product](weight of 50 percent), openness(30 percent), economic variability(15 percent), and international reserves(5 percent).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et associations (Admin.)
  • Processus décisionnel
CONT

La quote-part d’un pays membre détermine le montant maximum de ressources financières qu’il s’engage à fournir au FMI [Fonds monétaire international] et le nombre de voix qui lui est attribué, et détermine le montant de l’aide financière qu’il peut obtenir du FMI. […] La formule de calcul des quotes-parts (a) est une moyenne pondérée en fonction du PIB [produit intérieur brut] (à 50 %), du degré d’ouverture de l’économie (à 30 %), des variations économiques (à 15 %) et des réserves officielles de change (à 5 %).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y asociaciones (Admón.)
  • Proceso de adopción de decisiones
CONT

La cuota de cada país determina el tope de sus compromisos financieros frente al FMI [Fondo Monetario Internacional] y su número de votos en la institución, y ayuda a determinar su acceso al financiamiento del FMI. [...] La actual fórmula de cálculo de las cuotas es un promedio ponderado del PIB [producto interno bruto] (ponderación de 50%), el grado de apertura (30%), la variabilidad económica (15%) y las reservas internacionales (5%).

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Record 4 2015-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • Finance
CONT

The IMFC [International Monetary and Financial Committee] noted that quota reform is crucial for increasing the legitimacy and effectiveness of the Fund, and stressed that the IMF [International Monetary Fund] is and should remain a quota-based institution. It supported a shift in quota share to dynamic EMDCs [emerging market and developing countries] of at least 5 percent from over-represented countries to under-represented countries using the current quota formula as a basis to work from, while protecting the voting share of the poorest members.

OBS

International Monetary Fund.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Finances
CONT

Dans le prolongement des réformes de 2008, la quatorzième révision générale des quotes-parts [...] transférera plus de 6 % des quotes-parts des pays surreprésentés aux pays sous-représentés [...]

OBS

Fonds monétaire international.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Relaciones internacionales
  • Finanzas
CONT

La reunión llega tras la cumbre […] del G20, un grupo integrado por las principales economías desarrolladas y en desarrollo, que se comprometió a aumentar en al menos un cinco por ciento el poder de voto de los países en desarrollo en el FMI [Fondo Monetario Internacional] y en un tres por ciento en el Banco Mundial. Está previsto que los titulares de economía y finanzas aborden ese trasvase de poder de los países sobrerrepresentados en el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) dado su peso en la economía global a los infrarrepresentados.

OBS

Fondo Monetario Internacional.

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Record 5 2012-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

The debt structure ratio indicates the part of total debt that must be repaid within one year. A ratio of 1 : 4(or. 25) indicates that 25 percent of total debt must be repaid within one year. The higher the ratio, the greater will be the drain on cash reserves and the more risk of being unable to repay current debt obligations on time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
OBS

ratio de la structure financière : terme employé à Statistique Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

Advanced Fuel Fabrication and Refabrication. Current preparation of conventional pelletized reactor fuels for LWRs [light water reactor] and fast reactors requires grinding the pellets to achieve a specified size and shape. This process produces finely divided fuel particles that must be recovered and recycled. A “dust-free” sol-gel microsphere pelletization process has been developed for fabrication of(U, Pu) O2,(U, Pu) C, and(U, Pu) N fuel pellets containing around 15 percent plutonium.

CONT

Pelletizing (pressing), sintering … and rectification (grinding) to fabricate MOX [mixed oxide] pellets - pellets are usually 15 mm high with a diameter of 8.2 mm for EDF [Électricité de France] fuel, with a density of 10.4g/cm³ …

OBS

fuel pellet: Uranium dioxide, or other nuclear fuel in a powdered form, which has been pressed, sintered and ground to a cylindrical shape for insertion into the sheathing tubes of the fuel bundle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
CONT

Pastillage. La mise en forme des pastilles est effectuée par compression des poudres, à froid, dans des presses multipoinçons à double effet : la pression exercée simultanément en haut et en bas garantit la symétrie des pastilles et une uniformité du champ de pression, donc de la densité, plus élevée que dans le cas d’une presse à simple effet.

OBS

pastille : Forme sous laquelle se présente le combustible de nombreux réacteurs nucléaires. (Les pastilles, souvent cylindriques, sont constituées, par exemple, d'oxyde d'uranium fritté.)

