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WBW [2 records]

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Record 1 2005-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Baby and Child Care
OBS

1-7 August, World Health Organization and UNICEF.

OBS

The World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is WABA's (World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action) main global campaign for social mobilisation to generate public awareness and support for breastfeeding. WBW has the greatest outreach for the breastfeeding movement, involving over 120 countries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Soins du bébé et puériculture
OBS

Du 1er au 7 août, Organisation mondiale de la santé et UNICEF.

OBS

La Semaine mondiale de l'allaitement maternel (SM AM) est célébrée dans plus de 120 pays dans le monde chaque année.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

A system which produces a high energy, small diameter beam of either neutral atoms or charged ions to disable the target.

CONT

The characteristic that distinguishes the particle-beam weapon from other directed energy weapons is the form of energy it propagates. While there are several operating concepts for particle-beam weapons, all such devices generate their destructive power by accelerating sufficient quantities of subatomic particles or atoms to velocities near the speed of light and focusing these particles into a very high-energy beam. The total energy within the beam is the aggregate energy of the rapidly moving particles, each particle having kinetic energy due to its own mass and motion.

OBS

particle-beam weapon; PBW: term and abbreviation extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes de haute technicité
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Arme constituée d'une chaîne technologique comprenant une alimentation électrique de puissance, une source intense d'ions ou d'électrons et un accélérateur performant muni d'un système de focalisation du faisceau.

OBS

arme à faisceaux de particules : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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