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WDI [5 records]

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Record 1 2024-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
OBS

warface development imperative; WARDEV imperative; WDI: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
OBS

impératif du développement des capacités de combat; impératif WARDEV : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
  • Airborne Forces
OBS

A wind drift indicator is used to determine the proper release point for jumpers on light aircraft operations. A WDI incorporates the exact drift and rate of descent characteristics of a paratrooper with a fully inflated parachute.

Key term(s)
  • wind-drift indicator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
  • Forces aéroportées

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Signalling and Illumination (Air Transport)
DEF

A device used to indicate the direction of the wind, consisting of a tapered fabric sleeve shaped like a truncated cone whose base contains a metal ring which can swing around a mast.

OBS

Windsocks were originally used by airfields so pilots could see which way the wind was blowing. Today you can find them in gardens, on boats and even car antennas[, etc.]

OBS

wind direction indicator: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

OBS

wind direction indicator; wind cone; wind sleeve; windsock: terms standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Signalisation (Transport aérien)
DEF

Dispositif indiquant la direction du vent et constitué par un tronc de cône en étoffe dont la base comporte un anneau métallique mobile autour d'un mât.

CONT

L'indicateur de direction du vent [...] Il est recommandé [...] qu'il soit construit de manière à donner une indication nette de la direction du vent à la surface et une indication générale de la vitesse du vent [...]

OBS

boudin : argot des aviateurs; biroute : argot militaire.

OBS

indicateur de direction du vent : terme normalisé par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne et uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

indicateur de direction du vent; manche à vent : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
  • Señales e iluminación (Transporte aéreo)
DEF

Dispositivo para señalar la dirección del viento.

OBS

Consiste en un cono truncado de tela cuya base mayor es un anillo metálico que gira en torno a un mástil vertical.

OBS

indicador de dirección del viento: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 4 1999-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Internet and Telematics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

Initiative : Échange électronique de données [EED].

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Finance
Key term(s)
  • Western Economic Development and Diversification Initiative
  • WDI

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Finances
Key term(s)
  • Initiative de développement et de diversification économiques pour l'Ouest
  • IDEO

Spanish

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