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Prices
CONT

Despite deep discounting by these branded product manufacturers, volume declined just 1. 9 percent in the current year's third quarter...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
CONT

M. Bourcier se souvient de l'énorme difficulté qu'il a eue à convaincre un fournisseur de faire affaire avec lui. «Il ne voulait rien savoir, il avait peur que l'on fasse des escomptes à outrance (deep discounting)», se rappelle le directeur régional, division pharmacie, de Wal-Mart Canada.

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
DEF

A wing that is not linked to the fuselage by means of a mast or bracing wire.

CONT

The most common current wing design is the cantilever. A single large beam, called the main spar, runs through the wing, typically nearer the leading edge at about 25 percent of the total chord. In flight, the wings generate lift, and the wing spars are designed to carry this load through the fuselage to the other wing. To resist fore and aft movement, the wing will usually be fitted with a second smaller drag-spar nearer the trailing edge, tied to the main spar with structural elements or a stressed skin. The wing must also resist twisting forces, done either by a monocoque "D" tube structure forming the leading edge, or by the aforementioned linking two spars in some form of box beam or lattice girder structure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
DEF

Aile qui n'est pas reliée au fuselage par un mât ou un hauban.

CONT

En aéronautique, on appelle une «aile cantilever», un système de voilure développé vers le milieu des années 1910 selon un principe permettant d'éviter les haubans (générateurs de traînée perturbatrice) auxquels la voilure des premiers avions était suspendue. L'un des premiers à avoir mis au point ce principe était Levavasseur sur son avion Antoinette monobloc.

OBS

La voilure désigne l'ensemble des ailes. Chaque aile prise individuellement est appelée demi-voilure.

OBS

aile cantilever; aile en porte-à-faux : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Key term(s)
  • aile en porte à faux
  • demi-voilure en porte-à-faux
  • demi voilure en porte à faux
  • demi voilure en porte-à-faux

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Regulations and Standards (Food)
OBS

Current Regulations list food additives in 15 different tables based on functions of the additive, for example, anti-caking and pH adjustment agents, preservatives, etc. Health Canada is proposing to regulate additives in two categories. Additives on the SURE(Safety Universally Recognized) List, in which about 36 percent of all additives fall, will be permitted at good manufacturing practices levels unless precluded by a standard. The second list will include additives where greater control is required to ensure safety and Health Canada will prescribe both finite levels of use and the purpose of the additive.

Key term(s)
  • SURE List

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Alimentation)
OBS

Traduction proposée : Liste de produits reconnus généralement comme sans danger (Liste SURE).

Key term(s)
  • liste SURE

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
CONT

The tsunamis that hit the southern coast of Thailand inflicted a heavy human toll and widespread infrastructural damage. Official figures report 5, 300 dead and 3, 100 missing. The preliminary estimate of physical damage is about $0. 8 billion(½ percent of GDP). However, the macroeconomic impact of the damage is expected to be limited. IMF [International Monetary Fund] staff's current projection for economic growth in 2005(about 5½ percent) reflects preliminary estimates of the direct and knock-on effects of the tsunamis, which are expected to reduce growth by ½-1 percentage point.

Key term(s)
  • macro-economic impact

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
CONT

Impact macroéconomique. À de nombreux égards, les ravages du sida à l'échelle individuelle et familiale finissent par se répercuter sur la santé économique d'un pays. La perte de travailleurs expérimentés et de personnel qualifié nuit à la production dans des secteurs essentiels. De façon plus insidieuse, le sida sape le moral de la population, affaiblit la confiance en l'avenir, ce qui a pour effet de réduire davantage la productivité et de freiner l'épargne et l'investissement.

OBS

macroéconomique : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • impact macro-économique
  • répercussion macro-économique

Spanish

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Record 11 2005-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Viral Diseases
CONT

Antibody positivity is not synonymous with having AIDS. However, by current estimate, as many as 35 percent of HIV-antibody-positive persons may experience progression to AIDS over 6 to 8 years.

Key term(s)
  • HIV antibody positive person
  • HIV antibody-positive person
  • HIV-positive person

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Maladies virales

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
  • Enfermedades víricas
DEF

[Persona cuyo] resultado positivo de una prueba de [VIH] sugiere que [...] está infectada por el VIH [...]

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Record 12 2005-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

The purchase price for which a horse is running in a claiming race.

