Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

la vanne

English translation:

Valve

Added to glossary by Gordana Podvezanec
Aug 11, 2004 15:42
19 yrs ago
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French term

la vanne

French to English Science Transport / Transportation / Shipping trains, cisternes
l'interférence survenue entre l'extrémité de la vanne MIROUX montée
sur le wagon N° xxxx et l'escalier d'accès de la Gare
de xxxxx est lié très vraisemblablement à une non-conformité du gabarit
dynamique du wagon
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 Valve
3 outlet
3 tilt check valve

Proposed translations

+3
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Valve

http://hydraulic.tradeworlds.com/web_category_5216.html

Not entirely conclusive but in the right ball-park area. It may be a particular type of valve
Peer comment(s):

agree Allan Jeffs
12 mins
agree Graham macLachlan : I think 'valve' is suitably vague for 'vanne' and Miroux certainly claim to make them in both languages!
41 mins
agree Sheila Hardie
2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanx!"
19 mins

outlet

an alternative to valve, depending on the precise function
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3 hrs

tilt check valve

'Une vanne Miroux' is 'un clapet anti-retour', hence the proposed translation.
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