Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
wind tunnel
Arabic translation:
Various terms(see note)
Added to glossary by
Stephen Franke
Sep 30, 2004 17:30
22 yrs ago
English term
wind tunnel
Indoor skydiving facility.
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 5 +7 | Various terms |
Stephen Franke
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| 1 +4 | أنبوب توليد الرياح |
Shazly
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| 4 | نفق ريحي |
Moushira El-Mogy
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Stephen Franke
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Various terms
o nafeq al-riiH = نفق الريح
o burj al-riiH = برج الريح
(often used in US military circles because wind tunnels for training sports parachutists / military HALO jumpers are usually mounted vertically inside tall towers, such as the facilities at Fort Bragg, NC)
o nafeq hawii'ii = نفق هوائي
HTH.
Khair, in sha' Allah.
S. H. Franke
San Pedro, CA
o burj al-riiH = برج الريح
(often used in US military circles because wind tunnels for training sports parachutists / military HALO jumpers are usually mounted vertically inside tall towers, such as the facilities at Fort Bragg, NC)
o nafeq hawii'ii = نفق هوائي
HTH.
Khair, in sha' Allah.
S. H. Franke
San Pedro, CA
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Comment: "I am using the term to refer to a tunnel like the one at Bragg, thank you very much for your help."
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Moushira El-Mogy
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This is the UN term but I think it will be better to paraphrase it to make clear the meaning of this term.
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أنبوب توليد الرياح
نفق توليد الريح
Wind Tunnel: A tube like structure where wind is produced usually by a large fan to flow over the test object. The object is connected to instruments that measure and record aerodynamic forces that act upon it
Wind Tunnel: A tube like structure where wind is produced usually by a large fan to flow over the test object. The object is connected to instruments that measure and record aerodynamic forces that act upon it
Peer comment(s):
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Saleh Ayyub
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ena
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Abdelazim Abdelazim
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AhmedAMS
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