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Record 1 2015-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Military Training
CONT

With full automation ... it is necessary to have a minimum complement of automatic monitoring and analysing instruments, so that any operating faults may be displayed both locally and remotely.

OBS

malfunction: term used in the context of military training.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
CONT

[...] l'automaticité exige la mise en œuvre d'un minimum d'appareils de contrôle et d'analyse automatiques, de manière à signaler localement et à distance tout défaut de fonctionnement de l'installation.

OBS

Malfunction(ing) épouse parfaitement la notion de défaut de fonctionnement pour un organe complexe et de défectuosité pour un élément simple.

OBS

Termes utilisés dans le contexte de l'instruction militaire.

Spanish

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