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Visual Bearings

Portuguese translation: Pontos de referência visuais

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English term or phrase:Visual Bearings
Portuguese translation:Pontos de referência visuais
Entered by: Nick Taylor

12:48 Jan 15, 2012
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
English term or phrase: Visual Bearings
Visual Bearings

"...basic fixing consists of taking more than one position line obtained from bearings using an azumuth righ or compass..."
rubiacau (X)
Pontos de referência visuais
Explanation:
Pontos de referência visuais
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 20:55
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Pontos de referência visuais
Nick Taylor
4 +1observações visuais
Martin Riordan
4 +1marcações visuais
Leonor Machado
3rumos, direções (visuais)
Roberto Bittencourt


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
visual bearings
observações visuais


Explanation:
"NAVEGAÇÃO VISUAL: em que o navegante determina sua posição através de observações visuais (marcações, alinhamentos, ângulos horizontais ou verticais, etc.) de pontos de terra corretamente identificados e/ou de auxílios à navegação de posições determinadas (condição essencial: os pontos de apoio e os auxílios à navegação visados devem estar representados na Carta Náutica da região)."


    Reference: http://www.mar.mil.br/dhn/bhmn/download/cap1.pdf
Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 16:55
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 72

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roberto Bittencourt: um 2012 de sucesso, Martin
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Bittencourt! E igualmente para você...
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
visual bearings
Pontos de referência visuais


Explanation:
Pontos de referência visuais

Nick Taylor
Local time: 20:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 59
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roberto Bittencourt: sim... mas está mais uma explicação do que simples tradução...
1 hr
  -> but I believe it works
agree  sflor (X)
10 hrs
  -> thanks sflor
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
visual bearings
rumos, direções (visuais)


Explanation:
Naut> posição, direção, rumo.

(obs> visuais não está no texto apresentado...)


    Reference: http://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno/ingles/index.php?lingua=...
Roberto Bittencourt
Brazil
Local time: 16:55
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
visual bearings
marcações visuais


Explanation:
Transporte terrestre, TRANSPORTES [COM] Entrada completa
EN bearing from landmarks
PT marcação a partir de marcas terrestres




TRANSPORTES, Transporte terrestre [COM] Entrada completa
EN to report the bearing of a sound signal
PT informar a marcação de um sinal sonoro


Leonor Machado
Local time: 20:55
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 57

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sflor (X)
4 hrs
  -> Obg
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