Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

prévissage

English translation:

preliminary screwing / preliminary tightening of the screws

Added to glossary by LILIANA HUTANU
Feb 14, 2005 11:40
19 yrs ago
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French term

prévissage

Homework / test French to English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering assembly instructions
I am currently having problems with the above phrase taken from some automobile assembly instructions. I think this might relate to the manual tightening of the screws but any suggestions would be welcomed :-) Thanks in advance.

"Mise en place de la tôle support sur le boîtier de commande et prévissage des 2 vis"

Proposed translations

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French term (edited): pr�vissage
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preliminary screwing

or preliminary tightening of the screws
Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M : Avoid 'screwing' here, but 'tightening' is OK; I would feel tempted to say 'fit screws and hand-tighten', but that may be reading too much into it...
3 mins
You are right. Thanks.
agree Assimina Vavoula : I agree with Dusty...
1 hr
thank you
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks very much for your input. Best regards Julie"
4 hrs
French term (edited): pr�vissage

manual tightening

I also thought that prévissage might pre-tightening, but found this reference which defines it as : manual tightening - which seems closer to your text
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