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GASPARD [6 records]

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Record 1 2011-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Games and Toys (General)
DEF

One of the Rainbow Brite doll series of 5 elves of different colours, each with its own name.

OBS

Rainbow Brite/Twink™: A trademark of Mattel (Korea).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
DEF

Animal en peluche de 28 cm environ, faisant partie de la collection des farfadets de la poupée Azurine.

OBS

Azurine/GaspardMC</sup> : Marque de commerce de la société Mattel, Corée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • The Earth (Astronomy)
DEF

An apparent force that as a result of the earth's rotation deflects moving objects (as projectiles or air currents) to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.

OBS

Objects moving in a straight line over the surface of the Earth are deflected right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.

OBS

It is named for Gustave Gaspard Coriolis, a French civil engineer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Terre (Astronomie)
DEF

Force apparente, due à la rotation de la Terre, qui agit perpendiculairement et vers la droite de la vitesse d’une particule d’air dans l’hémisphère Nord, le mouvement de la particule étant considéré par rapport à celui de la Terre.

OBS

Cette force doit son nom au mathématicien français Gustave Gaspard Coriolis.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mecánica general (Física)
  • Tierra (Astronomía)
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Record 3 2001-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Navigation Instruments
CONT

There is one other indicator that the earth is rotating in space. The fact that low pressure regions spin with an anticlockwise motion in the Southern hemisphere, yet in the Northern hemisphere (the high pressure regions) spin with an anticlockwise motion and vice versa raises the question as to what force is being exerted on these winds. Studies of rotating bodies show there is an apparent Coriolis acceleration, which acts sideways on moving objects. Only a Coriolis type acceleration seems to explain the earth's winds and this could only occur if the earth rotates. The fact that the wind direction is always constant is evidence of the earth's consistent rotation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Instruments de navigation
OBS

Coriolis(Gustave Gaspard). Ingénieur et mathématicien français [...]. Il a montré, en 1835, que l'expression de l'accélération d’un mobile dans un référentiel donné, en fonction de son accélération dans un second référentiel en rotation par rapport au premier, fait intervenir une accélération complémentaire(appelée aujourd’hui «accélération de Coriolis»), perpendiculaire à la vitesse du mobile dans le second référentiel. C'est ainsi que tous les corps en mouvement à la surface de la Terre sont soumis à une force déviatrice, produite par l'accélération complémentaire due à la rotation terrestre.

Key term(s)
  • accélération de Coriolis apparente

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Ear, Nose and Larynx (Medicine)
DEF

An instrument once used for measuring the acuity of hearing before the introduction of audiometers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Oreille, nez et larynx (Médecine)
CONT

Jean Marc Gaspard Itard [...] crée en [1821] le premier acoumètre qui lui sert à prouver que la surdité est rarement totale et que l'on peut constater des rudiments d’audition.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental médico
  • Oreja, nariz y laringe (Medicina)
DEF

Instrumento que se utiliza para medir la agudeza auditiva.

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Record 5 1997-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Applications of Electronics
OBS

Character in interactive computer game program featured at AAFC [Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada] booths in country fairs during the summer of 1997.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Applications de l'électronique

Spanish

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Record 6 1993-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Legal System
OBS

No official English translation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Théorie du droit
OBS

Division de la gestion de l’information et de la technologie.

Spanish

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