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English translation: pitching angle


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French term or phrase:inclinaison tge
English translation:pitching angle
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08:28 Apr 4, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
French term or phrase: inclinaison tge
Any ideas what "tge" is? And how should I translate both words together?

In an "attestation" "pour l'attribution des symboles de classification I 3/3 E YACHT"

In the section "Mesure de la stabilité initiale transversale":
"- moment inclinant p. gueuses Kg
- bras du levier mm

Inclinaison tge - élongation
longueur du pendule = 0.0218934"

"élongation" is being divided by "longueur du pendule"
Imogen Hancock
Local time: 22:40
pitching angle
Explanation:
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Note added at 30 minutes (2011-04-04 08:59:37 GMT)
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If tge = tangage
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kashew
France
Local time: 23:40
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2pitching angle
kashew
2tangent inclination
chris collister
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silvester55

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
tangent inclination


Explanation:
Low confidence, but without seeing more of the document, I'm guessing that the ratio elongation/pendulum length is defining an angle. If so, it's quite small: the arctangent of 0.0219 is just 1.25°. Does this make sense? (tge = tangente, though this is more often written as tg in FR)

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Note added at 16 mins (2011-04-04 08:44:59 GMT)
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I should have said that in EN, the notation is tan(angle) = (dimensionless number)

chris collister
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pitching angle


Explanation:
*

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Note added at 30 minutes (2011-04-04 08:59:37 GMT)
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If tge = tangage

kashew
France
Local time: 23:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chris collister: Yes, this makes perfect sense! But there is still the ratio 0.0219 to interpret.// Um, yes, it is the sin, not tan. Mea culpa.
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agree  Didier Fourcot: More likely in context, and also because élongation/longueur du pendule = sinus of the angle, not tangent, albeti for small angles both values are close, the definition should be right?
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Reference

Reference information:
please check this link and see if it makes sense , I know nothing about engins


    Reference: http://pierreprovot.wordpress.com/les-engrenages/les-engrena...
silvester55
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Changes made by editors
Apr 11, 2011 - Changes made by kashew:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Apr 4, 2011 - Changes made by Tony M:
FieldOther => Tech/Engineering
Field (specific)Transport / Transportation / Shipping => Ships, Sailing, Maritime


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