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UP CLOCK [14 records]

Record 1 2026-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

In the same direction as that in which the hands of a clock turn round, i. e.(from the viewer's perspective) in a circle or arc from the top down towards the right, and from the bottom up towards the left.

Key term(s)
  • clock-wise

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

Pour un observateur, un objet qui tourne dans le sens rétrograde suivra, à partir du point le plus haut du cercle, un arc descendant vers la droite, et, à partir du point le plus bas, un arc remontant vers la gauche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 2 2025-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clocks, Watches and Bells
DEF

A clock that can be set to wake someone up or alert attention at a particular time, as by sounding a bell or buzzer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horlogerie et sonnerie
DEF

Petite pendule munie d'une sonnerie qui se déclenche à une heure déterminée.

OBS

réveille-matin : Certaines sources indiquent que cette désignation est vieillie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

European Payload. [The core of the] ACES(Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space) [project] is a laser-cooled caesium atomic clock(Pharao), which exploits the microgravity conditions onboard the Space Station... Pharao will improve clock frequency stability and accuracy by a factor of 100 compared with the best measurements currently achievable on Earth, opening up new opportunities in various fields of fundamental research and applications. This ultra-precise measurement of time will allow relativistic measurements and tests, applications in atmospheric physics and geodesy, navigation and advanced telecommunications.

OBS

Pharao; laser-cooled caesium atomic clock: terms officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

Pour tester la Relativité générale dans le système solaire, le CNES [Centre national d'études spatiales] développera d'abord de nouveaux outils de métrologie temps - fréquence (tels que ceux du projet d'horloge atomique à atomes refroidis PHARAO, installé en 2005 sur la station spatiale et dont l'exactitude et la stabilité atteindront 10-16 par jour), ainsi que des techniques de transfert de temps ultra précis.

OBS

Pharao; horloge atomique à atomes refroidis : termes uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery
CONT

The Sheets glide has been narrowed and bent 30 degrees; this model is shorter than the original design. With rotation the bend produces an effective angle up to 85 degrees for hooking the iris at 12 o’clock during glide removal, and thus allowing the superior lens loop to be simultaneously dropped behind the iris.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

A clock radio function that turns off the alarm for a relatively short time(e. g. 5 minutes) then powers up the alarm again once this delay is expired.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

Copper circuits in which signals transit, linking the microprocessor to its peripherals.

CONT

Local-bus technology breaks the bottleneck by bringing peripherals like video controllers up to clock speed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
DEF

Ensemble de pistes de cuivre qui servent de circuit aux signaux, permettant ainsi au microprocesseur de communiquer avec ses périphériques.

CONT

Le bus local VL-Bus donne la possibilité à une carte d'extension de prendre le contrôle du bus : on appelle cette fonction bus mastering.

OBS

Un bus local est un bus spécialisé sur 32 bits consacrés à l'affichage.

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Satellite navigation.... which has been developed over the last thirty years or so, essentially for military purposes originally, enables anyone with a receiver capable of picking up signals emitted by a constellation of satellites to instantly determine their position in time and space very accurately. The operating principle is simple : the satellites in the constellation are fitted with an atomic clock measuring time very accurately. The satellites emit personalised signals indicating the precise time the signal leaves the satellite. The ground receiver, incorporated for example into a mobile phone, has in its memory the precise details of the orbits of all the satellites in the constellation. By reading the incoming signal, it can thus recognise the particular satellite, determine the time taken by the signal to arrive and calculate the distance from the satellite. Once the ground receiver receives the signals from at least four satellites simultaneously, it can calculate the exact position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

La navigation par satellite est une technologie clé qui permet à une personne d'indiquer précisément sa position géographique sur terre, sur mer et dans les airs. Elle offre de nombreux avantages dans une multitude de domaines comme le transport (plus grande sécurité, réduction de la congestion et des dommages à l'environnement, etc.), la médecine (traitement de patients à distance, etc.) et l'agriculture (ajustement des doses de grains selon le relief, etc.).

OBS

navigation par satellite : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale (1994), et adopté par la Commission française des techniques aérospatiales (1998).

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Space Physics
CONT

The radio science investigation will use data provided by the spacecraft's telecommunications system, high-gain antenna and an onboard ultra-stable oscillator, which is like an ultra precise clock, to map variations in the gravity field by noting where the spacecraft speeds up and slows down in its passage around Mars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Physique spatiale
CONT

Le passager DORIS se compose d'un récepteur (MVR, mesureur de vitesse radiale), d'un OUS (oscillateur ultra-stable) et d'une antenne omnidirectionnelle embarqués à bord du satellite porteur. Le récepteur effectue des mesures de décalage Doppler des signaux radioélectriques 400 MHz et 2 GHz émis par les balises.

Key term(s)
  • oscillateur ultra stable

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A signal that directly controls the phase or frequency of a clock.

CONT

The SDP [Synchronous Data PAD Card] can accept data from an external data device with a non-network synchronized clock(isochronous clock) up to 112 Kbps. With isochronous clocking, the SDP sends a clock control signal to the receiving end of the circuit to synchronize that SDP's receive clock to the isochronous clock received at the sending node.

Key term(s)
  • clock-control signal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A video adapter that contains a graphics coprocessor to update the video display much more quickly than the CPU can and free the latter for other tasks.

CONT

Graphics accelerators speed things up by moving work off the processor, but they are often left hungry for data by the slow clock speed and narrow 16-bit data path of the ISA I/O bus.

CONT

The Compaq QVision 1024E EISA card flies past conventional VGA and graphics accelerator ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Dispositif assurant l'accélération du traitement des données, permettant la visualisation des courbes, des images et des dessins.

CONT

Le P86C805 est, en effet, un accélérateur graphique optimisé pour un environnement spécifique (Windows en l'occurrence).

CONT

En effet, depuis quelques mois est apparue la nouvelle génération de circuits vidéo : les accélérateurs graphiques.

Spanish

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Record 11 1991-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Broadcasting
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

In respect of a licensee, means the period of up to 18 consecutive hours, beginning each day not earlier than six o’clock in the morning and ending not later than one o’clock in the morning of the following day, as selected by the licensee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiodiffusion
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

Période choisie par le titulaire qui comprend un maximum de 18 heures consécutives commençant chaque jour au plus tôt à 6 h et se terminant au plus tard à 1 h le lendemain.

Spanish

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Record 12 1991-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
OBS

on the --

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
OBS

logique

Spanish

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Record 13 1986-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Leadership Techniques (Meetings)
CONT

The chairman should be instructed beforehand... in the procedure to be adopted for question time. His duties will include : Welcoming the delegates.... Introducing the subject of the conference.... Opening the meeting to questions. Controlling the meeting. Summing up.... Watching the clock so as to keep to the timetable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'animation des réunions
CONT

L'animateur veille à une bonne régulation des débats, c'est-à-dire qu'il s'assure que chacun a tenu pleinement son rôle, a été productif et fécond. Pour faciliter la régulation, il rapproche les points de vue, s'assure que les débats ont lieu et que les objectifs sont atteints.

Spanish

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Record 14 1985-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

The emulators run at clock rates up to 8MHz, and base configurations include 8 to 32Kb of emulation memory expandable to a maximum of 28KB.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

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