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TRACK SECTION [23 records]

Record 1 2024-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Traffic Control
  • Subway
DEF

... the hardware and software equipment that monitor train locations and movements in order to ensure safety.

CONT

In case of hazardous situations, train control systems prevent train collisions by notifying dispatchers and train drivers, for example, when the distance between trains is critical.

CONT

In addition, the train control system will automatically close tracks if it detects an intrusion or cannot verify the safety of all vehicles in the track section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation des trains
  • Métro
DEF

[...] équipement qui permet de contrôler le trafic ferroviaire.

OBS

Le principal objectif de ce système est de veiller à maintenir un espacement sécuritaire entre chacun des trains. Il est composé de différents appareils, disposés le long des voies et à bord des voitures, permettant notamment de détecter l'emplacement des trains.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Traffic Control
  • Subway
DEF

... a train control system that uses radio communication to exchange information between trains and a central control station.

CONT

In a CBTC system, each train continuously communicates its location, direction, and speed to a central control station. Through these communications, the central control station knows the location of all trains moving on the track and assigns each train a permission to move through a designated section of the track at a specified speed.

Key term(s)
  • communication based train control system
  • communication based train control
  • communications based train control system
  • communications based train control

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation des trains
  • Métro
CONT

[...] la gestion des trains basée sur la communication est un système de [commande] automatique du trafic ferroviaire (train ou métro). Ce système se base sur la communication continue entre le train et les ordinateurs chargés de piloter le trafic.

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2022-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies ferrées

Spanish

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Record 5 2019-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Maintenance
CONT

... when the vertical rail wear exceeded the limits set out in [the railway company's rail wear standard], a temporary slow order of 25 mph [miles per hour] was placed on the track. This track section would also be identified for its rail replacement program.

Key term(s)
  • rail replacement programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • School Equipment
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

This comprehensive multimedia training kit provides self-paced learners with the skills and knowledge required to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot Microsoft Windows 98 in both stand-alone and networked environments.... Online exercises and guided simulations provide hands-on practice with system tasks and features, helping build learner proficiency. Built-in course administration tools enable training managers(or the students themselves) to track progress through course modules and exam section.

OBS

The Multidedia Training Kit (MMTK) seeks to support linkages between new and traditional media for development through a number of training materials. These materials act as a set of templates for trainers to use in their workshops and can be tailored according to need.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement scolaires
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Trousse bureautique contenant la documentation classique des didacticiels, des progiciels professionnels d'auto-apprentissage ainsi qu'un micro-ordinateur portable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Material y equipo escolar
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 7 2012-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling (Rail Transport)
  • Rail Traffic Control
DEF

A signal system used to guarantee a minimum distance between trains running in the same direction and to guarantee that trains running in opposite directions are not in the same section of track simultaneously.

OBS

block system: term officially approved by Canadian Pacific Ltd.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation (Transport par rail)
  • Circulation des trains
DEF

Système de signalisation ferroviaire qui permet de garantir une distance minimale entre les trains circulant dans le même sens et de garantir que deux trains de sens opposés ne sont pas simultanément dans la même section de voie.

OBS

cantonnement : terme uniformisé par Canadien Pacifique Ltée.

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Rail Transport Operations
OBS

This section will coordinate line plant capacity activities through analyses of traffic forecasts, train workloads and subsequently develop the necessary line improvement program. This group will also develop solutions to a variety of track and signal problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Exploitation (Transport par rail)

Spanish

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Record 9 2010-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
CONT

Rotating cutting picks on the outside of this road-working drum would quickly remove worn asphalt or other paving surface along a prescribed, uniform lane width. Pivoted to track a curve as well as a straightaway, the machine could quickly prepare a section for repaving and would cause minimum interference with traffic on adjoining lanes.... The following patents have been issued on these inventions : Pavement cutter... Germany...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
DEF

Camion muni d'un rouleau casseur orientable, destiné à éliminer rapidement le pavé usé suivant une largeur uniforme, et accélérant de ce fait les travaux de réfection.

