Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
hormigon minorado
English translation:
reduced tensile strength of the concrete
Added to glossary by
Eileen Brophy
Feb 23, 2010 15:45
14 yrs ago
Spanish term
Spain
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hormigon minorado
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
mining tunnels
This is the context: Esta tensión de tracción es mayor que la resistencia a tracción del hormigón minorada
This tensile stress is greater than the tensile strength of ..........?
This tensile stress is greater than the tensile strength of ..........?
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(English)
| 4 +2 | reduced tensile strength of the concrete |
Kathryn Litherland
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Kathryn Litherland
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Spanish term (edited):
resistencia a tracción del hormigón minorada
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reduced tensile strength of the concrete
I think your mix-up of the gender points to the real problem here: minorada is modifying resistencia, and not hormigón.
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