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APERTURE [15 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
DEF

Opening or projected area of a solar collector through which the solar radiation is admitted and directed to the absorber. (HOWEG,1979,,,297).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
DEF

Une section d'entrée du rayonnement [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-12-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

In construction, an opening left for a door, window, ventilation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Ouverture pratiquée dans un mur ou dans une toiture, ayant pour objet le passage ou l'éclairage des locaux (porte extérieure, fenêtre, vasistas, lucarne, soupirail, etc.).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puertas, ventanas y aberturas (Elementos de edificios)
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Record 3 2012-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

One or more adjacent characters, in a mask, that cause retention of the corresponding characters. [Definition standardized by ISO and officially approved by GESC.]

OBS

aperture: term standardized by ISO and officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
OBS

ouverture : terme normalisé par l’ISO et uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
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Record 4 2011-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Marine Biology
  • Paleontology
DEF

[In the literature of bryozoans,] the opening through which the living animal could extend from its zooecium.

CONT

To feed, the lophophore and upper end of the polypide are pushed out of the zooecium through an opening called the aperture, which is on the zooecium's upper surface near its head end.

CONT

The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Biologie marine
  • Paléontologie
DEF

[Chez les Bryozoaires,] orifice des cellules par lequel les animaux sortent leur lophophore.

OBS

[L'apertura] est fermé par un opercule chez les Cheilostomes.

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2009-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
02.04.09 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

effective opening in an optical system that establishes the field of view

OBS

aperture: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-2:2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waveguides
  • Radio Transmission and Reception

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guides d'ondes
  • Émission et réception radio

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guías de ondas
  • Radiotransmisión y radiorrecepción
DEF

Superficie efectiva del campo radiado por una antena en un plano perpendicular a la dirección principal de la emisión.

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Record 7 1997-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
  • Construction Site Equipment
CONT

To eject the load, the apron is raised and the movable ejector plate moves forward, pressuring the material through the front aperture [of the scraper bowl].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
  • Matériel de chantier
CONT

Pour l'exécution simultanée de l'excavation et du chargement, la benne [décapeuse] est amenée en position basse à la profondeur de coupe désirée et le tablier relevé pour ménager une fente par laquelle le matériau excavé pénétrera dans la benne.

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solar Power Plants

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales solaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Centrales solares
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Record 9 1993-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthoses
CONT

Modification, such as cushioning heel inserts and apertures to the heel area, can be made to the orthotics to increase its comfort and function.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthèses
CONT

[Les semelles palliatives] sont utilisées en cas de déformations irréductibles, en enveloppant des lésions définitivement fixées, ou en isolant par le biais d'un évidement localisé les appuis douloureux.

Spanish

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Record 10 1991-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recording and Control Instrumentation
CONT

Digital scale composed of four series of numbers placed on rollers; the numbers to be read appear in the aperture (window).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de contrôle et d'enregistrement
CONT

(...) dans un compteur wattheuremètre à rouleaux, les fenêtres du dispositif indicateur constituent les index fixes au travers desquels apparaissent les chiffres des échelles mobiles.

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

The entrance or opening of the shell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Entrée du test par laquelle le Gastropode se rétracte dans sa coquille.

Spanish

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Record 12 1985-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
DEF

In a photo-receiver, the final opening through which light modulated by the received picture signal passes and an image of which is focused on the recording medium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
DEF

Dans un récepteur phototélégraphique, dernière ouverture à travers laquelle passe la lumière modulée par le signal d'image reçu et dont une image est formée sur le support d'enregistrement.

Spanish

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Record 13 1985-03-29

English

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

In a facsimile transmitter, an opening through which light passes and which effectively controls the size of the scanning spot.

French

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

Dans un émetteur de fac-similé, ouverture par laquelle passe la lumière et qui commande, en fait, la dimension de la tache d'exploration.

Spanish

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Record 14 1980-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
OBS

In an optical system, an opening through which light can pass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

Diamètre d'un faisceau de rayons parallèles à l'axe optique de l'objectif traversant ce dernier en occupant la totalité du diaphragme considéré. Ce diamètre est à peu près égal au diamètre du diaphragme grand ouvert.

Spanish

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Record 15 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie

Spanish

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