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écrasement

English translation: Crushing

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French term or phrase:écrasement
English translation:Crushing
Entered by: Maya Jurt

10:00 Sep 13, 2001
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
French term or phrase: écrasement
Cette étanchéité de l'espace annulaire peut être assurée de différentes façons: soit par écrasement d'un jeu de garniture en néoprène et de disques d'acier, soit par gonflage d'une garniture en néoprène.
kecikyle
Canada
Local time: 16:20
Crushing
Explanation:
you crush the material
HTH
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Maya Jurt
Switzerland
Local time: 22:20
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Crushing
Maya Jurt
5bruise
Laura Molinari
4 +1compression
Genevieve Tournebize
4by flattening
mckinnc
4crushing
Nikki Scott-Despaigne


  

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Crushing


Explanation:
you crush the material
HTH


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Maya Jurt
Switzerland
Local time: 22:20
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
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agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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agree  Didier LONGUEVILLE
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bruise


Explanation:
or 'bruising' the material. In the textile industry, this is what I found:

English:Textile Industries
Textiles: Preparation and Processing

bruise s CORRECT,STANDARDIZED

DEF - An area of localized compression within a fabric. s
OBS - This defect is often caused by the squeezing or crushing of the fabric. s
OBS - bruise: Term and definition standardized by ISO. s

This comes from Termium


    Reference: http://www.termium.com
Laura Molinari
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by flattening


Explanation:
hth

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compression


Explanation:
maybe

Genevieve Tournebize
Local time: 15:20
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agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: "compressing"
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crushing


Explanation:
The GDT suggests the following for textiles. Bruising gives the impression of accidental localised marking to me. « Crushing » covers localised and more general squashing. I go along with Maya, although "compressing" (Geneviève) may well fit the bill too.


crushing
Syn.
flattening

écrasement n. m.
Syn.
poinçonnement n. m.
tassement n. m.

Déf. : Perte d'épaisseur d'un revêtement de sol textile sous l'action d'une charge statique ou dynamique.

bruise

écrasement n. m.


Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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