Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

croix potencée

English translation:

crutch cross or cross potent

Added to glossary by Cathy Rosamond
Sep 2, 2020 13:02
3 yrs ago
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French term

croix potencée

French to English Tech/Engineering Patents patent
Système de construction d’un module d’un bâtiment

*** Système selon la revendication 2, où la croix d’un élément noyau (1) est une croix potencée dont les bras principaux (6) se terminent à leurs extrémités par des projections transversales (7) en T.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 cross potent or crutch cross
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Sep 9, 2020 12:23: Cathy Rosamond Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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cross potent or crutch cross

"A cross potent (plural: crosses potent), also known as a crutch cross, is a form of heraldic cross with crossbars at the four ends. In French, it is known as croix potencée, "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_potent
Note from asker:
thank you
Peer comment(s):

agree Althea Draper : The cross-section in the reference diagrams does look like a cross potent shape
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Thanks Althea.
agree philgoddard : I'd go for "crutch cross". "Cross potent" is purely heraldic terminology - hence the adjective after the noun.
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Thanks Phil.
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Reference comments

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Reference:

The first reference is (what I believe to be) the patent

https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2019202498A1/fr?q=une cr...

and the second is further information on the patent which contains some diagrams showing the 'croix potencée' in figures 1 to 7B

https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/d3/05/a0/6bc4dfe...
Note from asker:
agree thank you
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree philgoddard
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