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POSITION VOLTAGE [14 records]

Record 1 2021-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electricity
  • Mechanical Components
DEF

Any of a number of electrical devices in which the angular position of a rotating part is transformed into a voltage, or vice versa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électricité
  • Composants mécaniques

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Measurements
  • Optical Instruments
CONT

For the example below, aluminum oxide sample was imaged at 500 volts(the minimum landing voltage prior to the introduction of the beam deceleration technology) and 200 volts(close to the E1 position for the material).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures électriques
  • Instruments d'optique

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Currents
  • Stators and Rotors (Electrical Components)
  • Electric Rotary Machines
  • Special-Language Phraseology
DEF

The greatest steady-state r. m. s. [root mean square] current taken from the line with the rotor locked, over all angular positions of its rotor, with the starter in its initial starting position, and at rated voltage and frequency.

OBS

locked-rotor current of a motor and starter: term and definition standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 1996.

Key term(s)
  • motor and starter locked-rotor current

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courants (Électrocinétique)
  • Stators et rotors (Composants électrotechniques)
  • Machines tournantes électriques
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Valeur efficace la plus élevée du courant en régime établi, absorbé par le moteur lorsqu'il est alimenté, aux tension et fréquence assignées, que son rotor est maintenu bloqué quelle que soit sa position angulaire et le démarreur étant dans sa position initiale de démarrage.

OBS

courant à rotor bloqué de l'ensemble moteur-démarreur : terme et définition normalisés par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI) en 1996.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Corriente eléctrica
  • Estatores y rotores (Componentes eléctricos)
  • Máquinas rotativas eléctricas
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
DEF

Valor eficaz más elevado, en régimen permanente, de la corriente absorbida por el motor mantenido en reposo en cualquier posición angular del rotor cuando se alimenta a la tensión y la frecuencia nominales y el arrancador está en su posición inicial de arranque.

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Record 4 2013-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Cytology
DEF

A device in which the deflection of a sharp stylus mounted on a soft spring is monitored as the stylus is moved across a surface.

OBS

Unlike the STM, the AFM [Atomic Force Microscope] can scan nonconducting samples. It can do this because it uses optical technology, direct contact, and a laser, to sense the position of the tip in relation to the sample. The tip is very sharp and protrudes from a small flexible cantilever. The laser reflects off the top side of the tip and is directed to a split photodiode. The height of the surface of the sample deflects the cantilever causing the position of the laser on the photodiode to change. The difference in voltage from the photodiode elements provide a "picture" of the surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Cytologie
DEF

Microscope où une pointe très fine se déplaçant à la surface de l'échantillon étudié, enregistre, grâce à un dispositif d'asservissement, la force d'interaction de Van der Waals entre la pointe sondeuse et la surface de l'échantillon.

OBS

Le microscope à force atomique est un microscope à palpeur, c'est-à-dire que la sonde est en interaction mécanique (attractive ou répulsive) avec la surface à caractériser.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos científicos
  • Citología
DEF

Microscopio de proximidad basado en la detección de la fuerza que actúa entre la punta del microscopio y una [superficie] metálica o aislante [...] monitorea la superficie de la muestra con una punta de radio de curvatura de 20 a 60 nm [nanómetros] que se localiza al final de un cantilever.

CONT

El microscopio de fuerzas atómicas […] fue inventado en el año 1986 por G. Binning, C. Quate y Ch. Gerber como un instrumento capaz de obtener con gran resolución imágenes de la topografía de una superficie.

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Record 5 2012-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transformers
CONT

Vector group of a transformer... The vector group denotes the way in which the windings of a transformer are connected and the phase position of their respective voltage vectors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformateurs

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Equipment (Motor Vehicles)
  • Steering Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Safety Equipment (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

The clockspring allows for electrical contact to the air bag module at all times. Since the air bag module sits in the center of the steering wheel, the clockspring is designed to provide voltage to the module regardless of steering wheel position. The clockspring is located between the steering wheel and the steering column.

Key term(s)
  • clock spring

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement électrique (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Direction (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Sécurité (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Aircraft Systems
OBS

shutoff valve: A device which is used to stop hydraulic fluid flow.

OBS

regulation : The process of holding constant a quantity such as speed, temperature, voltage, or position by means of an electronic or other system that automatically corrects errors by feeding back into the system the condition being regulated; regulation thus is based on feedback, whereas control is not.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Circuits des aéronefs
OBS

vanne d'arrêt : dispositif qui sert à empêcher l'écoulement du liquide hydraulique.

OBS

régulation : Fait d'assurer un fonctionnement correct, un rythme régulier.

OBS

vanne d'arrêt et de régulation de pression : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Systems Analysis (Information Processing)
DEF

A device used in analog computers for representing a function of one variable, consisting of a potentiometer with a number of taps held at voltages determined by a table of values of the variable; the input variable sets the angular position of a shaft that moves a slide contact, and the output voltage is taken from the slide contact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Analyse des systèmes informatiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Análisis de los sistemas de informática
DEF

Dispositivo utilizado en las computadoras (ordenadores) analógicas para generar funciones de una sola variable, en donde la variable de salida establece la posición angular del eje de un potenciómetro.

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Record 9 2001-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronics
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Input signals from a synchro transmitter, external to the CRA [synchro signal amplifier], are fed into the CRA synchro control transformer, which then provides an error voltage at its rotor. The error is proportional to the difference between the input signal and the position on the CRA control transformer rotor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électronique
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Les signaux d'entrée venant du synchro transmetteur, à l'extérieur du CRA [synchro amplificateur de signaux], sont envoyés au synchro transformateur de commande qui fournit une tension d'erreur à son rotor, cette erreur étant proportionnelle à la différence entre le signal d'entrée et la position du rotor du transformateur de commande du CRA.

Spanish

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Record 10 2001-06-21

English

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

The gyroscopic frame is responsible for the stabilization of the platform. Three rate gyroscopes are fitted in the frame with their input axes mutually perpendicular... Pitch, roll, and yaw are detected by the three gyroscope input axes. The gimbal deflection of each of the gyroscopes is converted into a signal voltage that, when amplified, drives a servomotor which, via a gear train, rotates the frame back to its original position.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)
DEF

The rate of tuning with respect to a change of the controlling parameter, e. g. the position of mechanical tuner or the electronic tuning voltage at a stated operating point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)
DEF

Rapidité de variation de la fréquence d'accord en fonction d'un changement du paramètre de commande, p. ex. la position du dispositif mécanique d'accord ou la tension du dispositif électronique d'accord, pour un point de fonctionnement donné.

Spanish

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Record 12 1994-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
CONT

Too low voltage will cause the relay to stay in the starting position and, of course, this increases the current and causes the overload to trip.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
CONT

Une tension trop basse aura toutefois pour effet de maintenir le relais en position de démarrage, d'où une augmentation de l'intensité du courant qui finit par déclencher le disjoncteur.

Spanish

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Record 13 1976-06-19

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 14 1976-06-19

English

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

In "OFF" position, this switch removes voltage from the actuating power relays...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
CONT

Dans la position «OFF» cet interrupteur coupe la tension des relais de puissance de commande [...]

Spanish

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