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MAINTIEN CHARGE [8 records]

Record 1 2017-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Cells (Electr.)
  • Security Devices
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

The application of a constant voltage to a storage battery, sufficient to maintain an approximately constant state of charge while the battery is idle.

OBS

trickle charge: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accumulateurs (Électricité)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

Charge d'un ou plusieurs accumulateurs à un régime ne dépassant pas le 1/50 de leur capacité en ampères-heure (exemple : charge d'une batterie d'automobile de 60 Ah par un courant de 1 ampère).

OBS

Noter qu'une charge lente peut être appliquée à un accumulateur complètement déchargé, notamment pour le désulfater s'il est sulfaté, et n'est donc pas forcément une charge d'entretien.

OBS

charge de maintien : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acumuladores (Electricidad)
  • Dispositivos de seguridad
  • Electrotecnia
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Record 2 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • International Relations
OBS

Created by DPI [Department of Public Information] in 1995; includes representatives of DPA [Domestic Policy Association], DPKO [Department of Peacekeeping Operations], DHA [Department of Humanitarian Affairs] and DPI [Department of Public Information]; has adopted guidelines as a foundation for a more effective and unified approach to information dissemination within the Organization's missions from their inception.

Key term(s)
  • Interdepartmental Working Group on Media Strategies for Peacekeeping and other Field Operations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Relations internationales

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
  • Relaciones internacionales
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Record 3 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Laws and Regulations
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • International Relations
Key term(s)
  • Convention on the Protection of Peacekeepers
  • UN Convention on the Protection of Peacekeepers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements internationaux
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Relations internationales
Key term(s)
  • Convention sur la protection du personnel chargé du maintien de la paix
  • Convention de l'ONU sur la protection du personnel chargé du maintien de la paix

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Penal Administration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Administration pénitentiaire
OBS

Contexte = nouveaux établissements pour femmes : à l'intérieur d'un établissement, un comité chargé d'examiner les cas en vue d'un éventuel renvoi à la CNLC [Commission nationale sur la libération conditionnelle] pour maintien en incarcération.

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signals (Military)
  • Air Communications (Air Forces)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
CONT

Secondary batteries have a lower energy density and charge retention than primaries, but as the following example illustrates, there are additional considerations which must be taken into account.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions de campagne (Militaire)
  • Communications aériennes (Forces aériennes)
  • Émission et réception radio
CONT

Les piles secondaires ont une moindre densité énergétique que les piles primaires et elles gardent moins longtemps la charge.

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

a voltage transformer, like those that power up TV picture tubes (either flyback or charge pump variety), delivers the capacitor discharge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
OBS

United Nations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
OBS

Nations Unies.

Spanish

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Record 8 1992-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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