glass fibre in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for glass fibre in the English»French Dictionary

glass fibre Brit, glass fiber Am N

glass fibre

fibre f de verre

Translations for glass fibre in the English»French Dictionary

fibre Brit, fiber Am [Brit ˈfʌɪbə, Am ˈfaɪbər] N

1. fibre (filament, strand):

fibre (of thread, wood)

fibre f

2. fibre TEXTIL:

fibre

fibre f

a synthetic/artificial fibre

une fibre synthétique/artificielle

3. fibre (in diet):

fibre

fibres fpl

a high fibre diet

une alimentation riche en fibres

4. fibre:

fibre BOT (cell)

fibre f

fibre PHYSIOL (of muscle, nerve)

fibre f

root fibres

radicelles fpl

5. fibre (strength):

fibre fig

courage m

I.glass [Brit ɡlɑːs, Am ɡlæs] N

1. glass (substance):

glass

verre m

a piece of glass

un morceau de verre

a piece of glass (tiny)

un éclat de verre

to cultivate sth under glass

cultiver qc sous verre

behind glass books, ornaments etc

dans des vitrines

behind glass attr bottle, ornament, shelf, tube, vase

en verre

2. glass (drinking vessel):

glass

verre m

a glass of wine

un verre de vin

3. glass U:

glass, a. glassware

verrerie f

glass, a. glassware (glasses only)

services mpl de verres

4. glass (mirror):

glass dated

miroir m

5. glass (telescope):

glass

longue-vue f

6. glass (barometer):

glass

baromètre m

the glass is rising/falling

le baromètre monte/baisse

II.glasses N npl

1. glasses (spectacles):

glasses

lunettes fpl

a pair of glasses

une paire de lunettes

he wears reading glasses

il doit porter des lunettes quand il lit

2. glasses (binoculars):

glasses

jumelles fpl

glass fibre in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for glass fibre in the English»French Dictionary

glass fibre N

glass fibre → fibreglass

See also fibreglass

fibreglass N

fibreglass

fibre f de verre

Translations for glass fibre in the English»French Dictionary

fiber [ˈfɪbəʳ, Am -ɚ] N Am, fibre N

fiber

fibre f

moral fiber

qualités fpl morales

glass [glɑ:s, Am glæs] N

1. glass (hard transparent material):

glass

verre m

pane of glass

vitre f

2. glass (mirror):

glass

miroir m

3. glass (glassware):

glass

verrerie f

4. glass (holder for drinks, drink in a glass):

glass

verre m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The fuselage is a welded steel-tube structure, with fabric covering over spruce longerons and a glass fibre nose cone.

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The mid-mounted wings have carbon fibre spar caps and are glass fibre skinned.

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The sailplane is of composite construction using materials such as kevlar, carbon and glass fibre.

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The body was of steel construction, rather than the more usual glass fibre, and was mounted on a steel chassis.

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These materials come from four main sources: animal (wool, silk), plant (cotton, flax, jute), mineral (asbestos, glass fibre), and synthetic (nylon, polyester, acrylic).

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Otter is a classification referring to a particular design for a two man sailing dinghy with a glass fibre hull.

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Its wing had a single aluminium spar and was skinned with plywood infilled with glass fibre/foam sandwich.

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The pod and boom fuselage has a glass fibre cabin built on a steel tube frame, with a long transparent forward opening canopy.

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Several prototypes were built and flown, including a 15 m span motorglider version; the final prototype was constructed from carbon composites rather than glass fibre.

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Carbon fibre is less flexible (stiffer) than glass fibre and more brittle and prone to breakage when misused.

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