Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
strapiombato
English translation:
overhanging
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Mar 30, 2010 10:34
14 yrs ago
Italian term
strapiombato
Italian to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
earthquake retrofitting
"......la demolizione delle murature strapiombate...."
i.e. after an earthquake. "Leaning out" doesn't seem good enough.
i.e. after an earthquake. "Leaning out" doesn't seem good enough.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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7 mins
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overhanging
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Comment: "thanks Cedric"
4 mins
jutting
an alternative
7 mins
overhanging/leaning out of (the) perpendicular/leaning over
several possibilities.
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alcune possibilità
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alcune possibilità
59 mins
unstable
I wouldn't be too literal here and would translate this with "unstable".
1 hr
protruding/bulging
both convey the sense of something sticking out where it shouldn't be (like my belly after a long winter of wine and pasta)
1 hr
buckled
my two penn'orth
2 mins
beetled
Lets see if this helps in your context..
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beetled
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Verb: Be suspended over or hang over.. usage "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town".
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bulging .. yes that is right.. thats what the Italian term means...
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beetled
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Verb: Be suspended over or hang over.. usage "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town".
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bulging .. yes that is right.. thats what the Italian term means...
Note from asker:
doesn't that mean "bulging" rather than "leaning out"? |
2 hrs
out of plumb
see
Adj. 1. plumb - exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb" ... out of plumb → pas d'aplomb. adv. (= exactly) → en plein ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/plumb -
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probably best to say "thrown out of plumb"
Of the two ways to measure earthquake size, magnitude based on instrumental ... well-designed frame structures thrown out of plumb; great in substantial ...
www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/mercalli.html -
The earliest report of an Illinois earthquake is of a shock in 1795 felt at .... an old building was cracked; houses were jostled out of plumb at Beloit, Wis., ... Heavy rumbling preceded and accompanied the earthquake in places. ...
earthquakes.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/.../history.php
Many do not recognize it as an earthquake. Standing motor cars may rock ... designed structures, well designed frame structures thrown out of plumb. ...
www.abc.net.au/news/events/haiti-earthquake/map.htm
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fits with the italian meaning - "fuori del perpendicolare"
http://it.thefreedictionary.com/strapiombo
Adj. 1. plumb - exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb" ... out of plumb → pas d'aplomb. adv. (= exactly) → en plein ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/plumb -
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probably best to say "thrown out of plumb"
Of the two ways to measure earthquake size, magnitude based on instrumental ... well-designed frame structures thrown out of plumb; great in substantial ...
www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/mercalli.html -
The earliest report of an Illinois earthquake is of a shock in 1795 felt at .... an old building was cracked; houses were jostled out of plumb at Beloit, Wis., ... Heavy rumbling preceded and accompanied the earthquake in places. ...
earthquakes.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/.../history.php
Many do not recognize it as an earthquake. Standing motor cars may rock ... designed structures, well designed frame structures thrown out of plumb. ...
www.abc.net.au/news/events/haiti-earthquake/map.htm
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fits with the italian meaning - "fuori del perpendicolare"
http://it.thefreedictionary.com/strapiombo
11 hrs
[standing] at a dangerous angle...
sugestion
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