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PREDICTOR [4 records]

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Record 1 2004-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Telecommunications Facilities
  • Informatics
DEF

Circuit which "predicts" the final carry from "Propagate" and "Generate" signals supplied by partial adders. Used to speed up significantly binary addition by eliminating the carry propagation (or ripple) delay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Installations de télécommunications
  • Informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Circuitos eléctricos e interruptores automáticos
  • Instalaciones de telecomunicaciones
  • Informática
DEF

Circuito que predice efectivamente el acarreo final a partir de las señales generadas y propagadas por las sumadoras parciales.

OBS

Se utiliza para acelerar de modo notable la suma binaria, suprimiendo la demora causada por la propagación del acarreo.

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Record 2 2004-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Modelling (Mathematics)
DEF

Meteorological element, or an index compiled from several elements, which is known (often empirically) to be highly correlated with a quantity which is to be forecast and is used to forecast that quantity.

CONT

It is clear from signal-to-noise ratio arguments that detection will be hastened if the noise level can be reduced. This can be achieved using some form of regression analysis with CO2 variations and other climate forcing factors as predictors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Modélisation (Mathématique)
DEF

Élément météorologique, ou indice calculé à partir de plusieurs éléments, dont on sait (souvent de manière empirique) qu'il est fortement corrélé avec une grandeur à prévoir et qui est utilisé pour prévoir cette grandeur.

CONT

D'une façon générale, la prévision consiste à passer de données connues (les prédicteurs) à une quantité inconnue au moment de la prévision.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Previsiones meteorológicas, medición y análisis de datos
  • Modelización (Matemáticas)
DEF

Elemento meteorológico, o un índice calculado con varios elementos, que se sabe (a menudo empíricamente) que tiene una correlación alta con la magnitud que se desea predecir y que se utiliza para preverla.

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Record 3 2002-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Meteorology
DEF

Meteorologist designated by a meteorological service to make weather forecasts.

OBS

forecaster: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Météorologie
DEF

Météorologiste désigné par un service météorologique pour élaborer des prévisions météorologiques.

OBS

prévisionniste : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Meteorología
DEF

Meteorólogo designado por un servicio meteorológico para elaborar predicciones meteorológicas.

OBS

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

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Record 4 1991-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
DEF

A mechanism for controlling antiaircraft fire by calculating the precise position of an aircraft on arrival of a shell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
DEF

Dispositif destiné à régler un tir en calculant la position de l'appareil au moment où le projectile l'atteindra.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de armas
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