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HGV [4 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
DEF

A large, heavy motor vehicle used for transporting cargo.

OBS

heavy goods vehicle; HGV: term and abbreviation proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Camionnage
DEF

Véhicule automobile de fort tonnage destiné au transport des marchandises.

OBS

poids lourd; PL : terme et abréviation proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de vehículos automotores y bicicletas
  • Transporte por camión
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Record 2 2020-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Air Space Control
  • Aerospace Equipment (Military)
CONT

A hypersonic glide vehicle is boosted aloft on a rocket to heights of between 40 km to 100 km above the earth before detaching to glide along the upper atmosphere towards its target. It is released at a height and speed that would allow it to glide unpowered to the target.

OBS

hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs) ... are capable of traveling at [Mach 5] or above — roughly 3,800 miles per hour or 340 miles every six minutes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Contrôle de l'espace aérien
  • Matériel aérospatial (Militaire)
CONT

[Les planeurs hypersoniques sont des] véhicules non propulsés, manœuvrants, pouvant atteindre des vitesses supérieures à Mach 5 (près de 6 000 km/h). Pour atteindre ces vitesses, le planeur doit recevoir une impulsion assurée par un missile ou une fusée [...] Le planeur hypersonique a l'avantage de pouvoir manœuvrer à des vitesses très élevées et de pouvoir donc échapper aux systèmes de défense aérienne.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tránsito vial
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Record 4 2005-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
CONT

The first major study of the new hepatitis G virus (HGV) has reported that those infected by means other than blood transfusions did not develop chronic liver disease, although for most the virus remained in their blood for several years. The researchers, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and others abroad, also reported that this new virus was in 1.7% of blood voluntarily donated by 779 people whose liver enzymes were normal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Foie et voies biliaires
CONT

La découverte du virus de l'hépatite G clôt-elle la chasse aux mystérieux agents infectieux responsables d'hépatites?

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
  • Hígado y conductos biliares
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