Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
cloche acoustique/enceinte acoustique
English translation:
acoustic surround/enclosure
Added to glossary by
Jenny Cowd
Jun 30, 2016 11:42
7 yrs ago
French term
cloche acoustique/enceinte acoustique
French to English
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Lorsqu'on parle d'enceinte d'inductance dans ce guide, on parle de toute construction destinée exclusivement à atténuer le bruit émis par l'inductance. Cette construction n'est pas destinée à abriter les personnes ni à assurer leur confort, mais peut permettre leur circulation alentour, contrairement aux "cloches" acoustiques (appelées aussi enceintes acoustiques) qui épousent le contour de l'inductance et ne laissent qu'un espace de quelques centimètres pour la ventilation.
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4 | acoustic surround/enclosure | philgoddard |
3 | acoustic hood/acoustic enclosure | chris collister |
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acoustic surround/enclosure
This term appears to be most commonly used for speakers. "Cloche acoustique" gets almost no hits, but may be so called because it's bell shaped. Either way, I think you should translate the two French terms with a single English one.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-06-30 15:12:22 GMT)
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Or hood.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-06-30 15:12:22 GMT)
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Or hood.
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acoustic hood/acoustic enclosure
A "cloche" I imagine is similar to one of those ghastly telephone hoods common in the 70s and 80s. The worst ones were a kind of perspex bubble that resonated horribly, though the better ones used fibreglass held in place by perforated metal sheet. An "enclosure" is far more general: for example, gas turbines in warships are surrounded by an "acoustic enclosure" which does a decent job of attenuating the noise by some tens of dBs.
This must be a very large inductor to allow the free circulation of people around it.
This must be a very large inductor to allow the free circulation of people around it.
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