Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
revêtements (concentriques)
English translation:
(concentric) sheaths
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B D Finch
Aug 21, 2019 20:17
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Malgorzata Krych-Goldberg
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revêtements
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Le câble est constitué par un ou plusieurs conducteurs isolés électriquement, assemblés à l’intérieur d’une série de revêtements concentriques,
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | (concentric) sheaths |
B D Finch
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| 3 +4 | sheathings |
Marco Solinas
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| 2 | layers of cladding |
Tony M
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Proposed translations
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(concentric) sheaths
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R.S MacKay, J.D Meiss - 1987 - Mathematics
Imagine winding a cable starting from a "primary" single loop of thin wire (fig. 66). Cover It with concentric sheaths of plastic (tori). Interrupt this sheathing to find ...
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Electrical cables now in use consist of at least two concentric sheaths of conductive metal and a wound insulation. With this arrangement the electrical conductor ...
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A coiled, high resistance wire I3 extends along the main discharge path in said ... The concentric sheaths which surround the electrodes 2, 3 reduce the radiation ...
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Note added at 15 hrs (2019-08-22 11:58:49 GMT)
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The "sheathing" would be the totality of the sheaths.
R.S MacKay, J.D Meiss - 1987 - Mathematics
Imagine winding a cable starting from a "primary" single loop of thin wire (fig. 66). Cover It with concentric sheaths of plastic (tori). Interrupt this sheathing to find ...
https://www.google.es › patents
Electrical cables now in use consist of at least two concentric sheaths of conductive metal and a wound insulation. With this arrangement the electrical conductor ...
https://www.google.je › patents
A coiled, high resistance wire I3 extends along the main discharge path in said ... The concentric sheaths which surround the electrodes 2, 3 reduce the radiation ...
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Note added at 15 hrs (2019-08-22 11:58:49 GMT)
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The "sheathing" would be the totality of the sheaths.
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Marco Solinas
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sheathings
I think that a number of conductors are retained inside a series of concentric sheathings.
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Note added at 15 mins (2019-08-21 20:33:35 GMT)
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"casings" as an alternative
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Note added at 15 mins (2019-08-21 20:33:35 GMT)
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"casings" as an alternative
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Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Tony M
: Not 'sheathings' — it is uncountable. The same problem exists to some extent with 'casing' too... although it can be countable, it doesn't really work in this particular context.
6 mins
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| agree |
GILLES MEUNIER
: dans ce contexte, oui
8 hrs
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| agree |
mchd
: oui pour cette description
9 hrs
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| agree |
Roni Osbern
: I think 'sheathings' is appropriate in this case.
1 day 4 hrs
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| agree |
SafeTex
: works fine
2 days 14 hrs
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19 mins
French term (edited):
revêtements
layers of cladding
The trouble is, most of the options in EN using -ing are going to be uncountable, so this sort of solution may be necessary in order to correctly render the plural here.
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Note added at 1 hr (2019-08-21 21:57:24 GMT)
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We sometimes talk about a cable having an outer 'sheath' or 'jacket', but we can't really apply that term to multiple internal layers, unless we say something like 'the conductors are sheathed within several layers of different materials' etc.
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Note added at 1 hr (2019-08-21 21:57:24 GMT)
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We sometimes talk about a cable having an outer 'sheath' or 'jacket', but we can't really apply that term to multiple internal layers, unless we say something like 'the conductors are sheathed within several layers of different materials' etc.
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| Thank you very much. |
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