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WEIGHING PLATFORM [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

The determination of an aircraft's weight is normally carried out by using jacks, or a fixed or mobile weighing platform. Such platforms can be either mechanical or electronic in their operating principles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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