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Record 1 2013-08-06

English

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

An E-plane lens in which a set of parallel plates is inserted orthogonally to the original plates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

Lentille radioélectrique à lames parallèles dans le plan E comportant un ensemble d'autres lames parallèles orthogonales aux premières.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
OBS

Lente, término ambiguo no diferenciado, es decir que el significado conceptual se mantiene no importando el género que se use. De acuerdo a la Real Academia Española: “Es válido su uso en ambos géneros en cualquiera de sus acepciones, aunque las preferencias son distintas según las zonas; así, cuando significa "pieza transparente que se emplea en instrumentos ópticos", en España se usa en femenino, mientras que en América alternan ambos géneros, con cierta preferencia por el masculino […]”

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