empilhamento desestruturado

English translation: unevenly stacked/uneven stacking

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Portuguese term or phrase:empilhamento desestruturado
English translation:unevenly stacked/uneven stacking
Entered by: liz askew

03:47 Jul 29, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Portuguese term or phrase: empilhamento desestruturado
Observou-se também empilhamento desestruturado e dilatação das membranas tilacoidais.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 03:56
unevenly stacked/stacking
Explanation:
chloroplast Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...
www.encyclopedia.com › ... › Botany › Botany: General
The third layer is a membrane-like structure of thylakoid sacs. Stacked like poker chips, the thylakoid sacs form a grana. These grana stacks are connected by ...

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http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=empilhamento desestruturado...

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randomly stacked

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Note added at 6 hrs (2012-07-29 10:22:41 GMT)
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poorly structured


no hits with "unstructured".

and it is stacking,not piling
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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:56
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2unevenly stacked/stacking
liz askew
4unstructured stacking/ piling
telefpro


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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
unstructured stacking/ piling


Explanation:
hope it helps

telefpro
Local time: 12:26
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): +2
unevenly stacked/stacking


Explanation:
chloroplast Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...
www.encyclopedia.com › ... › Botany › Botany: General
The third layer is a membrane-like structure of thylakoid sacs. Stacked like poker chips, the thylakoid sacs form a grana. These grana stacks are connected by ...

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Note added at 6 hrs (2012-07-29 10:20:00 GMT)
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http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=empilhamento desestruturado...

or

randomly stacked

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Note added at 6 hrs (2012-07-29 10:22:41 GMT)
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or

poorly structured


no hits with "unstructured".

and it is stacking,not piling

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 66

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  T o b i a s: e.g., http://www.pnas.org/content/103/17/6759.figures-only
1 hr
  -> Thank you! and for the reference:)

agree  Claudio Mazotti
1 hr
  ->  Thank you for your support:)
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