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Personenvereinzelungsanlagen

English translation: turnstile

16:39 May 23, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / Building Spec
German term or phrase: Personenvereinzelungsanlagen
Personenvereinzelungsanlagen, Schleusensysteme

Do they mean these metal, rotating gates that you can only go through one at a time?

Thanks!
SianF
Local time: 18:24
English translation:turnstile
Explanation:
At the Air Force base across the street, they call it a turnstile.

See the link for a whole raft of them, especially that beast on the bottom right of the first page.
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jccantrell
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Local time: 09:24
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4 +6turnstile
jccantrell
4Single person entry gates
Chris Rowson (X)


  

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Single person entry gates


Explanation:
Yes :-)

Chris Rowson (X)
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turnstile


Explanation:
At the Air Force base across the street, they call it a turnstile.

See the link for a whole raft of them, especially that beast on the bottom right of the first page.


    Reference: http://www.tomsed-turnstiles.com/
jccantrell
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  brute (X)
0 min
agree  Dr. Fred Thomson: Yes, and sluice gates
48 mins
agree  Steffen Walter
52 mins
agree  pschmitt
1 hr
agree  yeswhere: this one came up a while ago - check glossary.
2 hrs
agree  engslav: as long as it's not a prison building, this is the one
3 hrs
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