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MDL [7 records]

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Record 1 2023-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Encryption and Decryption
OBS

minimum decode level; MDL: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
OBS

niveau minimal de décodage : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Electronic Warfare
DEF

An electronic file that contains a mission dataset and is loaded into an electronic warfare system.

OBS

electronic warfare system library; EWSL; mission data file; MDF; mission data load; MDL: designations and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Guerre électronique
DEF

Fichier électronique contenant un ensemble de données de mission, qui est chargé sur un système de guerre électronique.

OBS

bibliothèque système de guerre électronique; BSGE; fichier de données de mission; FDM; fichier de données utilisateur; FDU : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Occupational Health and Safety
DEF

The smallest amount of a substance which can be detected with any certainty.

CONT

The prevention plan includes a detailed account of the steps to be taken ... to ensure that no worker is exposed to a designated material above the lowest detectable limit or to a health hazard posed by any other controlled product.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
DEF

[...] la plus petite quantité pouvant être détectée avec une certaine probabilité d'exactitude.

CONT

Cette notion de quantité minimale détectable permet de caractériser un détecteur indépendamment des conditions d'emploi ou du soluté.

OBS

Les vedettes françaises tirées de SECHR, 1981, p. 41 proviennent de sources françaises dignes de foi.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química analítica
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
  • Salud y seguridad en el trabajo
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Record 4 2007-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Dental Services (Military)
  • Dentistry
OBS

mobile dental laboratory; MDL: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Service de santé et service dentaire (Militaire)
  • Dentisterie
OBS

laboratoire dentaire mobile; LDM : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
Key term(s)
  • modified diode logic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The accommodations for research on ISS [International Space Station] are designed to give a user the option of using what amount to "central facilities" for conducting their research, or developing their own experimental equipment from scratch. ... If no central facility meets a given investigator's requirements, they can consider building "investigation-specific" equipment that is unique to their needs. Such equipment will typically be allocated a sub-portion of an ISPR [International Standard Payload Rack] based on a unit of space called a Mid-deck Locker Equivalent (MLE). This unit has dimensions roughly based on the Space Shuttle's Mid-deck Storage Locker (MDL), which has an internal 0.06 m³ (2.0 ft³) volume and approximate dimensions of 43.2 cm (17 in) width x 50.8 cm (20 in) depth x 25.4 cm (10 in) height. Equiment that is built around the MLE size-concept is typically referred to as a sub-rack payload.

OBS

mid-deck storage locker; MDL: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • middeck storage locker
  • middeck locker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

casier standard du compartiment intermédiaire; MDL : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

PHR

Volume de casier standard de compartiment intermédiaire.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Equipment
DEF

An item of materiel provided as an example, pattern, or original form to guide production.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel militaire
DEF

Article fourni comme exemple, modèle ou selon sa forme originale pour guider la production.

Spanish

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