FERROCARRILES DE CREMALLERA Y FUNICULARES
English translation: cog/rack railway
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| 14:50 Sep 8, 2002 |
| Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO] Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / transportation | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: P Forgas Brazil Local time: 10:51 | ||||||
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| 4 +3 | cog/rack railway and funicular/cable railway |
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| 5 | cog railway/aerial tramway |
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| 5 | cogwheel |
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| 5 | rack railway; cable car |
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8 mins confidence: 
cog railway/aerial tramway Explanation: Sorry your partial deduction was wrong... These are trains that go up mountains... Funicular = aerial tramway |
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42 mins confidence:
cogwheel Explanation: The cogwheel train is one that has a toothed rach between the rails and a cog wheel between the normal running wheel. The purpose being to literally crank itself up steep gradients. Suggest you check goggle for cogwheel trains. |
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1 hr confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3cog/rack railway and funicular/cable railway Explanation: Subject - Transport(=TR) (1) TERM ferrocarril de cable Reference Lex. ferrov. (2) TERM funicular Reference Lex. ferrov. (1) TERM funicular railway Reference Lex.ferrov. (2) TERM cable railway Reference Lex.ferrov. - Transport(=TR) Definition ferrocarril en el que la tracción de los vehículos se realiza total o parcialmente mediante un engrane de ruedas dentadas con cremalleras situadas entre los carriles Reference Diccionario de transportes públicos urbanos y suburbanos, 1986 (1) TERM ferrocarril de cremallera Reference Diccionario de transportes públicos urbanos y suburbanos, 1986 (2) TERM ferrocarril a cremallera Reference Diccionario de transportes públicos urbanos y suburbanos, 1986 (3) TERM cremallera Reference Diccionario de transportes públicos urbanos y suburbanos, 1986 Definition a railway in which vehicles are propelled wholly or in part by the engagement of powered toothed wheels in racks fastened between the rails Reference Dict.Public Transport,Alba 1981 (1) TERM rack railway Reference Dict.Public Transport,Alba 1981 (2) TERM cog railway Reference Dict.Public Transport,Alba 1981 Reference: http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/Controller |
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