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TEMPS TENUE [2 records]

Record 1 1992-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Extraction Procedures - Various (Mining)
  • Excavation (Construction)
CONT

The key factor in timing support installation is so-called stand-up time; i.e., how long the ground will safely stand by itself at the heading, thus providing a period for installing supports.

OBS

bridge action period; Rock Tunneling with Steel Supports, 1977, p. 120.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'extraction divers (Exploit. minière)
  • Fouilles (Construction)
CONT

Avant l'amorce de l'effondrement, la roche ébranlée est à même d'assurer pendant quelque temps la stabilité de l'excavation non étayée. Cette période est appelée le temps d'autoportage. (Traité de construction des tunnels, 1970, p. 183).

OBS

temps de tenue : Ouvrages souterrains : conception - réalisation - entretien, 1988, p. 63.

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
CONT

The period during which the transmitter is on and the receiver is listening is called "dwell time".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Émission et réception radio
CONT

La période correspondant à l'émission et à l'écoute simultanées s'appelle le "temps de tenue" (comme on parle de la tenue d'une note sur une fréquence donnée, en anglais "dwell time").

Spanish

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