CONT

A licensed owner or trainer can purchase a horse entered in a CLAIMING RACE for the price stated in the conditions, provided at least one start during the current meeting. When horse is "claimed" it is transferred to its new owner(s) immediately after the start of the race, win, lose, regardless of physical condition. In some states, if the horse runs within 30 days of being claimed, it must run for a claiming price that is 25 percent greater than its purchase price, or compete in a non-claiming race.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Réclamer : une course est dite «à réclamer» lorsqu'il est possible d'acheter un concurrent de cette course. Le taux de réclamation est d'ailleurs inscrit sur le programme et dans «Paris-Turf». Ceux qui veulent acquérir un cheval déposent dans une boîte, placée à cet effet dans les balances, un bulletin sur lequel est inscrit le prix auquel ils désirent l'acheter (et qui ne peut être inférieur au taux de réclamation). Mais d'autres personnes peuvent être intéressées par le même cheval. Et, de son côté, le propriétaire peut «défendre» son cheval. Lorsqu'un concurrent est l'objet de plusieurs bulletins, il va au plus offrant. Le temps réglementaire pour réclamer un cheval est de vingt-cinq minutes après l'arrivée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
CONT

Para potrancas y yeguas de tres años y mayores que no han ganado dos carreras desde el 20 de marzo, por un precio de reclamación mayor de 50,000 pesos.

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Record 13 2004-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
DEF

The portion of the ultimate resources potential recoverable under expected economic and technical conditions.

CONT

Technically recoverable resource is the volume of petroleum which is recoverable using current exploration and production technology without regard to cost, which is a proportion of the estimated in-place resource. Oil recovery factor is the percent of in-place oil resource which can be technically recovered, without regard to cost.

OBS

recoverable resource: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • recoverable resources

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
DEF

Portion du potentiel ultime de ressources récupérables selon les conditions économiques et techniques prévues.

OBS

ressource récupérable : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

PHR

Ressources récupérables non découvertes.

Key term(s)
  • ressources récupérables

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Government Accounting
  • National Accounting
DEF

The current account deficit(surplus) minus net capital equity inflows(from foreign direct investment and porfolio equity investments), as a percent of current account receipts.

OBS

A negative number indicates net external debt repayment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Comptabilité nationale

Spanish

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Record 15 2002-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Housing
  • Urban Sociology
CONT

Housing stock is in short supply across Montana : available rental housing stands at less than 1 percent in Bozeman and in Billings, and in Missoula the overall vacancy rate is less than 2 percent. The current real estate boom is a complete turnaround for some communities that experienced a glut of housing in the 1980s. There was a housing surplus in Missoula as recent as 1989, according to Nancy Leifer, coordinator of the Missoula Housing Task Force. In Billings, "the 80s were pretty devastating" says Lucy Brown, executive director of the Housing Authority of Billings. "The market has miraculously reversed itself in four years, "Brown says.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
  • Sociologie urbaine
CONT

Alors que, dans la plupart des pays d'Europe de l'Ouest, le marché se caractérise par un excédent de logements et un haut degré de confort, tel n'est pas le cas dans les pays d'Europe centrale et orientale (cela est particulièrement vrai, en termes d'équipements, dans les pays balkaniques). Si, dans l'Union européenne, la pénurie de logements ne touche qu'une «minorité de candidats malchanceux» [...], ce problème est beaucoup plus répandu en Europe centrale et orientale.

CONT

[...] le contrôle des loyers n'incite pas non plus les propriétaires à baisser leur prix en période de surplus de logements car il leur est très difficile de les augmenter par la suite si le marché se resserre.

Spanish

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Record 16 2002-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Radioelectricity
  • Audio Technology
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

The frequency range between direct current and the frequency where the depth of modulation is 50 percent(-3 decibel bandwidth).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Radioélectricité
  • Électroacoustique
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
CONT

De cette façon, la largeur de bande de modulation de chaque porteuse peut être réduite tout en maintenant la même largeur de bande totale et une grande distance de transmission.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Radioelectricidad
  • Electroacústica
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
DEF

Gama de frecuencias entre la corriente continua y la frecuencia en la que la profundidad de modulación es 50 por ciento (ancho de banda de -3 decibelios).

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Record 17 2001-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Properties of Fuels
  • Fire Detection
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

The time necessary for a wildland fuel particle, under specified conditions, to lose 63 percent of the difference between its current moisture content and its equilibrium moisture content.

Key term(s)
  • time lag period
  • TL period

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés des combustibles
  • Détection des incendies
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Temps requis, dans des conditions définies de température du thermomètre sec, d'humidité relative, de vitesse du vent et du moment de l'année, pour que des combustibles morts perdent environ les deux tiers de la différence entre leur degré d'humidité initial et leur degré d'humidité à l'équilibre.

