French: aile (d'un pignon)English translation: leaf (synonym of tooth) "'Tooth' for a gearwheel, 'leaf' for a pinion." 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | aile (synonym de dent) | | English translation: | leaf (synonym of tooth) "'Tooth' for a gearwheel, 'leaf' for a pinion." | | Entered by: | Sandra Petch |
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Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / pinions | | French term or phrase: aile (d'un pignon) | The definition is "Nom donné aux dents d'un pignon".
GDT proposes "leaf" though this isn't part of the definition of "leaf" in the Merriam Websters.
A KudoZ search turns up lots of "ailes" but no leaves, only wings!
Perhaps someone can confirm/correct ?
Many thanks. |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseSégolène Neilson: 10:43am Feb 17, 2006: is your text about mechanics or architecture? -
Sandra Petch: 10:46am Feb 17, 2006: It's about mechanics (a mechanism).
Sandra Petch: 11:12am Feb 17, 2006: Thanks Susan. "Tooth" corresponds to "dent", I'm looking for the English synonym that is equivalent to the French synonym of "aile". I'm very familiar with the website you refer to, I'll check it out further. Thanks for reminding me about it!
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| | gear tooth | Explanation:
it's the gear/pinion tooth
Préambule :. A) Roue B) Pignon C) Dent de la roue D) Aile(dent) du pignon E) Bras de la roue F) Face de la roue ou serge G) Anglage des bras (hachuré) ...
www.watches-lexic.ch/pages/fr/tec/exp18.htm
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Note added at 38 mins (2006-02-17 11:15:20 GMT)
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Hi Sandra, in that case its leaf; check out the following :
When a gear tooth engages a pinion leaf (tooth), it pushes the pinion leaf in its ... A 12 tooth pinion is also much stronger because two pinion leaves are ...
www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/3934/gearing1.html |
| Selected response from:
 SusanMurray
France
| Note from asker to answererThanks Susan for confirming and for the reference.
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