English: **tip**French translation: auget / godet 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | tip | | French translation: | auget / godet | | Entered by: | Oddie |
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Tech/Engineering - Metrology | | English term or phrase: **tip** | Tipping bucket
The tipping bucket is a contact switch.
This means that each closing of the circuit counts as a **tip**.
There is no polarity on these contacts.
Merci:) |
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| | voir ci-dessous | Explanation:
Même s'il ne s'agit pas de pluviomètres ....
Godet basculant.
Le godet (basculant) comporte un interrupteur à contact (momentané)
Ce qui veut dire que chaque fermeture du circuit compte pour
un godet plein basculé = un certain volume d'eau
d'où l'utilisation pour les pluviomètres. |
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| Note from asker to answererMerci beaucoup à tous - j'ai pris auget;), le document d'Adrien m'a énormément aidé à comprendre - faudrait partager les points...
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| pointe de touche
Explanation:
I think that it's pretty much a synonym of 'contact' given the sentence that follows: they refer to the tips as 'these contacts'.
pointe de touche is all I could find but I'm really not sure of it; I hope it helps some.
Good luck!
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