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TANGENTIAL FORCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Dentistry
DEF

A force parallel to and in a surface under consideration ...

OBS

frictional force between a belt and a pulley wheel, or shear force on a cross-sectional plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Dentisterie
CONT

Les reconstitutions coronaires imparfaites (forces axiales) ou trop volumineuses de contour (forces tangentielles) (modifient) l'équilibre de la dent et (entraînent) plus souvent des réactions parodontales aiguës que chroniques, que ce soit en odontologie restauratrice ou en prothèse [...].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mecánica general (Física)
  • Odontología
DEF

[Fuerza] que obra en el sentido de una tangente a una curva.

CONT

Las correas de transmisión ejercen una fuerza tangencial sobre las poleas arrastradas por ellas.

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