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DIMENSION CONTROL [2 records]

Record 1 2019-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
  • Plans and Specifications (Construction)
  • Architectural Design
DEF

A modular co-ordinating dimension between controlling planes (for example storey height, distance between axes of columns, thickness of controlling zone).

OBS

controlling dimension: designation and definition standardized by ISO in the 1791 standard published in 1973 but not included in the 1983 version.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
  • Devis, cahiers des charges et plans (Construction)
  • Conception architecturale
DEF

Dimension de coordination modulaire entre plans clés (par exemple : hauteur d'étage, distance entre axes de poteaux, épaisseur de zone clé).

OBS

dimension clé : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO dans la norme 1791 de 1973, mais non reprises dans l'édition de 1983.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cálculo, tolerancia y modulación (Construcción)
  • Planos y pliegos de condiciones (Construcción)
  • Diseño arquitectónico
DEF

Dimensión de coordinación modular entre planos de control(por ejemplo : altura de piso, distancia entre ejes de pilares, ancho de la zona de control, etc.).

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Record 2 2017-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Production (Economics)
  • Production Management
DEF

An increase in the average cost per unit of production, as production rises, because of the exceedingly large scale on which the producer operates.

OBS

At some point, when marginal cost equals average cost, a plant will stop yielding economies of scale; it will then be at a point where diseconomies of scale begin, with each extra unit of output costing more than the average cost and thus being unprofitable. In other words, a plant can produce both too little and too much.

OBS

This [diseconomy of scale] can be due to internal factors: for example, the firm may become so big that it becomes increasingly costly and difficult to manage and operate. Or it can be due to external factors, such as increased pollution clean-up costs due to the concentration of major industries along the same river or lake system.

OBS

diseconomy of scale; diminishing return to scale: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • diseconomies of scale
  • diminishing returns to scale

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Production (Économie)
  • Gestion de la production
DEF

Diminution de l'efficience constatée lorsque la quantité produite croît moins rapidement que les quantités de facteurs de production mis en œuvre, résultant en une hausse du coût de revient du produit.

OBS

déséconomie d'échelle; rendement d'échelle décroissant : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • déséconomies d'échelle
  • rendements d'échelle décroissants

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía empresarial
  • Producción (Economía)
  • Gestión de la producción
DEF

Por oposición a las economías de escala, la situación que se crea, pérdida de control y de disminución de productividad, como consecuencia de la dimensión excesiva-por encima del óptimo-de una empresa, de una ciudad o de una colectividad de cualquier otro tipo. Pueden superarse a través de medidas de racionalización, llegando incluso a la subdivisión del conjunto en partes más fácilmente gobernables por separado.

Key term(s)
  • deseconomías de escala
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