section en plan
English translation: sectional plan view
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|  Selected response from: Jean-Luc Dumont France Local time: 18:09 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | cross-section of plan |
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| 4 +1 | sectional plan view |
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| 4 | plan section |
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| 3 | sectional drawing |
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5 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1cross-section of plan Explanation: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture. cross section: A diagram showing a building as if it had been cut at right angles to the ground plan. ... www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/crosssection.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-08-24 00:17:39 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- cross section: A diagram showing a building as if it had been cut at right angles to the ground plan. |
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27 mins confidence: 
plan section Explanation: sounds slightly better, I would think... |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1sectional plan view Explanation: Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional plan view illustrating the flap operating mechanism of Figure 1 |
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3 hrs confidence:
sectional drawing Explanation: The rest of the sentence would probably have cleared the matter up (as demonstrated by the variety of answers provided). A "plan", in French, can also be a blueprint. Possibly: the "section" is an imaginary cross-section (perhaps even a portion of a building), and "en plan" means "laid out in a drawing". Without knowing whether its a vertical cross-section (an elevation, for instance) or overhead view (a floorplan, for instance), its impossible to provide a more specific term. And, again, the rest of the sentence would have been quite handy in coming up with a term. |
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