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English translation: indentation of 12 centimeters

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02:17 Aug 12, 2009

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Spanish term or phrase: centímetro de flecha

From an investigator's report of a collision between two ships, describing damage caused to one: "Además, en la borda del mismo sector, comprometió la cubierta principal con una hendidura de DOCE CENTIMETROS DE FLECHA, con respecto a la horizontal, y un largo de 240 centímetros".

Katty Kauffman KudoZ activity Questions: 16 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 6 Chile
Local time: 10:56

English translation:indentation of 12 centimeters

Explanation:
Entiendo que los buques colisionaron casi de costado, por lo que la hendidura es de 12 centímetros de profundidad por 240 centímetros de largo.

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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2009-08-13 07:37:30 GMT) Post-grading
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Gracias Katty

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Mariluzz
Spain
Local time: 14:56

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Mil gracias, eso era!!!!
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Summary of answers provided

4 +1

indentation of 12 centimeters

Mariluzz

mid-span deflection (or rise)

cranesfreak

deflection of (12) centimetres

Nikki Graham

4 -1

(crack of 12) centimeters in an arrowlike shape

Yasutomo Kanazawa

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

(crack of 12) centimeters in an arrowlike shape

Explanation:
Flecha means arrow, so I assume the damage caused by the collision of the two ships caused one of them a crack of 12 centimeters horizontally and 240 centimeters in length in an arrowlike shape.

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Local time: 22:56
Native speaker of:

Japanese

7 hrs confidence:

deflection of (12) centimetres

Explanation:
flecha can also mean deflection in technical contexts (please see glossary, as there are bound to be some examples) and Google formore info.

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In engineering mechanics, deflection is a term that is used to describe the degree to which a structural element is displaced under a load. The deflection of a member under a load is directly related to the slope of the deflected shape of the member under that load and can be calculated by integrating the function that mathematically describes the slope of the member under that load. Deflection can be calculated by standard formulae (will only give the deflection of common beam configurations and load cases at discrete locations), or by methods such as "virtual work", "direct integration", "Castigliano's method", "Macaulay's method" or the "direct stiffness method" amongst others. (See structural analysis textbooks for procedure.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflection_(engineering)

Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22crack+deflection%2...

Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:56
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

9 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

indentation of 12 centimeters

Mariluzz
Spain
Local time: 14:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 5

Grading comment

Mil gracias, eso era!!!!

1 day13 hrs confidence:

flecha mid-span deflection (or rise)

Explanation:
...cubierta principal con una hendidura de DOCE CENTIMETROS DE FLECHA, con respecto a la horizontal, y un largo de 240 centímetros

....On main deck it was caused a deflection of 12 centimeters of mid-span deflection distance from the horizontal axis and with a length of 240 centimeters.

Source: http://www.cpic.org.ar/pdf/Diccionario_Tecnico_Esp.pdf

Hope it helps
Saludos a todos:)

cranesfreak
Local time: 10:56
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Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 60

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