A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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rayon d' explosion, (mil. mm.) radius of explosion,
of destructive effect;
exterieur, (fort.) line from the center of a place
to the flanked angle of a bastion;
d'nne forteresse, (mil.) sphere of action, of
influence, of a fortress;
de giration, radius of gyration;
frtMev-r , (fort. ) line from the center of a
place to the center of a bastion;
d'inrestissement, (mil.) in a siege, radius of
in.estment;
jeifr les metaux en s, (met.) to cast metal into
bars;
majeur, (fort. ) v. exterieur;
mineur, (fort. ) v. interieur;
myriamctrique, (fort., Fr. a.) 10-kilometer
radius around the principal French forts (v.
servitude);
d'operation, (in gen.) radius or sphere of
operation; (nav.) steaming radius, coal endurance,
coal radius;
photoqe.nique, v. chimique;
regulateur, (macli.) radius bar; bridle rod;
de roue, arm of a wheel; paddle arm;
de rupture, (expl., mm.) radius of rupture, of
destruction;
de rupture-limite, (mil. min.) limiting radius
of rupture (beyond which a gallery, e. g., would
suffer no harm);
tangent, bicycle spoke;
tige de , radius rod;
visucl, visual ray; (top.) line of direction;
(art.) line of sight.
rayonnement, m., radiation, radiance, beaming;
(surv.) method by use of polar coordinates from
a central station.
rayonner, v. a. r., to radiate, shine, irradiate: to
put up shelves; (fig.) to make itself felt at a
distance (e. g., an army).
rayure, f., stripe, streak, scratch: action of striking;
o.Tf (as a name from a list); (cons.) a synonym
of enrayure, q. v.; (carp.) groove, furrow; (art.,
sm. a.) groove, (hence) rifling.
(The following terms relate to firearms:)
alternative, v. double;
en ansc de panier, (art.) an obsolete form of
rilling whose profile resembled a flattened
basket handle, whence the name;
arete de la , edge of the groove;
& aretes rectilignes, straight rifling;
arrondie, rounded groove;
czpillaire, hair rifling;
de charge, loading groove;
& chargcment automatique, shunt rifling;
s b, chcveti(x), hair rifling;
s en coin, grooves whose width decreases from
the breech to the muzzle;
& co tonnes f rifling in which the lands are
rounded off;
c'jncentrique. groove whose bottom is concntric
with the surface of the bore;
a cotes, groo\es in which the lands are narrower
than the grooves; rib rifling;
en cremailicre, rifling the profile of which resembles
the teeth of a saw, saw-tooth rifling;
s cuneiform,es, v. s en coin,'
- de decharge, discharging groove;
double, alternate rifling;
droite, straight groove, straight rifling;
ft droite, right-hand rifling;
h etoiles, rifling of which the lands are broader
at the base than at the surface of the bore;
excentrique, a groove the bottom of which is
not concentric with the bore; eccentric groove;
d facettes, a groove with facets;
fi'flancs rectilignes, groove the profile of whose
flanks is rectilinear;
fianc des s, v. s. v. flanc;
-a fond incline, shunt groove;
s en forme de coin, v. s en coin;
fuyante, v. dfond incline;
gauche, left-hand rifling;
en helice, helical or spiral twist; groove whose
development is a right line;
rayure JielicoUale, helicoidal rifling or twist;
inclination dc la , angle made at any point by
the tangent to the groove with the axis of the
bore;
s merveilleuses, v. s h cheveu(x);
multiple, polygroove rifling;
parabolique, parabolic rifling, groove whose
de\ elopment is a parabola;
s paralleles, grooves of uniform width;
paroi forqante des s, driving edge;
pas des s, pitch of rifling;
a pas constant (progressif), rifling of uniform
(increasing) twist;
pas final de la , final twist of rifling;
& pas variable, rifling of varying twist;
pen profonde, shallow groove;
prendre les s, prendre dans les , to take the
grooves;
profil de , curve or profile obtained by a plane
perpendicular to the axis of a gun ;
ft profondeur decroissante, v. ft fond in-
cline;
s & profondeur progressive, groove of progressive
depth;
progressive, rifling of increasing twist, progressive
groove; (also) groove growing shallower
toward the muzzle;
rafraichir les s } to recut, put a fresh edge on,
the grooves;
rectanyvlaire, rectangular groove;
en redans, v. & etoiles;
retrecie, shortened groove, shunt groove;
& retrecissement, v. d, fond incline;
h rochet, v. & cremailiere;
sens des s, direction of rifling;
sortir des s, to fail to take the grooves;
en spirale, spiral groove;
trace de la , development of the groove;
uniformf, groove of constant depth;
en voute, groove with rounded edges or bottom.
raz, m., de marie, v. s. v. res, m.
razzia, f., (mil.) raid.
razzier, v. a., (mil.) to raid, make a raid.
ra, ria, m., (cord.) sheave, sheave of a block.
rtactif, a., reactr e; m., (chem.) reagent.
reaction, f., reaction; (man.) jar or jolt of the rider
(produced by the motion of the horse); (chem.)
reaction;
procede par , (met.) open-hearth process.
rtadmission, f., readmission; (mil.) reentry into
service of certain n. c. o.'s as commissionnes,
rfiaxlr, v. a., to react; (chem.) to react.
niaimariter, v. a., (elec.) toremagnetize.
re"al6ser, v. a., torebore.
realgar, m., (chem.) realgar.
reapprovisionnement, m., replenishing of supplies,
etc.; (sm. a.) refilling of a magazine.
rfiapprovisionner, v. a., to replenish (supplies,
etc.): (sm. a.) to refill a magazine;
en munitions, (mil.) to replenish with ammunition,
to refill the ammunition chests;
n vivres, (mil.) to revictual.
rearmer, y. a., to rearm; (nav.) to put a vessel into
commission again.
rtarpcntage, m., resurrey.
rearpenter, v. a., to resurvey.
reassurance, f., reinsurance.
rfcassurer, v. a., to reinsure.
reatteler, v. a., to put horses to, again.
reattaquer, v. a., to reattack.
rebander, v. a., to bind up again (as a wound);
(sm. c.) to cock (a piece) again. .
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rebarbe, f., (tech.) beard, fash, burr.
rebataille, f., (mil.) renewed battle.
rebatir, v. a., to rebuild;
par le pied, to underpin.
rebattage, m., any operation of beating up (as a
mattress); (art.) hammering (of projectiles, so
as to remove inequalities).
rebattre, v. a., to beat again; to beat over (a mattress,
etc.); to travel, go, over again;
les boulets, (art.) to hammer a projectile (so
as to remove seams, inequalities, etc.);
une place, (art.) to turn the guns upon a posi-
tion anew;
un tonneau, to set up the hoops of a cask.
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