Road strike

French translation: direction/orientation de la route

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English term or phrase:Road strike
French translation:direction/orientation de la route
Entered by: Ghyslaine LE NAGARD

06:22 Mar 8, 2006
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology / surveying
English term or phrase: Road strike
A title in a table from a surveyor's report dealing with results from a kinematic analysis study.

The column below the title has angles only.

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Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
New Caledonia
direction/orientation de la route
Explanation:
Termium:
Subject Field(s)
  – Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
Subject Field(s)
  – Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
 
strike Source CORRECT, NOUN

direction Source CORRECT, FEM

orientation Source CORRECT, FEM

DEF – The direction or bearing of a
horizontal line in the plane of an
inclined stratum, joint, fault, cleavage
plane or other structural plane. Source

OBS – It is perpendicular to the
direction of the dip. Source

CONT – La direction représente
l'orientation d'une ligne imaginaire
tirée horizontalement le long du plan
d'inclinaison [...] Source

EX – Direction d'une couche. Sou
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Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 10:52
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road strike
direction/orientation de la route


Explanation:
Termium:
Subject Field(s)
  – Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
Subject Field(s)
  – Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
 
strike Source CORRECT, NOUN

direction Source CORRECT, FEM

orientation Source CORRECT, FEM

DEF – The direction or bearing of a
horizontal line in the plane of an
inclined stratum, joint, fault, cleavage
plane or other structural plane. Source

OBS – It is perpendicular to the
direction of the dip. Source

CONT – La direction représente
l'orientation d'une ligne imaginaire
tirée horizontalement le long du plan
d'inclinaison [...] Source

EX – Direction d'une couche. Sou

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 10:52
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 10
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