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Verification de la tenue diéléctrique et de l'échauffement

English translation: Confirmation of dielectric strength and resistance to overheating

08:46 Aug 30, 2000
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering
French term or phrase: Verification de la tenue diéléctrique et de l'échauffement
Technical specifications on a circuit breaker.
Bharg Shah
English translation:Confirmation of dielectric strength and resistance to overheating
Explanation:
You could also say "determination of .....".

FYI, folks, "dielectric strength" is the maximum electrical potential that a material can withstand without rupture. Usually specified in terms of volts per millimeter of thickness, it's one of the standard parameters for circuit-breakers (whose purpose, of course, is to pop when conditions exceed certain designated values).

((It's easier, I guess, when you've worked in the field...))
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Heathcliff
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Thanks Heathcliff - yes I guess it does help when you are in the field.
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Summary of answers provided
naVerification of dielectric and heat behavior
Yolanda Broad
nasee below
Elisabeth Moser
nasee below
John Garside
naConfirmation of dielectric strength and resistance to overheating
Heathcliff


  

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47 mins
Verification of dielectric and heat behavior


Explanation:
From LGDT:

Domaine(s)
électricité
génératrice


behavior (a)

Variante(s) orthographique(s):
behaviour (cd)


fonctionnement n m (c)
Note(s): D'une génératrice selon la charge sur celle-ci. (b)

Synonyme(s):
tenue n f (d)



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Yolanda Broad
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54 mins
see below


Explanation:
check for quality of (see below) and overheating

Vérification=check,checking, verification;
tenue=control, running, upkeep, quality
etc.
echauffement=overheating
di=etomol. Gr. twice, two, double
connecting it with another word it
means sometimes also "through/by"
élèctrique=electrical

Unfortunately I could not find those
two words together in any of my dictionaries. I thought of power surge,
ground fault protection etc., because
double could poss. mean two wires/1 grounded/ 1 hot, but nothing
whatsoever checked out. Maybe someone
else can be of more help.



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Elisabeth Moser
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1 hr
see below


Explanation:
Verification of the dielectric quality and overheating.

I kept coming back to this one thinking its not really my specialty and someone else would give you a good answer.

If you put the previous two answers together and add Terminum's definition of dieletric, it gives you something like this. Termium has six references to diéléctrique. The one closest to your context is:

DOMAINE(S)
Électrostatique
Matériaux diélectriques (Électronique)

FR
diélectrique*d*CORRECT, MASC, NORMALISÉ
isolant*e*VOIR FICHE, MASC

DEF*substance dont la propriété électrique fondamentale est d'être polarisable par un champ électrique.*d
OBS*diélectrique: normalisé par la CEI.*c
OBS*Dans un sens large, "diélectrique" et "isolant" sont synonymes puisque ces termes s'appliquent à une même entité. Cependant, ils évoquent des aspects différents de cette entité, donc il serait imprudent de les employer l'un pour l'autre dans certains contextes scientifiques ou techniques.*c


I hope this is a help.

John


    Reference: http://www.termium.com
John Garside
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2 hrs
Confirmation of dielectric strength and resistance to overheating


Explanation:
You could also say "determination of .....".

FYI, folks, "dielectric strength" is the maximum electrical potential that a material can withstand without rupture. Usually specified in terms of volts per millimeter of thickness, it's one of the standard parameters for circuit-breakers (whose purpose, of course, is to pop when conditions exceed certain designated values).

((It's easier, I guess, when you've worked in the field...))

Heathcliff
United States
Local time: 23:28
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 953
Grading comment
Thanks Heathcliff - yes I guess it does help when you are in the field.
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