retorno (en este contexto)

English translation: return

00:41 Aug 7, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / Railroad installation
Spanish term or phrase: retorno (en este contexto)
In a railroad installation / electricity sense.

Would this be backflow? The word is used repeatedly throughout the document and I believe the context is the same in each case. The following is an example:

La corriente de ***retorno*** discurre por los carriles, por el conductor de retorno y por la tierra.

Thanks!
David Jessop
Laos
English translation:return
Explanation:
Return current.


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Note added at 7 mins (2004-08-07 00:49:07 GMT)
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Electric Traction Power Supplies - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... If a communications cable is laid alongside rails carrying the return current
of the overhead line supply, it can have unequal voltages induced in it. ...
www.trainweb.org/railwaytechnical/etracp.html - 33k - En caché - Páginas similares
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Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
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return current


Explanation:
Mi fuente es el Diccionario para Ingenieros de Luis A. Robb.
Busqué "return current" en la parte inglés-castellano, porque todas las "corrientes" tienen un nombre en castellano, pero no aparecía "corriente de retorno". En cambio, bajo "return current" dice corriente de retorno.

María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 07:29
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
return


Explanation:
Return current.


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Note added at 7 mins (2004-08-07 00:49:07 GMT)
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Electric Traction Power Supplies - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... If a communications cable is laid alongside rails carrying the return current
of the overhead line supply, it can have unequal voltages induced in it. ...
www.trainweb.org/railwaytechnical/etracp.html - 33k - En caché - Páginas similares

Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 05:29
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 69
Grading comment
Thanks to both of you.

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