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PERMEANCIA [3 records]

Record 1 2016-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

The resistance to appreciable changes in characteristics with time and the environment.

OBS

permanence: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Résistance à des variations appréciables des caractéristiques dans le temps et avec le milieu environnant.

OBS

permanence : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Resistencia a los cambios apreciables en las características en el tiempo y el medio ambiente.

OBS

permeancia: No se debe confundir con porosidad.

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Record 2 2004-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Magnetism and Electromagnetism
DEF

The inverse of reluctance, analogous to conductance in electrical circuits.

OBS

Reluctance: analogous to resistance in an electrical circuit, reluctance is related to the magnetomotive force, F, and the magnetic flux by the equation R = F/(Magnetic Flux), paralleling Ohm's Law where F is the magnetomotive force (in cgs units).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Magnétisme et électromagnétisme

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Magnetismo y electromagnetismo
OBS

Recíproca de la reluctancia.

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Record 3 2003-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

(perms)

Key term(s)
  • water vapor permeance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

(PERMS)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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