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notch

18:08 Aug 20, 2015
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English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Ferroviaria
English term or phrase: notch
No tengo más contexto, agradecería me diesen una traducción para el término hablando sobre una locomotora:

Power notch setting
Rocío Avi Arroyo
Spain
Local time: 06:38


Summary of answers provided
3 +1(ajuste) escalonado (del acelerador)
Kirsten Larsen (X)
4paso/entrada
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
4posición (de la mariposa)
Fernando Davin Perez


Discussion entries: 2





  

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(ajuste) escalonado (del acelerador)


Explanation:
"Locomotive power output, and thus speed, is typically controlled by the engine driver using a stepped or "notched" throttle that produces binary-like electrical signals corresponding to throttle position."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_locomotive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throttle
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acelerador


Kirsten Larsen (X)
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

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agree  Jennifer Levey
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paso/entrada


Explanation:
Si creo que se refiere al ajuste del paso, entrada, graduación de la potencia o fuerza.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 23:38
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jennifer Levey: "ajuste del paso, entrada, graduación de la potencia o fuerza" - that's no fewer than 6 possible permutations. Which ONE of those do you think is the best option in Asker's context?
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posición (de la mariposa)


Explanation:
Notch se refiere a las diferentes posiciones que puede tener la mariposa de un motor diesel.
From Wikipedia: "In older locomotives, the throttle mechanism was ratcheted so that it was not possible to advance more than one power position at a time. The engine driver could not, for example, pull the throttle from notch 2 to notch 4 without stopping at notch 3."
La frase completa "Power notch setting" la traduciría como: "Posición de la mariposa".

Fernando Davin Perez
Spain
Local time: 06:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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