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altitude au-dessus du niveau de la mer

English translation: height above sea level

05:31 Sep 28, 2001
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering
French term or phrase: altitude au-dessus du niveau de la mer
other
pete
English translation:height above sea level
Explanation:
Standard terminology

HTH

Mary
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Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:16
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4height above sea level
Mary Worby
5 +3altitude above sea level
Evert DELOOF-SYS
4elevation above sea level
Henri (X)


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
height above sea level


Explanation:
Standard terminology

HTH

Mary


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Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 484
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Yes, without more context, this is one possibility.
8 mins
  -> Agree on the context front - but I think you could be fighting a losing battle asking for more :-)
agree  dmwray
3 hrs
agree  Andrew Race: surely the standard translation
10 hrs
agree  Abu Amaal (X): the main possibility
16 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
altitude above sea level


Explanation:
Ref.:
...which an aircraft altimeter scale is set so that it will indicate the altitude above
mean sea level of an aircraft on the ground at the location for which the ...

www.usatoday.com/weather/wbarocx.htm -

HTH

Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Local time: 00:16
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
PRO pts in pair: 287

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Yes, another possibility of course. More context would have helped
6 mins
agree  Helen D. Elliot (X): or just "above sea level" (ASL) "altitude" (in feet) understood
12 mins
agree  Iliana Torres
2 hrs
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
elevation above sea level


Explanation:
niveau de la mer = sea level

altitude = elevation, altitude, height,

Henri (X)
Local time: 00:16
PRO pts in pair: 49
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