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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landing Gear (Aeroindustry)
OBS

wheel; wh: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Atterrisseur (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

roue : désignation uniformisée par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

roue : désignation uniformisée par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) – Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
DEF

The part of a munition that contains the payload to be delivered.

OBS

warhead; WH: designations and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

warhead: designation extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Key term(s)
  • war head

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
DEF

Partie d'une munition qui contient la charge utile à délivrer.

OBS

tête explosive : désignation tirée du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

OBS

charge militaire; tête explosive : désignations uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

tête militaire; WH : désignations et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

OBS

charge militaire : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de armas
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Record 3 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Non-commissionned Members
Universal entry(ies)
WH
occupation code
OBS

WH: occupational specialty qualification code for non-commissioned members.

OBS

Title and code of occupational specialty qualification officially approved by the Department of National Defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires pour les militaires du rang
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
WH
occupation code
OBS

WH : code de qualification de spécialiste pour les militaires du rang.

OBS

Titre et code de qualification de spécialiste officialisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale.

OBS

Les titres et codes de qualification de spécialistes en anglais et en français figureront dans la version mise à jour de la CFP-A-PD-123-001.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Measurements of Electricity
DEF

The electrical energy developed during 1 hour by a power of 1 watt, equal to 3,600 joules.

CONT

The watt-hour (symbol W·h or Wh) is a unit of energy. It is most commonly used on household electricity meters in the form of the kilowatt-hour (kW·h or kWh), which is 1,000 watt-hours. It is not used in the International System of Units (SI), despite being based on the watt, as the hour is not a SI unit. The SI unit of energy is the joule (J), equal to one watt-second. It is, however, a commonly used unit, especially for measuring electric energy. 1 watt-hour is equivalent to 3,600 joules (1 W x 3600 s), the joule being the canonical SI unit of energy. Thus a kilowatt-hour is 3,600,000 joules or 3.6 megajoules.

CONT

... a 50 Wh battery can sustain a 10 watt load for 5 hours.

OBS

plural: watt-hours or watthours. Lots of variants can be found, but they should be avoided: wattshours, watts hour, watts hours, watt hours, watts-hour, watts-hours, watts/hour, watts/hours, watt/hours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Mesures de grandeurs électriques
DEF

Énergie de 3 600 joules, mise en jeu pendant 1 heure, par une puissance d'un watt.

OBS

Au pluriel : des wattheures ou des watts-heures. À éviter : watts-heure, watt-heures, watts heure, watts heures, watt heures, watts/heure, watts/heures, watt/heures.

Spanish

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Record 5 1985-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Officers
Universal entry(ies)
WH
occupation code
OBS

WH: classification specialty qualification code.

OBS

Record purposes only.

OBS

United States.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires des officiers
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
WH
occupation code
OBS

WH : code de qualification de spécialiste (classifications) .

OBS

Pour archivage.

OBS

Etats-Unis.

Spanish

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