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côncavo

English translation: concave


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Portuguese term or phrase:côncavo
English translation:concave
Entered by: rhandler
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16:11 Feb 27, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / In a manual for a combine harvester
Portuguese term or phrase: côncavo
Se busca a melhor abertura do côncavo para colheita de milho com boa debulha.
Fiona Pellew
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:13
concave
Explanation:
Assim traduz o Babylon:

côncavo (m)
n. concave, curving inward

No caso, fala-se de "concave opening"

Veja este texto (no seu exato contexto):

"An optimum cylinder speed works with an optimum concave opening to provide gentle, thorough threshing without damaging or cracking the crop.Running the cylinder too fast will result in excessive threshing. Signs of excessive threshing will be cracked or damaged grain, straw that is broken up excessively, and excessive tailings. Running the cylinder too slow will cause underthreshing to occur. Signs of underthreshing are corn not separated from the cob, pods or heads on the straw walker that still contain grain in them, and too much material bunching in the concave causing a loss in ..."

O texto vem de:

http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~gem/class/asm222/combcomp.pdf
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rhandler
Local time: 03:13
Grading comment
Thanks. I guess I'll use that. I was not sure about "concave" as a noun.
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concave


Explanation:
Assim traduz o Babylon:

côncavo (m)
n. concave, curving inward

No caso, fala-se de "concave opening"

Veja este texto (no seu exato contexto):

"An optimum cylinder speed works with an optimum concave opening to provide gentle, thorough threshing without damaging or cracking the crop.Running the cylinder too fast will result in excessive threshing. Signs of excessive threshing will be cracked or damaged grain, straw that is broken up excessively, and excessive tailings. Running the cylinder too slow will cause underthreshing to occur. Signs of underthreshing are corn not separated from the cob, pods or heads on the straw walker that still contain grain in them, and too much material bunching in the concave causing a loss in ..."

O texto vem de:

http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~gem/class/asm222/combcomp.pdf


    Reference: http://www.babylon.com
rhandler
Local time: 03:13
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 52
Grading comment
Thanks. I guess I'll use that. I was not sure about "concave" as a noun.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
29 mins
  -> Obrigado, Henrique.

agree  Claudio Mazotti: talvez concave area
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, klausinSP, mas é "concave opening".
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
concave hollow


Explanation:
hollow of the concave:
concave= curved or rounded inward
hollow=opening, or having a cavity within

Maria Police
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