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discretion 134 dissoudre
discretion, f., discretion;
se rendreh . (mil.) to surrender at discretion,
unconditionally.
dlsjoindre, v. a. r., to disjoin, disunite; to come
apart or asunder,
disjoncteur, m., (ball.) disjunctor; (elec.) cut-out,
d bouchon, (elec.) plug.
dlsjoiiction, f., separation, disjunction; (ball.)
disjunction;
hauteur de , (ball.) height of disjunction.
dislocation, f., dislocation, rupture, dismemberment;
(mil.) separation of troops, after maneuvers,
and also after a war, in order to return
to their respective garrisons; (at drill) separate
action of the members of a unit, e. g., of a
battery, or of a group when going into battery;
marche ce , v. s. v. marche.
disloquer, v. a., to break up, dislocate> disperse.
dlsparition, f., disappearance; (mil.) state of being
"missing" after an engagement.
disparu, a., (mil.) missing (after an engagement).
disparu, m., (mil.) man missing (after an engagement).
dispensaire, m., dispensary.
dispense, f., ( Fr. a.) reduction of military service
from 3 years to 1^ in certain specified cases;
exemption from military service of Frenchmen
living regularly abroad, during their absence.
dispense, m., ( Fr. a.) the beneficiary of a dispense,
q. v.
dispenser, v. a., to scatter, dispense;
du service, (mil.) to exempt from military
service.
dlspenseur, m., (inst.) difluser (6f light).
dlsperseur, m., (r. f. art.) oscillating lever, device
for causing lateral dispersion of bullets (machine
guns).
dispersion, f., (ball.) dispersion (of hits); (art.)
spread, dispersion (of shrapnel bullets and
fragments);
cdne de , (art.) cone of spread, of divergence;
ellipse de , (ball.) the ellipse containing a given
percentage of hits;
en hauteur, vertical dispersion, dispersion
in elevation, over a vertical target;
en largeur, lateral spread, dispersion;
laterale, v. en largeur ;
en longueur, dispersion in range, longitudinal
dispersion, dispersion over a horizontal target;
rectangle de , (ball.) the rectangle containing
a given percentage of hits.
disponibilite, f., availability; ( Fr. a.) (of general
officers and of assimilated grades) status of
nonempioyment, of being unattached; (of the
men) status of men allowed to return to their
homes before the completion of their full term
of service;
en , unattached, unemployed; sent home
before expiration oi active service;
non , status of n. c. o.'s and men who, while
belonging t9 the reserve or to the territorial
army, in virtue of their position in public
services, do not join the colors on mobilization;
tolde de , half-pay, pay of the status of disponibilite;
traitement de , half-pay.
dlsponiblc, a., available; (mil.) in general, available
lor service; ( Fr. a.) belonging to, or on the
status of, the disponibilite;
non- , belonging to the non-disponibilite.
dlsponible, m., ( Fr. a.) general officer or man on
the status of disponibilite;
non-
:?. n -, c - - or man belonging to the non-
dlsposer, v. a., to set, fix, place in position, prepare,
arrange;
une fusee, (art.) to set a fuse.
dlspositif, m., arrangement; (mil.) arrangement
or distribution of troops for the common end;
(mil. min.) mine chamber;
dispositlf de cibles, (t. p.) arrangement of individual
targets to represent infantry, cavalry,
etc.;
de combat, (mil.) combat dispositions;
en croix, (mil. min.) cross-shaped mine
chamber;
dcs ecoles, (Fr. mil. min.) the typical mine
system of the ecoles du genie;
de marche, (mil.) arrangement of troops on
the march, order of march, marching arrangements;
de mines, (mil. min.) generic term for a
system of countermines, or for the arrangements
made in peace, for hasty destruction of
railways, bridges, etc.;
des polygones, v. des tcoles;
restreint de I'Ecole d' application, (mil. min.)
mine system regularly taught at the French
Artillery and Engineer School of Application;
de stationnement en surete, (mil.) general expression
for all the measures taken to^uard
troops in a halt;
de surete, (mach., etc.) lock, locking device,
safety device;
en T (mil. min.) T-shaped mine chamber.
disposition, f., arrangement, disposition; order;
situation; (mach.) gearing, device; (mil.) any
disposition or arrangement of troops for any
purpose whatever;
h la . ( Fr. a.) state of being in the disponibilite,
q. y.; (German army) status of an officer who has
retired with a pension, but who may nevertheless
be actively employed in both peace and
war.;
de combat, (art.) measures taken by a battery,
either in park or at any halt, to enable it to
open fire as soon as possible (as, a command
"prepare for action.").
inter ieur d'un ouvrage, (fort.) interior arrangement
of a work;
de route, (art.) command for passing from the
de combat to the order of march in respect
of the materiel;
du terrain, (top.) lie, lay, of the ground.
disputer, v. a., to dispute, contend;
le terrain, (mil.) to dispute a position, the
ground ;
le vent, (nav.) to struggle for the weather
gauge.
disque, m., disk; nave-box plate; (elec.) disk
armature; (fort.) embrasure plug or closer (in
armored casemates);
d'arret, (r. r.) stopping signal, stopping disk;
d' assemblage, (r. f. art.) assembling plate
(Hotchkiss revolving cannon);
d'avant de nuit, (r. r.) headlight of a locomotive;
& composition, (art.) fuse-composition disk,
time train;
de culasse, (art.) breech-plate;
dente, (mach.) ratchet washer;
& distance, (r. r.) signal to stop, placed 800
to 1,000 meters ahead of stopping point;
& double couronne, (Fr. art.) double ratchet
wheel of the French casemate gin;
etalond, references, standard reference disk;
de garniture, (mach.) packing disk:
lanterne, (r. r.) headlight of a locomotive;
mobile, nave-box;
'-molette, (mach.) worm;
obturateur, (art.) obturator plate;
de pointage, (art.) elevating drum;
porte-canons, (r. f. art.) assembling disk
(Hotchkiss revolving cannon) ;
de tampon, (r. r.) buffer-plate.
dissimuler, v. a., (mil.) to conceal from enemy's
view, to cover.
dissipation, f., (mil.) making way with arms,
effects.
dissolution, f., (chem.) solution (act and liquid);
(mil.) disbanding of a body of troops.
dissolvant, m., (phot.) developer.
dissoudre, v. a., to dissolve.