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TEMPS MOYEN [3 records]

Record 1 2015-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Sun (Astronomy)
  • Calculating Procedures (Mathematics)
DEF

Time that is based on the motion of the mean Sun and that has the mean solar second as its unit.

CONT

Since the length of the day as determined by the Sun is variable, it is desirable to introduce a fictitious body, the "mean Sun," whose right ascension increases at a (very nearly) uniform rate given by the Sun's mean motion. The "mean solar time" is the hour angle of the mean Sun plus 12 hours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soleil (Astronomie)
  • Procédés de calcul (Mathématiques)
CONT

Le temps entre le passage inférieur du Soleil équatorial moyen et toute autre de ses positions, exprimé en fractions du jour solaire moyen (heures, minutes, secondes moyennes), s'appelle «temps solaire moyen» ou simplement «temps moyen» [...] Au méridien donné, à un instant quelconque, le temps moyen [...] est numériquement égal à l'angle horaire [...] du Soleil équatorial moyen, exprimé en heures, plus 12 heures [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Molecular Biology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Biologie moléculaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Biología molecular
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Record 3 1981-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
OBS

When all three official watches disagree when a competitor's performance is being timed, it is the time shown by the watch recording the time between the shorter and the longer times. (Canadian Amateur Track and Field Association).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
OBS

Lorsque les temps enregistrés par les trois chronomètres officiels ne s'accordent pas, alors que la performance du concurrent est chronométrée, le temps donné par un des chronomètres comparativement aux temps les plus courts et les plus longs enregistrés par les autres chronomètres. (Définition de L'Association canadienne d'athlétisme amateur).

Spanish

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