speed control in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.control [Brit kənˈtrəʊl, Am kənˈtroʊl] N

1. control U (domination):

control (of animals, children, crowd, country, organization, party, situation)
contrôle m (of de)
control (of investigation, operation, project)
direction f (of de)
control (of others' behaviour)
influence f (over sur)
control (of life, fate)
maîtrise f (of, over de)
control (of disease, pests, social problem)
lutte f (of contre)
to be in control of territory, town
contrôler
to be in control of operation, organization, project
diriger
to be in control of problem
maîtriser
to have control over territory, town
contrôler
to have control over animals, crowd, children, others' behaviour
avoir du pouvoir sur
to have control over fate, life
maîtriser
to take control of territory, town
prendre le contrôle de
to take control of operation, organization, project
prendre la direction de
to take control of situation
prendre [qc] en main
to be under sb's control to be under the control of sb person:
être sous la direction de qn
to be under sb's control to be under the control of sb army, government, organization, party:
être sous le contrôle de qn
to be under control fire, problem, riot, situation:
être maîtrisé
is the situation under control?
est-ce que nous maîtrisons la situation?
everything's under control
tout va bien
to bring or get or keep [sth] under control animals, crowd, fire, problem, riot
maîtriser
to bring or get or keep [sth] under control hair
discipliner
to be out of control animals, children, crowd, riot:
être déchaîné
to be out of control fire:
ne plus être maîtrisable
the situation is out of control
la situation est devenue incontrôlable
to let sth get out of control , to lose control of sth
perdre le contrôle de qc
to be beyond or outside sb's control animal, child:
échapper au contrôle de qn
the situation is beyond control
la situation échappe à tout contrôle
due to circumstances beyond our control
pour des raisons indépendantes de notre volonté

II.control <pres part controlling; pret, pp controlled> [Brit kənˈtrəʊl, Am kənˈtroʊl] VB trans

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to control oneself refl < pres part controlling; pret, pp controlled>:

to control oneself
se contrôler

I.speed [Brit spiːd, Am spid] N

1. speed:

speed (velocity of vehicle, wind, record)
vitesse f
speed (rapidity of response, reaction)
rapidité f
at (a) great speed
à toute vitesse
at a speed of 100 km per hour
à une vitesse de 100 km à l'heure
winds reaching speeds of
des vents atteignant une vitesse de
car with a maximum speed of
voiture avec une vitesse maximale de
at speed go, run
à toute vitesse
at speed work, read
en quatrième vitesse
to pick up/lose speed
prendre/perdre de la vitesse
at the speed of light
à la vitesse de la lumière
‘full speed ahead!’ NAUT
‘en avant toute!’
what speed were you doing?
à quelle vitesse est-ce que tu roulais or étais-tu?
reading/typing speed
vitesse de lecture/frappe
to make all speed liter
faire diligence liter

II.speed <pret, pp sped or speeded> [Brit spiːd, Am spid] VB trans

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III.speed [Brit spiːd, Am spid] VB intr

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IV.speed [Brit spiːd, Am spid]

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speed control in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for speed control in the English»French Dictionary

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I.control <-ll-> [kənˈtrəʊl, Am -ˈtroʊl] N

II.control <-ll-> [kənˈtrəʊl, Am -ˈtroʊl] VB trans <-ll->

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II.speed <sped, sped> [spi:d] VB intr

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III.speed <-ed, -ed [or sped, sped]> [spi:d] VB trans

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Speed control was by a resistance placed across the handlebars.
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The airfoils were thick, the lower thicker and the upper wings carried leading edge automatic slots for low speed control.
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Later versions had an intermediate speed, and one late version used a buzzer mechanism to provide full-range speed control.
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I had a speed control on my machine.
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Motor speed control needs are numerous and include things like: industrial motor driven equipment, electric vehicles, rail transport systems, and power tools.
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Revolving doors typically have a speed control (governor) to prevent people from spinning the doors too fast.
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Speed control of the fan motors within a fan coil unit is effectively used to control the heating and cooling output desired from the unit.
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Although the train was equipped with an automatic speed control system, the required rail components were not installed.
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The two-tone leather-wrapped aluminum steering wheel features vertical individual switches for lights and speed control.
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The system used digital speed control based on a clock track on the tape.
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