articulé autour d'un centre d'oscillation

English translation: an element turning around a center of oscillation

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French term or phrase:articulé autour d'un centre d'oscillation
English translation:an element turning around a center of oscillation
Entered by: Bharg Shah

11:41 Dec 16, 2003
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French term or phrase: articulé autour d'un centre d'oscillation
L'invention a pour objet un procede et un dispositif d'equilibrage d'une pice articulee autour d'un centre d'oscillation.
Bharg Shah
India
Local time: 03:28
an element turning around a center of oscillation
Explanation:
If it's a question of balancing, then I think it probably means 'articulée' in the sense of turning (though of course, not necessarily ROTATING)
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Tony M
France
Local time: 23:58
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Thanks for your assistance. Merry Christmas!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2an element turning around a center of oscillation
Tony M
3(an articulated piece) around a center of oscillation
Parrot
3...for balancing a part hinged about/around a centre of oscillation/fulcrum
Robintech


  

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(an articulated piece) around a center of oscillation


Explanation:
presuming a typo in "pice".

OSCILLATION - Definition by HyperDictionary.com - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... very remote. --Macaulay. {Axis of oscillation}, {Center of oscillation}.
See under {Axis}, and {Center}. Thesaurus Terms. Related ...
www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/oscillation

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 23:58
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  CMJ_Trans (X): "part" no? rather than "piece". And is it a part that is articulated itself or one that is articulated around the centre of oscillation????
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an element turning around a center of oscillation


Explanation:
If it's a question of balancing, then I think it probably means 'articulée' in the sense of turning (though of course, not necessarily ROTATING)

Tony M
France
Local time: 23:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23
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Thanks for your assistance. Merry Christmas!

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agree  GILLES MEUNIER
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  -> Merci, Gilles !

agree  Katerina Strani-Jefferson
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  -> Thanks, Katerina!
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...for balancing a part hinged about/around a centre of oscillation/fulcrum


Explanation:
fulcrum = pivot, point d'appui, point d'oscillation...

Robintech
France
Local time: 23:58
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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