Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

un pas quinconcé serré

English translation:

tight staggered (5) pitch

Added to glossary by kashew
Oct 14, 2008 05:50
15 yrs ago
French term

un pas quinconcé serré

French to English Tech/Engineering Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
) Tête de Préhension
Ensemble mécano soudé avec deux vérins pneumatiques et crémaillères portant 126 blocs porte ventouses en HD500.
Ce système à géométrie variable permet de passer d’un pas quinconcé serré de 86x73.2 à un pas de 86x105 sur les plateaux du bac.
Ventouses portant un tube semi rigide, une coupelle et un centreur adapté à la piqûre de vos bouteilles
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 tight staggered pitch
Change log

Oct 28, 2008 12:04: kashew Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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tight staggered pitch

en quinconce, locution
Sens: Disposé en cinq : quatre aux coins d'un quadrilatère et un au milieu de celui-ci. Anglais in a staggered arrangement.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-14 07:01:28 GMT)
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pitch could be substituted by pattern or arrangement - I'm not sure.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-10-14 16:53:04 GMT)
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Even if five people like it I'm beginning to turn away from my first try in favour of "(too) tight/compact dice-five arrangement.
Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M
58 mins
Thanks a lot
agree Bourth (X) : "Close staggered pattern" sounds less like a drunk hurling a glass.
1 hr
Thanks a lot
agree Helen Shiner : 'Tight' fine by me - don't know with which circles Bourth associates (!), but doesn't have that resonance for me.
1 hr
Thanks a lot
agree Anthony Lines (X)
2 hrs
Thanks a lot
agree John ANTHONY
6 hrs
Thanks a lot
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