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SEA GATES [4 records]

Record 1 2016-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • River and Sea Navigation
DEF

[A] shipping lane officially defined by Russian legislation from the Kara Sea to the Pacific Ocean specifically running along the Russian Arctic coast from Kara Gates strait between the Barents Sea and the Kara Sea, along Siberia, to the Bering Strait.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

[Voie] maritime qui permet de relier l'océan Atlantique à l'océan Pacifique en longeant la côte nord de la Sibérie.

OBS

[Elle] emprunte le cap Nord, le détroit de Kara, le cap Tcheliouskine et aboutit au détroit de Béring, la plupart de son trajet s'effectuant dans les mers arctiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

A gate array in which elementary gates are distributed all over the chip without using any specific routing channels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
DEF

Matrice prédiffusée dans laquelle les portes élémentaires sont réparties sur toute la surface de la puce sans utiliser de canaux de routage spécifiques.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ports
DEF

A gate which serves to protect a harbor or tidal basin from the sea, such as one of a pair of supplementary gates at the entrance of a tidal basin exposed to the sea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ports
DEF

porte permettant de faire communiquer un bassin avec la mer ou avec un fleuve.

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Tidal Power Stations
  • Wave-Energy Power Plants
OBS

Double basin single effect incorporates two pools, an upper and a lower. The power house is sited between them. Filling gates are built between the sea and the upper pool, with emptying gates direct to the sea between the lower pool and the sea. This set-up permits continuous power generation proportionate in output to the difference in head between the pools.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Centrales marémotrices
  • Centrales houlomotrices

Spanish

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