Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
boustrophédon
English translation:
back-and-forth/two-way
Added to glossary by
liz askew
Jan 28, 2021 12:31
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French term
boustrophédon
French to English
Law/Patents
Physics
exhaust gas purification
Context:
- L’organe de purification présente une forme générale cylindrique d’étendant entre une première et une seconde surface, l’organe de purification comportant au moins une rainure ménagée sur sa première ou seconde surface, l’élément chauffant s’étendant dans cette rainure.
- La rainure s’étend en boustrophédon sur la première et/ou seconde surface.
I`ve already discovered that this refers to writing in lines that alternate from left to right then right to left.
So, a sort of zig zag.
Any ideas how to translate into something of a technical nature?
TIA Chris.
- L’organe de purification présente une forme générale cylindrique d’étendant entre une première et une seconde surface, l’organe de purification comportant au moins une rainure ménagée sur sa première ou seconde surface, l’élément chauffant s’étendant dans cette rainure.
- La rainure s’étend en boustrophédon sur la première et/ou seconde surface.
I`ve already discovered that this refers to writing in lines that alternate from left to right then right to left.
So, a sort of zig zag.
Any ideas how to translate into something of a technical nature?
TIA Chris.
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Feb 5, 2021 19:28: liz askew Created KOG entry
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Expressivité des automates pondérés circulaires et ...tel.archives-ouvertes.fr › tel-02350722 › documentPDF
6 Nov 2019 — Définition 2.9. Un K-automate boustrophédon (en anglais two-way automa- ... Cette construction peut s'étendre à C dans le cas des automates.
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Outils et résultats pour les transducteurs boustrophédonswww.numdam.org › article › ITA_1986__20_3_221_0
We consider the families of languages produced by two-way transducers, and prove itération lemmas for them. Thusy it is shown that the Dyck language D'j* ...
by B Rozoy · 1986 · Cited by 3 · Related articles
Note from asker:
| Thank you. Does it make any difference if I read your explanation backwards? |
| @ Phil. Back and forth indicates its continuing nature. Thank you. |
| just had reply from my nephew which you might find of interest. In this context ‘boustrophedon‘ means ‘back and forth’. In writing it means writing a line of text in one direction and then the other. In this context that shape of the groove is reversed. I think it’s used in channels for exhaust gasses to controls the velocity. 4 points will be duly awarded. |
| I`ve entered back and forth into glossary. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Discussion
This one uses 'boustrophedon path' or 'boustrophedon pattern'
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1708.03055.pdf
These are used quite a bit in robotics papers too, however, many uses of these terms are in papers or patents that appear to have been translated into English.