centre of gravity in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for centre of gravity in the English»French Dictionary

Translations for centre of gravity in the English»French Dictionary

gravity [Brit ˈɡravɪti, Am ˈɡrævədi] N

center → centre

See also centre

I.centre Brit, center Am [Brit ˈsɛntə, Am ˈsɛn(t)ər] N

II.centre Brit, center Am [Brit ˈsɛntə, Am ˈsɛn(t)ər] VB trans, intr

I.centre Brit, center Am [Brit ˈsɛntə, Am ˈsɛn(t)ər] N

II.centre Brit, center Am [Brit ˈsɛntə, Am ˈsɛn(t)ər] VB trans, intr

See also left

I.left [Brit lɛft, Am lɛft] VB pt VB pp

left → leave

II.left [Brit lɛft, Am lɛft] N

III.left [Brit lɛft, Am lɛft] ADJ

IV.left [Brit lɛft, Am lɛft] ADV

V.left [Brit lɛft, Am lɛft]

I.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] N

2. course (route):

cap m
to be on or hold or steer a course AVIAT, NAUT
to change course AVIAT, NAUT
to set (a) course for AVIAT, NAUT

II.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB trans HUNT

III.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB intr

of [Brit ɒv, (ə)v, Am əv] PREP

See also late, old

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N The irregular form vieil of the adjective vieux/vieille is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute ‘h’.

III.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

I.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] PRON

1. all (everything):

II.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] DET

III.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] ADV

IV.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] N

2. all+ (in the highest degree) → all-consuming

XVI.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl]

it's all go inf here! Brit
it's all up with us inf Brit
all in Brit sl
all in Brit sl

See also worst, thing, place, people, best, bad, all-important, all-embracing, all-consuming

I.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] N

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

le/la pire m/f

II.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADJ superlative of bad

III.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADV

IV.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] VB trans form

I.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ] N

1. thing (object):

truc m inf
à quoi sert ce truc? inf

2. thing (action, task, event):

3. thing (matter, fact):

the thing is, (that) …
ce qu'il y a, c'est que
ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ]

to make a big thing (out) of it inf

I.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] N

1. place (location, position):

2. place (town, hotel etc):

IV.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] VB trans

I.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

II.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N npl

1. people:

gens mpl

III.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] VB trans liter

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

centre of gravity in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for centre of gravity in the English»French Dictionary

gravity [ˈgrævəti, Am -t̬i] N no pl

I.centre [ˈsentəʳ, Am -t̬ɚ] Brit N

II.centre [ˈsentəʳ, Am -t̬ɚ] Brit VB trans

of [əv, stressed: ɒv] PREP

centre of gravity Glossary of Refrigeration Technology courtesy of GEA Bock GmbH

Translations for centre of gravity in the French»English Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The design was found satisfactory, but it had also faults, like moving of centre of gravity during flight and low fuselage rigidity.
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Landing gear consists of a non-retractable sprung wheel, mounted aft of the centre of gravity.
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In the case of a narrow wheel, balancing simply involves moving the centre of gravity to the centre of rotation.
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The ships were designed with a very low centre of gravity and had a metacentric height of 4ft6in m.
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Evidently moving the centre of gravity forwards increases this speed, giving the vehicle a tendency to understeer.
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This contributed to a lower centre of gravity for improved handling.
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The yards represent a considerable weight high above the vessel's centre of gravity.
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As the pilot was seated forward of the centre of gravity, the main fuel tank was necessarily behind the cockpit, below the oil tank.
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Investigation of the crash uncovered some errors in the information used to determine the position of the aircraft's centre of gravity.
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A lowered centre of gravity was achieved by combining the gear box with the differential in a combined unit mounted across the rear axle.
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