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INDICATEUR DYSFONCTIONNEMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2017-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Equipment (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

An indicator of the status or malfunction of a system within a motor vehicle.

CONT

A tell-tale consists of a light bulb or a LED which lights up a symbol or text legend. ... Different tell-tales can convey different kinds of information.

OBS

idiot light: This colloquial term reflects people's frustration with car problems detected by tell-tales only once a fault has already occurred.

OBS

warning light: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • malfunction telltale
  • telltale

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement électrique (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

[...] indicateur visuel qui informe clairement le conducteur du véhicule de tout dysfonctionnement [...]

OBS

voyant, témoin, lampe témoin : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo eléctrico (Vehículos automotores)
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