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CICLO REPETICION [2 records]

Record 1 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
OBS

Orbit: The path followed by the satellite around the Earth.

OBS

The repeat cycle is the time between one pass over a fixed location on Earth and the subsequent pass over the same location. It is identified by the number of orbits between the two repeated passes. More practically, but less accurately, it is identified by the number of days between repeat coverages.

OBS

orbit repeat cycle: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Official Approval Group (ROAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
DEF

Nombre entier de révolutions accomplies par un satellite pour se retrouver au-dessus de son point de départ.

OBS

cycle orbital : terme uniformisé par le le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR) et par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale (CUTS).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lanzamiento y maniobras en el espacio
CONT

Todos estos satélites tienen una característica común: su órbita es heliosincrónica y cuasi-polar lo que permite que al cabo de un cierto número de órbitas el satélite vuelva a sobrevolar un mismo punto de la Tierra a la misma hora local. Este periodo suele denominarse ciclo orbital.

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Record 2 2004-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

The process of repeatedly executing a given sequence of programming language statements until a given condition is met or while a given condition is true.

DEF

The process of performing a sequence of steps repeatedly.

OBS

iteration: standardized by the IEEE and ISO/IEC.

French

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

Exécution répétitive d'une suite d'instructions en langage de programmation jusqu'à ce qu'une condition donnée soit remplie ou tant qu'elle est vraie.

DEF

Action de répéter une succession d'étapes.

OBS

itération, répétition : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI.

Key term(s)
  • processus itératif

Spanish

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

Procedimiento para calcular un resultado deseado mediante la repetición de un ciclo de operaciones que se aproxima cada vez más al resultado que se busca.

CONT

P. ej. la raíz cuadrada aritmética de N puede obtenerse por aproximación mediante un proceso iterativo, utilizando sumas, restas y divisiones solamente.

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