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muro in falso

English translation: non-vertical wall (not built down to foundations)

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Italian term or phrase:	muro in falso
English translation:	non-vertical wall (not built down to foundations)

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17:53 Nov 4, 2009

Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / masonry

Italian term or phrase: muro in falso

muro che poggia su un solaio e non su un sottostante muro

luca firenze

non-vertical wall (not built down to foundations)

Explanation:
Credo che l'unico modo di rendere questo tecnicismo sia spiegarlo.
Esiste 'non-vertical wall', ma per evitare qualsiasi sovrapposizione con altri significati meglio precisare.

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fbbest
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Local time: 17:58

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I suppose that the best translation is the sentence included in the brackets
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non-bearing wall

Peter Cox

non-vertical wall (not built down to foundations)

fbbest

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non-vertical wall (not built down to foundations)

Explanation:
Credo che l'unico modo di rendere questo tecnicismo sia spiegarlo.
Esiste 'non-vertical wall', ma per evitare qualsiasi sovrapposizione con altri significati meglio precisare.

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