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three feet in circumference

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English term or phrase:	in circumference
Spanish translation:	de perímetro
Entered by:	Ana Juliá

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16:20 Mar 19, 2009

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Science - Archaeology / A religious book about the Creation/evolution debate

English term or phrase: three feet in circumference

Many of the creatures were remarkable, including a tortoise twenty feet long and a species of elephant with tusks fourteen feet long and ***three feet in circumference***. … Most of the species whose fossils are found are today extinct, including some thirty species of elephant of which only one has survived in India.

¿De diámetro? ¿O se refiere a otra cosa?

Ana Juliá KudoZ activity Questions: 3240 (none open) (20 closed without grading) Answers: 1026 Spain
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de perímetro

Explanation:
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Diámetro--> diameter

El perímetro (de una circunferencia) es igual al diámetro por pi (3.1416...)

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Juan Alvarez
Germany
Local time: 11:04

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de perímetro

Juan Alvarez

tres pies de circunferencia

Angela Marcos

contorno/circunferencia/ perímetro

OSWALDO MESIAS

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de perímetro

Juan Alvarez
Germany
Local time: 11:04
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Gracias

24 mins confidence:

contorno/circunferencia/ perímetro

Explanation:
Cualquiera de estas, dependiendo del tono que le desees dar

OSWALDO MESIAS
Ecuador
Local time: 04:04
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Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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tres pies de circunferencia

Explanation:
'Circumference' significa 'circunferencia' y se refiere al perímetro, sí, de un círculo.
No veo ninguna razón para no traducirlo como 'circunferencia' que es un término más específico. No olvidemos que se habla de los colmillos del elefante.
Por otra parte, con el término 'perímetro' podríamos estar hablando de su perímetro longitudinal, que no es el caso.

Angela Marcos
United States
Local time: 02:04
Native speaker of: Spanish

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