Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
erro pontual
English translation:
punctual error
Portuguese term
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
erro pontual
| 3 +2 | punctual error |
Claudio Mazotti
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| 4 | isolated error |
José Crespo
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| 4 | particular error |
Laura T.
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| 3 | specific mistake |
Juan Alvarez
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| 3 | oversight |
Bentevi
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| 3 | a one-off mistake |
Paul Dixon
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| erro/defeito pontual - Novo Aurélio |
Bentevi
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Proposed translations
Brazil
my motto:professionalism and dedication.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
punctual error
www.linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0097849305001275
Germany
Translator & interpreter
Native in: Galician 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, German to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 5 more.
specific mistake
oversight
an amendment merely to correct an oversight...
Einstein's First Published PaperThe major goal here is to help correct an oversight, namely ... Swiss patent office. The scientific propositions considered in this article are sum- ...
pubs.amstat.org/doi/pdf/10.1198/000313007X246914
COPIES OF PATENTS are furnished by the Patent and Trademark Office at $3.00 ...... 2.158 to delete the wording "DURING SIXTH YEAR," to correct an oversight. ...
The Patent and Trademark Office shall maintain a record of information on assignments, .... This is to correct an oversight in earlier legislation. ...
isolated error
Brazil
PT/EN Translator - ABRATES Certified
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
a one-off mistake
particular error
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Reference comments
erro/defeito pontual - Novo Aurélio
erro pontual - defeito pontual
Fis. substituição de uma partícula (átomo ou íon) por outra, numa rede cristalina.
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Note added at 32 mins (2009-03-22 13:37:25 GMT)
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Ao ler novamente o texto, eu fiquei mais inseguro quanto ao fato de o autor estar referindo-se a defeito pontual ou simplesmente à expressão genérica: "erro pontual".
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