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(bouton poussoir) de type affleurant

English translation: flush button

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French term or phrase:(bouton poussoir) de type affleurant
English translation:flush button
Entered by: Tony M

09:54 Aug 16, 2017
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / Drept civil
French term or phrase: (bouton poussoir) de type affleurant
Réarmer... par une action sur le bouton poussoir du type affleurant.
Manuela C.
Local time: 07:43
flush button / touch pad
Explanation:
Not enough context to be sure, likewise, there could be a doubt of the language.

'Affleurant' could refer tio the fact it is a low-profile / flush-mounting push-button of some kind — but it would take more context (like an image) to confirm exactly what type it is?

Then again, 'affleurant' could refer to the fact that you merely have to "brush" it with your finger to operate it; this could be an ultra-light touch contect design, or it could be a touch-sensitive / tactile one that operates basically by proximity (capacitive / resistive, etc.)

It's pretty much impossible to tell without more context.

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Note added at 30 minutes (2017-08-16 10:24:59 GMT)
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Well, you see, that's already a huge help!

Now we have some description of the button and where it is mounted, that almost certainly rules out my second suggestion — which would be more likely for some kind of array or keypad, rather than an apparently isolated reset button.

So it seems much more likely in fact that this is indeed some kind of flush-mounting button; or posibble it is just the button part that is flush with its surround, i.e. difficult to operate by accident, unlike a conventional button that sticks out.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 07:43
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1 +2flush button / touch pad
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flush button / touch pad


Explanation:
Not enough context to be sure, likewise, there could be a doubt of the language.

'Affleurant' could refer tio the fact it is a low-profile / flush-mounting push-button of some kind — but it would take more context (like an image) to confirm exactly what type it is?

Then again, 'affleurant' could refer to the fact that you merely have to "brush" it with your finger to operate it; this could be an ultra-light touch contect design, or it could be a touch-sensitive / tactile one that operates basically by proximity (capacitive / resistive, etc.)

It's pretty much impossible to tell without more context.

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Note added at 30 minutes (2017-08-16 10:24:59 GMT)
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Well, you see, that's already a huge help!

Now we have some description of the button and where it is mounted, that almost certainly rules out my second suggestion — which would be more likely for some kind of array or keypad, rather than an apparently isolated reset button.

So it seems much more likely in fact that this is indeed some kind of flush-mounting button; or posibble it is just the button part that is flush with its surround, i.e. difficult to operate by accident, unlike a conventional button that sticks out.

Tony M
France
Local time: 07:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 483
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Tony, there is no image (d'où le doute :) and the term only appears once in large text...The whole sentence reads: Réarmer la chaîne de télécommande par une action sur le bouton poussoir « Réarmement des AU » du type affleurant et de couleur bleue, situé sur la porte de l’armoire générale du coffret de sécurité

Asker: Thank you again, Tony ! Greatly appreciated.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Appropriately, the first examples in Google Images are flush buttons in more than one sense: http://www.google.com/search?q="bouton+affleurant"&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjtscm-hdzVAhWf14MKHQ3MA_UQ_AUIESgC&biw=722.6290691557117&bih=451
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Phil!
agree  Terry Richards: It could also be to contrast it with the mushroom-type emergency stop button.
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Terry! Yes, that's exactly the sort of thing I was thinking of too.
disagree  GILLES MEUNIER: bouton-poussoir = push button
19 hrs
  -> Only in the most basic, simpistic, word-for-word terms; in real technical EN, this often sounds childish, when the push- or press- is implicit, as here.
agree  chris collister: I don't follow Gilou's logic. If you really wanted to spell it out, "flush-mounted push-button"
23 hrs
  -> Thanks, Chris! Yes, it can be spelt out, but could tend to sound childish or dated these days.
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