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VIENTO LIGERO [2 records]

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Record 1 2024-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
DEF

A power-driven lighter-than-air aircraft.

OBS

airship: designation and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

OBS

airship: désignation standardized by ISO and officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Key term(s)
  • air ship

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
DEF

Aérostat entraîné par moteur.

OBS

dirigeable : désignation et définition normalisées par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

OBS

dirigeable : désignation normalisée par l'ISO et uniformisée par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

PHR

dirigeable géostationnaire, dirigeable souple

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de aeronaves
DEF

Aeróstato propulsado por motor. [Definición aceptada oficialmente por la OACI.]

CONT

Dirigible. Aeróstato provisto de motores que permiten dirigirlo y volar en la dirección deseada, por oposición a los globos libres que vuelan arrastrados por el viento. El dirigible tiene, como todos los aeróstatos, una envoltura impermeable(tela cauchutada o materia plástica) llena de un gas más ligero que el aire(helio o hidrógeno).

OBS

dirigible: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 2 2012-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Water Transport
DEF

A wind with a speed between 1 and 3 knots (Beaufort scale wind force 1).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Transport par eau
DEF

Vent dont la vitesse est comprise entre 1 et 3 nœuds (force 1 de l'échelle Beaufort).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Transporte por agua
DEF

Viento con una velocidad comprendida entre 1 y 3 nudos (escala de Beaufort: viento de fuerza 1).

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