Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
boîtier de répartition du temps
English translation:
time distribution unit
Added to glossary by
HelenG
Dec 28, 2009 13:27
14 yrs ago
French term
boîtier de répartition du temps
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Aerospace / Aviation / Space
aircraft specification
No context except it figures as an item under 'test and measurement facility - miscellaneous'.
Any help would be much appreciated. TIA
Any help would be much appreciated. TIA
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | time distribution unit |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 | reference time unit |
Philippe Lascourrèges
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| 2 | Time sharing box |
Terry Richards
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Change log
Dec 28, 2009 18:17: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "\"boitier de repartition du temps\"" to "boîtier de répartition du temps"
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
"boitier de repartition du temps"
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time distribution unit
Or "God" or any being that allots one's lifetime ...
In large buildings they have "time distribution", a system that ensures all the clocks, etc. indicate or use the same time. Don't know if it's applicable to your system, but it's possible that different equipment in different locations has to work to the same beat, man.
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-28 14:54:05 GMT)
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1. TDU-310 Multi-Channel TIME DISTRIBUTION UNIt
The TDU-310 is a high output count, high performance TIME SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION AMPLIFIER. It is specifically designed to distribute the precise time code ...
www.timefreq.com/page3271/tdu-310.aspx
Multi Channel TIME DISTRIBUTION UNIT. Features: □ Dual inputs with automatic switchover. □ 10 INDIVIDUALLY BUFFERED OUTPUTS OF 3 SIGNAL OUTPUTS ...
www.brandywinecomm.com/filemanager/files/product_pdfs/tdu31...
The document creation unit 1 accesses a TIME DISTRIBUTION UNIT plural times TO RECEIVE TIME INFORMATION therefrom, and records the time information in a log ...
www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080301457
TIME DISTRIBUTION UNIT. This unit has one input clock, and REDISTRIBUTE THE TIME SIGNAL ON 8 TO 10 ISOLATED OUTPUTS. No data display. ...
mail2.gorgy-timing.fr/files/TIME_DISTRIBUTION_UNIT_-_R2-034-2.pdf
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-12-28 18:24:45 GMT)
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It certainly could be "timing unit", but remember that planes are all electronic and "time distribution" seems to be something used in reference to electronic systems. Pour l'anecdote, a local pilot I was talking to the other day says he's been taken off Fokkers and is training to fly a different plane. He says he flies a computer.
In large buildings they have "time distribution", a system that ensures all the clocks, etc. indicate or use the same time. Don't know if it's applicable to your system, but it's possible that different equipment in different locations has to work to the same beat, man.
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-28 14:54:05 GMT)
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1. TDU-310 Multi-Channel TIME DISTRIBUTION UNIt
The TDU-310 is a high output count, high performance TIME SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION AMPLIFIER. It is specifically designed to distribute the precise time code ...
www.timefreq.com/page3271/tdu-310.aspx
Multi Channel TIME DISTRIBUTION UNIT. Features: □ Dual inputs with automatic switchover. □ 10 INDIVIDUALLY BUFFERED OUTPUTS OF 3 SIGNAL OUTPUTS ...
www.brandywinecomm.com/filemanager/files/product_pdfs/tdu31...
The document creation unit 1 accesses a TIME DISTRIBUTION UNIT plural times TO RECEIVE TIME INFORMATION therefrom, and records the time information in a log ...
www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080301457
TIME DISTRIBUTION UNIT. This unit has one input clock, and REDISTRIBUTE THE TIME SIGNAL ON 8 TO 10 ISOLATED OUTPUTS. No data display. ...
mail2.gorgy-timing.fr/files/TIME_DISTRIBUTION_UNIT_-_R2-034-2.pdf
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-12-28 18:24:45 GMT)
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It certainly could be "timing unit", but remember that planes are all electronic and "time distribution" seems to be something used in reference to electronic systems. Pour l'anecdote, a local pilot I was talking to the other day says he's been taken off Fokkers and is training to fly a different plane. He says he flies a computer.
Peer comment(s):
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Chris Hall
: I would have said "time distribution box". / Bonne réponse.
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That's translation 4U: there R times when a boîtier is quite literally a "box", and times when it isn't.
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Comment: "Sorry for the delay! This is what I went with in the end. Thanks to everyone!"
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Terry Richards
France
France
Native in English
France
30 years in IT, Engineering degree.
Native in: English (Variants: US, British, UK) 
Works in: French to English, English
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French term (edited):
"boitier de repartition du temps"
Time sharing box
Declined
Given the complete lack of context, this is as vague as the original :)
The low confidence is because I don't know what *kind* of time sharing box it is.
The low confidence is because I don't know what *kind* of time sharing box it is.
Peer comment(s):
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chris collister
: Sounds like a small apartment in Marbella....
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Chris Hall
: I don't believe that the word "sharing" is correct here.
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whither has fle
: Hi, I would steer away from "sharing" too..can be emotional except for job sharing..then very emotional..Terry, this is not a criticism. Such a lack of context has us all guessand. There must be a specific term. This is in Aircraft Specification..
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reference time unit
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under 'test and measurement facility - miscellaneous'
just a suggestion
just a suggestion
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