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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
OBS

Pilots prefer the word "propeller."

OBS

airscrew: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • aircraft propeller

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
CONT

Le but de l'hélice est de fournir une force de traction en prenant appui sur l'air.

OBS

hélice : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • hélice d'avion

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de propulsión de aeronaves
DEF

Mecanismo usado para propulsar una aeronave, que tiene palas montadas a un eje, el cual rota y produce por su acción en el aire un empuje paralelo al eje longitudinal del avión.

PHR

Hélice de palas reversibles; hélice de paso variable.

Key term(s)
  • hélice de avión
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Record 2 2014-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
DEF

The property of a rotor system to maintain its angular velocity without engine power, the relative force provided by the forward component of the lift forces, acting on the rotor blades.

CONT

Most [constant-speed propellers] ... also provide for full "feathering" of the blades in flight to prevent "autorotation" or "windmilling" of the propeller, thus reducing drag when the engine is dead.

Key term(s)
  • propeller windmilling
  • windmilling rotation
  • auto-rotation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
Key term(s)
  • rotation en moulinet

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de propulsión de aeronaves
DEF

Fenómeno que permite la generación de fuerza sustentadora por medio de un rotor que se mantiene girando gracias al viento relativo al que está sometido.

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Record 3 2013-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
  • Wind Energy
DEF

The plane in which a wind turbine rotor revolves perpendicular to the rotation axis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique
  • Énergie éolienne
DEF

Plan dans lequel le rotor d'une éolienne tourne perpendiculairement à l'axe de rotation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aerodinámica y teoría de los gases
  • Energía eólica
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Record 4 2012-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

The real or apparent turning of the two eyes relative to each other and around their respective anteroposterior axes, so that the upward extensions of their respective vertical meridians of reference converge toward each other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Giration symétrique des globes, la partie supérieure de ceux-ci étant déviée vers l'intérieur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
DEF

Viraje hacia adentro de ambos ojos.

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Record 5 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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