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English translation: plate


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French term or phrase:(fer) plat
English translation:plate
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18:52 Mar 5, 2011
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Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
French term or phrase: plat
ECROU M60 SOUDE SUR PLAT DE 175 X175X5 AVEC 1 TROU DIAMETRE 70
Shilpa Dawda
India
Local time: 00:18
plate
Explanation:
Well, that's not perhaps the usual translation, but it seems to be what they're talking about — what else would you call a piece of steel 175 mm square by 5 mm thick?
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Tony M
France
Local time: 20:48
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Summary of answers provided
1 +2plate
Tony M
3 -1Width across flats
LaraBarnett


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
plate


Explanation:
Well, that's not perhaps the usual translation, but it seems to be what they're talking about — what else would you call a piece of steel 175 mm square by 5 mm thick?

Tony M
France
Local time: 20:48
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 453

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxmediamatrix: Yes - plat is short for 'fer plat' which literally means 'iron plate' but which will of course be steel plate here.
5 mins
  -> Thanks, R!
agree  Bashiqa: Struggling to find another name so have to agree!!
7 mins
  -> LOL! Thanks, B.!
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1 day1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Width across flats


Explanation:
This could be a typo for "surplat" .

According to Granddictionnaire.com, a "surplat" is a synonym for "largeur sur pans",
français largeur sur pans n. f.
anglais width across flats
Définition :
Distance entre deux surfaces plates parallèles (« pans ») de la tête d'une vis ou d'un boulon.
Sous-entrée(s) :
synonyme(s)
"SURPLAT" n. m.


According to Wikipedia, this is often followed by a measurement. So this is a possibility:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surplat

Example sentence(s):
  • "50 and 63 mm: G ¼ B, surplat 14 mm"

    Reference: http://en-co.wika.de/upload/DS_PM0101_F_3996.pdf
LaraBarnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: But that couldn't possibly work in the given context: how can you have a width a/f of 175×175×5 mm — and how could you possibly weld something to a 'width across flats'? Just doesn't make any technical sense, I'm afraid. / Same problem...
10 mins
  -> Maybe just "width".
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Changes made by editors
Mar 13, 2011 - Changes made by Tony M:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Mar 5, 2011 - Changes made by Tony M:
Term askedPLAT => plat


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