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CONVERSION FACTOR [5 records]

Record 1 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

In a converter reactor, the number of fissile (fissionable) atoms produced from the fertile material per fissile (fissionable) atom destroyed in the fuel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Physique nucléaire
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Rapport, pour un intervalle de temps donné, du nombre de nucléides fissiles produits au nombre de nucléides fissiles détruits.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Centrales nucleares
  • Física nuclear
  • Física atómica
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Record 2 2000-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
OBS

conversion factor; conversion formula: terms officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

facteur de conversion; formule de conversion : termes uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte aéreo
OBS

coeficiente de conversión; fórmula de conversión : términos aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 3 1993-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
OBS

COMM, mai 74, 96; quelques facteurs de conversion rapides en usage avec le système international d'unités SI.

OBS

Gestion des stocks; imprimé sans numéro; Achats et Gestion des stocks.

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
DEF

A factor by which a quantity expressed in one set of units must be multiplied in order to express that quantity in different units.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique

Spanish

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