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cota

English translation: Dimension or measure

21:14 Jun 10, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial / QA inspection
Spanish term or phrase: cota
Appears on an inspection checklist in several places:

Medición cotas 216±0,1 y 140±0,1 (distancias entre roscas)

Existencia corte a 40º y cota de voladizo a 78 mm.

(Cotas 97.5+2; 12 mm Max)

I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with an elevation or a contour. My Routledge dictionary has cotas límite - boundary dimensions.
The only other context is that these are metal parts that go on a tower structure.
Shawn Keeney
Local time: 19:53
English translation:Dimension or measure
Explanation:
Cota is a very common term used in the technical drawing business. For example, when you draw using autocad, you say "acotar" or "poner cotas". What you are doing is indicating or adding dimensions to the drafted element.
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Carlos Ruestes
Argentina
Local time: 20:53
Grading comment
I went with dimension.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2Dimension or measure
Carlos Ruestes
5limit ( upper or lower)
MARIA RAZETTO


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Dimension or measure


Explanation:
Cota is a very common term used in the technical drawing business. For example, when you draw using autocad, you say "acotar" or "poner cotas". What you are doing is indicating or adding dimensions to the drafted element.

Carlos Ruestes
Argentina
Local time: 20:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
I went with dimension.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  María Eugenia Wachtendorff: Yes, context suggests measurements. The only other meanings I have ever known for "cota" are "elevation," "level," (as in storage level in a reservoir), and "benchmark" (finance).
34 mins
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agree  lalinded: dimension and length are the target words in this case; "cota" is a very common term in engineering documents in Spanish with this meaning
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
limit ( upper or lower)


Explanation:
en estadística por ejemplo se utiliza el término " cota superior o cota inferior"indicando los límites extremos entre los que se mueve un valor.

MARIA RAZETTO
Argentina
Local time: 20:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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