material alfetrado

English translation: matted material

10:41 Mar 20, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng
Portuguese term or phrase: material alfetrado
Context: A presente invenção refere-se genericamente à utilização de material alfetrado de fibras de base celulósica natural, sintética ou mista, unidas tanto fisicamente como quimicamente por pontes de hidrogénio normalmente designado de papel nas suas diferentes formas e constituições como são exemplos:
Neal Allen
United States
Local time: 05:53
English translation:matted material
Explanation:
I am presuming that "alfetrado" is an OCR error, because I don't believe the word exists in PT. Therefore, the correct word might be "afeltrado", from "feltro", meaning "matting" or "matted", I think.
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Martin Riordan
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4felt-lined
Mario Freitas
3matted material
Martin Riordan
3pulp
liz askew
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comment
liz askew

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matted material


Explanation:
I am presuming that "alfetrado" is an OCR error, because I don't believe the word exists in PT. Therefore, the correct word might be "afeltrado", from "feltro", meaning "matting" or "matted", I think.

Example sentence(s):
  • Papel é um afeltrado de fibras unidas tanto fisicamente (por estarem entrelaçadas a modo de malha) como quimicamente por ligações de hidrogênio.

    Reference: http://pt.wikipedia.org/?title=Portal:Imprensa/Papel
Martin Riordan
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pulp


Explanation:
Pulp (paper) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_(paper)‎
Pulp is a lignocellulosic fibrous material prepared by chemically or mechanically separating cellulose fibres from wood, fibre crops or waste paper. Wood ...

liz askew
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felt-lined


Explanation:
Considerando que seja "afeltrado"

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-03-20 12:26:42 GMT)
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https://www.google.com.br/search?q="felt-lined"&oq="felt-lin...

https://www.google.com.br/search?q="felt-lining"&oq="felt-li...


Mario Freitas
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Reference: comment

Reference information:
My answer is based on where natural cellulose fibres come from, seems to be plant/wood pulp

A-level Applied Science/Colour Chemistry/Fibres/Cellulose ...
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A-level_Applied_Science/.../Fibres/Cellulose‎
10 Sources ... consists of nearly pure cellulose, a natural polymer. ..... The most common source of these kinds of fibres is wood pulp from pulpwood trees, ...

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