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French term or phrase:	en sapin
English translation:	fir wood
Entered by:	Howard Cooper

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23:37 Sep 6, 2009

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Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense / Performance testing of military headgear, binoculars and associated devices

French term or phrase: en sapin

1m sur aire de chute normalisée en sapin selon GAM EG13 -

NB this is a performance test for a mixed sources battery charger

Jenny Duthie KudoZ activity Questions: 87 (3 open) (2 without valid answers) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 29 France
Local time: 08:44

fir wood

Explanation:
I'm not sure how that fits with your source. The only meaning I can find for "aire de chute" is "landing area"...

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Howard Cooper
Canada
Local time: 02:44

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Summary of answers provided

3 +4

fir wood

Howard Cooper

"V shape"

Philippe Lascourrèges

pine wood surface

jmleger

Summary of reference entries provided

Quality difference

B D Finch

drop area/surface

Bourth

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

fir wood

Explanation:
I'm not sure how that fits with your source. The only meaning I can find for "aire de chute" is "landing area"...

Howard Cooper
Canada
Local time: 02:44
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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44 mins confidence:

pine wood surface

Explanation:
I think that this is what they mean.

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Note added at 12 hrs (2009-09-07 11:48:48 GMT)
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It does seem like fir wood surface would be the right translation

jmleger
United States
Local time: 01:44
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

1 day22 hrs confidence:

"V shape"

Explanation:
V shape dropping zone

ou ? "fir tree" dropping zone

Philippe Lascourrèges
France
Local time: 08:44
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French

Reference comments

9 hrs peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: Quality difference

Reference information:
The quality difference means that it matters whether this is pine or, poorer quality, fir.

"Pine stretcher bars are superior in quality and finish to that of fir bars which most canvas printing companies use. The bars are heavier and over the years ..."
www.canvasdezign.co.uk/.../new-pine-bars-being-used-for-can...

"Many of the commercially valuable softwoods belong to the family Pinaceae, the most important of which are dealt with below. Other significant softwoods include the redwood, Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl. (Taxodiaceae), the hemlock, Tsuga spp. (Pinaceae) and the cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani A. Rich (Pinaceae).

Firs belong to the genus Abies (Pinaceae). To the non-expert, the vernacular terms 'pine' and 'fir' can cause confusion. There are about 40 species of fir tree, all native to North and Central America, Europe, Asia and North Africa. Many of the coniferous species with common names containing the term 'fir' are not true firs belonging to Abies; an example of this is Pinus sylvestris L., sometimes erroneously called the Scots fir. ..."

Reference: http://archives.stupidquestion.net/sq2705.html
Reference: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/seeds-of-trade/page...

B D Finch
France
Native speaker of:

English

9 hrs

Reference: drop area/surface

Reference information:
GAM EG 13 is:

GAM EG 13. Essais généraux en environnement des matériels. BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING PROCEDURES. 1989, Guide for conducting environment test. ...
www.nato.int/docu/stanag/randmstan/france_d.htm

ENVIRONMENTAL
_ Salt spray : 96 hours
_ Temperature range : -10°C, +70°C
_ Sinus vibrations : in compliance with GAM EG13 - 41
_ Randon vibrations, in compliance with GAM EG13 - 42
_ Shocks : in compliance with GAM EG13 – 43
(excuse their English)
http://www.souriau.com/fileadmin/Souriau/product_pdf/PYRO.pd...

You know how sometimes you drop one of your mother's fine crystal glasses? If you're in the living room on deep pile carpet, there's a goodly chance it will survive; if you're on the wood floor of sapin selon GAM EG13 in the hallway there's a very slim chance of its surviving: but if you're on the hard tiled floor of the kitchen, no way is it not going to smash into a million pieces.

To determine the impact resistance of equipment, you have to have a standardized "drop surface", or a standardized drop hammer, etc.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-09-07 13:16:56 GMT)
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Re. pine vs fir, as I've said before, it's a pain:

Britannica, for example, says of pine :
Any of 10 genera of coniferous trees (rarely shrubs) of the family Pinaceae (see conifer), native to northern temperate regions, especially about 90 species of ornamental and timber evergreen conifers of the genus Pinus. Needlelike leaves and cones are solitary or in bunches. Shallow root systems make pines susceptible to wind and surface disturbance. THE FAMILY INCLUDES FIR, DOUGLAS FIR, hemlock, SPRUCE, larch, and cedar.

Bourth
France
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 124