Metal-Langfelddecke

English translation: Wide area metal cover

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German term or phrase:	Metal-Langfelddecke
English translation:	Wide area metal cover
Entered by:	Narasimhan Raghavan

12:58 Dec 5, 2003

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Tech/Engineering - Architecture / architecture

German term or phrase: Metal-Langfelddecke

"Decke: abgehängte Metall-Langfelddecken"

suspended metal ceiling panels used in office construction, but the "Langfeld" part I'm not sure of... Thanks!

georg schreiner KudoZ activity Questions: 216 (none open) Answers: 11
Local time: 04:57

wide area metal cover (or) long field cover

Explanation:
See: baulexikon - Bauen und Architektur - Begriffe L (Lacke - ... - [ Translate this page ]
... Längenausdehnung, Längenausdehnungskoeffizient, Längeneinheiten, Langfalzziegel,
Langfelddecke, Langfeldleuchte, Langlochziegel, Langriemen, Längsbewehrung, ...
www.baulexikon.de/kategorien/baulexikon_l.htm - 37k - Cached - Similar pages

I would opt for wide area cover, as it seems to be the idea under emphasis

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Note added at 32 mins (2003-12-05 13:30:58 GMT)
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The German term itself has only 15 Google hits. Does not seem to be a widely used term

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Note added at 55 mins (2003-12-05 13:54:37 GMT)
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The German term itself has only 15 Google hits. Does not seem to be a widely used term

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Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 08:27

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thanks!
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wide area metal cover (or) long field cover

Narasimhan Raghavan

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wide area metal cover (or) long field cover

Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 08:27
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Native speaker of: Tamil
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thanks!

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