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Bahntangente

English translation: trajectory tangent

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German term or phrase:Bahntangente
English translation:trajectory tangent
Entered by: Steffen Walter

21:12 Jun 16, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
German term or phrase: Bahntangente
This term appears in a patent that describes a device for testing the strength of laminated materials using centrifugal force. Here is the sentence in which it appears: "Hierzu wird die Fläche der zu prüfenden Verbindung statt parallel zur Behntangente schräg oder sogar senkrecht zu dieser angeordnet wird. " Any ideas?
alentrix
trajectory tangent
Explanation:
I think this is a typo. It can be "Bahntangente", which has the following translation:

Bahntangente (f)
• trajectory or path tangent
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Isabella Becker
Brazil
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Thanks for your rapid answer. It was a great help.
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Behntangente
trajectory tangent


Explanation:
I think this is a typo. It can be "Bahntangente", which has the following translation:

Bahntangente (f)
• trajectory or path tangent


Isabella Becker
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks for your rapid answer. It was a great help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susan Zimmer: yes, that's what I thought when I read it
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Susie :)
agree  Siegfried Armbruster
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Siegfried :)
agree  Cetacea: has to be a typo.
16 hrs
  -> Thanks! :)
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