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TRIANGULACION [7 records]

Record 1 2025-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Shipping and Delivery
CONT

Dropshipping is a retail fulfillment method where online stores sell products without keeping them in stock. When a customer places an order, the store forwards it to a [third-party] supplier who ships the product to the customer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce électronique
  • Expédition et livraison
DEF

Pratique commerciale qui consiste, pour un distributeur en ligne, à déléguer entièrement à des tiers la logistique, notamment le stockage et la livraison, pour ne conserver que les fonctions commerciales et administratives.

OBS

vente en ligne sans stock; vente sans stock : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 1er juillet 2023.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio electrónico
  • Expedición y entrega
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Record 2 2025-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
  • Satellite Telecommunications
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

We examine a sample of 2301 gamma-ray bursts, detected by Konus-Wind in the triggered mode between 1994 and 2017 and localized by the interplanetary network (IPN), for evidence of gravitational lensing. We utilize all the available gamma-ray burst (GRB) data: time histories, localizations, and energy spectra. We employ common IPN techniques to find and quantify similarities in the light curves of 2,646,150 burst pairs, and for the pairs with significant similarities, we examine their IPN localizations to determine whether they are consistent with a common origin.

Key term(s)
  • SearchOnlyKey1

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
  • Télécommunications par satellite
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
CONT

Les Français ont fourni des instruments composés de détecteurs gamma à scintillation aux Russes qui s'occupaient quant à eux de la plateforme 1 du satellite. En 1977, fut lancé l'instrument Signe 2 à bord de la mission russe Prognoz 6, en orbite autour de la Terre. Par la suite, le même instrument fut lancé à bord de deux satellites jumeaux appelés Prognoz 7, constituant deux membres du réseau interplanétaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Astronáutica
  • Telecomunicaciones por satélite
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

En 1976 empezó la red interplanetaria integrada por varios satélites [que] localizaron varios destellos con errores menores a un minuto de arco por medio de triangulación.

OBS

red interplanetaria: designación validada por un experto de la Comisión de Terminología, Sociedad Española de Astronomía, España.

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Record 3 2016-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Cartography
DEF

A method of determining the direction and distances to and the coordinates of a third point from two known points, given the coordinates of these two points and the angles of the triangle formed by the three points.

OBS

triangulation: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Cartographie
DEF

Ensemble des opérations géodésiques consistant à diviser un terrain en triangles (canevas) dont on opère successivement la résolution, à partir d'un côté directement mesuré (base) en utilisant le nivellement trigonométrique.

OBS

triangulation : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía matemática
  • Cartografía
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Record 4 2010-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
DEF

A point on the earth, the position of which is determined by triangulation.

CONT

The trig point - or triangulation point - was instrumental in this geodetic survey. They were workstations and reference points for the surveyor, who could attach his theodolite equipment to the fixtures and fittings within the column, including the three-pronged metal plate in the top of the trig point.

CONT

Triangulation stations are marked in a number of ways, such as by a tapering stone pillar on a hilltop.

OBS

Triangulation Station. - A trigonometrical station, triangulation pillar, trig beacon or trig point is a fixed surveying station for the geodetic surveying and other surveying projects on nearby areas. They are generally known as Trigonometrical stations in North America, trig points in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia and trig beacons in South Africa; triangulation pillar is the more formal term for the concrete columns found in the UK.

OBS

Trig pillars, or triangulation pillars in full, are concrete pillars usually (but not always) erected on hill or mountain summits. There are several thousand of them in Britain. They were erected by the Ordnance Survey (the government's mapmaking and surveying agency), mostly in the nineteenth century, as part of a painstaking survey of Britain, and they are the base of Britain's maps. Each of them represents a meticulously accurate position and elevation. In these days of aerial and satellite data they are falling into disuse but they are likely to be around for several hundred years yet.

OBS

triangulation station; trig point: terms and definition standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • trigonometric station
  • trigonometrical pillar
  • trigonometric beacon
  • trigonometrical beacon
  • triangulation beacon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
DEF

Point de la surface du globe terrestre, dont la position est déterminée par triangulation.

OBS

station de triangulation : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

OBS

station de triangulation : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía matemática
DEF

Punto del terreno, cuyas coordenadas se determinan por triangulación.

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Record 5 2003-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía física
DEF

Base de una triangulación topográfica.

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Record 6 2002-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trigonometry
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Field Artillery
DEF

In triangulation, the side of one of a series of coordinated triangles the length of which is measured with prescribed accuracy and precision and from which lengths of the other triangle sides are obtained by computation.

OBS

baseline: term and definition standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • base line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trigonométrie
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Artillerie de campagne
DEF

En triangulation, côté de l'un des triangles pris comme base de mesure. Sa longueur est mesurée avec une précision connue et les côtés des triangles adjacents s'obtiennent par calcul à partir de cette dimension.

OBS

base de triangulation : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trigonometría
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Artillería de campaña
DEF

Lado de uno de una serie de triángulos relacionados entre sí cuya longitud se mide con una precisión y exactitud preestablecidas y a partir de la cual se obtienen por cálculo las longitudes de los lados de los otros triángulos.

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Record 7 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Astronautics
  • Mathematical Geography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Astronautique
  • Géographie mathématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas y cursos
  • Astronáutica
  • Geografía matemática
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