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plan 561 poids
plan de derivation, (ball.) plane of drift (passing
through axis of piece ana point of fall);
de derive, (aero.) vertical fin;
de destruction dcs contrcbatteries, (art.) table
showing hostile batteries to be engaged and
destroyed;
directsur, (mil.) map or plan for the direction
of an attack, battle map; (art.) plan, survey,
sho'.ving the distribution of targets, emplacements,
etc., (heavy artillery); (art. and mil. in
general) directing map (artillery fire, operations
in general); (mil. min.) map of operations;
d'emploi de I'artillerie, (art.) (a plan prepared
at each army corps, and division headquarters,
covering all the cases of the use of the guns in
the unit concerned), artillery plan;
d' engagement, (mil.) plan of engagement of
troops;
d'engaqement de Vinfanterie, (mil.) plan of
attack, in the broadest sense, of an infantry
force;
d'ensemble, (mil.) plan for the combat de
rupture, q. v., and the subsequent exploitation
of the success achieved; general plan; (mil.
telephone) general plan of the telephone system
of an army;
d' exploitation, (mil.) plan made to clinch a
successful attack;
fixe, (aero.) stabilizer.
incline, (phys., etc.) inclined plane; (mach.
gun) ramp;
inferieur, (aero.) lower wing;
des liaisons, (mil.) (measures to secure good
communication between troops, troops and
commanding officer, infantry and artillery,
etc.) liaison plan;
de nettoyage, (mil.) cleaning out plan
(trenches);
de neutralisation, (art.) (table showing batteries
to be neutralized as battle progresses)
neutralization plan;
d' observation, (mil.) observation plan (forms
part of the plan de defense of the sector, and
contains map of observing points, panorama
from each of these points, diagram of telephone
communications, and statement of the working
of the observation service);
d' occupation, (mil.) plan of occupation (of
enemy position);
d'operation, (mil.) plan of operation(s);
porteur, (aero.) supporting plane, wing;
de poursuite, (cav.) plan of pursuit;
rabattant, (aero.) movable plane;
super-four, (aero.) upper wing;
susfentateur, (aero.) sustaining plane;
de visee, (art.) plane of sight.
f. . planche, plank;
acoffrer, (mil. min.) sheathing plank, sheath-
repose-pieds, foot board of a vehicle.
planchctte, f., (inst.) plane table;
de batterie, (art.) battery map (zinc square on
which is pasted so much of general map as
concerns battery in question; screwed on a
wooden board);
devidoir, standing reel;
rapporteur, (art.) protractor plane table;
& rouleaux, roller map board;
stereoscopique, (inst.) stereoscopic plate (produces
stereoscopic effects by thn juxtaposition
of two photographs of the same object);
de tir, (art.) range card.
plancment, m., soaring; (afro.) volplaning.
planer, v. n., to soar; (aero.) to volplane, to glide.
planetaire, m., (mach.) driving pinion (of a bevel
gear set).
planeur,m., (aero.) the aeroplane minus the engine
set; glider.
planton, m., (mil.) orderly;
de surveillance, (mil.) lookout orderly (assigned
to be on the lookout, e. matic tires.
pneu-cuir, m., leather casing (pneumatic tire).
pneumatique, m., (auto.) pneumatic
g., at a terrain
d'atterrissage).
plaque, f., plate;
d'allumage, (mach.) ignition plate;
alveolee, (elec.) grid (storage battery);
d'appui, (trench art.) backplate (trench mortar
bed); bedplate;
tire.
poclie, f., pocket;
b, air, (aero.) air-pocket;
a cartes, (mil.) map case;
& chargeurs, (sm. a.) loader pouch;
dfeux, (mil.) "fire pocket" (said of the place
inside one's lines to which the enemy has
penetrated, and in which he may be pocketed
by fire on his flanks and in his rear);
. de portefeuUle, inside pocket of a coat;
de vapeur, steam bubble (as in a water jacket).
poele, m., pall;
tenir les cordons du , to be a pallbearer.
poids, m., weight;
du cheval, (auto.) weight per horsepower;
demi-lourd, (auto.) generic term for autos between
lourd and leger qq. v.;
leger, (auto.) generic term for pleasure autos;
light delivery wagon;
lourd, (auto.) a generic term for heavy draft
autos such as trucks, freight-wagons;
total, (aero.) lifting capacity;
ulile, useful weight carried;
a vide, dead weight.
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plaque bcoHerettes, (art.) diaphragm (of a limber,
etc., chest);
de couche, (trench art.) foundation plate.
distributee d'allumage, (mach.) ignition plate;
ffondoUe, (elec.) buckled plate;
grillagee, v. alveolee;
d'identite, (auto.) number plate;
dejonction, (mach.) junction plate;
d oxydes rapportts, (elec.) plate of the Faure
type;
de plomb formee, (elec.) formed plate (of a
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storage battery, riante type);
de recouvrement, (art.) bedplate (trench
mortar);
de terre, (elec.) ground plate, earth;
tordue, (elec.) buckled plate.
plaque-logement, f., (trench art.) seat (for the
tige-support, q. v.).
plaquette, f., (r. r.) poster; (art.) collar or slide (to
increase angle of fall);
d'appui, (small) faceplate, guard plate.
plateau, m., plate, disk; plate (of a caterpillar
tire); (art.) (circular) deflection scale;
d'accouplement, (mach,) assembling or cou-
pling plate;
d' embrai/age , driven plate;
d'entrainement, driving plate.
gradut de site, (art.) angle of site scale.
plateau-volant, m., (mach.) wheel crank, disk
crank.
plateforme, f.. platform, (aero.) (hi dirigibles), a
platform (forming the junction between the
car and the body of the vessel).
platine, (sm. a.) lock;
d'armement, (trench art.) lock.
plein, m., (auto.) solid tire;
Irop , (in gen.) excess.
plombe, f., (mil. slang) hour.
plombe, a., lead sealed.
plongee, f., dive (e. g., airplane dive).
plot, m., (elec.) plug, contact plug;
de contact, contact plug.
plume, f., pen; feather;
caudale, tail feather;
&re sur trois *, (of a carrier pigeon) to have
three primaries left;
de poche, fountain pen;
& reservoir, fountain pen;
de vol, primary.
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pluralite,
f., plurality;
d'origine, ( Fr. a.) plurality of origin (with
reference to the various sources from which
officers are drawn, v. s. v. unite).
pneu, m.,tire;
fcrre, studded tire (pneumatic);
sjumeles, (auto.) (motor truck), twin tires.
pneu-auto, m., (auto.) auto equipped with pneu