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jumper cable [5 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

jumper cable: an item in the "Land Transportation Tools and Equipment" class of the "Distribution and Transportation Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

câble de démarrage : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de transport terrestre» de la catégorie «Objets de manutention et de transport».

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Traction (Rail)
DEF

A flexible cable [containing 27 wires] used to electrically connect the controller circuits between locomotives [for multiple-unit operation].

OBS

jumper cable: This term may also designate a cable used to maintain the electrical continuity of a contact rail at locations such as turnouts.

OBS

jumper cable: term officially approved by the Rail Terminology Approval Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traction (Chemins de fer)
OBS

câblot d'accouplement : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie ferroviaire.

Key term(s)
  • câbleau d'accouplement

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronics
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

An electrical connection formed by wire between two points on a printed board added after the intended conductive pattern is formed.

OBS

jumper wire; jumper: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électronique
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

Fil conducteur, habituellement isolé, qui sert de connexion entre deux points d'un circuit imprimé à couche simple.

OBS

fil volant; cavalier : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
  • Traction (Rail)
CONT

At public highway grade crossings and at turnouts in the track system, the line of contact rail must be broken and connections must be arranged between the two sections of rail thus formed by means of either an overhead or an underground cable, usually called a jumper. ... The jumper cable must be thoroughly insulated from the ground, in order to prevent leakage current.

OBS

jumper cable: This term may also designate a cable used to electrically connect multiple-unit locomotives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies ferrées
  • Traction (Chemins de fer)
DEF

Câble isolé servant à maintenir la continuité de l'alimentation électrique d'un rail de contact à l'emplacement d'une coupure de voie.

OBS

câble de pontage : terme uniformisé par CP Rail.

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Servicing and Maintenance (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Electrical Equipment (Motor Vehicles)
  • Garages and Service Stations
DEF

A set of two cables designed to temporarily draw power from the battery of a second car when the battery in one's own car is too weak to get it started.

OBS

jumber cables: this term seems more adequate to describe cables used by robbers to bypass the ignition switch in an automobile they want to start without the key.

OBS

booster cables; jumper cables: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • booster cable
  • jumper cable

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien et réparation (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Équipement électrique (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Garages et stations-service
DEF

Permet de coupler deux batteries et de dépanner [...] une voiture dont la batterie est à plat.

OBS

Câble est au singulier dans la première expression car on l'emploie dans le sens de «ensemble de conducteurs»; dans les deux autres expressions on lui donne le sens de «gros conducteur isolé» et, puisqu'il y en a deux, c'est pluriel.

OBS

câble(s) volant(s) correspond à une notion beaucoup plus générale que le câble de démarrage.

OBS

câbles d'appoint; câbles volants : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • câbles de démarrage
  • câble d'appoint
  • câble volant

Spanish

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