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対策ケーブル

English translation: cable as countermeasure


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02:00 Apr 19, 2007
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Japanese term or phrase: 対策ケーブル
「従来のケーブル」との対照として、「対策案として検討しているケーブル」と言及したあと、「対策ケーブル」と置き換えられてあります。新規開発品か、改造品かは言及ありません。

"cable considered as a solution"
YNishi
Local time: 14:53
English translation:cable as countermeasure
Explanation:
This cable is for mechanical engineering, not electrical engineering: An external force-resisting device etc.
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Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
Local time: 12:53
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3 +1cable as countermeasure
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
1substitute cableV N Ganesh
1See explanationishigami


  

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cable as countermeasure


Explanation:
This cable is for mechanical engineering, not electrical engineering: An external force-resisting device etc.

Example sentence(s):
  • It also describes the necessity of a nonmetallic optical cable as a radical countermeasure.
  • A Study on Countermeasures against Wind-Induced Cable Vibrations in a Cable-Stayed Bridge by Changing Vibration Modes

    Reference: http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/10016067721/
    Reference: http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/res/rep/proceedings/2001/2001_d.h...
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
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agree  Kurt Hammond: yes. the idea is that the cable is being considered to compensate for some shortcoming in the conventional cable. However, it is not clear from the context if this is an electrical cable or a structural cable.
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Explanation:
対策案として検討しているケーブル→a cable under study (as to counter ??? problem)
対策ケーブル→a cable selected (as to counter ??? problem)

ishigami
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substitute cable


Explanation:
just a guess

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-04-19 04:39:34 GMT)
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2.Guard cable

Barriers, whether they be concrete, guardrail or guard cable are themselves roadside obstacles. Even though they are engineered and rigorously tested to ...

epg.modot.org/index.php?title=Category:606_Guardrail_and_Guard_Cable - 12k -



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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-04-19 04:41:18 GMT)
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For Kristina Nickelson, guard cable meant the difference between safety and tragedy during an accident earlier this winter. Nickelson was traveling at ...
www.modot.mo.gov/ExpressLane/GuardCable.htm - 24k

V N Ganesh
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