Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

écartomètre

English translation:

ecartometer or a deviation-measuring device

Added to glossary by Drmanu49
Feb 7, 2008 00:08
16 yrs ago
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French term

écartomètre

French to English Tech/Engineering Aerospace / Aviation / Space missile tracking
This is a component of a missile tracking station.
I think it's some sort of steering gear, but perhaps someone has a more precise term.

champ de l'écartomètre
résolution de l'écartomètre
inéarité de l'écartomètre
précision dynamique de l'écartomètre
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 ecartometer or a deviation-measuring device
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Feb 7, 2008 08:07: Drmanu49 Created KOG entry

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ecartometer or a deviation-measuring device

CERN, the distinvar and the ecartometer. These two instruments are very ... For these reasons a viable alternative to the distinvar/ecartometer pair was ...
www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C9910183/papers/007.PDF

... July, 1973, Turck, 244/3.16, INFRARED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MISSILE TELEGUIDING .... in the near infrared or a deviation-measuring device or ecartometer; ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/4773752.html - 30k -
Peer comment(s):

agree Bourth (X) : Even if "ecartometer" does sound like a device for counting those online shopping trolleys you see on Amazon and such like. CERN has a lot to answer for.
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Thank you, yes it most certainly does.
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