Electrotechnical terminology: examples and explanatory notes

1. INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION Electrotechnical terminology: examples and explanatory notes Drafting terminology - Examples and explanatory notes– v4 Joanna GoodwinTerminology Coordinator v3

2. 731-01-04 light visible radiation any optical radiation capable of causing a visual sensation directly on a human being Note 1 to entry: Nominally covering the wavelength in vacuum range of 380 nm to 800 nm. Note 2 to entry: In the laser and optical communication fields, custom and practice in the English language have extended usage of the term light to include the much broader portion of the electromagnetic spectrum than can be handled by the basic optical techniques used for the visible spectrum. Example 1 IEV entry number 2 preferred (terms) representations definition 2 notes to entry

3. 3.13 puissance rayonnante, f flux énergétique, m DÉCONSEILLÉ: puissance optique, f dérivée de l'énergie rayonnante par rapport au temps Example 2 entry number 1 preferred, 1 admitted & 1 deprecated (term) representation gender definition

4. 121-11-39 Ei electrization vector quantity equal to the electric polarization P divided by the electric constant ε0 ….. grandeur vectorielle égale au quotient de la polarisation électrique P par la constante électrique ε0 Example 3 IEV entry number 2 preferred representations [symbol (same for en and fr) and term (en only)] definition No preferred term (fr) definition non-verbal rep. (common to en and fr)

5. 3.1.14 socket-style connector fixed connector connector for which the adapter (3.1.13), including any alignment device, is integrated with and permanently attached to the connector plug (3.1.12) on one side of the connection EXAMPLE Examples include the SG and many harsh environment connectors. Example 4 entry number 1 preferred & 1 admitted representation definition which refers to other concepts example

6. 3.2.1 CDR compensateur de dispersion réglable compensateur de dispersion chromatique dynamique CDCD dispositif à deux ports alignés capable de transformer, par une commande automatique interne ou externe, un signal d’entrée avec une dispersion variable dans le temps, en un signal de sortie pour lequel une valeur de dispersion de canal de transmission de sortie est établie pour un niveau requis de valeur [SOURCE: IEC 62343:####, modifiée ̶ L’ordre de préférence des termes a été modifié aux fins d’illustration. ] Example 5 entry number 2 preferred (abbr. form & term) & 2 admitted (term & abbr. form) representations definition source entry modified; describe &provide reason

7. 732-06-01 pare-feu, mbarrière de sécurité, f coupe-feu, m fr CA unité fonctionnelle qui s’interpose sur tout le trafic passant entre deux réseaux et protège l’un d’eux, ou une partie de l’un d’eux, contre tout accès non autorisé VOIR: Figure #. Note 1 à l’article: Le réseau (732-01-01) protégé est généralement un réseau privé interne à un organisme. Example 6 (1) IEV entry number 3 preferred representations gender, country code definition non-verbal rep. 1 note to entry Entries 732-06-01, 732-06-02, 732-06-03, 732-06-04 and 732-06-05 all refer to the same figure, i.e. a “shared” non-verbal representation: prefix cross-reference by “SEE:” / “VOIR:”

8. Example 6 (2) “Shared” non-verbal representation for entries 732-06-01, 732-06-02, 732-06-03, 732-06-04 and 732-06-05: Légende / Key BH: Passerelle hôte filtrée Bastion host SR: Routeur de filtrage Screening router Figure # — Firewall / Pare-feu

9. 201.3.214 password <radiotherapy> sequence of keystrokes that permits operator access for normal use or to reset interlocks and, with a different sequence of keystrokes, permits access for adjustment and maintenance [SOURCE: IEC 60601-2-1:2009] Example 7 entry number 1 preferred representation domain (standards) definition source

10. 3.1 pop air pressure at which the PDP module is operated during the tests [SOURCE: IEC 61988-4:2007, definition 3.1] Example 8 entry number preferred representation (symbol) definition source

11. 731-02-13 g profile parameter DEPRECATED: α parameter defining the shape of a power-law index profile Example 9 IEV entry number 2 preferred representations (symbol and term) & 1 deprecated representation (symbol) definition

12. 3.51 alert, verb to forward a binary variable (IEC 60050-351:2006, 351-21-12) which is obtained by monitoring and to indicate it in an especially striking way Example 10 Entry number 1 preferred representation (term) part of speech definition which refers to another concept

13. 102-05-28 Laplacian, <of a scalar field> scalar ∆ fassociated at each point of a given space region with a scalar f, equal to the divergence of the gradient of the scalar field ∆ f = div gradf Note 1 to entry: In orthonormal Cartesian coordinates, the Laplacian of a scalar field quantity is: Note 2 to entry: The Laplacian of the scalar field f is denoted ∆ f or , where ∆ is the Laplacian operator. Note 3 to entry: The Laplacian of a vector field is defined in 102-05-29. Example 11 IEV entry number 1 preferred representation (term) specific use (IEV) definition non-verbal rep. 3 notes to entry