French term
partie femelle-partie mâle
"Les ultrasons mesurent alternativement la partie femelle du dispositif, intégrée à la cuve, et la partie mâle fixée sur l'interne."
The text is about an ultrasonic robot used to measure the gap or play between two components of a nuclear reactor - at a depth of 20m within the reactor pool. The aim is to determine whether the space between the internals and the vessel increases over time (as the internals are removed then reinstalled using guide rails when the reactor is shut down).
Can anyone help me then with the partie femelle and partie mâle? Would the "femelle" be the guide rails and the "mâle" the rods? Or have I misunderstood completely?! Is there perhaps a more generic way of expressing the terms?
Many thanks.
| 4 +5 | female part - male part |
John Fossey
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Proposed translations
Canada
Technical, business and legal documents
Native in: English (Variants: Canadian, New Zealand, British, UK, US) 
Works in: French to English, English
female part - male part
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B D Finch
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philgoddard
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Andrew Bruch
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