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English translation: a/the large black triangle in three dimensions resembles

14:15 Nov 13, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
French term or phrase: en volume
"un grand triangle noir en volume à l'aspect d'une sculpture minimaliste"

I'm thinking of "three-dimensional"
Laurence Nerry
France
Local time: 16:56
English translation:a/the large black triangle in three dimensions resembles
Explanation:
a or the depends of the rest of the sentence/paragraphe

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or resembling

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An Eguiptian pyramid is usually a polyhedron with a square base and 4 more triangular sides - 5 all together.

Not sure whether this object has only 4 sides - all of them triangles - a base (though it may not be pointed down) and three additional sides.
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David Vaughn
Local time: 16:56
Grading comment
Fast and helpful answer. Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1a/the large black triangle in three dimensions resembles
David Vaughn
4tetrahedron
Bashiqa
33D
Ben Gaia


Discussion entries: 5





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a/the large black triangle in three dimensions resembles


Explanation:
a or the depends of the rest of the sentence/paragraphe

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Note added at 12 mins (2007-11-13 14:28:06 GMT)
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or resembling

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-11-13 17:38:14 GMT)
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An Eguiptian pyramid is usually a polyhedron with a square base and 4 more triangular sides - 5 all together.

Not sure whether this object has only 4 sides - all of them triangles - a base (though it may not be pointed down) and three additional sides.

David Vaughn
Local time: 16:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 289
Grading comment
Fast and helpful answer. Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jean-jacques alexandre
1 hr
neutral  Bashiqa: Wouldn't a 3D triangle be called a pyramid?
1 hr
  -> a pyramid seems to, by definition, have a point at the top and a flat base - at least according to Merriam-Webster. That is also the image it brings to my mind - though we do hear expressions such as "inverted pyramid".
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tetrahedron


Explanation:
Not Egyptian!

Bashiqa
France
Local time: 16:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ben Gaia: this is a particularly regular polygon, the shape may not be regular.
10 mins
  -> Then why not 'Triangular Pyramid' ?
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
3D


Explanation:
A big 3D triangle...that's what the text says, whether it is a pyramid, tetrahedron or poor syntax, that's what it says.

Ben Gaia
New Zealand
Local time: 02:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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