Spanish

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Record 18 2000-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

... half of the communities are considered to have some type of water treatment deficiency under the current drinking water guidelines. About 50 percent of the communities also have source treatment system deficiencies.

CONT

The transport of septic contaminants has proven to be very complex, and original plans to remediate the groundwater using point-of-source treatment have been halted.

CONT

... the source treatment system ... sterilises the waste at the point of generation/collection.

Key term(s)
  • point source treatment
  • point-source treatment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Traitement des eaux
CONT

Le transport des contaminants septiques s'est révélé très complexe et l'on a dû mettre au rancart les premiers plans qui visaient l'assainissement des eaux souterraines à l'aide d'un traitement à la source.

CONT

[...] une politique durable de gestion des boues implique à l'amont la prévention de la contamination des boues par [...] un traitement à la source des eaux industrielles contenant des éléments bioaccumulables et/ou toxiques [...]

PHR

Installation, système, technique de traitement à la source.

Spanish

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Record 19 2000-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
CONT

... aircraft with hush kits are not as environmentally friendly as those with cleaner burning new generation engines. Hush kits induce weight and performance penalties which translate into 50 percent more fuel consumption on take-off and significantly worse noise standards than current technology aircraft...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
CONT

Le Dash 8Q offre un confort comparable à celui d'un avion à réaction en raison de son système d'atténuation du bruit et d'amortissement des vibrations (NVS) unique dans l'industrie.

Spanish

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Record 20 2000-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measurements of Electricity
DEF

A rating applied to inductive loads(usually a solenoid or coil) with a maximum power factor of 35 percent. Allowable inrush can be up to 10 times the pilot duty rating(running current).

CONT

Engineering data. Supply voltage: 120 Vac (+10%/-15%) 50 or 60 Hz. Maximum total load: 2000 VA. Load rating-fuel valve output: 65 VA pilot duty plus 1150 VA inrush, 460 VA opening, 250 VA holding. Operating temperature limits: -40 to 140 °F. Maximum ambient humidity: 85% non-condensing. CB-780 Flame Safeguard Control.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures de grandeurs électriques

Spanish

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Record 21 1993-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

These percentages are then adjusted slightly through a process of negotiation among all states. The currency of negotiation is "mitigation points", which are 1/100 of a percent of the UN's budget. Once established, these percentages apply for a three-year period. In the current period, due to the government's domestic fiscal restraint policies, Canada has declined to pick up any mitigation points. Its current general assessment percentage is 3. 11%, which in 1992 amounted to U. S. $30, 662, 414.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
OBS

Équivalent français proposé par le service de terminologie des Nations Unies.

Spanish

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Record 22 1991-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Direction du service des laboratoires judiciaires, Gendarmerie royale du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 23 1986-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Botany
CONT

If the above ground fraction is assumed to be 50 percent of the phytomass and the lower bound of the estimate is used, then the current AAC of 225 106m3 or 1. 67 EJ in energy equivalent is about 10 percent of the annual photosynthetic input.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Botanique

Spanish

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Record 24 1986-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
OBS

Several attempts have been made to replace the sponge-mixing and fermentation steps with a liquid sponge(sometimes called a brew or a broth) that can be blended, stored and transferred by simpler equipment and less labor.... Although some of these processes reserve all the flour for a later mixing stage, the current trend is to put at least 25 percent of the flour in the liquid sponge. In any case the yeast, some of the water and a fermentation substrate(some form of sugar) are included in the first mix. Since the brew is essentially a liquid, it can be blended by simple mixers of low power and can be transferred by pumps. The brew is normally fermented in large vertical tanks, whereas traditional sponges are fermented in "troughs"...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie

Spanish

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Record 25 1980-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electrical Systems
  • Electronics
CONT

Current-limit values are usually expressed as percent of rated-load value. If the current-limit circuit permits the limit value to increase somewhat instead of being a single value, it is desirable to provide either a curve of the limit value of current as a function of some variable such as speed or to give limit values at two or more conditions of operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
  • Ensembles électrotechniques
  • Électronique
CONT

(...) un circuit limiteur de courant limite le courant moyen à une valeur prédéterminée sans interrompre l'opération du convertisseur.

Spanish

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Record 26 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measurements of Electricity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures de grandeurs électriques

Spanish

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Record 27 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

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