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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

gain de masse

English translation:

mass gain

Added to glossary by Didier Fourcot
Feb 8, 2014 15:21
10 yrs ago
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French term

gain de masse

French to English Tech/Engineering Aerospace / Aviation / Space propulsion assembly
Hello,

"Un autre but de la présente invention est de proposer un ensemble propulsif d'aéronef qui limite efficacement la distorsion du turboréacteur tout en offrant un gain de masse relativement aux ensembles de suspension existants, améliorant ainsi significativement les performances du turboréacteur de l'ensemble propulsif. I l est également désirable de pallier à l'usure du turboréacteur avec un ensemble propulsif d'aéronef dont l'ensemble de suspension est simple, efficace et facile à monter."

is this a gain in mass as in heavier? I'm not sure if I'm understanding this properly

Thank you
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 mass gain
2 -1 increase in weight
Change log

Feb 17, 2014 08:21: Didier Fourcot Created KOG entry

Discussion

mchd Feb 8, 2014:
D'accord avec Chris on parle bien dans ce cas "d'allègement de la masse"
kashew Feb 8, 2014:
CC has a good point - weight reduction is more sought after.
chris collister Feb 8, 2014:
It seems to me that the piece has been poorly written, and that the author (or his patent agent) intended to say that an improvement had been gained by losing mass (not gaining it). Any fool can add mass, but losing it safely is quite tricky.

Proposed translations

+1
2 hrs
Selected

mass gain

Obvious translation is right in this case: this is a gain because any mass saving is a gain in an aircraft, and "mass" properly specified in source is better than "weight": it does not depend on the altitude, when the weight does vary for a same mass
Reference:

http://jtc.sagepub.com/content/25/2/181.abstract

Peer comment(s):
agree Daryo
50 mins
agree patrickfor : yes!
3 hrs
disagree chris collister : Maybe so (or not), but "mass gain" is ambiguous at best and misleading at worst. The expression is "gain de masse" not mass saving. It may, possibly, be correct in FR, but not in EN
15 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you once again!"
-1
1 hr

increase in weight

limits the distorsion... thereby increasing the capacity of the suspension system to meet more weight

The "weight increase" relates to the increased payload capacity not to an actual gain in weight.

I don't understand how this works.
Peer comment(s):
disagree Daryo : it's exactly the opposite
2 hrs
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