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Astronomy & Space / Astronomy | | Dutch term or phrase: positiebepaler | In the following sentence:
'De sextant is op zee en in de lucht de exacte positiebepaler.'
Of course I understand what it means; I was wondering if there's a fixed term for this expression.
Many thanks!
Cynthia |
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xxxjarry
South Africa
Local time: 23:18
| Grading comment Many thanks to all of you.
I've been mainly working into Spanish (as one should :-))lately. It's so good to be able to count on you once again. Old and new faces, hartelijk bedankt!
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34 mins confidence:   positioner
Explanation:
Ref.:
... The skipper also has an autopilot and positioning systems, the GPS (satellite
positioner precise to a few tens of meters near) and the sextant. ...
members.aol.com/scherzoplus/english/race.html
... If you want to find your longitude with a sextant, the angle between the sun ... Modern
sailors can fix their position with an electronic global positioner or GPS. ...
www.sfo.com/~parvin/scriptmeasureII.html
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37 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 ... the exact positioning instrument.
Explanation:
I don't think you should attempt to translate the noun "positiebepaler" as such.
| xxxjarry
South Africa
Local time: 23:18
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment Many thanks to all of you.
I've been mainly working into Spanish (as one should :-))lately. It's so good to be able to count on you once again. Old and new faces, hartelijk bedankt! |
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1 hr confidence: a position fix
Explanation:
Searched on Google.
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Note added at 2002-06-08 18:06:20 (GMT)
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as in: is used to give a position fix
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