daisy wheel in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for daisy wheel in the English»French Dictionary

daisy wheel N

daisy wheel COMPUT, TYPO

marguerite f

daisy wheel attr printer, terminal

à marguerite

Translations for daisy wheel in the English»French Dictionary

daisy [Brit ˈdeɪzi, Am ˈdeɪzi] N

daisy (common)

pâquerette f

daisy (garden)

marguerite f

to be as fresh as a daisy

être frais/fraîche comme une rose

to be pushing up (the) daisies inf

manger les pissenlits par la racine inf

I.wheel [Brit wiːl, Am (h)wil] N

1. wheel:

wheel (on vehicle)

roue f

wheel (on trolley, piece of furniture)

roulette f

front/back wheel

roue avant/arrière

2. wheel (for steering) (in vehicle):

wheel

volant m

wheel NAUT

roue f (de gouvernail)

to be at or behind the wheel

être au volant

to take the wheel (in vehicle)

prendre le volant

to take the wheel NAUT

tenir la roue

to fall asleep at the wheel

s'endormir au volant

3. wheel (in watch, mechanism, machine):

wheel

rouage m

the wheels of government fig

les rouages du gouvernement

4. wheel (for pottery):

wheel

tour m

5. wheel HISTORY (instrument of torture):

wheel

roue f

6. wheel GAMES (in roulette):

wheel

roue f

II.wheels N

wheels npl (car):

wheels inf

bagnole f inf

wheels inf

voiture f

are these your new wheels?

c'est ta nouvelle bagnole? inf

have you got wheels inf?

tu es motorisé? inf

III.wheel [Brit wiːl, Am (h)wil] VB trans

wheel bicycle, barrow, pram:

wheel

pousser

to wheel a child in a pram

promener un enfant dans sa poussette

they wheeled me into the operating theatre

ils m'ont emmené dans la salle d'opération sur un chariot

IV.wheel [Brit wiːl, Am (h)wil] VB intr

1. wheel:

wheel, a. wheel round (circle) bird:

tournoyer

2. wheel (turn sharply):

wheel person, regiment:

faire demi-tour

wheel car, motorbike:

braquer fortement

wheel ship:

virer de bord

to wheel to the right person, regiment:

faire demi-tour à droite

right/left wheel! MIL

demi-tour droite/gauche!

V.-wheeled COMP

a three-/four-wheeled vehicle

un véhicule à trois/quatre roues

VI.wheel [Brit wiːl, Am (h)wil]

to wheel and deal

magouiller inf

the wheel of fortune

la roue de la fortune

it's wheels within wheels

l'affaire est plus compliquée qu'elle n'en a l'air

to reinvent the wheel

réinventer la roue

to be fifth wheel Am

être la cinquième roue du carrosse

daisy wheel in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for daisy wheel in the English»French Dictionary

daisy wheel N

daisy wheel

marguerite f

daisy-wheel typewriter N

daisy-wheel typewriter

machine f à écrire à marguerite

Translations for daisy wheel in the English»French Dictionary

daisy <-sies> [ˈdeɪzi] N

daisy BOT

marguerite f

daisy (smaller)

pâquerette f

I.wheel [wi:l] N

1. wheel (circular object):

wheel

roue f

on wheels

sur des roues

2. wheel AUTO:

wheel

volant m

to be at the wheel

être au volant

3. wheel NAUT:

wheel

gouvernail m

4. wheel pl inf (car):

wheel

bagnole f

Phrases:

to set the wheels in motion

mettre les choses en route

to be a big wheel Am inf

être un gros bonnet

to feel like a fifth wheel Am

se sentir de trop

II.wheel [wi:l] VB trans

wheel

pousser

Phrases:

to wheel sb/sth out

ressortir qn/qc

III.wheel [wi:l] VB intr

to wheel and deal inf

brasser des affaires

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Different typefaces and sizes can be used by replacing the daisy wheel.

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Daisy wheel printing was used in electronic typewriters, word processors and computers from 1972.

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Because of its low cost, the daisy wheel printer became the most successful.

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The most common is a daisy wheel, or hexafoil which, in its simplest form, is a six petal flower design.

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However, this also meant that the timing had to be emulated by printers that didn't use a pin-based print head, daisy wheel systems for instance.

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Unlike a typewriter or daisy wheel printer, letters are drawn out of a dot matrix, and thus, varied fonts and arbitrary graphics can be produced.

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A hammer strikes a wheel with petals, the daisy wheel, each petal containing a letter form at its tip.

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By rotating the daisy wheel, different characters are selected for printing.

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The daisy wheel and hammer are mounted on a sliding carriage similar to that used by dot matrix printers.

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Most daisy wheel printers supported a relatively coarse and extremely slow graphics mode by printing the image entirely out of dots (formed by the period character).

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