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ABATIMIENTO

English translation: collapse / collapsing

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Spanish term or phrase:ABATIMIENTO
English translation:collapse / collapsing
Entered by: Ma. Florencia Ciccarella

20:43 Oct 26, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics / GEOMETRÍA DESCRIPTIVA
Spanish term or phrase: ABATIMIENTO
Abatimiento sobre el horizontal de proyección del plano proyectante vertical que contiene el triángulo ABC y, por lo tanto, este queda en verdadera magnitud.
(This is from the course program submitted by a professor to the administration of the university)
In Spanish: Se llama abatimiento en geometría, al proceso mediante el cual, dados dos planos que se cortan, se hace girar uno de ellos alrededor de la recta intersección de ambos, hasta conseguir que ambos planos coincidan. De esta forma se consigue que las proyecciones realizadas sobre estos planos sean coplanarias, pudiéndose aplicar a continuación sobre ellas construcciones de geometría plana.(http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abatimiento)
Ma. Florencia Ciccarella
Argentina
Local time: 03:58
collapse / collapsing
Explanation:
i.e. letting all the inclined planes collapse (fall) into a common plane so they can be treated as s single plane figure
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 03:58
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Muchas gracias por tu ayuda, mediamatrix. Saludos!!
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4 +1collapse / collapsing
Jennifer Levey
4reduction
Kate Major Patience


  

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reduction


Explanation:
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-26 21:49:34 GMT)
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Please note: re-reading the context I'm now not entirely sure - I have seen it as 'reduction', but in less complicated contexts, and bearing in mind I never was very good with numbers... :( Either way, I hope this helps in some way.

Kate Major Patience
Spain
Local time: 07:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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collapse / collapsing


Explanation:
i.e. letting all the inclined planes collapse (fall) into a common plane so they can be treated as s single plane figure

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 03:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 30
Grading comment
Muchas gracias por tu ayuda, mediamatrix. Saludos!!

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agree  Kate Major Patience: This sounds more likely to my ears. :)
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