Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
clip | clamp
English answer:
clip = spring action connection, no tools required | clamp = screw-type device, requires tools
English term
clip or clamp
'Connection to the XXX can be by earth clip or clamp.'
I am ignorant and I don't understand the difference between 'clip' and 'clamp' in this context (Potential Equalization Connection).
Source text is Australian English.
4 +3 | clip = spring action | clamp = screw device | David Russi |
5 +1 | clamp | triangle ink |
Jan 5, 2009 15:01: David Russi changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/7599">Sven Petersson's</a> old entry - "clip or clamp"" to ""clip = spring action | clamp = screw device""
Jan 5, 2009 15:02: David Russi changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1325">David Russi's</a> old entry - "clip | clamp"" to ""clip = spring action connection, no tools | clamp = screw-type device, requires tools""
Responses
clip = spring action | clamp = screw device
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-12-31 13:46:40 GMT)
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Here are Websters general definitions, and whiles they do not make the difference I explained, in my opinion they do imply stronger, more binding properties for clamping.
Websters
clamp
1 a : a device (as a band or brace) designed to bind or constrict or to press two or more parts together so as to hold them firmly in their relative position
clip
any of a number of devices which grip, clasp, or hook or with which one grips, clasps, or hooks
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Note added at 9 hrs (2008-12-31 19:01:56 GMT)
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Yes, I agree, the use of tools is the key difference.
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Jennifer Levey
: I would just add that a clip is often used in preference to a clamp in situations where a temporary connection must be made/unmade frequently, or without special tools (where a monkey-wrench counts as 'special' and the human hand does not).
1 hr
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Thank you, especially for putting your finger on the need for tools as the key difference.
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agree |
Ken Cox
: and with mediamatrix: a clip connection can be made by hand without using any tools, while a clamp conneciton normallly requires a tool
5 hrs
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Thank you!
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agree |
Tony M
1 day 1 hr
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Thank you!
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clamp
agree |
Phong Le
32 mins
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neutral |
Tony M
: Since the source text is clearly making a distinction between the two terms, this doesn't really answer Asker's question
2 hrs
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neutral |
Polangmar
: I agree with Tony M - this answer is irrelevant.
4 hrs
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disagree |
Jennifer Levey
: 'clamp' is not 'the correct usage' if the device is actually a clip (as it may well be...).
5 hrs
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agree |
Gary D
: it is an Earth Clamp for most things,Ie welder or an Earth lead.. A clip is a lighter form of attachment and would fail if put under load, A hair clip for instance,
1 day 2 hrs
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Discussion
The connection is normally temporary; the connection is done during the prepation for an angiographic procedure and the disconnection is done after the procedure, to prevent that the cleaners fall over the cable and/or pull over the injector.
The connection is normally temporary; the connection is done during the prepation for an angiographic procedure and the disconnection is done after the procedure, to prevent that the cleaners fall over the cable and/or pull over the injector.