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com perfil transversal reduzido

English translation: narrow frontage

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Portuguese term or phrase:	com perfil transversal reduzido
English translation:	narrow frontage
Entered by:	Christine Morgan

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15:11 Nov 10, 2009

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Portuguese term or phrase: com perfil transversal reduzido

This is part of a description of the location of the building and the reasons for it being worth very little

Christine Morgan KudoZ activity Questions: 5 (none open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 11 Portugal
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narrow frontage

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fvasconcellos
Brazil
Local time: 00:24

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Thanks this well worked in the context
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Summary of answers provided

narrow frontage

fvasconcellos

diminished transverse profile

Marlene Curtis

narrow width

Kathryn Litherland

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14 mins confidence:

narrow width

Explanation:
"Perfil transversal" more literally means "cross-section" (for a building, a cut-away view from the front), but the implication here seems to be simply that the building is narrow from side to side.

Kathryn Litherland
United States
Local time: 21:24
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PRO pts in category: 60

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Asker: Thanks for the explanation which helped in undestanding the concept

35 mins confidence:

diminished transverse profile

Explanation:
Wall with gravity support structure, building element and method ... 5 is a cross-sectional view of a slope supporting wall with transverse ... and comprise a transverse profile leg SQ as well as an upright profile leg SA .... not too much diminished by omitting the anchoring-by-envelopement effect for ...
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Marlene Curtis
United States
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