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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Trains, Maglev | | German term or phrase: Bugmagnete | In a document about maglev trains:
Die ersten und letzten Magnete eines Fahrzeugs (Bugmagnete) können zwei zusätzliche Pole besitzen.
brace magnets?
thank you in advance :) |
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| | bow magnets | Explanation:
Normally only at one end, but your text explains that they are both ends.
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Note added at 7 mins (2007-08-09 14:52:22 GMT)
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Maybe "fore and aft" magnets would work better.
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Note added at 7 mins (2007-08-09 14:52:50 GMT)
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Or "bow and stern" magnets |
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Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 02:39
| Grading comment Thank you for your help :)
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3 mins confidence:   bow magnets
Explanation:
Normally only at one end, but your text explains that they are both ends.
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Note added at 7 mins (2007-08-09 14:52:22 GMT)
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Maybe "fore and aft" magnets would work better.
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Note added at 7 mins (2007-08-09 14:52:50 GMT)
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Or "bow and stern" magnets
| Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 02:39
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 37
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