Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

taludes

English translation:

slopes

Added to glossary by Marcia Gascon
Feb 21, 2007 17:45
17 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

taludes

Portuguese to English Marketing Real Estate imóveis à venda
contexto:

Os muros de arrimo ou *taludes* terão altura máxima de 3m.

Obrigada pela colaboração ;)

Proposed translations

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slopes

Palavras-chave: tombamento flexural, taludes em filito, modelo computacional, FLAC. Abstract Slopes in phylite, of civil works or of mining, are conspicuous ...
www.rem.com.br/ojs/rst/rst.php?op=view_metadata&id=109

Subject: Slopes (Soil mechanics), Taludes., Mecânica dos solos. • Electronic Location: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0422/2004019535.html Table of ...
www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/top3mset/9d2faaa8db3c933ca19...

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Note added at 10 mins (2007-02-21 17:55:43 GMT)
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ESTABILIDADE DE TALUDES SLOPE STABILITY TERREMOTO ...
www.maxwell.lambda.ele.puc-rio.br/.../OAI.PL?verb=ListRecor...

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Note added at 11 mins (2007-02-21 17:57:10 GMT)
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Mais uma :)

CIV 1530 Slope Stability - Estabilidade de Taludes e Encostas - (4-0-0) 4 Methods for analysis and design of structures for soil containment. ...
www.puc-rio.br/ensinopesq/ccci/deptos/civ.html

Palavras-chave: Estabilidade de taludes; aditivos químicos. Slope Stability of a Soil Treated with Chemical Additives. SUMMARY: Slope unstability still ...
www.sbea.org.br/rea/1984/trab2.htm
Peer comment(s):

agree rhandler : Também se usa "embankment".
8 mins
É verdade, me esqueci de embankment. Obrigado, rhandler!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "obrigada"
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11 mins

batters /battering walls

the inclined surface of e.g.an earth bank or a retaining wall
Reference Ford-Robertson,Soc.Am.Foresters
batter
http://ec.europa.eu/eurodicautom/Controller

..."Batter - Segmental retaining walls are generally installed with a small horizontal setback between units, creating a wall batter into the retained soil. The wall batter compensates for any slight lateral movement of the SRW face due to earth pressure, ensuring that the finished wall does not appear to rotate..."
http://www.ncma.org/Use/srw.html

...Gravity walls are made from a large mass of stone, concrete or composite material. Gravity walls depend on the size and weight of the wall mass to resist pressures from behind. Gravity walls will often have a slight setback, or batter, to improve wall stability by leaning back into the retained soil...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retaining_wall

...Battering wall: A wall whose outer face slopes gently back, usually to resist pressure from behind...
http://www.finestoneminiatures.com/dictionary_b.htm

Peer comment(s):

agree Henrique Magalhaes
48 mins
Thanks H :)
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+1
2 hrs

retaining walls

My suggestion here.
Note from asker:
retaining walls é o muros de arrimo, ;)
Peer comment(s):

agree Amy Duncan (X)
1 hr
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