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French: decouverture

English translation: exposure







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French term or phrase:decouverture
English translation:exposure
Entered by:Dr. Fred Thomson
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Tech/Engineering - Metallurgy / Casting
French term or phrase: decouverture
The ends of the tip have overhung the screw and gouged the edges of the bevel (decouverture) around the screw hole.
ralph
Clarification request(s) and response
SwissTell: 2:07am Jul 30, 2004: your language pair is surely meant in reverse -
Allan Jeffs: 7:38am Jul 30, 2004: Ralph, it would help to have the original sentence in French in fact. -

exposure
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Dr. Fred Thomson
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thanks for your help with this...it was acceptable and appreciated....
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5countersink
Brian Gaffney
3exposureDr. Fred Thomson


  

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exposure

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Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
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thanks for your help with this...it was acceptable and appreciated....
Ralph F.
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countersink

Explanation:
It's the bevelled surround which allows the screw head to sit flush with the surface.

Brian Gaffney
Ireland
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