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Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general) / hydraulic engineering, water management | | Dutch term or phrase: uitgedempt | | The sentence is: 'een aankomende golf wordt uitgedempt'. Can anyone tell me the English equivalent of this word? The topic is water management technology. Thanks! |
| | | dampened | Explanation:
You can translate this literally. See http://www.coastal.udel.edu/faculty/rad/damping.html , for instance, or google 'dampened' in combination with 'wave'.
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Note added at 50 mins (2007-11-09 14:24:32 GMT)
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Or perhaps: dampened out. |
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 Jack den Haan
Netherlands
Local time: 09:20
| Grading comment I used damped; thanks!
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49 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3 dampened
Explanation:
You can translate this literally. See http://www.coastal.udel.edu/faculty/rad/damping.html , for instance, or google 'dampened' in combination with 'wave'.
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Note added at 50 mins (2007-11-09 14:24:32 GMT)
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Or perhaps: dampened out.
| Jack den Haan
Netherlands
Local time: 09:20
Native speaker of:  Dutch, English
PRO pts in category: 16
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