Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Surface de flottaison

English translation:

water-plane area/running surface

Added to glossary by Rebecca Parker - Into English Ltd. (X)
Apr 4, 2007 11:59
17 yrs ago
French term

Surface de flottaison

French to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering stresses in offshore design
Surface de flottaison Intersection de la carène avec la surface de l'eau.

is this just waterline?
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 water-plane area/running surface

Proposed translations

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11 mins
Selected

water-plane area/running surface

I found two possible translations and am not sure which one to settle for. Advice for other prozians welcome (see links below).
Peer comment(s):

agree Conor McAuley : Routledge: surface de LA flottaison > NAUT waterplane
17 mins
agree Evi Prokopi (X)
50 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "went for running surface in the end as it looked most liekly for the diagram"
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