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moteur de flèche

14:41 Feb 15, 2013
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French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / Technical notice
French term or phrase: moteur de flèche
From a technical notice on different brands of vehicle, listing noise sources. This item appears in a table under "Autres sources de bruit" as "Moteur de flèche (-116 large bande)" -
there is no other context for this expression. Here are all the headings in the table:

Client
Marque véhicule
Modèle véhicule
Année
Bruit à l'arrêt (dBm)
Bruit moteur en marche (dBm)
Désensibilisation (dB)
&
Autres sources de bruit
Jenny Duthie
France
Local time: 05:50


Summary of answers provided
3 +1boom motor
kashew


Discussion entries: 2





  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
boom motor


Explanation:
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kashew
France
Local time: 05:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 121

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Seems plausible, though it would obviously help to know just what sort of vehicle is involved here? -116 is quite an odd value; is it really 'minus' (in which case, w.r.t. what?) — otherwise, (+)116 dB is fairly loud.
6 mins
  -> Thanks T: — could be a non-standard "up to"?
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