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QUADRATURE [8 records]

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Record 1 2010-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Descriptive Geometry
  • Physics
OBS

in quadrature: term standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
  • Géométrie descriptive
  • Physique
OBS

en quadrature : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electrotecnia
  • Geometría descriptiva
  • Física
DEF

Se dice de dos magnitudes sinusoidales de la misma frecuencia cuando existe entre ellas una diferencia de fase de un cuarto de período.

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Record 2 2001-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Video Technology
DEF

In NTSC video, the state of a color difference signal being 90 degrees out of phase with the color subcarrier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Vidéotechnique

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Telecommunications
DEF

The state or condition of two related periodic functions or two related points separated by a quarter of a cycle, or 90 electrical degrees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
  • Télécommunications
DEF

[...] condition de deux grandeurs alternatives sinusoïdales de même fréquence entre lesquelles existe une différence de phase d'un quart de période: Les courants diphasés sont en quadrature.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
DEF

The construction of a square whose area is equal to a definite integral.

CONT

One preoccupation of the Greeks was known as quadrature, or squaring: finding the area of a closed shape in the plane. The word quadrature refers to the nature of the problem: to express the area of any shape in terms of units of area - that is, squares. To the Greeks that meant the given shape had to be transformed into an equivalent one whose area could be found from fundamental principles. ... The quadrature of any polygon follows immediately, because a polygon can always be dissected into triangles. Among the more intriguing ... problems of mathematics has been the squaring of curved figures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
CONT

Les anciens Grecs ne calculaient pas les mesures des aires, mais les comparaient entre elles en déterminant leurs rapports. En particulier, ils comparaient les aires des surfaces à frontière curviligne aux aires des surfaces à frontière rectiligne. La quadrature d'une surface est étymologiquement la construction par la règle et le compas d'un carré ayant même aire que la surface considérée.

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
  • Applications of Automation
  • Telecommunications Facilities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Installations de télécommunications
OBS

Acronyme spécifique à RADARSAT accepté par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale.

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Configuration présentée par deux astres à l'instant où leurs longitudes ou leurs ascensions droites différent de 90°.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ayuda a la navegación marítima y fluvial
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Record 7 1977-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Moon (Astronomy)
  • Planets
  • Astronomy
OBS

The configurations of the moon are named like those of the planets. The first or third quarter moon is at "quadrature".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lune (Astronomie)
  • Planètes
  • Astronomie
OBS

Dans le premier et le dernier quartier (dits "quadratures") au moment de la marée montante lunaire le Soleil produit une marée descendante; (...)

Spanish

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Record 8 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
OBS

-- (...) also referred to as quadrature (...) The four heads are rotated in a plane that is 90 degrees with respect to tape direction of travel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
OBS

dans le procédé Ampex, cette grande vitesse relative est obtenue grâce à un balayage transversal de la bande, au moyen de quatre têtes (...) disposé perpendiculairement au sens de défilement [2--]

Spanish

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