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 Translation for 'safety fuse' from English to French
NOUN   a safety fuse | safety fuses
SYNO electrical fuse | fuse | safety fuse
électr.
coupe-circuit {m} à fusible
(safety) fuse
Partial Matches
électr.
fusible {f}
fuse
électr.
plomb {m} [fam.] [fusible]
fuse
mèche {f} [pyrotechnie]fuse
tech.
fusée {f} [détonateur]
fuse
tech.
cordeau {m} détonant
detonating fuse
électr.
boîte {f} à fusibles
fuse box
détonateur {m}fuse [Br.]
autoélectr.
fusible {m} à lames
blade fuse
fusionner qc. [idées]to fuse sth. together
fusée {f} de proximitéproximity fuse [Br.]
mèche {f} [d'une bombe]fuse [of a bomb]
piquer une crise [fam.]to blow a fuse [coll.]
péter un câble [fam.] [loc.]to blow a fuse [coll.] [idiom]
sauter au plafond [loc.]to blow a fuse [coll.] [idiom] [become enraged]
faire du joli [fam.] [loc.]to blow a fuse [coll.] [idiom] [become enraged]
être soupe au lait [loc.] to have a short fuse [idiom] [to be quick-tempered]
sûreté {f} [sécurité]safety
alim.
innocuité {f} [substance]
safety
salut {m} [survie - d'une personne, d'un pays]safety
sécurité {f}safety
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Usage Examples English
  • May 4, 2011 Murray was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame for the Electric Safety Fuse 920,613.
  • William Bickford (1774–1834) was an English inventor, who, formerly a currier, invented the safety fuse for use in mining.
  • A pencil detonator or time pencil is a time fuze designed to be connected to a detonator or short length of safety fuse.
  • The shell used a simple type of fuse instead of the more complex and expensive AZ 39 Safety Fuse.
  • The commercial use of explosives uses electrical detonators or the capped fuse which is a length of safety fuse to which an ordinary detonator has been joined.

  • The Ensign-Bickford Company (EBCo) was started in 1836 in Simsbury, Connecticut as a manufacturer of William Bickford's safety fuse for use in mining.
  • Depending on the design of the power adapter, it may react to a short circuit by shutting down temporarily, or instead by blowing out an internal safety fuse.
  • The commercial and military version of a burning fuse referred to as safety fuse (invented by William Bickford) is a textile tube filled with combustible material and wrapped to prevent external exposure of the burning core.
  • The safety fuse is a type of fuse invented and patented by English inventor William Bickford in 1831.
  • This changed with the invention of the safety fuse.

  • William Bickford took out a patent in 1831 for the safety fuse; a device for igniting gunpowder that saved many lives.
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