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chance outcome

Portuguese translation: resultado fortuito


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:chance outcome
Portuguese translation:resultado fortuito
Entered by: Teresa Borges
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18:25 Jun 5, 2011
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Archaeology / ceramic material,
English term or phrase: chance outcome
In contradistinction to laboratory experiments which can measure the variance from a chance outcome, because they worl work with known target sets, in an applied remote viewing experiment no such baseline exists.

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Nicole Rodrigues
Sweden
Local time: 19:22
resultado fortuito
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Teresa Borges
Belgium
Local time: 19:22
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4 +4resultado fortuito
Teresa Borges
4resultado do acaso
Nick Taylor


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
resultado fortuito


Explanation:
Diria assim em PT(pt), espero que seja útil...

Teresa Borges
Belgium
Local time: 19:22
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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agree  Humberto Ribas: fortuito ou casual
24 mins
  -> Obrigada, Humberto!

agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun: Idem observação do Humberto
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Salvador!

agree  ingridleeman
4 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Ingrid!

agree  itineuropa: a ter em conta a «medir a variação de» (excerto anterior à expressão...)
14 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
resultado do acaso


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resultado do acaso

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I would say that "fortuito" tends towards a "positive" rather than a "neutral" outcome resulting from chance

Nick Taylor
Local time: 18:22
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Changes made by editors
Jun 19, 2011 - Changes made by Teresa Borges:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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