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linhas de festo

English translation: ridge and valley lines

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Portuguese term or phrase:linhas de festo
English translation:ridge and valley lines
Entered by: Elisa Capelão

19:19 Apr 1, 2004
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Geology
Portuguese term or phrase: linhas de festo
...tendo sido evidenciadas as linhas de festo da bacia hidrográfica da Ribeira do Vale de Palmela, principal linha de água, que limita a nordeste a propriedade da Barroca d’Alva.

Many thanks!
Elisa Capelão
Local time: 14:36
ridge and valley lines
Explanation:
festo = vinco, dobra em vestuário Regionalismo: Portugal (dialetismo).

Em termos topográficos, são as linhas que caracterizam as cumeadas e os talvegues, ou seja, as "ridge and valley lines".

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[PDF] Enhancing Transparent Skin Surfaces with Ridge and Valley Lines
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... Koenderink [9] provides a clear mathematical definition of ridge lines, which he includes in his list of singular surface features, and mentions applications ...
www-users.cs.umn.edu/~interran/vis95.pdf






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Local time: 10:36
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5 +1ridge and valley lines
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ridge and valley lines


Explanation:
festo = vinco, dobra em vestuário Regionalismo: Portugal (dialetismo).

Em termos topográficos, são as linhas que caracterizam as cumeadas e os talvegues, ou seja, as "ridge and valley lines".

Visite este site:

[PDF] Enhancing Transparent Skin Surfaces with Ridge and Valley Lines
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... Koenderink [9] provides a clear mathematical definition of ridge lines, which he includes in his list of singular surface features, and mentions applications ...
www-users.cs.umn.edu/~interran/vis95.pdf









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rhandler
Local time: 10:36
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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Muito obrigada!

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agree  António Ribeiro
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado, António.
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