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English translation: one meter interval contour(s)

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Portuguese term or phrase: curva de nível de metro em metro
English translation:one meter interval contour(s)
Entered by: kashew

19:05 Dec 18, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / planejamento urbano
Portuguese term or phrase: curva de nível de metro em metro
elementos relevantes do levantamento planialtimétrico, em especial as curvas de nível de metro em metro, a quadrícula e ...

... contour lines?
Maria Cristina Vasconcelos
Brazil
Local time: 02:12
one meter interval contour(s)
Explanation:
e.g. A one meter contour interval would be more likely to show a shallow 1.5-meter- deep depression in the ground than a five meter contour interval, because it shows...
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kashew
France
Local time: 07:12
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2one meter interval contour(s)
kashew
4 +1contour lines for each meter
Gilmar Fernandes
5contour lines on one meter spacing
airmailrpl


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
contour lines for each meter


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contour_line#Isopleths

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 01:12
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 92

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agree  Lais Leite
18 hrs
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one meter interval contour(s)


Explanation:
e.g. A one meter contour interval would be more likely to show a shallow 1.5-meter- deep depression in the ground than a five meter contour interval, because it shows...

kashew
France
Local time: 07:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
50 mins
  -> Thanks
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: Your answer doesn't match your comments. Isn't it 'contour interval' rather than'ínterval contour'?
3 hrs
  -> Thanks. I know: no real difference I think ;-)
agree  Margarida Ataide
13 hrs
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contour lines on one meter spacing


Explanation:
curva de nível de metro em metro => contour lines on one meter spacing

Contour plowing (or contour ploughing) or contour farming is the farming practice of ploughing across a slope following its elevation contour lines. The rows form slow water run-off during rainstorms to prevent soil erosion and allow the water time to settle into the soil. In contour ploughing, the ruts made by the plow run perpendicular rather than parallel to slopes, generally resulting in furrows that curve around the land and are level.
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contour_plowing

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 02:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 72
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