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parcela

English translation: addend /term

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Portuguese term or phrase:parcela
English translation:addend /term
Entered by: Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral

11:56 Dec 22, 2009
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics / Mathematics
Portuguese term or phrase: parcela
Ao cubo, então será uma soma de três parcelas. À quarta, então serão quatro parcelas pelo menos, etc. '
Marcel F
Local time: 13:37
addend (term)
Explanation:

Aurélio
[Do fr. parcelle < lat vulg. *particella, dim. de pars, partis, 'parte'.]
S. f.
2. Mat. Cada um dos elementos submetidos à operação de soma. [Cf. (nesta acepç.) fator (3).]


... The numbers or the objects to be added are generally called the "terms", the "addends", or the "summands" ...
in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addition
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Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3addend (term)
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
4 +2parcel
Carla Lopes
4portion OR part
telefpro


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
parcel


Explanation:
parcel

Carla Lopes
Portugal
Local time: 17:37
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paula Ribeiro
14 mins
  -> obrigada!
agree  Susana Valdez
6 days
  -> obrigada!
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
portion OR part


Explanation:
I would put it this way.

telefpro
Local time: 22:07
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
addend (term)


Explanation:

Aurélio
[Do fr. parcelle < lat vulg. *particella, dim. de pars, partis, 'parte'.]
S. f.
2. Mat. Cada um dos elementos submetidos à operação de soma. [Cf. (nesta acepç.) fator (3).]


... The numbers or the objects to be added are generally called the "terms", the "addends", or the "summands" ...
in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addition


Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
1 hr
  -> Marlene, muito obrigado. Antonio
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro
3 hrs
  -> Paula, muito obrigado. Antonio
agree  George C.
6 hrs
  -> George, thank you. Antonio
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