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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Souplisseau

English translation:

spaghetti tubing

Added to glossary by Neal Allen
May 25, 2018 23:14
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French term

Souplisseau

French to English Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng Fiber Optic Gyro Compass
Context: The term is listed on one line of a bill of materials for a fiber optic gyro compass used on ships as follows:
SOUPLISSEAU 0.5 x 0.9 /METRE vbloc
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 spaghetti tubing

Discussion

mrrafe May 25, 2018:
It seems like tubing, as in plastic electric cable, but I can't think of a related Eng. word

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Proposed translations

+2
17 mins
Selected

spaghetti tubing

also use insulating tubing
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : I confirmed this by searching for the French and English phrases on Google Images.
39 mins
agree Damien Leboulanger
13 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Evelyne."