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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airport Runways and Areas
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
DEF

Any field or runway on which the accelerate-stop distance is less than the normal takeoff distance to a screen height or 35 feet (11 meters).

CONT

The pilot concluded that, as this was an operation from an unbalanced runway, he should have rejected the takeoff attempt immediately he realised the control response was not normal.

Key term(s)
  • imbalanced field

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pistes et aires d'aéroport
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Currents
OBS

unbalanced current: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courants (Électrocinétique)
OBS

courant déséquilibré : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Standards
  • Electromagnetism
  • Electric Power Distribution
Universal entry(ies)
CAN/CSA-C61000-3-13-09 (R2014)
classification system code, see observation
OBS

MV: medium voltage.

OBS

HV: high voltage.

OBS

EHV: extra high voltage.

OBS

Canadian version of the standard IEC/TR 61000-3-13:2008.

OBS

CAN/CSA-C61000-3-13-09 (R2014): standard code used by CSA.

Key term(s)
  • Assessment of emission limits for the connection of unbalanced installations to MV, HV and EHV power systems
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility – Part 3-13 : Limits – Assessment of emission limits for the connection of unbalanced installations to MV, HV and EHV power systems
  • EMC – Part 3-13 : Limits – Assessment of emission limits for the connection of unbalanced installations to MV, HV and EHV power systems
  • Electro-magnetic Compatibility(EMC) – Part 3-13 : Limits – Assessment of emission limits for the connection of unbalanced installations to MV, HV and EHV power systems
  • Electro-magnetic Compatibility – Part 3-13 : Limits – Assessment of emission limits for the connection of unbalanced installations to MV, HV and EHV power systems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Normes de l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA)
  • Électromagnétisme
  • Distribution électrique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CAN/CSA-C61000-3-13-09 (R2014)
classification system code, see observation
Key term(s)
  • Assessment of emission limits for the connection of unbalanced installations to MV, HV and EHV power systems
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility – Part 3-13: Limits – Assessment of emission limits for the connection of unbalanced installations to MV, HV and EHV power systems
  • EMC – Part 3-13: Limits – Assessment of emission limits for the connection of unbalanced installations to MV, HV and EHV power systems
  • Electro-magnetic Compatibility (EMC) – Part 3-13: Limits – Assessment of emission limits for the connection of unbalanced installations to MV, HV and EHV power systems
  • Electro-magnetic Compatibility – Part 3-13: Limits – Assessment of emission limits for the connection of unbalanced installations to MV, HV and EHV power systems

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
OBS

The use of twin-conductor cables is referred to as balanced line working, to distinguish it from the single-core screened cable which uses the screen as the return wire of the circuit and is called unbalanced ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Se dit d'une ligne de liaison B.F. blindée ne comportant, outre sa gaine blindée (qui sert de retour ou de commun), qu'un seul conducteur (point chaud). Type de liaison pour matériel «amateur» ou «semi-professionnel» mais qui sert à relier entre eux, en tout cas, les différents maillons d'une chaîne Hi-Fi.

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
Key term(s)
  • balanced polyphase system of circuits
  • balance polyphase system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
Key term(s)
  • système polyphasé équilibré
  • système de circuits polyphasé équilibré

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Facilities
  • Chemistry
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de recherche scientifique
  • Chimie
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
  • Computer Programs and Programming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estadística
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Errores o conjuntos de errores en que los máximos y los mínimos no son opuestos en signos e iguales en magnitud, en contraste con los errores equilibrados; por ejemplo, el promedio de todos los valores de error no es cero.

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Record 10 2010-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

An impedance-matching device that connects a balanced line (such as a twisted-pair line) and an unbalanced line (such as a coaxial cable).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Un dispositif d'adaptation d'impédance qui connecte une ligne équilibrée (telle qu'une ligne en paire torsadée) et une ligne non équilibrée (telle qu'un câble coaxial).

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A mode of transmission where signals are sent on a single conductor with transmitter and receiver sharing a common ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Circuitos eléctricos e interruptores automáticos
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
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Record 12 2007-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

An interconnection between audio components in which there are two conductors, signal and ground.

OBS

The 'unbalanced' aspect of this connection is that, since ground is the reference, each of the two signal leads has a very different (unbalanced) impedance relationship to the reference. This is of no consequence unless there are noises or hum potentials in the grounding of the interconnected components. Commonly employs a coaxial cable, in which the outer cylindrical shield serves as the ground connection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Interconnexion entre des composants audio comportant deux conducteurs : le signal et le son.

OBS

Le caractère «dissymétrique» de cette connexion tient au fait que la terre étant utilisée comme référence, chacune des deux extrémités du signal présente un rapport d'impédance très différent (dissymétrique) avec la référence. Cette différence est sans effet, excepté en présence de bruits ou de bourdonnements dans la mise à la terre des composants interconnectés. Cette connexion utilise en général un câble coaxial, dont le blindage cylindrique extérieur sert de connexion à la terre.

Spanish

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Record 13 2006-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
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Record 15 2002-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A merge sort, which is an external sort, such that the sorted subsets created by the internal sorts are unequally distributed among some of the available auxiliary storage devices.

OBS

The subsets are merged onto the remaining auxiliary storage devices and the process repeated until all items are in one sorted set.

