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alcance (in this context)

English translation: Wingspan Area


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Portuguese term or phrase:alcance (in this context)
English translation:Wingspan Area
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20:36 Feb 24, 2010
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Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / wing area
Portuguese term or phrase: alcance (in this context)
I'm actually talking about pterosaurs, but I assume the aeronautical principles are the same as aircraft. The sentence is:
"Aquelas enormes asas dão-lhe um **alcance** de vinte metros quadrados para navegar o vento."

As we have already had "...tem uma **envergadura** de doze metros", which I'm translating as "wingspan", I don't want to repeat that. In any case, "wingspan" is a linear measure and **alcance** is obviously a measure of area.

I'd like the term to be aeronautically accurate - is "wing surface" any good?
lexical
Spain
Local time: 08:12
Wingspan Area
Explanation:
Since there is a surface of twenty square meters quoted
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Spiridon
Brazil
Local time: 03:12
Grading comment
Thank you. You are at least talking about a square measure. However, I'm still not sure that the original translator used the best word.
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5 +1Wingspan AreaSpiridon
4 +2breadth/width
Dr Lofthouse


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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
breadth/width


Explanation:
As the text refers to 'square metres', you should refer to the 'wing surface area' - 'alance' here implies area/width/breadth

[PS the aerodynamics involved in bird and insect flight are not 100% direct correlates of those of aircraft: see

http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/ellington/aerodynamics.htm... ]

Dr Lofthouse
United Kingdom
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agree  xxxLawAndAll
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agree  Mary Palmer
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1 day32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Wingspan Area


Explanation:
Since there is a surface of twenty square meters quoted


Spiridon
Brazil
Local time: 03:12
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
Thank you. You are at least talking about a square measure. However, I'm still not sure that the original translator used the best word.

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agree  Caravelle
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