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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
CONT

HDTV, via satellite or cable, requires an HD capable receiver(set-top cable box). Local HD broadcast signals, via the airwaves, can be picked up by all modern television sets without a converter box(though a powered antenna may still be necessary depending on your signal strength).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
OBS

récepteur avec capacité de haute définition; récepteur avec capacité de HD : information obtenue auprès d'un préposé de détaillant spécialisé dans la vente de matériel électronique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Ignition Systems (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

Refinements to the transmission's Electronically Modulated Converter Clutch(EMCC) increase EPA fuel economy up to 3% compared to the non-EMCC converter unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
  • Allumage (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vehículos automotores y bicicletas
  • Sistemas de encendido (Vehículos automotores)
OBS

EMCC, por sus siglas en inglés.

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Record 3 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Convertors
OBS

boost converter; step-up converter : terms standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission(IEC).

Key term(s)
  • step up converter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Convertisseurs (Électrotechnique)
OBS

convertisseur élévateur : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI).

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-01-14

English

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

A switch-mode voltage regulator in which output voltage can be above or below the input voltage.

CONT

60V Step-Up/Step-Down Converter... is the power industry's first high voltage buck-boost regulator, and operates from an input voltage range of 4V to 60V, delivering regulated outputs between 3. 3V and 20V.

OBS

Modern IC [integrated circuit] switching regulators are small, flexible, and allow either step-up(boost) or step-down(buck) operation. When switcher functions are integrated and include a switch which is part of the basic power converter topology, these ICs are called "switching regulators".

Key term(s)
  • buck/boost converter
  • buck/boost regulator
  • buck boost converter
  • buck boost regulator
  • step up/step down regulator
  • step up step down converter

French

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

Convertisseurs sans isolation galvanique. Le convertisseur survolteur-dévolteur (buck-boost) [...] nécessite un filtrage énergique aussi bien à l'entrée qu'à la sortie pour lisser les courants d'entrée et de sortie et éviter les EMC [interférences électromagnétiques].

OBS

dévolter : Réduire la tension d'un courant électrique.

OBS

survolter : Augmenter le voltage d'un courant au-delà de ce qui est prévu.

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Traction (Rail)
CONT

The main component is a compact converter module of the type Sibac BB DC 3000 W, which combines all those basic elements of a traction converter that are needed to supply power to up to four asynchronous traction motors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traction (Chemins de fer)
CONT

Bombardier Mitrac TC 500. Convertisseurs de puissance pour véhicules légers sur rail, navettes aéroportuaires et trolleybus. La famille de convertisseurs de puissance Mitrac TC 500 de Bombardier est conçue pour fournir une puissance nominale maximale à partir de modules compacts pouvant s'insérer dans les plus petites applications.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Facilities
  • Data Transmission
Key term(s)
  • up converter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de télécommunications
  • Transmission de données

Spanish

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Record 7 1989-10-12

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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