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PLANO INDICADOR POSICAO [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

A form of presentation on a radar screen in which the signal appears as a bright spot, the range being indicated by the distance between the spot and the centre of the screen and the bearing by the radial angle of the spot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

En radiodétection, indicateur à modulation d'intensité sur l'écran duquel un écho se place au point qui, sur une carte, représenterait la position de l'objectif correspondant [...]

OBS

[...] le centre de l'écran représente en général la position du radiodétecteur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
CONT

El punto brillante en la pantalla del radar con indicador de posición en el plano (PPI) aparece con todos los modos de operación.

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Record 2 2015-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Air Transport
DEF

A cathode ray tube on which radar returns are so displayed as to bear the same relationship to the transmitter as the objects giving rise to them.

OBS

plan position indicator; PPI: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Transport aérien
DEF

Tube cathodique sur lequel les échos du radar apparaissent dans la même position relative par rapport à l'émetteur que les objets qui leur donnent naissance.

OBS

écran radar panoramique : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie de l'artillerie antiaérienne (GTAAA).

OBS

indicateur panoramique; PPI : terme et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Transporte aéreo
OBS

indicador panorámico; PPI: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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