Glossary of Technical and Scientific Terms (French / English) Version 11 (Alphabetical sorting) Jean-Luc JOULIN October 12, 2015 Foreword Aim of this handbook This glossary is made to help for translation of technical words english-french. This document is not made to be exhaustive but aim to understand and remember the translation of some words used in various technical domains. Words are sorted alphabetically. This glossary is distributed under the licence Creative Common (BY NC ND) and can be freely redistributed. For further informations about the licence Creative Com- mon (BY NC ND), browse the site: http://creativecommons.org If you are interested by updates of this glossary, send me an email to be on my diffusion list : • [email protected] • [email protected] Warning Translations given in this glossary are for information only and their use is under the responsability of the reader. If you see a mistake in this document, thank in advance to report it to me so i can correct it in further versions of this document. Notes Sorting of words Words are sorted by alphabetical order and are associated to their main category. Difference of terms Some words are different between the "British" and the "American" english. This glossary show the most used terms and are generally coming from the "British" english Words coming from the "American" english are indicated with the suffix : US . Difference of spelling There are some difference of spelling in accordance to the country, companies, universities, ... Words finishing by -ise, -isation and -yse can also be written with -ize, Jean-Luc JOULIN1 Glossary of Technical and Scientific Terms -ization and -yze. for example: solarise solarize. randomisation ! randomization. Although "z" variants are mostly "American",! there is no strict and precise rules about them. Words containing a spelling variation are indicated with the suffixs : IZ , YZ . Versions This glossary is available in these different languages and versions: • English - Thematic sorting - Ebook. • English - Thematic sorting - Printable. • English - Alphabetical sorting - Ebook. • English - Alphabetical sorting - Printable. • French - Thematic sorting - Ebook. • French - Thematic sorting - Printable. • French - Alphabetical sorting - Ebook. • French - Alphabetical sorting - Printable. All these versions are available on my website : www.jeanjoux.fr. Jean-Luc JOULIN2 Contents Foreword......................................1 Aim of this handbook ...............................1 Warning ......................................1 Notes .......................................1 English to French A .........................................6 B ......................................... 15 C ......................................... 23 D ......................................... 40 E ......................................... 51 F.......................................... 57 G ......................................... 65 H ......................................... 69 I .......................................... 74 J.......................................... 79 K ......................................... 80 L.......................................... 81 M ......................................... 87 N ......................................... 93 O ......................................... 96 P.......................................... 99 Q ......................................... 108 R ......................................... 109 S.......................................... 118 T ......................................... 134 U ......................................... 142 V ......................................... 144 W ......................................... 145 X ......................................... 150 Y ......................................... 150 Z ......................................... 150 French to English A ......................................... 153 B ......................................... 164 Jean-Luc JOULIN3 Glossary of Technical and Scientific Terms C ......................................... 170 D ......................................... 190 E ......................................... 200 F.......................................... 205 G ......................................... 213 H ......................................... 216 I .......................................... 219 J.......................................... 223 K ......................................... 224 L.......................................... 224 M ......................................... 229 N ......................................... 237 O ......................................... 239 P.......................................... 241 Q ......................................... 255 R ......................................... 255 S.......................................... 265 T ......................................... 273 U ......................................... 282 V ......................................... 282 W ......................................... 288 X ......................................... 288 Y ......................................... 288 Z .........................................