Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Verstellblende
English translation:
adjustable shutter
Added to glossary by
Yuri Dubrov
Mar 16, 2005 08:01
19 yrs ago
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German term
Verstellblende
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
This word also appeared in a text about gear boxes.
Does anyone have an idea what it is called in English?
Does anyone have an idea what it is called in English?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +1 | adjustable shutter or orifice |
Yuri Dubrov
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| 4 | adjustable aperture |
Sandy A Pirie
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Proposed translations
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Yuri Dubrov
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adjustable shutter or orifice
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sandy A Pirie
: My apologies to you; I have just seen 'orifice' in a technical and engineering context, an 'orifice meter' even being used to establish pressure differences generated by a flow velocity through a hole in a plate placed between flanges in a pipeline. Sorry
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Comment: "Thanks. I did use adjustable shutter."
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Sandy A Pirie
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Works in: German to English, English to German
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adjustable aperture
Considering other technical uses for 'verstellen' (to adjust) and Blende - some sort of hole seems to be involved here rather than trim or decorative facing, hence(aperture), I'd take a bet on 'adjustable aperture'.
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Note added at 3 hrs 57 mins (2005-03-16 11:58:26 GMT)
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I\'ve just seen that Total Recall also suggests \'adjustable\'. Let\'s then also try \'variable aperture\'. (I could go along with the \'shutter\' (as in a camera, but not the \'orifice\', which carries too much of openings in the living body to warrant consideration.)
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Note added at 3 hrs 57 mins (2005-03-16 11:58:26 GMT)
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I\'ve just seen that Total Recall also suggests \'adjustable\'. Let\'s then also try \'variable aperture\'. (I could go along with the \'shutter\' (as in a camera, but not the \'orifice\', which carries too much of openings in the living body to warrant consideration.)
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