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CABLE VOLANT [2 records]

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Record 1 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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Record 2 1998-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Cells (Electr.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accumulateurs (Électricité)

Spanish

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