OBS

As opposed to balanced merge sort.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Clasificación y fusión, que es una clasificación externa, de modo que los subconjuntos creados por la clasificación interna se distribuyen desigualmente entre los dispositivos de almacenamiento auxiliares disponibles. Los subconjuntos se fusionan en los dispositivos de almacenamiento auxiliar remanentes y se repite el proceso hasta que todos los elementos estén clasificados en un solo conjunto.

OBS

Contrasta con "clasificación de fusión equilibrada" (balanced merge sort).

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Record 16 2002-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Transmission
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A data link between a primary station and one or more participating secondary stations.

OBS

The primary station organizes data flow, performs data link level error recovery operations, and transmits command frames to the secondary stations. The secondary stations transmit response frames.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission de données
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión de datos
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Enlace de datos entre una estación primaria y una o varias estaciones secundarias participantes.

OBS

Contrasta con "enlace de datos equilibrado".

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Record 17 2002-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defects (Textiles)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
CONT

cracked selvedge: A selvedge in which two or more adjacent warp yarns, not including the catch thread, are ruptured [...] This defect is often caused by mechanical damage or unbalanced warp tensions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défauts (Textiles)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
CONT

lisière endommagée : Lisière dans laquelle deux ou davantage de fils de chaîne, fil de retenue non compris, sont rompus [...] Ce défaut est souvent causé par un endommagement mécanique ou des tensions de chaîne mal équilibrées.

Spanish

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Record 18 2002-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
DEF

A growth resulting from capital investment that grow at different rates in different areas of an economy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
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Record 19 2001-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

The vacuum-drive heading indicator is the simplest of many types of gyro-controlled directional indicators designed to provide stable heading reference. ... Errors. The chief cause of precession, causing the card to creep or drift, is bearing friction. Normal movement of the gimbal rings produces friction, which is increased if the bearings are worn, dirty, or improperly lubricated. Other sources of precession error include unbalanced gyro components and the effect of the earth's rotation. The latter effect depends upon the position of the instrument in relation to the earth, and is not appreciable unless a flight involves considerable change in latitude.

CONT

Unsymmetrical gyroscope.

OBS

mass unbalance: The characteristic of a gyro resulting from lack of coincidence of the center of supporting forces and the center of mass. It gives rise to torques caused by linear accelerations that lead to acceleration-sensitive drift rates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
CONT

Garde-cap. Il s'agit d'un gyroscope que l'on maintient horizontal et qui définit une direction fixe dans le plan horizontal à sa dérive près. Le gyroscope est monté à la Cardan comme dans le cas du compas mais il n'est pas balourdé. Un détecteur d'horizon monté sur la caisse de tore délivre un signal proportionnel à l'inclinaison du moment cinétique; ce signal est traité et est envoyé dans un moteur couple d'axe cd qui crée un couple vertical ramenant le moment cinétique horizontal.

CONT

Gyroscope balourdé.

OBS

balourd : Mauvaise répartition des masses d'une pièce ou d'un ensemble tournant, qui fait que son centre de gravité n'est pas sur l'axe de rotation.

Spanish

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Record 20 2000-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

A weave with more or heavier yarns in one direction than the other direction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)

Spanish

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Record 21 2000-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Martial Arts
OBS

Specifically judo. Technique/tactics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts martiaux
OBS

Technique/tactique.

Spanish

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Record 22 2000-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones
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Record 23 1997-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
Key term(s)
  • unbalanced rudders

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
Key term(s)
  • gouvernails non compensés

Spanish

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Record 24 1997-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad
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Record 25 1993-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

A vibration machine in which the forces exciting the vibration are generated by rotating or reciprocating unbalanced masses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Machine dont les forces excitatrice de vibrations sont engendrées par des rotors non équilibrés en rotation uniforme ou alternative.

Spanish

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Record 26 1990-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Ensemble des règles permettant de gérer des voies de communication et des matériels fonctionnant en bidirectionnel simultané ou à l'alternat.

Spanish

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Record 27 1981-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
OBS

Motor in which the transverse forces acting on the rotor are not balanced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
OBS

Moteur dont le rotor est soumis à des forces radiales non compensées.

Spanish

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Record 28 1981-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
OBS

Pump in which the transverse forces on the rotor are not balanced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
OBS

Pompe dans laquelle les forces radiales agissant sur le rotor ne sont pas compensées.

Spanish

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Record 29 1981-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation

Spanish

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Record 30 1980-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

terme d'usage obligatoire au Bureau des Traductions.

Spanish

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Record 31 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale

Spanish

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Record 32 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautics and Aerospace Industry
OBS

(G.S.M., p.4)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aéronautique et aérospatiale
OBS

(Harrap)

Spanish

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Record 33 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautics and Aerospace Industry
OBS

MAS69.24.237.e

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aéronautique et aérospatiale
OBS

ibid aéronautique 106cg.06. 06.74

Spanish

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Record 34 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
OBS

béton armé

Spanish

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Record 35 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
OBS

carburetors with float bowls vented to the atmosphere are unbalanced carburetors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)
OBS

les carburateurs à cuve de flotteur communiquant avec l'atmosphère sont dits non équilibrés.

Spanish

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