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13:39 Nov 20, 2012 |
English to French translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Physics / Pressure gauge description | |||||||
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Retard Gauge |
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retard Explanation: I have had great difficulty finding any mention at all of this technology in FR, but here is a Canadian patent where the title has been translated as '(indicateur à) retard': http://patents.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/help/content/help_... Sadly, the actual text of the patent does not appear in translation, and I have to say that the non-translation of the title is pretty much a cop out. I am slightly mystified by the EN term, since there really is no temporal element to the 'retard' here, it is purely a device for 'manipulating' the display range of the gauge. I feel sure there must be a proper translation in FR, but I have spent quite a lot of time trying in vain to research anything on the 'Net; certainly, there are several manufacturers of such devices, but so far I have not found any information translated (reliably!) into FR. |
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Reference: Retard Gauge Reference information: Here is a definition quoted from a standard relating to pressure gauges: "A gauge having a scale that is compressed at one end, or both ends. For example, a gauge may have a range, such as 0 – 80 psi, which is not a full scale range. A retarded or compressed range may extend the gauge to a maximum pressure of 250 psi. Pressures as high as the maximum pressure shown on the dial face will not damage the gauge, or affect its accuracy." So it's a way of compressing the scale in order to allow useful readings over the important part of the range; similar to the notion of a suppressed-zero voltmeter, for example. http://www.fmglobal.com/assets/pdf/fmapprovals/2311.pdf |
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