Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

aimant en terre rare

English translation:

rare-earth magnet

Added to glossary by Tony M
Feb 27, 2007 23:26
17 yrs ago
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French term

aimant en terre rare

French to English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Le moteur couple à entraînement direct assure un positionnement très précis, un gain de place et de poids.

La gamme comprend :
Moteurs sans balais:
- diamètre extérieur compris entre 12.7 et 838 mm
- couple jusque 2 239 Nm
- aimants en terre rare
Proposed translations (English)
4 +9 rare earth magnet

Proposed translations

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rare earth magnet

Straightforward, AFAIK!

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-02-27 23:30:16 GMT)
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Typical example:

Rare-earth magnet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Neodymium magnets are the most powerful and affordable type of rare-earth magnet. Neodymium magnets are made of neodymium, iron and boron. ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_magnet
Peer comment(s):

agree Anton Konashenok : Absolutely.
0 min
Thanks, Anton!
agree Angela Dickson (X) : yup.
1 min
Thanks, Angela!
agree Rachel Fell
22 mins
Thanks, Rachel!
agree Martin Cassell : v.q. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimant : mentions rare earths (lanthanum etc.) as a material
31 mins
Thanks, Martin!
agree sktrans
2 hrs
Thanks, SKT!
agree Terry Richards
9 hrs
Thanks, Terry!
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
9 hrs
Efharisto, Vicky!
agree Rebecca Parker - Into English Ltd. (X) : Tony what is AFAIK? sorry to ask... {oh right! thanks :)}
10 hrs
Thanks, Rebecca! Please don't be sorry — I HATE these abbreviations! As Far As I Know...
agree Richard Benham : I am not sure what the problem was supposed to be, but "rare-earth", used adjectivally like that, should be hypenated!//Americans hate hyphens, but apparently the Chicago Style Manual specifies them in such cases.
11 hrs
Thanks, RB — me neither! I agree that my preference would be hyphenated, but I know there are a great number of instances out there where it isn't — typical US usage, of course, but I think this term has long been accepted now as an entity
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