Spanish

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Record 10 2009-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling (Rail Transport)
CONT

This patent discloses alternating current track circuits for the several adjointing track sections of a stretch of railway track, each of the track comprising an alternating current code transmitter and an alternating current code receiver connected to opposite ends of the associated track section for detecting occupancy, for communicating signal control rate codes through the track rails and for detecting broken down insulated rail joints which may be used to define boundaries of the several track sections.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation (Transport par rail)

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
DEF

The maximum number of trains which can be planned to move in both directions over a specified section of track in a 24-hour period.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies ferrées
DEF

Nombre maximum de trains que l'on peut faire circuler dans les deux directions sur une portion donnée de voie ferrée, en 24 heures.

Spanish

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Record 12 2004-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Facilities and Venues
  • Cycling
CONT

The indoor events are held in velodromes with tracks that are 333.3-metres long and 7-metres wide, with a banked racing surface of 33 degrees.

CONT

Competitors in the individual and team pursuit line up at opposite ends of the track. It is particularly interesting to watch the skill involved when the lead rider of the four-man team rapidly changes position. As he tires, he swings up the banking of the track and then goes down to the tail of the team for a brief rest.

CONT

It took me five Laps on the blue boarding to work up enough nerve to move onto the first banked section of ’real' track, after another five Laps I was trembling with nervous energy and decided to slow down and have a breather.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et sites (Sports)
  • Cyclisme
CONT

Les épreuves en salle se font dans un vélodrome avec piste de 333,3 mètres de long sur 7 mètres de large avec section inclinée à 33 degrés.

CONT

À la poursuite individuelle et par équipes, les cyclistes se placent à des extrémités opposées de la piste. Il est très intéressant de surveiller l'adresse des cyclistes, alors que le meneur de l'équipe de quatre hommes change rapidement de position. Quand il se sent fatigué, il monte sur la section inclinée pour se laisser retomber à la queue afin de se reposer brièvement.

PHR

Section inclinée de la piste.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones y sedes deportivas
  • Ciclismo
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Record 13 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Cinematography
DEF

The section of a sound motion-picture projector that converts the photographic or magnetic sound track to audible sound signals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Section d'un projecteur cinématographique servant à convertir la bande magnétique sonore ou photographique en signaux sonores audibles.

Spanish

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Record 14 2002-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
OBS

Magnetic drums and disk storage devices have a section that has a faster access than that provided by a complete revolution of that drum or disk, i. e., a read head and a write head spaced some distance apart on the same track so that data written by one head is read by another head a short time later and sent back to the write head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
CONT

En un tambor magnético, estas pistas están asociadas con las cabezas de lectura/escritura o grabación y están situadas de tal forma, que las señales se regeneran en cada vuelta del tambor para conservar los datos en él registrados. Por tanto, cada pista regenerativa y sus cabezas de lectura/escritura actúan como un almacenamiento regenerativo.

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Record 15 2002-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport
  • Rail Traffic Control
DEF

The maximum number of trains which can be moved in each direction over a specified section of track in a 24 hour period.

OBS

railway line capacity: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par rail
  • Circulation des trains
DEF

Nombre maximal de trains que l'on peut faire circuler dans chaque sens de circulation sur une ligne de chemin de fer en 24 heures.

OBS

capacité d'une ligne de chemin de fer : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte ferroviario
  • Circulación de trenes
DEF

Número máximo de trenes que pueden moverse en cada dirección sobre una sección específica de vía durante 24 horas.

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Record 16 1995-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Rail Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports ferroviaires spéciaux
OBS

Dépouillement terminologique du premier rapport final sur le projet de train rapide - Service Transports.

CONT

Pour réduire les retards provoqués par des trains qui se croisent, l'analyse des avantages comparés d'une voie simple par rapport à une voie double prévoit la construction d'une voie simple avec des tronçons de voie double de 7,5 km de long à intervalles de 21 km.

