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TEV [4 records]

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Record 1 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

A unit of energy used in particle physics ... That is 1,000,000,000,000 electron Volts or 1012 electron Volts.

OBS

1 TeV is about the energy of motion of a flying mosquito.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Physique atomique
OBS

1 TeV = 1 000 milliards d'eV [électron-volt].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Física atómica
DEF

Unidad de energía empleada en física de partículas, es equivalente a 1012 eV o 1,000,000,000,000 electronvoltios.

OBS

Una lámpara de 10 vatios (watts) encendida durante un segundo consumirá aproximadamente la cantidad de energía de 62 millones de TeV.

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Record 2 2011-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
  • Refrigeration Engineering
DEF

A valve automatically controlling by throttling the flow of liquid refrigerant to an evaporator according to change in temperature of refrigerant leaving the evaporator.

OBS

It is basically responsive to superheat ...

OBS

constant superheat valve; thermal expansion valve; thermostatic expansion valve; TEV: terms and abbreviation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
  • Techniques du froid
CONT

[...] un détendeur thermostatique ne règle pas directement la pression d'évaporation, mais contrôle le remplissage en liquide de l'évaporateur en fonction de la surchauffe [...] des vapeurs quittant l'évaporateur.

OBS

détecteur thermostatique; détendeur à surchauffe constante : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Economics
  • Silviculture
OBS

In reference to forests; equals to its total use value plus its total non-use value.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Économique
  • Sylviculture

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Economía
  • Silvicultura
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Record 4 1996-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
CONT

TEV,(also named tnv), tripartite 28 kD viral phosphoprotein produced by some HIV-1 strains. Found primarily in the nucleolus/nucleus. Tev contains the first exon of Tat, a small part of Env and the second exon of Rev. It exhibits both Tat and Rev functions and can functionally replace both essential regulatory proteins of HIV-1. It is produced very early in infection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie

Spanish

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