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English term or phrase:	scale
Portuguese translation:	escama
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16:34 Jun 25, 2011

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Tech/Engineering - International Org/Dev/Coop / Inspection

English term or phrase: scale

Estou a rever uma tradução sobre uma empresa que fornece serviços vários de inspecção e verificação. O tradutor tem traduzido "scale" como "escama". Será?
Em seguida, alguns exemplos:

"To ensure the high quality and value of cashmere, the fibers need to be measured in terms of scale density and thickness, pigmentation, diameter and other characteristics."

"Scale ratio (measured as scale length to diameter)"

"This uses the scale height to differentiate between wool (defined as having a scale height greater than 0.55 microns) and speciality fibers – including cashmere, mohair, camel, llama and alpaca."

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carolinamelo KudoZ activity Questions: 1289 (1 open) (45 closed without grading) Answers: 37 Portugal
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escama

Explanation:
Após bastante pesquisa, chego na conclusão que é escama mesmo. A fibra de lã é composta de escamas externas e são estas escamas que são responsáveis pela flexibilidade de lã. Veja o artigo no link:

E no segundo link:
"The tiny overlapping wool fibre scales allow the wool fibres to repel rain and spilled liquid with ease".

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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 12:25

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escama

Martin Riordan

(densidade) relativa

Michael Powers (PhD)

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sagepub.com/content/72/8/701.full.p

Michael Powers (PhD)

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(densidade) relativa

Explanation:
acho que é a proporção das fibras em umaa determinada área

para mim, "scale" refere-se à uma medida fixa

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 11:25
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English

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

escama

The folds or 'scales' all lie in the same direction, which is from the base (near the sheep's skin) to the tip.
The fibre comprises: an outer layer of scales called the cuticle, making the fibres interlock during manufacture.

Reference: http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/sheep/6571.html
Reference: http://www.wildfibres.co.uk/html/wool.html

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 12:25
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English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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Reference: sagepub.com/content/72/8/701.full.p

Reference information:
Investigations of Shatoosh, Yangir, and Cashmere Fibers by C Tonin - 2002 - Cited by 7 - Related articles
The fine undercoat fibers removed from wild goats hunted for meat and trophy, .... The scale density of Yangir fibers ranged from 5-6 to 18-20 scales per 100 ILI11 fiber length. .... Spei, M., Thermoanalytical Methods and Their Meaning- ...
trj.sagepub.com/content/72/8/701.full.p

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Native speaker of:

English

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