| Subject | English | French |
| wood. | cross machine direction | sens "travers" |
| tech., industr., construct. | machine direction | sens machine |
| immigr., tech. | machine direction | sens du grain |
| tech., industr., construct. | machine direction | sens de fabrication |
| industr., construct. | machine direction profile | profil sens machine |
| met., el. | machining direction | direction de l'usinage électrochimique |
| tech., industr., construct. | working direction of a garnetting machine | sens de travail d'une garnette |
| tech., industr., construct. | working direction of a gilljam carding machine | sens de travail d'une carde-droussette |
| tech., industr., construct. | working direction of a tearing machine | sens de travail d'une effilocheuse |