poignée homme-mort
English translation: dead man's handle
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| 11:44 Jan 20, 2002 |
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|  Selected response from: Jack Doughty United Kingdom Local time: 11:03 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | deadman's handle |
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| 4 | dead man's grip |
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| 4 | dead man's switch |
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dead man's grip Explanation: Found in GDT (domain: cybernetics) HTH, Olivier |
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peer agreement (net): +1deadman's handle Explanation: That's how I would interpret this! Reference: http://www.granddictionnaire.com |
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peer agreement (net): +5dead-man's handle Explanation: I have only come across this in English in a railway context but it can apply elsewhere. It is defined as follows in the reference below: "dead-man's handle, electrical engineering. A form of handle commonly used on the controllers of electric vehicles; designed so that if the driver releases his pressure on the handle, owing to sudden illness or other causes, the current is cut off and the brakes are applied. Dead-man's pedal is a similar foot-operated safety device." Wordsworth Dictionary of Science & Technology |
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