prise d'effet

English translation: spin rate

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French term or phrase:	prise d'effet
English translation:	spin rate
Entered by:	French Foodie

22:06 Apr 28, 2005

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Marketing - Sports / Fitness / Recreation / golf

French term or phrase: prise d'effet

In a description of golf balls (!)

Faible prise d'effet sur les longs coups, bon spin sur le petit jeu.

There are also descriptions of the "prise d'effet" of different balls:

Bonne: enveloppe souple pour augmenter le spin sur le petit jeu
Plutot bonne: les 432 aveoles renforcent le spin sur le petit jeu
Plutot bonne sur le petit jeu grace a la coque en surlyn sodium/zinc
etc.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Mara

French Foodie KudoZ activity Questions: 424 (none open) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 426
Local time: 09:34

spin profile/ rate

Explanation:
launch angle and spin profile of the golf ball. ...

The testing analyzed golf ball spin rate, launch angle, smash factor and distance.

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Note added at 12 mins (2005-04-28 22:18:17 GMT)
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by \"spin profile/ rate\" I mean how the ball reacts in terms of spin (effet)

Selected response from:

David Hollywood
Local time: 04:34

Grading comment

This was incredibly helpful. I don't think I would have ever come up with it, and it is exactly what they are talking about.
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spin profile/ rate

David Hollywood

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spin profile/ rate

David Hollywood
Local time: 04:34
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

This was incredibly helpful. I don't think I would have ever come up with it, and it is exactly what they are talking about.

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