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COALESCENCIA [6 records]

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Record 1 2023-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
CONT

The pseudo-maximum likelihood method ... is called "pseudo" because only part of the parameters are estimated by the maximum likelihood method.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estadística
CONT

El método de pseudo-máxima verosimilitud […] es llamado así porque en algunos métodos comunes de máxima verosimilitud, los intervalos de tiempo a la coalescencia son estimados y no conocidos con certeza, lo que añade ruido a los cálculos.

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Record 2 2021-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

A substance which, when introduced in a liquid, confers on it an ability to form a foam ...

OBS

foaming agent: designation standardized by ISO and officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

OBS

foamer: designation standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

Le contenu d'un extincteur à mousse (pulvérisateur) est constitué d'eau et d'un agent moussant. Ce dernier recouvre le feu et le refroidit.

OBS

moussant; agent moussant : désignations uniformisées par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
DEF

Agente tensoactivo que, añadido en pequeñas cantidades, facilita la formación de espuma o mejora su estabilidad por inhibición de la coalescencia de las burbujas.

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Record 3 2015-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Petrochemistry
  • Rubber
DEF

A surface-active substance used to facilitate the suspension of an immiscible liquid compounding ingredient in an aqueous system.

OBS

emulsifying agent: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Chimie du pétrole
  • Caoutchouc
DEF

Substance exerçant une action superficielle utilisée pour faciliter la suspension dans un système aqueux d'un ingrédient de mélange liquide non miscible.

OBS

agent émulsifiant : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

OBS

agent émulsionnant : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Petroquímica
  • Caucho
OBS

Agente que en pequeñas cantidades facilita la formación de una emulsión o mejora su estabilidad coloidal al disminuir la velocidad de agregación o de coalescencia de las partículas dispersas.

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Record 4 2009-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
DEF

[A] technique used for extracting or separating butter from milk.

CONT

As part of the butter-making process, cream is churned in large vats, the buttermilk (leftover liquid) is removed, and the butter is worked to attain the correct moisture content.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
DEF

Processus de transformation de la crème du lait en beurre.

CONT

Babeurre : Le sous-produit de la fabrication du beurre, obtenu après barattage ou butyrification de la crème et séparation de la phase grasse solide, contenant au maximum 1 % de matières grasses et dont la teneur en matière protéique de l'extrait sec non gras est d'au moins 31,4 %.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos lácteos
DEF

Etapa fundamental en el proceso de fabricación, que convertirá la nata en mantequilla.

CONT

En la etapa de batido, la nata es agitada violentamente con el objetivo de romper los glóbulos de grasa y provocar la coalescencia de la grasa y la formación de granos de mantequilla.

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Record 5 2004-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

Cloud composed only of water droplets formed by coalescence, supercooled or not, and containing no ice crystals.

OBS

All clouds at above-freezing temperatures are, of course, water clouds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Nuage composé uniquement de gouttelettes d'eau, surfondues ou non, et ne contenant pas de cristaux de glace.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Nube compuesta únicamente por gotitas de agua formadas por coalescencia, subfundidas o no, sin cristales de hielo.

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Record 6 2000-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
DEF

The product of the coalescence efficiency and the collision efficiency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
DEF

Produit du taux de coalescence par le taux de collision.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Meteorología
DEF

Producto de la eficiencia de la coalescencia por la eficiencia de la colisión.

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