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Centre de carène

English translation: centre of buoyancy/balance/gravity/displacement

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French term or phrase:Centre de carène
English translation:centre of buoyancy/balance/gravity/displacement
Entered by: Rebecca Parker - Into English Ltd. (X)

11:58 Apr 4, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / stresses in offshore design
French term or phrase: Centre de carène
Centre de carène C'est le centre de gravité C du volume immergé ou carène. La poussée passe par le centre de carène, mais n'est pas forcement appliquée en ce point.
Rebecca Parker - Into English Ltd. (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:04
centre of buoyancy/balance/gravity/displacement
Explanation:
There are a few different translations: centre of buoyancy seems the most used one (see www.granddictionnaire.com).

www.lepetitherboriste.net/sailing/memento/vocabulaire.html
senneville-yole-club.over-blog.com/categorie-977728.html
www.voilesnews.fr/fr/info_70_4362.html - 131k
www.awayonthesea.com/documenti/NautiGlo.htm
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Jerome Elhaik
Local time: 14:04
Grading comment
Thanks!
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Centre de carène
centre of buoyancy/balance/gravity/displacement


Explanation:
There are a few different translations: centre of buoyancy seems the most used one (see www.granddictionnaire.com).

www.lepetitherboriste.net/sailing/memento/vocabulaire.html
senneville-yole-club.over-blog.com/categorie-977728.html
www.voilesnews.fr/fr/info_70_4362.html - 131k
www.awayonthesea.com/documenti/NautiGlo.htm

Jerome Elhaik
Local time: 14:04
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Conor McAuley: The Routldge Tech. Dict. gives centre (UK) center (US) of buoyancy. You just got in there before me!
4 mins

agree  Evi Prokopi (X)
27 mins
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