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rocher sain

English translation: sound rock

20:30 Dec 15, 2017
French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: rocher sain
Le bloc central a un parement amont vertical et un parement aval incliné à 0.8H/1V.
Il est fondé sur le rocher sain, un écran classique d’injections de coulis de ciment venant compléter le dispositif d’étanchéité
peterinmadrid
Portugal
Local time: 03:29
English translation:sound rock
Explanation:
'sound' in the sense of 'free of cracks, crumbling, and other unwanted characteristics'
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 21:29
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4 +5sound rock
Jennifer Levey
4Solid bedrock
Francis Marche


  

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sound rock


Explanation:
'sound' in the sense of 'free of cracks, crumbling, and other unwanted characteristics'

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 21:29
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or solid.
34 mins
agree  narasimha (X)
6 hrs
agree  Daryo: https://medium.com/@vasant/best-practices-for-execution-of-c...
6 hrs
agree  Tony M
14 hrs
agree  Neeraj Jain
5 days
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Solid bedrock


Explanation:
Fondé sur denotes the bedrock

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Note added at 18 hrs (2017-12-16 15:10:31 GMT)
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Bedrock as "rocher" in French :
En effet, les blocs de la première assise de fondation reposent sur le rocher entaillé, selon un axe décalé de 45° par rapport à l'alignement du rempart (fig. 16).
http://www.persee.fr/doc/bch_0007-4217_1995_num_119_2_7006

Il y a dans la piece du milieu, sous le plancher, un puits creusé dans le rocher, qui fournit une eau fraîche et limpide.
https://books.google.fr/books?id=-8EWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA423&lpg=P...

On la recueille dans une caverne étroite, semblable à la double embouchure d'un puits creusé dans le rocher au pied du mont Caucase ,

https://books.google.fr/books?id=DCxUAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA312&lpg=P...

Les fondations au rocher des grands viaducs
Les fondations au rocher de grands viaducs : l’apport de
la méthode des éléments distincts
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00529379/document







Francis Marche
France
Local time: 03:29
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jennifer Levey: If the author wanted to refer specifically to bedrock he/she would more likely have written "soubassement" or "roche-mère".
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