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Sep 20, 2008 17:16
16 yrs ago
Portuguese term

articulações em 2 planos

Portuguese to English Other Energy / Power Generation
Estes elementos encontram-se ligados por articulações em 2 planos.
O movimento induzido pelas ondas nos flutuadores, gera movimento em torno das articulações, que por sua vez acciona as hastes de cilindros, os quais bombeiam um fluído hidráulico a alta pressão para acumuladores.

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María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda (asker) Sep 21, 2008:
These components are connected by joints at 2 levels.
The movement caused by the waves upon the floating devices generates movement around the joints, which in turn activate the cylinder rods, which pump hydraulic fluid into accumulators at high pressures...

Proposed translations

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articulations in/on 2 plans

Sugestão :)


Peer comment(s):

disagree Donald Scott Alexander : Portuguese "plano" can be either "plane" or "plan" in English - here it's definitely "plane." And "articulation" in English is usually an abstract noun - not a concrete noun as it often is in Portuguese. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articulation
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Yes, my confidence level should be 2 on this question.. I totally guessed this one.
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two-plane hinges

Assim o diria, como neste exemplo:

Maestronet Forums > Student holds violin out front
Because our joints are really two-plane hinges (except for the rotating joints, of course) it is impossible to draw a straight line by moving one joint. ...
www.maestronet.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t246826.html
Peer comment(s):

agree Maria José Tavares (X)
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Obrigado, Maria José, bom domingo!
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