Spanish

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Record 17 1995-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Rail Transport
CONT

Ultimately, it was decided that, in the base case, only the section between London and Windsor would be initially constructed with single track(with double track passing locations). This decision was arrived at because of the relatively low train density expected on this section of the corridor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports ferroviaires spéciaux
CONT

c'est pourquoi on a décidé pour le cas de référence que seul le tronçon entre London et Windsor serait à une seule voie pour commencer (moyennant des tronçons de croisement à deux voies). Si l'on a pris cette décision, c'est en raison de la densité relativement faible de la circulation sur ce tronçon du couloir.

OBS

Dépouillement terminologique du premier rapport final sur l e projet de train rapide - Service Transports.

Spanish

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Record 18 1995-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solar Energy
  • Energy Transformation
CONT

The Northrup concentrator : shown here as a schematic cross section, the manner in which the light ray is bent towards the absorption surface can be observed. This kind of concentrator must track the sun for successful operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie solaire
  • Transformation de l'énergie
CONT

Schéma d'un capteur solaire Northrup du type à lentille de Fresnel. [...] Ce capteur, commercialisé par la compagnie Northrup, comporte une lentille de Fresnel [...] Cette lentille concentre les rayons solaires sur un tube de cuivre revêtu de noir sélectif et dans lequel circule l'eau à chauffer. Cette lentille de Fresnel ne pouvant capter que les rayons solaires perpendiculaires à sa surface, il faut que ce capteur soit toujours dirigé vers le soleil [...]

Spanish

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Record 19 1994-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Concrete
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
CONT

A section of the deck from mid-span was instrumented with :-21 acoustic strain gauges to track the strains in the concrete over time...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de béton
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
CONT

Une section du tablier située à 1,67 m de la clef de l'ouvrage a été équipée de : - 21 témoins sonores permettant de suivre l'évolution des déformations du béton au cours du temps [...]

Spanish

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Record 20 1989-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
CONT

Observations of human teachers who interleave opportunistic and plan-based styles have led a number of researchers to suggest the need for some sort of internal "agenda", which would keep track of active subgoals and emergent goals and provide a complex triggering context for didactic operations(Collins et al., 1975b; Collins and Stevens, 1982; Leinhardt and Greeno, 1986). The triggering context, of course, provides important constraints and resources by focusing didactic operations on recognized opportunities or prevailing plans. However, there are additional considerations on which to base decisions, and this section identifies three potential sources of both constraints and resources for systems : didactic, domain-specific, and diagnostic information.

CONT

The process model of most existing system is mainly used to follow the student and to trigger the presentation of prefabricated interventions, rather than to generate explanations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
OBS

Les principales sources d'information contextuelle sont d'ordre didactique, diagnostique et spécifique du domaine. Voir déclencheur et intervention pédagogique.

Spanish

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Record 21 1988-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Traffic Control
DEF

Prescribed distance between consists circulating on the same track. In the block system, the track is divided into block sections which must each contain no more than one consist. In practice, the smallest spacing permitted is equivalent to the braking distance, calculated as a function of braking capacity, response time, length of track section, and, if applicable, total length of powered sections, a critical parameter in the control of electrical demand.

OBS

spacing of trains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation des trains
DEF

Dispositions et prescriptions pour maintenir une distance entre plusieurs rames circulant sur la même voie. Dans le cas du cantonnement, la ligne est découpée en cantons dans lesquels il doit se trouver au plus un seul train. Pratiquement, le plus faible espacement correspond à la distance de freinage qui permet de déterminer l'intervalle minimum autorisé entre trains en prenant en compte la capacité de freinage, le temps de réponse, la longueur des tronçons de localisation ainsi que, le cas échéant, la longueur des sections d'alimentation déterminantes pour la commande d'exploitation électrique.

Spanish

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Record 22 1987-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Switchgear (Rail Transport)
  • Rolling and Suspension Components (Railroad)
OBS

track maintenance foreman, section foreman : terms officially approved by CP Rail.

Key term(s)
  • TMF

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de voie (Transport par rail)
  • Roulement et suspension (Chemins de fer)
OBS

contremaître d'entretien de la voie, contremaître cantonnier : termes uniformisés par CP Rail.

Spanish

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Record 23 1985-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
DEF

A section of track, either within a track signal circuit or between two track signal circuits, the rails of which are not part of a track circuit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies ferrées

Spanish

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