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Science - Meteorology / fires | | English term or phrase: leading edge | Bonjour,
savez-vous comment traduire le terme "leading edge" lorsqu'il s'agit d'un incendie ?
"This test, filmed by Canadian forest fire researchers, shows the leading edge of a wind-driven fire. Once the fire arrives, it takes only 15 seconds for temperatures to climb above 700 degrees Celsius, the same temperature that melts aluminum into liquid." |
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  Jean-Louis S.
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| Grading comment Merci ! "front de flammes" semble aussi assez courant.
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6 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): -1 bord antérieur / bord d'attaque / front d'attaque / source
Explanation:
Je crois que le terme est emprunté à la physique de l'atmosphère.
Termium / * physique de l'atmosphère:
leading edge Source, fiche 4, leading edge
CORRECT
bord antérieur Source, fiche 4, bord antérieur
CORRECT, MASC
bord d'attaque Source, fiche 4, bord d'attaque
MASC
front d'attaque Source, fiche 4, front d'attaque
MASC
tête Source, fiche 4, tête
FÉM
CONT – A front is the boundary between two different air masses. A cold front is the leading edge of an advancing cold air mass, while a warm front is the trailing edge of a retreatinq cold air mass. Source, fiche 4, Contexte 1 - leading edge
PHR – Leading edge of a cloud area, of cold air, of a thunderstorm. Source, fiche 4, Phraséologisme 1 - leading edge
CONT – Une masse d'air est une grande portion horizontale de l'atmosphère caractérisée par une distribution uniforme de l'humidité et de la température. Un front est la limite qui sépare deux masses d'air différentes. Un front froid est le bord antérieur d'une masse d'air froid qui avance; il se déplace de façon telle que l'air froid remplace l'air chaud. Un front chaud est le bord postérieur d'une masse d'air froid qui recule; il se déplace de façon telle que l'air chaud remplace l'air froid. Source, fiche 4, Contexte 1 - bord antérieur
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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2009-04-14 15:25:15 GMT)
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http://www.prairiejournal.com/prairie/fire.htm
However, the leading edge of a fire was stopped near the edge of a coulee where
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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2009-04-14 15:29:09 GMT)
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http://www.google.ca/url?sa=U&start=6&q=http://www.calaged.o...
attack means to build a control line at or close to the leading edge of a fire;
http://www.canadiansilviculture.com/summer04/wildfires.html
Thermal imaging can detect and classify hotspots by location, size and shape. Spacial analysis can show the leading edge of a fire
Hors contexte ?
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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2009-04-14 15:29:52 GMT)
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Et encore plusieurs centaines :
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=fire "leadin...
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